Bell Pepper spots

firstimegardener · Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:47 pm

Can someone please tell me what these spots are and what to do about them? They are bell pepper plants
[img]https://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a415/tabbycat79/003.jpg[/img][/img]

C00KiE46 · Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:52 pm

I would like to know too. I have some seedlings that have some of those spots.

firstimegardener · Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:47 pm

C00KiE46 wrote:I would like to know too. I have some seedlings that have some of those spots.

Hey! At least I'm not the only one!

Richee · Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:07 pm

I can't tell from the picture, are the spots black or purple?

Are you growing a Purple Bell Pepper? I have several Purple Jalapenos growing and the leaves all have purple spots like that, and parts of the stem are purple as well. Must have something to do with the coloring.

firstimegardener · Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:14 am

Hi!
The spots are black. I have some purple on the stems, but the spots on the leaves are black. And it's a red bell pepper

Any ideas?

Richee · Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:15 am

I'm not sure... I looked it up, and found no pepper disease that looks like that.

Your leaves look pretty healthy, despite the weird black coloring.

Maybe it's just a discoloration disorder, and nothing to worry about?

Hopefully somebody who's more knowledgeable with peppers can chime in?

firstimegardener · Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:56 am

I've looked all over for it too...I have no clue what it is.....

Richee · Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:53 pm

Maybe it has something to do with the red pigment for the red peppers?

Here's what the leaves on my Purple Jalapeno look like:
[img]https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/dailynightly/purpleleaf.jpg[/img]

Anna63 · Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:05 pm

This may help you - https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2633

Richee · Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:43 pm

I don't think firstimegardener's leaves are falling off, or have those burn hole looking marks on them. At least not what I see in the picture posted.

The leaves look pretty healthy, they just have some dark pigment or something in them.

garden5 · Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:03 am

I've had the same thing on some of my pepper plants as well, especially when they were in the seedling stage. I don't think you have to worry.

firstimegardener · Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:27 pm

Thanks everyone for thinking.
I'm not so much worried about the plants as I am curious about what it is......

I'll have to keep looking around...Figure if they aren't dying it cant be to bad, right?