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Trouble with Cucumbers and Peppers
I had to spray the pepper plant for what looked like aphids, but I'm not sure why they're looking so rough today!
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They do look terrible. What did you spray with?
Where are you located and what has the weather been like?
The soil looks pretty dry. Did you forget to water? In hot sunny weather, plants in pots can look like that after just a couple days of no water. When you water, do you water thoroughly so all the soil in the pot is moistened?
Where are you located and what has the weather been like?
The soil looks pretty dry. Did you forget to water? In hot sunny weather, plants in pots can look like that after just a couple days of no water. When you water, do you water thoroughly so all the soil in the pot is moistened?
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Sprayed with this stuff: https://www.naturescare.com/smg/goprod/n ... od11050020rainbowgardener wrote:They do look terrible. What did you spray with?
Where are you located and what has the weather been like?
The soil looks pretty dry. Did you forget to water? In hot sunny weather, plants in pots can look like that after just a couple days of no water. When you water, do you water thoroughly so all the soil in the pot is moistened?
I live near the beach in California. Pretty sunny recently in the 70s, and a bit more humid than usual (peaked at 80% last week).
I generally do water pretty regularly. The pot has a reservoir beneath it that I fill once a week, and I usually water the top of the soil 2x/week. I was out of town and missed the soil waterings last week, and they went 10 days without a reservoir refill. Could that do it?
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Yes. 70 is NOT hot. Do you know does your self-watering pot have a wick that goes down into the water and up into the soil? I have seen self-watering pots with reservoirs, but no wick. Without the wick, the soil can start drying out some as soon as the water level isn't touching the soil. It won't be totally dry, because the water down there still acts like a humidity tray, and puts some water vapor up into the soil, but that isn't the same.
If dryness is the problem, your plants should start perking up as soon as you water thoroughly. As imafan noted that may mean watering it a couple times to get everything moistened again.
If dryness is the problem, your plants should start perking up as soon as you water thoroughly. As imafan noted that may mean watering it a couple times to get everything moistened again.