Leaves Falling off Serrano Pepper Plant

[PunkRotten]

I tried to find a Do-it center around me and it ended up only being a distribution center. So I went to Lowes instead. And I was looking at all the fertilizers and only a few were organic. There was bloodmeal, boneweal, like 2 different fish fertilizers, and a miracle gro and this other called ZOOM. One of the fish fertilizers was like a spray you hook up to your hose. There was this other one I forget the name but it was like 0-12-12. The fish fertilizers were like 5-4-1 and 5-1-1 or something. I got something called Jobes Organics All Purpose granular fertilizer. The NPK values are 4-4-4. It was a 1.5 lbs bag. Would this do or should I really get the one you linked?


I know where there is another do-it center. And there is some OSH around us too. BTW is it wise to use mulch in pots?

PS: I cut one of the plants out of the pot so it is only 1 plant now. I got 29 peppers off the cut plant. But to be honest I think I cut the better of the two out.

[Dr. Worm]

One more question. How large is the pot? Is it at least 5 gallons?

I'm thinking it maybe root bound. Also worm castings and pond water, probably not enough nutrients. At the fruiting stage I would give them a boost of -P-K. Did the original potting soil have a lot of Nitrogen?

Eric

I was wondering the same thing. I'd also check the pH. You could be overfeeding or underfeeding the plant.

[PunkRotten]

The plant got worse since posting this. All the top leaves were curled and discolored. And the leaves were very weak almost to the point of all falling off. I got the fish spray and sprayed it, plus I added some azomite and now the plant looks better. The leaves are no longer curled and I see some tiny new growth. But the middle and bottom of the plant is still naked with no leaves.


I moved the plant to a spot that gets some shade. And I am careful not to water too much. I guess time will tell if this plant is gonna make a recovery.