What is affecting 3 of my pepper plants?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 4:12 pm
I'm fairly new to growing peppers (This is my second year) and can't figure out what's going on with a couple of my plants:
I tested the soil and added some pulverized lime to fix the pH, but I still have 3 plants that are wilted with curled leaves. They are in a garden of about another 8 plants which are all thriving - tall and full of peppers, but these three are stunted and the leaves are curling up (See pictures). Plants are treated with Daconil anti-fungal every week or two, get generic vegetable fertilizer every two weeks, and get watered each morning. I live in central Florida where it's currently hot and dry. The soil is generally very sandy, but I put a layer of top soil and then garden soil down when I planted. These are what Bonnie plants calls "Roasted Red" and their site indicates they should be resistant to Potato virus Y and tobacco mosaic virus.
I tested the soil and added some pulverized lime to fix the pH, but I still have 3 plants that are wilted with curled leaves. They are in a garden of about another 8 plants which are all thriving - tall and full of peppers, but these three are stunted and the leaves are curling up (See pictures). Plants are treated with Daconil anti-fungal every week or two, get generic vegetable fertilizer every two weeks, and get watered each morning. I live in central Florida where it's currently hot and dry. The soil is generally very sandy, but I put a layer of top soil and then garden soil down when I planted. These are what Bonnie plants calls "Roasted Red" and their site indicates they should be resistant to Potato virus Y and tobacco mosaic virus.