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luckydog

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Mouldy peppers
« on: July 23, 2010, 10:16:43 »
For the first time ever, I have several healthy looking pepper plants in my greenhouse that are just starting to produce fruit.
Some of the fruit on each plant are looking mouldy and drop off when I touch them.   I'm giving them a weekly dose of tomato feed & have also been spraying the leaves occasionally with a seaweed spray.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?  Is it the spraying that's causing the mould?

At this rate I'll have no peppers left to pick!   ::) ;D

saddad

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Re: Mouldy peppers
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2010, 11:10:02 »
If it's the standard grey mould or botrys I'd leave off the spraying and improve the ventilation it sounds too humid for them...  :-\

Tee Gee

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Re: Mouldy peppers
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2010, 14:46:32 »
I'm with saddad on this one!

 

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