Sickly peppers?

[caroline7758]

I'm growing California wonder and Corno di Toro Rosso , now in cold greenhouse, 4" pots, 4-5" tall. Noticed today that some of the leaves are yellowing slightly and curling under at the edges. Do I need to worry?

[caroline7758]

[saddad]

Some yellowing will happen on the oldest leaves which will drop once used up if the new leaves are wrinkled check for greenfly!
;D

[caroline7758]

That's a possibility, saddad as I've definitely got greenfly in the greenhouse. Out with the soap spray (again!) tomorrow.

[Mouseski]

I was told last year they can also do a bit curly if the temperature drops at night.

But its nothing to worry about :)

Lots of lovely plum tomatos for sauces ;)

[mr plasma]

the slugs have eaten the tips of mine( the ba***rds) will they still grow they are about 4 inches high

[caroline7758]

Lots of lovely plum tomatos for sauces ;)

That'll be a clever trick from my pepper plants! ;D

[Mouseski]

Ooops reading tomato thread at the same time.

I am supposed to be able to multitask but clearly not!  ;D

I shall stick to gardening ;)

[caroline7758]

Just bringing this thread back up because although my peppers are growing, they are still looking sickly. The leaves look more like large basil leaves, the way they are curling, and they are still yellowing. They are only in 4" square pots but they are not pot-bound and don't seem to have greenfly although my aubs are still coated in them. Do you think a feed would help, in case the compost has run out of steam?

[manicscousers]

ours look sick, they're in the poly tunnel..but, they've started to get flowers on..
ours went better when planted out  :)

[Raisedbed]

My peppers and chilles weren't doing so well until I repotted them.   They weren't pot bound either but the change in compost perked them and they are now doing well.   I'm having to squish the greenfly every day though.  In fact I'm spending more time squishing than anything else and it's not a pleasant task.   Tried rhubarb spray, garlic spray, companion planting with basil and marigolds and still they keep on producing more.  Found a ladybird lava in the garden which I transferred onto a greenfly laden leaf in the greenhouse and even he disappeared.

[Tee Gee]

I would suggest you get them planted out (assuming they will be under cover)

My guess is they are 'over coddled'

Planting out often gives them a new lease of life, then just leave them to their own resources.

All I do is ensure the don't dry out but equally don't get over wet.

I don't feed until the fruit has 'set'

You will find a few pictures here of what mine looked like on the 1st June http://tinyurl.com/yuch7v

[carolinej]

My Poblano Meek and Mild chillis were really slow and miserable till about 2 weeks ago, but are now looking really strong and healthy. My California Wonder pepper were doing OK, but in the last few days, the bottom leaves of some of them have gone limp and fallen off.

I'm sure one day I'll get the hang of capsicums.......till then, I'll just watch, wait and see what turns out. :-\

cj :)

[amphibian]

Are you overwatering them? Peppers tend to exhibit leaf roll/wilt if i is hot, often the gardeners response to this is to water them, when no water was needed.

Peppers relish a bit of neglect.

In my experience concern for peppers is often misplaced, they are remarkably tough plants and seem to be able to recover from almost anything, from being accidentally snapped to suffering fairly widespread leaf loss.

[carolinej]

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Are you overwatering them? Peppers tend to exhibit leaf roll/wilt if i is hot, often the gardeners response to this is to water them, when no water was needed.

Yup, that could be me :-[  I'll go and be mean to them now.

cj :)

[caroline7758]

I'll do the same, and possibly pot them on pretty soon.

[kitten]

Think it might be me too  ::)  I'm hoping to get ours in the plot soon too so we'll see what happens then  ;D