my pepper plant has the main stem now black although the fruits are fine and the leaves seem OK. any ideas ???
Difficult to say.
Some varieties are a bit more 'shrubby' than others so the blackening could just be the main stem hardening, a bit like a deciduous shrub going from the softwood stage to the hardwood stage, but I couldn't be certain.
Does it feel any different from any of your others? e.g. soft, wet.
Then again it might just be the variety!!
What variety is it?
it was a gift and just told it was a sweet pepper. It looks OK other than the stem.
a lot of the stems on my peppers and chillies have gone black happened last time too never affected any of the plants i assumed it was normal
Peppers often exhibit purple or black patches on the stems, often around joints, nowt to worry about
We are growing a number of pepper plants in the greenhouse. They all looked really healthy up to a week ago when the leaves started to wilt and there was a deposit on the underside of each leaf that looks like very fine dirt. Cannot see any aphids but haven't a clue on the "dirt" deposits. Any ideas anyone?