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Bell Peppers Doing Okay?

14 years ago

My yellow bell seems to be producing okay, but it definitely doesn't look as full and nice as some others I've seen. Here's some pictures of the leaves. They were curling/wrinkling really bad but have since flattened out a bit. They still look a little odd to me. The edges are all cracked and ragged. Some of them because of a hail storm we had last month and others, I think because of the wrinkling. I just wonder if it looks okay to you guys or if you have any suggestions to help it out a little. I'm leaving it along because it's producing and don't want to upset any balance by trying too hard.

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This one below is the only one that looks this bad. Not sure why it's all spotty. Should I be concerned? We had a couple of pretty rainy days about a week ago. It rained a lot and I haven't watered since. Probably will tomorrow. but maybe not the peppers.

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Comments (9)

  • 14 years ago

    No pictures are showing up.

    My Orange Bell Pepper plant is going great, picked 3 nice peppers 3-4 days ago and the plant has at least 30 peppers on it right now. So many peppers that it is leaning over and taking the stick with it, I am going to have to tie it to the railing.

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    Pepper plant is at far right, its abut 4' tall.

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  • 14 years ago

    Not sure what's up with Photobucket. I just created the account yesterday. I didn't move any of the pictures but both of my posts did that. Hmm... Well here they are again. Yours looks phenomenal! Mine is still pretty much a baby. It's about two feet tall. Where do you live? That's a great yield so early in the season! Is it an overwintered plant or one you just planted this year? It's so big! Mine definitely doesn't look like yours. If you notice in the last photo, on the left, the leaf that is turned sideways - a lot of them do that, if not turn completely upside down. The one below it is like that but it's kind of cut off in the photo. It looks to me like the wind blows them and they just stay that way. It's weird. I just want it to thrive and be a full healthy plant. It's got the one pepper you see and they tons of buds, some have started little baby peppers. That's the reason I'm concerned. I want it to be healthy enough to keep up with all that production. I know if it's not healthy, it won't do anything, but still. I just think it looks weird. It's in full sun for most of the day. I think it gets a teeny bit of shade from the tomatoes on the other side of it but not until the sun is going down. That's another concern. The foliage looks so sparse that I'm worried about sun scald on the fruit. Should I just calm down? lol

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  • 14 years ago

    Still no pictures showing up.
    Are you clicking the "Html" or the "IMG" option in photobucket?
    I am using photobucket also and not having any problem.
    You need to use "Html" option

    Since I can not see it I can only take a guess.
    Usually leaves that are turning over and curling up like a taco are because the plant has recently been transplanted and sometimes if it was taken from a small pot the root system is too small to supply the plant with enough water and its in a mild shock.

    In fact mine was like that for a good 2 weeks after I transplanted it from the original pot, but once the roots took hold and started to grow into the much larger pot the leaves stopped curling and even in really hot temps it does not droop at all.

    I live in North Carolina, I bought the plant from Costco about 5 weeks ago and it was already about 2' tall so had a head start.

  • 14 years ago

    Maybe that's what I'm going wrong. I think I might have copied the wrong link. They showed up at first though when I first submitted it. Sorry for the trouble. I'll try it again. The plant leaves aren't rolling up like a taco, they're all crinkled. I'll just have to get the pictures to work so you can see. I transplanted them about two months ago. It's easily tripled in size from that time. It didn't show any signs of distress for the first month or so and then the wrinkling started. It got really bad but now it's not as bad. Still bothersome though.

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  • 14 years ago

    I noticed today that a lot of the upper foliage has been munched on quite a bit. Grrr... Guess I'll be going outside with a flashlight tonight!

  • 14 years ago

    Sorta resembles problems associated with "Whiteflies".

    Could also be the onset of a virus.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Crinkled leaves

  • 14 years ago

    I definitely haven't seen any whiteflies. Or any other pests for that matter. Not too many anyway. The occasional aphid but I'm talking like one or two at a time. My husband insisted on having our yard sprayed a while back and I'm thinking that might have done it. Although I haven't seen much change since the last time, we've had it sprayed before and I'm wondering if it was in the soil when I started the garden. I'm just hoping that the plant has enough foliage to keep up with the fruiting.

  • 14 years ago

    What was your yard sprayed with? What you're seeing could be damage from the spray. Can you determine if it was labeled as safe for vegetables? Even a safe insecticide can cause problems if the spray was wet when sun fell on the plants.

  • 14 years ago

    Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what it was sprayed with. Not the name anyway. It was a pre and post emergent for weeds. :( i know tomatoes are really sensitive and the yard guy said he would hold the sprayer really close to the ground so there wouldn't be any overspray. The bell is actually doing a little better since we've gotten more rain. Except now, the tomatoes look weird. The bottom leaves are all very large and exhibiting moderate/severe physiological leaf roll. They aren't yellowing or spotted or anything so that's not too bothersome. The upper half of the leaves are small and curling upward from the tips. They look kind of leathery and the veins are prominent. The edges look sort of lacy. If that make sense. I'll try to get some pictures.

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