another plant...corona bell pepper

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1175098}}

Have you checked the underside of leaves with a magnifier. I had mites, which were not visible with the naked eye, that caused new growth to shrivel and die.

Johnf

I would get a magnifying glass and check the under-sides of the leaves for thrips...usually they are found under newly expanding leaves and cause leaf curling and distortion. I found thrips on my pepper crops at school. I wouldn't have noticed them right away if it were not for the yellow sticky cards put up to monitor fungus gnats! The usually are attracted more to blue sticky cards. In fact some GH owners will not even allow employees to come to work in blue shirts!

Vera

Here is a link that might be useful: NCSU-Western Flower Thrips

My guess is a virus/wilt, Get the plant to a county agent

What Byron said--they have been very helpful to me.

i have had the same problem in past.have you used bonine blossom set?it seems this makes new growth look weird and almost burnt tips. when i stopped using problem ended. did the same thing to my tomatoes, made new folliage look really weird.i also know chile peepers dont like wet soil, made that mistake a few years back, the foliage sort of looked like what u have

jds82.....you may be right,i used Pro-Mix soil,it said to "wet soil before use"...well i suppose i'm guilty of wetting it too much,then,it rained like crazy.When this condition appeared around 2 weeks ago,i moved them in the garage to dry,well...soil is still soaked.I am currently re-transplanting them in a newer soil with more perlite..anyone know if i am wasting my time or will these little guys pull through ?,,,Seaweed (lightly) only and plenty of partly cloudy days now...the established leaves are getting huge,just no new growth at this time,any ideas ?

I have no idea what the problem is.

if it were happening to me I might wonder if the nutrients were off. with the nice green leaves I might think it has too much ferts.

I have never been good at growing in what I call fake soil. I do well in garden soil but not in potting soil. I think my problems are that I dont get the nutrients correct in potting soil. so what I do now is I add some lime of course and I also add some wal mart red bag of kitty litter. the kitty litter is a clay. the clay has all kinds of trace elements. does it help. I have no idea. but it is cheap and one bag can last me a couple of years. I figure no harm in having some trace elements in the soil. and I think the kitty litter is probably sterile. or good enough for the plants.

Mrcarlo,
I am also a pro-mix user. I switched to promix HP and it seeds to be better (more foolproof) at holding water but not being too wet. I have never read the directions on the promix but I repot dry, then mist soil, then water. Also if you are using pots outside with just promix you might be adding to your water problem.

By looking at your pics your plants arent to happy. I hope they come around for you.
when did they go outside?
how big where they?
did the problem happen when you moved them outside?
did they stop growing when you put them outside?
did you move them outside slowly
what i am wondering is are they wind burnt?

good luck
Michael