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11 years ago

i am a beginner gardener.. have a couple of pictures of my veggies that i have a question on..

- jalapeno plant.. one has something growing on it.. please tell me what it is

- bell pepper, same thing

thanks for your help





Comments (18)

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    More than 1 leaf my friend. You have a Leafminor problem.
    I know this one well. The leaf looks like this when they are getting ready to drop off.

    You also need a feeding on that plant. When was the last time you gave them food?

    The bottom leaf picture looks either partially eaten, damaged, sunburned and Leafmined.

    Pull them off and throw them far away from your plants.

    http://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/houseplant-pests/leafminer-control/

  • 11 years ago

    You probably have a lot of things going on. Are these plants near a pine tree? Or did you add pine needles to the soil? Nutrient lockout causing the plant to not be able to get th necessary food to its leaves.

  • 11 years ago

    Nice Habjolokia,

    I missed that one. Good catch.
    Yes many things happening here with this one.


  • 11 years ago

    I don't see any evidence of leafminer damage.


  • 11 years ago

    Yah, I'm thinking they need a bit of calcium to start with.


  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Rob,

    Hard to tell if it is or not on that leaf. The brown spots suggest that the larvee have left the leaf and it is rotting and preparing to drop off. It is not always about the lines in a leaf.

    Of course the holes could be normal damage not attributed to Leafminers. Were all making assumptions.

  • 11 years ago

    My guess would be Mottle virus, probably the mild kind. http://203.64.245.61/web_crops/pepper/PMMV.pdf

  • 11 years ago

    there are pine trees but probably 25+ feet away.. i feed them about once a week. i live in central florida and water them twice a day..

    so, i cut the bad looking leaves off? will the plant survive?

    thank you so much for all the replies!


  • 11 years ago

    Water twice a day plus feed them once a week, that could be a bit much on the watering which can lead to problems like this. The plants don't need to be on any strict watering schedule. Water as needed instead. What type of fertilizer are you using?

  • 11 years ago

    Yah, habajolokia is right. I didn't even catch the part about watering twice a day. You should only need to do that in 100 degree heat in a dry climate. And fertilizer every week is probably too much as well depending on how much each time.

  • 11 years ago

    i live in central florida, its humid and wet during summer. i will start with reducing to once a day for 20 minutes

    i just bought "miracle gro, garden soil" guy told me that was the best fertilizer they had, i put all around the veggies. will what i bought work? and how often should i give to the garden?

    thanks for the help!


  • 11 years ago

    Looks like Leaf EDEMA . My guess.

    Sey


  • 11 years ago

    Seysonn is correct it is leaf edema. You are badly over watering. It is a common mistake. The next one is to over compensate and start fertilizing to try and correct for the deficiencies caused by the over watering. That will stress the plants even more.


    I would suggest to stop wattering them for at least 5 days. During that time leave them alone. Ignore them altogether. At the end of that time check the soil moisture with a bamboo skewer. If it is dry for 2 or more inches then water thorougly. You may have to water it twice. Soak the ground for a couple of minutes, wait a few minutes, and repeat. That will get the water to where it will do the most good. Plants in the ground do not need water every day even during the worst heat. The ones that are root bound in containers are a different thing altogether.


    It is going to take at least a couple of weeks for those plants to start looking better. Once you get the plant looking a little better in a couple of weeks then start with a water soluble fertilizer acording to label instructions. With fertilizers using less is better than using more. Many people have mixed fertilizers too strong, killed plants. Then blamed the fertilizer. Don't be one of them.



    Nate

  • 11 years ago

    thank yall so much for responses.. i will move forward as directed


  • 11 years ago

    Leaf Edema? That's what they call Trench Foot in the Army.

    Yep, I think cutting way back on the watering is a good idea. Lay off the fertilizer until July.

    Then MG will be OK, just don't over due it. Use it according to directions. Hopefully it has directions for containers.

  • 11 years ago

    I agree with farmer.
    Virus.


  • 11 years ago

    It is not a virus. Unless you call having someone that over waters a plant a virus. Watering a pepper plant that is in the ground twice a day will make plants look like that. The roots being too wet cause them to leech out the nutrients that the plant should be taking in. It results in the stressed plants you see in the picture.

    Many people want to jump on the it is virus, or need for one or more nutrients to fix things. They many times overlook the fact that someone stated that can be a major indicator what was causing the problem, and then being able to tell them of a simple way to correct the problem without being too drastic. When we garden we should try to remember to start with the most simple thing first. More times than not that will work if one is patient. It beats the heck out of creating more problems to deal with from trying to over compensate for the first one.


  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    centexan: though I totally agree that overwatering may be an issue with the OP(myself, I water once deeply weekly, at most, here in hot SoCal), I wouldn't dismiss the opinions of farmerdill and jean001......over the years, I have found that their opinions/diagnoses/remedies to be that I respect more than most of the members of the gardenweb forums---they DO know their gardening.

    To me, it looks like Mg deficiency and/or herbicidal drift damage.

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