Pepper with drooping leaves

10 years ago

I have a pepper plant that I've been meaning to pull because I thought it was done this year. It was still alive but the leaves were very droopy. A few had curled. However, they are green and droopy, not brown or yellow.

Anyway, I just looked at it a few days ago and it had a lot of baby peppers and blossoms on it. I put it in a pot because this week our nighttime temps are supposed to go below 50.

i thought maybe it had a problem with water because we haven't had rain here for 3-4 weeks so I pretty much soaked it when I put it in the pot.

But still, no change in the leaves. They're no better but no worse either.

I was thinking about trying to bring this guy inside to overwinter under some grow lights, but I'd like to figure out what's wrong with it first. Any ideas?

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theforgottenone1013 (SE MI zone 5b/6a)
10 years ago
Nighttime temperatures below 50 isn't going to hurt a mature pepper at all. A frost would. As for the drooping leaves, no idea. Got a photo or two?

Rodney
digdirt2
10 years ago
If you just transplanted it then it is normal for leaves to droop for a few days after transplanting. There is bound to have been some root damage in the process and transplanting is stressful for plants.

If it had gone for some time before that without rain OR water then it is normal for the leaves to be drooping then too due to drought stress.

And if you then "pretty much soaked" it after transplanting it into the pot then it would also be stressed and drooping from overly wet soil. Even under ideal circumstances peppers don't tolerate excessive wet soil.

So you have several possible stress causes for the droopy leaves. Why not give it some stress-free time to recover if it can?

Dave
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