These Serranos keep looking bad. I’ve watered, not watered, provided extended time in the shade, and given sun. Any tips?
These Serranos keep looking bad. I’ve watered, not watered, provided extended time in the shade, and given sun. Any tips?
by McChicken_lightmayo
26 Comments
sizziano
What exactly is wrong with them?
emac1211
Idk, they look fine overall. I think people worry too much and need to let their plants just be more.
Desertratk
Plant them and water them like any other pepper plant, they’ll figure it out.
LargeDivide2565
Re pot them into bigger pots. They seem root bound
WobbleSneak
My seranos are also looking droopy like that. Same pot, soil, sun, and feed schedule as the rest of my peppers. It’s also last to out flowers. Starting think maybe they’re just like this?
HoratioTuna27
They look like they need to be in bigger pots. It’s also been my experience that peppers in general just grow slowly until it really warms up. I would say repot them and have patience.
clesportscards216
they don’t look bad to me, I would say increase the pot size and they will start growing again
aremagazin
Serranos are drama queens IMO. I have a few peppers growing in the same grow bed, and while the other 2, a Banana and an Arbol are thriving, flowering and fruiting for weeks now, Serrano is far behind. It has a decent amount of flowers at this point and a couple peppers hanging, but it seems to grow slower than others.
Ok-Number-4764
Mine have gone absolutely crazy and im in the UK. What I did was transferred mine into bigger pots w new compost and some gravel mixed in with the compost to help with drainage and aeration and took some of the finer roots off aswell. I also lightly pruned them.
I gave them feed about every two weeks, now their fruiting theyre devouring it so feeding every 4/5 days, watering every 2-3 days.
I’m probably wrong but I found that my peppers get leaf curl like that when the ph is off. My tap waters ph is around 10.6, so I either have to use ph down or buy distilled water. Maybe check the soils ph
Edit-but for the record, neither of these plants look bad. I wouldn’t worry if it were me but if you’re trying to perfect your method, that may be an avenue.
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They are looking fine to me
maybe there are also genes of a hypochondriac in it, do you know them? these are plants that always act as if they are about to die
white-lobsterz
They look fine, just a bit droopy and curly You either give them too much light, wet them too much or change the conditions far too fast.
dascobaz
They yearn for more space and look great otherwise – make sure to let the soil dry a bit between watering and if you can water from the bottom, even better!
mrfilthynasty4141
They look fine to me. Plant them in a bigger pot
doubleinkedgeorge
Put them in real soil, potting soil is okay for growing but the roots have nowhere to go
smokinLobstah
Try singing.
Gunner253
These look like mine. They’ve been in the ground for a couple weeks now. Slowly growing and don’t seem super happy, but not bad either. I think they’re just waiting for the temps to get better.
SeveralSide9159
Looks fine. Bigger pots means less watering and they will grow more peppers. You can let the dirt dry out about a knuckle deep before watering. Peppers are good with less water than most plants I’ve ever grown.
Kost_M
They look fine to me. It’s time to move up a pot size though, if you pull them you’ll probably find the roots starting to net around the pot edges. The pot dictates the maximum plant size
Verix19
They look healthy, but are going to need bigger pots real soon.
privettjerry4
They look fine to me … Just need to be potted up or transplanted to their final destination. Good work!
TylerT_86
I wouldn’t worry too much about them they are looking good. Maybe it’s time to up pot or put them in their final pot if the weather is the right temperature where you live
hey_its_penny
Take some of the bottom leaves off, maybe something like the bottom 3 nodes. Also, personally, I would top them at this point. Less foliage while the stem is still thin will help to more evenly distribute water and nutrients
26 Comments
What exactly is wrong with them?
Idk, they look fine overall. I think people worry too much and need to let their plants just be more.
Plant them and water them like any other pepper plant, they’ll figure it out.
Re pot them into bigger pots. They seem root bound
My seranos are also looking droopy like that. Same pot, soil, sun, and feed schedule as the rest of my peppers. It’s also last to out flowers. Starting think maybe they’re just like this?
They look like they need to be in bigger pots. It’s also been my experience that peppers in general just grow slowly until it really warms up. I would say repot them and have patience.
they don’t look bad to me, I would say increase the pot size and they will start growing again
Serranos are drama queens IMO. I have a few peppers growing in the same grow bed, and while the other 2, a Banana and an Arbol are thriving, flowering and fruiting for weeks now, Serrano is far behind. It has a decent amount of flowers at this point and a couple peppers hanging, but it seems to grow slower than others.
Mine have gone absolutely crazy and im in the UK. What I did was transferred mine into bigger pots w new compost and some gravel mixed in with the compost to help with drainage and aeration and took some of the finer roots off aswell. I also lightly pruned them.
I gave them feed about every two weeks, now their fruiting theyre devouring it so feeding every 4/5 days, watering every 2-3 days.
https://imgur.com/a/dCbRRki
Only the strong survive
I’m probably wrong but I found that my peppers get leaf curl like that when the ph is off. My tap waters ph is around 10.6, so I either have to use ph down or buy distilled water. Maybe check the soils ph
Edit-but for the record, neither of these plants look bad. I wouldn’t worry if it were me but if you’re trying to perfect your method, that may be an avenue.
They are looking fine to me
maybe there are also genes of a hypochondriac in it, do you know them? these are plants that always act as if they are about to die
They look fine, just a bit droopy and curly
You either give them too much light, wet them too much or change the conditions far too fast.
They yearn for more space and look great otherwise – make sure to let the soil dry a bit between watering and if you can water from the bottom, even better!
They look fine to me. Plant them in a bigger pot
Put them in real soil, potting soil is okay for growing but the roots have nowhere to go
Try singing.
These look like mine. They’ve been in the ground for a couple weeks now. Slowly growing and don’t seem super happy, but not bad either. I think they’re just waiting for the temps to get better.
Looks fine. Bigger pots means less watering and they will grow more peppers. You can let the dirt dry out about a knuckle deep before watering. Peppers are good with less water than most plants I’ve ever grown.
They look fine to me. It’s time to move up a pot size though, if you pull them you’ll probably find the roots starting to net around the pot edges. The pot dictates the maximum plant size
They look healthy, but are going to need bigger pots real soon.
They look fine to me … Just need to be potted up or transplanted to their final destination.
Good work!
I wouldn’t worry too much about them they are looking good. Maybe it’s time to up pot or put them in their final pot if the weather is the right temperature where you live
Take some of the bottom leaves off, maybe something like the bottom 3 nodes. Also, personally, I would top them at this point. Less foliage while the stem is still thin will help to more evenly distribute water and nutrients
Upsize the pot and watch em take off
Try a hit of diluted fish fertilizer.