bought these two plants a couple of weeks ago from the co-op I shop at. They were neglected when I bought them, but they were cheap/marked down so I thought I would shoot my shot and plant them to see if the leaves would improve.
At the time, the soil looked like it had been bone dry for a few days in direct, central TX sun. The few leaves they had then, look like they do now.
After repotting in fox farm soil, with some bone meal, and fertilizer all the new growth is still growing in wonky. Could there be a deficiency going on, or maybe something else? I wasn't able to find much online.
by Tammy_two
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Sometimes they do the wonky thing for a minute then adjust. Provide some sun relief because Central Texas, like North Texas, runs crazy hot even in May. I just came in from outside because I was starting to believe I was back in Houston with the crazy humidity and blazing heat, but no, I’m still in D/FW, it only feels like Houston right now. Sure we run hot here, but I’d rather leave the swamp humidity back in H-Town. Overall, despite the wonky leaves, the plant looks ok.
Get it in the biggest container you can. I’d suggest doing 7-10 gallon grow bag so it will hit max size. That’s going be a lot of Fox Farm, but if you’re only managing a couple pepper plants, why not? I had one that looked just like that, got it out of the sun and into some shade, upgraded the container, and it’s looking pretty normal now although you can see some of the older, misshapen leaves that are still on it.
It’s been raining Its ass off here and mine are looking like that too. I think it’s just the rain and they will recover here. I use dry amendments and I think they’re breaking down and getting pumped into the soil with all the rain.