Built an above ground garden for my girlfriend 50 or 60 days ago. We transplanted all of our potted vegetables and they all are doing tremendously. Except our poblanos and a Scotch bonnet. We also have Serrano and Tabasco peppers that are thriving. Could anyone help me understand why the others may be struggling? Live central coast of California in Santa Cruz. Weather is 55-80 consistently for summer.
We tried watering them less and nothing changed.
Sorry if this has been asked before on here. I checked and couldn’t find much that could help me.
Thank you in advance from a new gardener.
by Tophsack
8 Comments
I find that when I try hard to grow peppers they don’t do well, but when I ignore them they thrive and produce more than I could ask for. Sorry, no advice, I clearly haven’t cracked the code either!
They need full sun for at least eight hours and water early
Some peppers struggle after transplant; some get sick and die (2 Early Jalapeños, Sugar Rush Stripey, 2 sweet cayennes for me). My primary issue was (and still is) the overly abundant rain we’ve had in North Texas. Once the roots go, there’s nothing left to salvage. My good fortune was that I had grown backup plants for each and they are moving towards producing. Sometimes plants just die; there’s likely a cause, but pinpointing the exact cause is sometimes harder than just uprooting the old one and moving on.
What I do know is that root rot from overwatering can set in before the plant shows any ill effects and once the effects do show, it’s often too late to save the plant even if you restrict watering and do everything right from that point forward.
We had three solid days of torrential rains before my SRS began to look off. Same for the Early Jalapeños and sweet cayennes.
https://preview.redd.it/73n0owluq67f1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22831250762943051ad54736ca858171ef9c82e5
This was taken the day before the Stripey started kicking the bucket. It went from that to looking that wilted pepper plant you posted in a single night. I walked out in the AM to find a droopy, dead looking plant. Could only conclude that the excess rain had pushed it over the brink, drowned the roots, and set in motion an irreversible process.
probably too dry, maybe put up a shade net. how hot is it where you are?
45/50 in the mornings 70-80 afternoons
Seems like it’s too much sun/heat, if these were recently transplanted this happens
What brand of soil did you use?
Growing peppers is like having a girlfriend…they just never happy but sometimes they do ok