Never have grown peppers before, got some reapers and ghost peppers going
What's wrong with my reaper? Leaves don't look great, just repotted yesterday
by Andcz
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Sad-Feedback-9546
Yeah I had this happen with my reaper. I keistered it and it sprung right back up.
Island_Judo
Just be patient. It’s early in the season, if you have to snip a leaf or three it’s not the end of the world. Just make sure you have enough soil in your pot, it looks a little low
SHOWTIME316
probably a mixture of minor transplant shock and UV exposure. the new growth is looking good. a lot of my peppers looked like this when i first put them outside, even after hardening off. it is just acclimating to its new environment.
Scrappyz_zg
How often do you water it?
idrawinmargins
When my plants were that size I transplanted them to a 5 gallon bucket filled with a gardening soil called ocean forest. Then i mixed in some general purpose fertilizer. Watered when the plants looked droopy. Used some fish emulsion in spring every few weeks. Got giant pepper bushes that way. Ended up with a crazy amount of peppers.
Apprehensive-Cow8472
….it produces peppers that are too hot to eat is the main problem
Extension-Start3142
Looks like some sun damage. I have the same on mine.
Bitemynekk
Just looks like sunscald. The burned leaves will eventually die and the plant stunted for a week or so. All of the new leaves will be fine and acclimated to the sun.
papa_benny420
The season is long and super hots take forever. Be patient they will come in due time. To me it looks like some sun burn. It should grow out of it.
Electronic_Cat2777
Check the bottoms of the leaves, looks like you may have aphids or white mites.
Main-Astronaut5219
Yeah was gonna say, they need some calcium. If you don’t have a fertilizer with added calcium you can make calcium acetate foliar spray with some eggshells and vinegar. It’ll give you that nice dark green your looking for 😉
LuvPeppers
These peppers are tough. They work hard to grow and the drink a lot of water/nutrients.
Titoffrito
Your deck is too hot and messing up watering and nutrient uptake. Put it somewhere where it get less sun and heat.
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Yeah I had this happen with my reaper. I keistered it and it sprung right back up.
Just be patient. It’s early in the season, if you have to snip a leaf or three it’s not the end of the world. Just make sure you have enough soil in your pot, it looks a little low
probably a mixture of minor transplant shock and UV exposure. the new growth is looking good. a lot of my peppers looked like this when i first put them outside, even after hardening off. it is just acclimating to its new environment.
How often do you water it?
When my plants were that size I transplanted them to a 5 gallon bucket filled with a gardening soil called ocean forest. Then i mixed in some general purpose fertilizer. Watered when the plants looked droopy. Used some fish emulsion in spring every few weeks. Got giant pepper bushes that way. Ended up with a crazy amount of peppers.
….it produces peppers that are too hot to eat is the main problem
Looks like some sun damage. I have the same on mine.
Just looks like sunscald. The burned leaves will eventually die and the plant stunted for a week or so. All of the new leaves will be fine and acclimated to the sun.
The season is long and super hots take forever. Be patient they will come in due time. To me it looks like some sun burn. It should grow out of it.
Check the bottoms of the leaves, looks like you may have aphids or white mites.
Yeah was gonna say, they need some calcium. If you don’t have a fertilizer with added calcium you can make calcium acetate foliar spray with some eggshells and vinegar. It’ll give you that nice dark green your looking for 😉
These peppers are tough. They work hard to grow and the drink a lot of water/nutrients.
Your deck is too hot and messing up watering and nutrient uptake. Put it somewhere where it get less sun and heat.