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Poisoned Pepper Plants?
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2024
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So you actually answered another question of mine I didn't ask, which is about the mushrooms. I know they're good, but I've been wondering if there's any significance with how close they are to the plants, and how crowded they are around it.
So I've been looking at as many example photos as I can, and I'm becoming less concerned about herbicide contamination and it's looking like a mineral/vitamin or some kind of management issue.
Another thing I noticed is that the lowest leaves (the oldest?) are fully formed, and it's only the newest ones are deformed. Does that track for nutrient issues?
It's been providing shade and you have been providing plenty of moisture for them to grow even on hot days. That and the incredibly spacious fresh wood mulch there is acting as a great grow medium for them.
Seriously that's was a lot of mulch and I question how deep you got those roots in actual soil.
New growth is pretty much always where you will see growth issues. You look to old for mold and pests. You could try shaking a leaf over white paper and checking for broad mites but I'm betting on roots. Maybe they got root bound in the pots.
So I decided to sacrifice one of the gnarlier plants to see what I can find. Here are the images:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/N2XxkkY
The roots did shoot out beyond the bulb, there was a lot of pulling and tearing as I was lifting it out. But I also noticed that some of the stems are woody and brown. My neighbour said that she noticed the "stinging bugs" are exceptionally bad this year.
Roots should be over 2 feet long on a healthy plant.
Looks like you probably had lateral growth trying to pull nutrients but wasn't getting deep enough to pull any real nutrients.
Stinging bugs are great and not the types that eat plants. They even often help eat the things eating plants. If you were seeing growth issues on the other peppers I'd say bugs but you aren't sonits likely the plant and seems like a root and nutrient deficiency.
I'd say still just top the offending plants and just burn or throw away the parts you clip. Then apply a generous glug of liquid fertilizer so it gets down through the 6 inches of mulch and then back off watering to every few days or more but water deep to get the roots fully damp.