w459
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: help with sweet pepper plant |
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I have a sweet pepper plant that is about 3 weeks old now and almost has 4 full leaves. Until now the plant has been growning with no problems. Im growing them indoors with sunlight and fluorescent lights.
Today I noticed the leaves on all 8 of my plants started to curl upwards and inwards at the edges. Theres no discoloration or anything of the sort so i dont understand why its happening.
Nothing like this has ever happend to me before, but then again im fairly new to gardening. any advice would be much appreciated.
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eileen
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hi there w459.
I don't know what exactly can be affecting your sweet peppers but I found this website that may prove helpful to you.
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/pepper.html
Get back to me if you can't find an answer to your problem and I'll see what else I can do to help.
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southern bell
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Is it watered just a little daily? Might need to turn off the light at night. Give it time to sleep. Might be getting too much light and growing too fast. Add a little potting soil around the base and water daily but not too heavy. At 3 to 4 inches tall, and a stout stem, sart feeding with a liquid fertilzer like miracle grow.
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Frank
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hi w459,
After doing a quick bit of research I have a couple of possibilities presented themselves. See if any of these stand out:
- Excessive heat and/or low humidity (above 30 deg C)
- Magnesium deficiency.
- A rather ominous sounding pepper leaf curl virus  (hope it's not that)
What do you think? Oh and welcome to the community by the way 
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