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Got 4x jalapeño chilli plants (grown from seed). Transplanted them about 2 months ago to a grow bag and all doing fine (approx 2.5ft high) but one has suddenly taken on the appearance of being under watered (limp leaves losing colour etc) but the other three are fine and the compost damp. I can't see any sign of infestation of any kind and am stumped as to why it's happening.
Any ideas????
have you fed them?
when do you harvest them?, my plants have quite a number now.
It's ok, they turn into ghost chillies
My guess would be root rot, otherwise known as Damping off and caused by a pythium fungus, pull it out or scrape back the soil and see if the roots are healthy and strong, if they are a brown colour and appear mushy to touch then that's what it is,
Yes I have fed - with organic seaweed.
The shout about root rot sounds about right - it doesn't seem as stable as the others and feels like it wants to fall over.
Pythium is spore based so i'd pull it/kill it and check the roots - and first thing tomorrow replant your other 3 in a fresh grow bag with some trichoderma beneficial bacteria (either powder or solution available from good garden shops) which will colonise the rootball and provide protection and aid the plant to establish maximise growth
hm that might explain why my basils are looking a bit rubbish too; and lot of the chillis despite being warm enough in the greenhouse...
Chilli AIDS. The bad sort, I'm afraid.
chilli plants are annuals unless you are in spain.
If the upper leaves are yellowing and you can see brown spots on the stem then it's terminal, you can buy products that sterilise the soil and kill off the fungus but they also kill all the beneficial bacteria which the plant relies on for healthy growth, if you can be arsed then the best thing to do for next time is buy sterilised soil and mix in your own preferred trichoderma bacteria to seed the soil (certain plants favour certain bacteria), leave the soil slightly moist and place in a dark, relatively warm but airy environment then transplant seedlings into it - you'll notice a big difference in plant vigour/yeild. 😉
And how would you know about plants and.....
...oh yeah.
Probably best heed this man 😉