r/PepperLovers • u/Deep-Appointment3307 Pepper Lover • 8h ago

HELP!!

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My yellow scotch bonnet seems to be dying but only near the bottom of the plant. The top looks to have good growth. Anyone know what i can do for it?

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u/WishOnSuckaWood Pepper Lover 6h ago

Your plant looks like it needs nitrogen. What are you fertilizing with?

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u/Deep-Appointment3307 Pepper Lover 4h ago

I was using some miracle grow i got on amazon. 7-14 day feeding

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u/WishOnSuckaWood Pepper Lover 3h ago

That's not enough. Your leaves should be a nice deep green. I personally prefer SuperThrive Foliage Pro, as it's a fertilizer with micro nutrients. If you would prefer to keep using the Miracle Gro, I suggest you feed at least once a week (or twice a week at half strength).

You could also add fish emulsion right now, that's got an NPK of 5-1-1, for a nitrogen boost. Down the road, in a month or so, you can switch to fish hydrolysate 2-4-2

Edit: some of your leaves look like they have sunscald. Do you water during the day?

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u/PositiveSouth5161 Pepper Lover 8h ago

I've been using copper spray for my peppers. I'm in 8B and it's been so humid and wet here. My peppers have also been having weird wonky leaves like that especially my scotch bonnet cream. The spray has been working though.

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u/ZzLavergne Pepper Lover 8h ago

I have kinda the same problem, checked with google AI and it said to add a bloom booster and fish emulsion to it and the plants should take off and sprout new leaves and yield a better harvest, you might try that.