It has been really hot the past 3 days, and today I noticed these brown spots on 2 of my anaheim peppers. What's going on here?
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Are my anaheim peppers rotting?
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Blossom end rot. Pretty common thing, shows up early in the season. Lots and lots of posts about it around the forum and how to solve it.
sunbrun are more pale spot color Tan or very pale brown. on leaved it's more silvery
A sunburned spot will also look very thin, almost paper-thin sometimes, like the flesh has been burned away. I am still putting my money on BER.
theghostpepperstore said:
Should I wait a couple of days to make sure that is in fact BER or should I just cut down these peppers before it gets worse?
Jeff H said:
Do you have any recommended products? should I just dissolve a tums tablet in water or maybe lime stone?
add some bonemeal to soil to help uptake of calcium bu the plant... the thinner the bonemaeal is the easier will be absord... near powder is good
Will the affected peppers make a recovery with the added calcium or should I remove them?
Affected peppers are a lost cause if it is BER. They will continue to rot until they fall off the plant. Better to redirect your plants energy at making new pods by removing them.
if you do end up believing it is BER, then Botanicare's calmag would be my preferred calcium supplement. in a direct comparison between it and General Hydroponics cal-mag, Botanicare uses calcium nitrate which would be instantly available to your plants. GH uses calcium carbonate and all reading material that i have perused says carbonate is not water soluble so, i believe it would need time to breakdown for plant to use.
that being said, i haven't found a calcium nitrate versus calcium carbonate study to give a comparison.
i do add ground eggshell into my soil mix with the intent that it will break down over time and wouldn't be an immediate fix for my plants. so, it is more of a "i hope it has value in the future" feeling.
good luck.
that being said, i haven't found a calcium nitrate versus calcium carbonate study to give a comparison.
i do add ground eggshell into my soil mix with the intent that it will break down over time and wouldn't be an immediate fix for my plants. so, it is more of a "i hope it has value in the future" feeling.
good luck.
you can also try using a tblsp of molasses in a gallon of water it will give your plants ca and plenty k
Would you happen to have values of nutrients 4 molasses?SweatSauwce said:
Thx Al