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Help! Deformed leafs and flower drop

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Rockylinx

Hello, I'm growing hot peppers and have found a couple of unexplained issues. I used 10.10.10 npk for the first couple of months until the peppers started flowering then I used 5.10.10 now I'm using calmag to try to fix the flower drop. Lots of flower drop! I water every other day due to the heat 90-100Deg with a 60 percent shade cloth covering my raised dirt beds.it seems to be only affecting 1 of my 2 beds. Please help
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I've had some of those, hopefully someone will post the list of things that cause it. I'm still vetting quite a few pods setting so I'm not too worried about it
 
Flower drop probable causes:
 
1. Day temp too high >95F
2. Night temp too low <65F or too high >85F
3. Too much nitrogen fertilizer
4. Too much water
5. Low light levels (reduces fertility).
6. Very low humidity (reduces fertility)
7. Poor air circulation (air circulation contributes to pollination).
8. Lack of pollinating insects.
9. Size of pot
10. Too much mineral in feedwater.
11. Too much grower attention/anxiety.
 
when I had an aphid issue my plants looked the same, curled new growth and buds turning yellow and dropping. I am sure there could be other reasons why as well, but when I got rid of the aphids the new growth normalized. So check for pests first.
 
Elpicante said:
I cured that yellowish tone in my babies with Epsom Salt. 1tbs in a qt spray bottle in the am once a week plus a 1/4 tsp as top dress. Water the Epsom into the soil too
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Epsom salt really seemed to help my plants too
 
Well I did both because of the sever state of my own plants. Are you getting leaf drops as well? I'll do both but that is just me.
 
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