is this plant done for or saveable?

newpeppergrower1105

• Jun 28, 2013

• #1

i have not really been taking proper care of this plant i have had a lot of thing to do lately its. the water has washed away the dirt on the
 
roots is that why its dieing? or is it that it has a lot of rolie pollies in the dirt
 
 
 
what should i do kill it? i already have 4 other ghost pepper plant in 3 gallon pots that already have peppers growing. for some reason
 
the one plant i put in a 5 gallon is the smallest and dieing. is it worth saving? i also have about 3 months old plants coming in that would
 
love its dirt and its pot 
 
 

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JoynersHotPeppers

• Jun 28, 2013

• #2

Looks like my over winters, should be fine. I potted mine up into a wallyworld bag with some fresh soil and nutrients and now they have pods. 

 

megahot

• Jun 28, 2013

• #3

Save it! Bury those roots with some fresh soil

 

meinchoh

• Jun 28, 2013

• #4

Generally speaking, if it's green, it's able to be saved. Barring any disease, it should be fine.

 

Noah Yates

• Jun 28, 2013

• #5

Hell yeah man... that thing will be just fine!!!!   Give it a top dressing of some good compost or worm castings and put it in filtered sun.  It will turn into a monster before you know it.  They really dont like to have those exposed roots.  You may even consider re-potting it.  From my experience, rolly-pollies indicate excess moisture content... is that plant water-logged?  Do you have sufficient drainage holes in the bottom?      

 

newpeppergrower1105

• Jun 28, 2013

• #6

thanks a lot i will save it. and do you guys think that to much sun could be a problem because the leaves look burned. i ask because my othe plant that have peppers where placed in a place  that recives half the sunlight and are doing spectacular i live in lower california in zone 10   
 
 
im not sure if i over watered i might have 

 

romy6

• Jun 28, 2013

• #7

 Peppers love sun so keep that in mind. Looks like it is sitting in some muddy soil. That might be the problem. 

 

PepperDaddler

• Jun 28, 2013

• #8

I would go with Noah's response, especially about the shade.
 
And it looks EXACTLY like my overwinter did a few months ago. Same pot and all.
 
That is, until I left it out in the full sun and it died.

 

Pepperhead

• Jul 6, 2013

• #9

I have a reaper that fell on the ground and dried out over 2 days.  When I righted it and watered it all the leaves fell off.  I took care of it, watered, added nutes and it's on it's way back with plenty of new leaf growth.  Two weeks ago it was just a stick.  I think I might even get pods from it this year.  Yours looks way better.