I would say only when it rains. Last week we had a major rainfall that lasted the whole afternoon.
I have some ghost peppers and cayenne chili's and they seem to be doing fine, so maybe you're right with the water requirements. These ones might just need more water.
I started them on tiger bloom fertilizer just the other day but before that I had a granular bone meal and tomato fertilizer. I water just enough to wet the surface of the dirt and I do that every second day, but I feel the dirt first.
I think my pepper plants are getting damaged from too much sun. I have my plants in containers on my deck where they get some morning sun and afternoon sun.
Today it was quite hot out and my plants were wilting and the leaves looked damaged. I water them and put them in the shade and when I...
It was a hot day out and I noticed the leaves wilting so I watered them and put them in the shade and they turned yellow and these leaves easily broke off.
I've been having issues with these peppers all season but my other ones are doing fine. They are Carolina reapers and Trinidad Scorpions.
I got these peppers from a greenhouse a while back when they were about 3-4 inches tall. They seemed to be doing great in little containers then I moved them to the ground and things took a turn. I then decided to buy bigger containers and move them back. They have now been in these current...