I think I will start letting my water sit overnight too.been using rain water whenever possible and water from buckets that's been "evaporating' overnight....
I think I will start letting my water sit overnight too.been using rain water whenever possible and water from buckets that's been "evaporating' overnight....
Thanks geeme! I have about another 12 plants I will be adding to that in a couple weeks when they get a bit bigger and will be doing my final sow of a few more varieties in the next couple days hopefully (if I ever get these seeds that have been held up in quarantine! But that's another story).Wow Gas! Except for the "problem child", you have a fine looking batch o' pepper plants going there. I hope you are able to figure out and resolve whatever is causing the curling problem.
I'm still not ruling out other causes just yet but in my situation mites do appear to be the most probable cause. I will start treating for mites first and if that fails, then I will explore other avenues. If I do have broad mites though, it will be tricky to determine whether or not treatment is successful due to the fact that not only are the damn things all but invisible to the naked eye and even difficult to see with magnification (making it hard to see if they are gone or not), but I have also heard that it can take weeks, even months for the damage to stop. If it is something else, then by the time I have ruled mites out, it could be too late!could be mites. mine don't have that. ok, i might have a different problem than you've got.
I've just gone and neemed all my plants but will be getting some proper chemicals tomorrownuke the little f%%kers. Dont wait cos they spread disease from plant to plant via the sap that they suck.
Thanks for your input btw, franzb69. It's given me something to ponder and may very well help out somewhere down the track. I am going to buy a pH test kit very soon too just to be on the safe side.
Gas, can you take one of the plants to a decent nursery and get someone with hort quals to take a look? I was looking at the common pests of SEQ, and outside of rot/fugus issues, there aren't too many bugs. I'm guessing they could sort it pretty quickly? Good luck either way - too early in the season to be feeling that pain...
Already a step ahead and was thinking that when I read your suggestion.so long as you leave it in the car!