It's my second year growing and I luv it! I'm having some issues and hope some of you veterans can help me diagnose them and fix them. I've planted 13 pots with 40 plants, most of them of the scorching variety like Bhut Jolokia, Scotch Bonnet, Carolina Reaper and Fatali; also some more mellow types and more traditional types. They were planted 4-6 weeks ago in potting soil, and I'm based in San Diego coastal area. Note that it has been an unusually cool and overcast spring out here in SoCal.
I'm having an issue with yellowed leaves, brown leaf edges that look burnt, completely stunted growth, and plants that look like they were denuded by a bark beetle. Note that not all of my plants are having issues by the way.
I'm hoping for some advice. I am spraying them with a Sevin insecticide weekly and fertilizing them with dry granular organic fertilizer every four weeks. Before planting, I soaked each root ball for 5 minutes in a liquid mixture of Kellogg fish and kelp fertilizer, 2 Tbps to the gallon, as advised by the grower.
Could the problem be the potting soil I used? I notice that it has wood bark in the ingredients.
For those who want more details, here they are. I've posted pictures of each problem plant.
Problem Plants
Scotch Bonnet -- older leaves are yellowed with burnt edges but otherwise looks healthy; has hardly grown in 6 weeks
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate -- yellowed leaves
Fatali -- growing well but yellowed leaves, some mottling of the yellowed leaves
Habanero -- growing well with buds and tiny fruits already, but yellowed leaves
Orozco -- spindly and nearly bare -- these are the only ones who look like this out of 40 plants
Bhut Jolokia White -- hasn't grown, yellowed mottled leaves, has looked unhealthy since a week after planting
Plants Looking Good
Red Savina
Bhut Jolokia Red -- modest growth but looks healthy
Habanero Chocolate -- growing vigorously
Carolina Reaper
Ethiopian Brown -- growing vigorously
Aji Colorado -- growing vigorously
Jalapeno -- growing vigorously
Anchor Poblano -- doing great
Fresno -- doing great
I'm having an issue with yellowed leaves, brown leaf edges that look burnt, completely stunted growth, and plants that look like they were denuded by a bark beetle. Note that not all of my plants are having issues by the way.
I'm hoping for some advice. I am spraying them with a Sevin insecticide weekly and fertilizing them with dry granular organic fertilizer every four weeks. Before planting, I soaked each root ball for 5 minutes in a liquid mixture of Kellogg fish and kelp fertilizer, 2 Tbps to the gallon, as advised by the grower.
Could the problem be the potting soil I used? I notice that it has wood bark in the ingredients.
For those who want more details, here they are. I've posted pictures of each problem plant.
Problem Plants
Scotch Bonnet -- older leaves are yellowed with burnt edges but otherwise looks healthy; has hardly grown in 6 weeks
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate -- yellowed leaves
Fatali -- growing well but yellowed leaves, some mottling of the yellowed leaves
Habanero -- growing well with buds and tiny fruits already, but yellowed leaves
Orozco -- spindly and nearly bare -- these are the only ones who look like this out of 40 plants
Bhut Jolokia White -- hasn't grown, yellowed mottled leaves, has looked unhealthy since a week after planting
Plants Looking Good
Red Savina
Bhut Jolokia Red -- modest growth but looks healthy
Habanero Chocolate -- growing vigorously
Carolina Reaper
Ethiopian Brown -- growing vigorously
Aji Colorado -- growing vigorously
Jalapeno -- growing vigorously
Anchor Poblano -- doing great
Fresno -- doing great
