I have just recently begun learning about growing hot peppers and have been giving it a try for a couple of months now. I'm not having the best of luck, however. I have one habanero plant that I've bought, and a few scotch bonnets that I've germinated from seed. All of which are giving me trouble.
The habanero looked great and perfectly healthy when I first picked it up from the nursery. My little bonnets looked great when they first germinated as well, but it's as if I have the touch of death or something. The habanero plant is continually having it's blossoms and leaves fall off, stunted growth, it's leaves turning a little yellow at the end, and the leaves bulging out a bit in places. I have before / after photos to share as well. My scotch bonnets are looking much healthier the way that I'm raising my "second attempts" (as I affectionately call them
), but they are still experiencing the enigmatic "leaf bulgi...ness" that my store-bought habanero is. This leads me to believe that it's maybe something I'm doing?
P.S. the scotch bonnets that I'm growing from seed weren't bought. I literally took them out of a pepper after I had made hot sauce (well, technically before...but you get the idea). Maybe that's useful info?
...I'm also not sure how to upload my own images to this post as they're local to my computer and not an Internet URL, as is seemingly my only option for posting pictures according to this post editor.
The habanero looked great and perfectly healthy when I first picked it up from the nursery. My little bonnets looked great when they first germinated as well, but it's as if I have the touch of death or something. The habanero plant is continually having it's blossoms and leaves fall off, stunted growth, it's leaves turning a little yellow at the end, and the leaves bulging out a bit in places. I have before / after photos to share as well. My scotch bonnets are looking much healthier the way that I'm raising my "second attempts" (as I affectionately call them
), but they are still experiencing the enigmatic "leaf bulgi...ness" that my store-bought habanero is. This leads me to believe that it's maybe something I'm doing?P.S. the scotch bonnets that I'm growing from seed weren't bought. I literally took them out of a pepper after I had made hot sauce (well, technically before...but you get the idea
). Maybe that's useful info?...I'm also not sure how to upload my own images to this post as they're local to my computer and not an Internet URL, as is seemingly my only option for posting pictures according to this post editor.
