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I'm about 2-3 years into growing peppers, so don't mind my ignorance.

I have about 5 specialty hot pepper plants that are close to death. They were all doing relatively fine until about 5 days ago when we had a few pretty cold nights (35° F).

I have about 15 pepper plants growing at the moment, all in pots with similar soil. However, not all of my peppers took a nosedive after those nights...so I'm unsure if the cold temp is related to the issues.

As you can see in my pictures, several of the plants have brown/yellow discolored leaves that are curling near the ends. Some of the leaves have holes, some have white spots. Overall they are doing very poorly. I did cutoff some of the leaves that were really discolored, in hopes to focus nutrition on the healthy leaves.

I tested the soil to realize that my Potash levels are "adequate", my soil is slightly acidic, but it is difficult for me to determine my nitrogen levels.

The water in the nitrogen test is very murky and brown, with a hue of purple.

I'd love to save what I can....any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The peppers that are struggling are: apocalypse, white Caroline reaper, white ghost, chocolate habanero, and chocolate ghost


Thanks in advance!


PS. I apologize if this is the wrong forum, I noticed after the fact that plants issues are designated to the Identification forum.
 
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FYI the pictures aren't showing up for me.

I think you have the right idea on the leaves. Maybe try to get some warmth to the roots to see if you can help them pick up some. When they're in pots they can be more susceptible to the cold unfortunately.
 
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HellfireFarm said:
FYI the pictures aren't showing up for me.

I think you have the right idea on the leaves. Maybe try to get some warmth to the roots to see if you can help them pick up some. When they're in pots they can be more susceptible to the cold unfortunately.
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Just posted the pictures in the comments!

I'm wondering if my soil was water-logged. My pots were intensely heavy, and after digging some of the soil, it was drenched.
 
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These devices are usually pretty great at reviving all sorts of plants:

everything is in a controlled environment, if you follow the regime, combined with a good light source, it's like putting an injured plant in ICU.

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Cheers and hope this helps!
 
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