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[Pam]

some plants turn purple from cold nights, too much light will make it wither.. not turn purple. some plants have purple, some plants have purple stripes on their stems. all my chile plants have always had purple where the nodes are. purple is god's favorite color love it.

Well, not exactly. Too much light before the plant is ready will cause necrosis on the leaves. One the plant is properly hardened to the light intensity, there shouldn't be any problems. Part of that hardening off can be the production of red or purple pigments in the leaves. I know in the late summer and fall, then my pepper bushes are really loaded down and the sun is very intense, I even get peppers with some purple-ish patches on them that the pods way of protecting itself from the sun. I like to tell people that it's a pepper tan.

Potassium deficiency can also cause a purpling of the leaves, particularly on the bottom of the leaf.

 

[willard3]

Potawie is right, purple fruit and purple leaves is caused by high lighting levels and is a chile's defensive response.

I can get chile leaves to go purple in my greenhouse by increasing light level from 30 w/square ft to 50 w/square ft.

 

[ABurningMouth]

I have not used my fan until today(just lazy).
Dale

Are you using a hand held fan?
I like the ones you plug in better. I got quite dizzy from blowing on the plants all the time.

 

[AlabamaJack]

AJ, thats what I was looking for, the amounts and how often to use the peroxide.Dale

Are you rid of the mold/fungus Dale?

Here's some of my purple babies. Although these are purple varieties, you still need high light levels for them to get that way.

Pretty picture POTAWIE....

 

[Poisonette]

I had a white-powder looking stuff on the top of the soil 2 days after my little fan died.
Picked up a few at WM for $3, in 3 days the yuck was gone.
I'll have to remember the corn meal trick if it happens again.

Dale, hope yours is solved.

 

[teh purple penguins]

Well, not exactly. Too much light before the plant is ready will cause necrosis on the leaves. One the plant is properly hardened to the light intensity, there shouldn't be any problems. Part of that hardening off can be the production of red or purple pigments in the leaves. I know in the late summer and fall, then my pepper bushes are really loaded down and the sun is very intense, I even get peppers with some purple-ish patches on them that the pods way of protecting itself from the sun. I like to tell people that it's a pepper tan.

Potassium deficiency can also cause a purpling of the leaves, particularly on the bottom of the leaf.

just to be sure. what did you mean by not exactly? you always offer great rebutes and information but i have no idea what you are saying is wrong. the whole statement?

 

[Pam]

just to be sure. what did you mean by not exactly? you always offer great rebutes and information but i have no idea what you are saying is wrong. the whole statement?

"too much light will make it wither.. not turn purple."