My pepper tree is dying dammit

Nuclieye

Nuclieye

No change in water or nutes, still constant warm weather (98F tomorrow) yet my hybrid is giving up the ghost.  Dunno why but its failing fast.  Cannot pick the vast amount of peppers as fast as they are ripening so letting them go to compost.  It topped out at 14' 4".  Already planted some new starts under it for next year.  Zoom in on second pic to see how many pods it throws.
 
 
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SavinaRed said:
Wow that is the most peppers by far that I've ever seen on a pepper plant/tree. 
 
If you don't mind me asking what kind of peppers are they ?
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It's a Reaper / wild native Chiltepin planted Oct 2015.  Crazy producer of super hots.  Tried cloning it several times and only have one left alive and its not looking all that healthy.  Cannot get any roots to show on any clones.  Thinking of cutting it way back and putting it on life support this weekend but also thinking of just letting it go and see what happens over the winter.
 
Very nice specimen. You try cloning from younger shoots? Usually I get get roots just by placing the cuttings in some water. The best way I've had success is a humidity dome, heating pad, root tech, and rock wool cubes .



If it was my plant I would prune it down and see if it puts out new shoots. If there is some good foliage, I would leave some. I've heard that if you leave ripe pods on plants for to long, that they will die off. Supposedly the plant thinks it's done its job in the reproduction process. It wants to drop those pods for propagation. Don't know for sure, but it makes since. I'll never know, my season is to short.

Wish you luck.

Thanks for sharing.
 
Honestly, that looks bad. Like a disease, or blight. I'd take one of those dead branches off, and break it open. See if it's gone hollow, and compare it to known tomato/pepper diseases.

I think I'd prune it all back to stem. If/when it grows back, consider pruning it to create a canopy. (like a tree)

As a second thought... what are you fertilizing with? I wonder if a heavy feeder like that may have accumulated salt build-up. Maybe test the soil EC to find out.
 
looks like only half the plant is affected. A bore Beetle of some type maybe?
Damage to roots on that side of the plant?
By all means cut that baby back to a couple inches into healthy stem. Cut the other half to match and see what happens.
 
Nuclieye said:
I cut it back to 2' tall this afternoon.  It is still green there.  Not changing any watering etc.
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I'm still gonna say to core out some soil, down to about 2', and run an EC check. Whatever you do, don't feed it until you do that.
 
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