Hi, I'm new to this site so have only put links to the pictures. I took the pictures at night with an old camera so the pictures aren't as good as they could be I'll try to upload some more later if people ask me to.
I'm also new to growing having only ever looked after 2 plants I received from a dead relative about 6 months ago which were already quite old. This means any advice I can get would be very much appreciated as apart from reading as much as I can online I'm making it up as I go along.
I was given this plant
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880215495/]
as a christmas present by my brother and although at first it was looking quite strong, the longer it's been in my care the more sickly it's become.
At first I thought the sickliness was due to the ill care it received from my brother, he kept it in a wardrobe bringing it out for an hour or two sun a day. Being him, he also most likely hardly watered it, so I felt it was only fair that there be repercussions. That said I'm now sure that this is something else that is causing the plant to wither.
The plant is kept in the window and I leave the window closed as much as possible as I was told it wouldn't like the breeze and the cold.
I've also been using scissors to prune the plant rather than hands as I have also been told this matters. and when initially gaining the plant pruned it quite harshly as it was quite beaten up.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880496613/]
I have checked for parasites almost a dozen times and so am pretty sure it's not that.
I water the soil rather than the plant as I read rely on that this can cause root or stem rot so I don't feel there's any sunburn though I may be wrong.
I feel it's probably either fungal or a deficiency in something, from reading online my best guess is either calcium or boron but as I say that's just a guess.
If you do feel it's a deficiency I would be really grateful if you gave me some advice on how to treat it.
The first symptom I noticed was the lack of the end on some of the chillies peppers.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880495083/]
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880212845/]
The next thing I noticed was the largest leaf developing these yellow patch's that also are indented on the underside.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880493203/]
Since then many of the leafs have developed disfigured areas. Some of the disfigured area's end up having holes all the way through.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880214735/]
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880217045/]
Some of the stems have also disfigured.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880217615/]
Some leaves have partially withered and many withered away to the point where I just felt it was best to cut them off. Most of the new young leaves, stems and what I assume would be flowers whither straight away.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880214735/]
My chilli's have progressively become smaller and smaller and taken longer and longer to redden. The first 4, from the left, were all picked on christmas day along with about 5 others, all about the size of the 3rd, 4th that were accidentally thrown away.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880501243/]
The chilli nearest to the right as you can see was picked prematurely this was because I was worried about the spot developing at the bottom
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11881069316/]
and the small withered stem.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880664304/]
I've bought some 'Chilli Focus' and am going to start a course of it starting hopefully tomorrow.
That's everything I can think of that may be helpful, thank you for your time and help.
I'm also new to growing having only ever looked after 2 plants I received from a dead relative about 6 months ago which were already quite old. This means any advice I can get would be very much appreciated as apart from reading as much as I can online I'm making it up as I go along.
I was given this plant
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880215495/]
as a christmas present by my brother and although at first it was looking quite strong, the longer it's been in my care the more sickly it's become.
At first I thought the sickliness was due to the ill care it received from my brother, he kept it in a wardrobe bringing it out for an hour or two sun a day. Being him, he also most likely hardly watered it, so I felt it was only fair that there be repercussions. That said I'm now sure that this is something else that is causing the plant to wither.
The plant is kept in the window and I leave the window closed as much as possible as I was told it wouldn't like the breeze and the cold.
I've also been using scissors to prune the plant rather than hands as I have also been told this matters. and when initially gaining the plant pruned it quite harshly as it was quite beaten up.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880496613/]
I have checked for parasites almost a dozen times and so am pretty sure it's not that.
I water the soil rather than the plant as I read rely on that this can cause root or stem rot so I don't feel there's any sunburn though I may be wrong.
I feel it's probably either fungal or a deficiency in something, from reading online my best guess is either calcium or boron but as I say that's just a guess.
If you do feel it's a deficiency I would be really grateful if you gave me some advice on how to treat it.
The first symptom I noticed was the lack of the end on some of the chillies peppers.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880495083/]
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880212845/]
The next thing I noticed was the largest leaf developing these yellow patch's that also are indented on the underside.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880493203/]
Since then many of the leafs have developed disfigured areas. Some of the disfigured area's end up having holes all the way through.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880214735/]
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880217045/]
Some of the stems have also disfigured.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880217615/]
Some leaves have partially withered and many withered away to the point where I just felt it was best to cut them off. Most of the new young leaves, stems and what I assume would be flowers whither straight away.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880214735/]
My chilli's have progressively become smaller and smaller and taken longer and longer to redden. The first 4, from the left, were all picked on christmas day along with about 5 others, all about the size of the 3rd, 4th that were accidentally thrown away.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880501243/]
The chilli nearest to the right as you can see was picked prematurely this was because I was worried about the spot developing at the bottom
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11881069316/]
and the small withered stem.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/114059479@N03/11880664304/]
I've bought some 'Chilli Focus' and am going to start a course of it starting hopefully tomorrow.
That's everything I can think of that may be helpful, thank you for your time and help.