I noticed this plant looking a bit weak in the new growth in the last 5-7 days. Took a closer look the other day and noticed some of the new growth was weakly attached and had light brown spots here and there with some discoloration. They didn't look yellow or weak enough to fall off at the slightest touch but they do. As with my other plant that recently developed major issues after what appeared to be getting overly dry and frying some new growth tips this one's sibling right next to it in the exact same potting medium container size, nutrients, everything is perfectly fine (well, not quite, having some lesion issues on 3 of the 4 well developed pods, but foliage wise perfectly happy. Doesn't seem to be a nitrogen deficiency but I'm pretty inexperienced. I dug through the NMSU chile pepper disease guide and found nothing that seems to match but since everything apparently can present 50 different ways I dunno. Yes, I'm being facetious.
One other observation between the two is that this one is not really branching outwards to allow space between the vertical shoots to grow fruit. The other one isn't super dispersed but has plenty of room for fruiting, this one acts like every branch has separation anxiety
Most of the symptoms I'm finding on the top of the plant but not entirely.
Plant in question on the left, healthy sibling on the right
Tight, vertical growth, other one is splayed out a good bit more
I guess the most paranoia inducing part is not knowing whether this is a nutrient issue or a disease that can/will spread. Closest thing I could find on the NMSU site was Tomato Spotted Wilt virus but still felt like a stretch. Doesn't seem to be Bacterial Leaf Spot but I can't rule it out. Shouldn't be related to over-watering as it hasn't had enough water to be excessive. If anything its sibling has had more water but it's also producing fruit, a little taller and greener, while this one has yet to produce any pods (or maybe it just started some, I forget, I CRS).
Feeding history (spot watering in between as needed):
Watered with 1/4 strength nutes at some point (probably around June 8th)
6-13ish: watered with half strength nutes
6-20: watered with full strength nutes
7-8: watered with 1/4 strength nutes
At this point we had a ton of rain and I thought I may have overfed so I cut way back on water and didn't feed anything again until Aug. 2nd when I watered both SRSs with 1/2 strength nutes. Almost a month since the last feeding. Things were fine at this point if memory serves.
8-11: watered with 1/2 strength nutes (what I've been using for everything since the 7-8 feeding, everyone mostly seems happy, Scotch Bonnet is a little light colored, unsure if nitrogen or just the cultivar, but has started to grow pods)
What do you all think? Panic? Burn it with fire? Isolate and wait? Feed it? Thanks!
One other observation between the two is that this one is not really branching outwards to allow space between the vertical shoots to grow fruit. The other one isn't super dispersed but has plenty of room for fruiting, this one acts like every branch has separation anxiety
Most of the symptoms I'm finding on the top of the plant but not entirely.
Plant in question on the left, healthy sibling on the right
Tight, vertical growth, other one is splayed out a good bit more
I guess the most paranoia inducing part is not knowing whether this is a nutrient issue or a disease that can/will spread. Closest thing I could find on the NMSU site was Tomato Spotted Wilt virus but still felt like a stretch. Doesn't seem to be Bacterial Leaf Spot but I can't rule it out. Shouldn't be related to over-watering as it hasn't had enough water to be excessive. If anything its sibling has had more water but it's also producing fruit, a little taller and greener, while this one has yet to produce any pods (or maybe it just started some, I forget, I CRS).
Feeding history (spot watering in between as needed):
Watered with 1/4 strength nutes at some point (probably around June 8th)
6-13ish: watered with half strength nutes
6-20: watered with full strength nutes
7-8: watered with 1/4 strength nutes
At this point we had a ton of rain and I thought I may have overfed so I cut way back on water and didn't feed anything again until Aug. 2nd when I watered both SRSs with 1/2 strength nutes. Almost a month since the last feeding. Things were fine at this point if memory serves.
8-11: watered with 1/2 strength nutes (what I've been using for everything since the 7-8 feeding, everyone mostly seems happy, Scotch Bonnet is a little light colored, unsure if nitrogen or just the cultivar, but has started to grow pods)
What do you all think? Panic? Burn it with fire? Isolate and wait? Feed it? Thanks!
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