Hello all!
This is my first post after lurking around and learning from all you experts.
I recently discovered my love for hot peppers from a good friend who introduced me to his crop of super hots and gave me some of his extra plants, what a good friend!
I am trying to keep the plants (small container plants compared to the ones i see from you guys here) producing during the winter, just for fun.
I have an issue which i can't seem to find an explanation for. I recently built a small (8x10) grow room to move my container plants in, furnished it with a combo of CFL and T8 fixtures, small heater etc. within a few weeks the leaves closest to the lights and the new growth that was coming out was turning a VERY DARK green, almost purple and wrinkling. they eventually dried up and fell off. the older leaves which are lower on the plant seem to be ok, but of course the bottom leaves are showing signs of yellowing.
Has anyone else experienced this? could it be too much light at the top of the plants?
You can see the older, lighter green and the darker ones along with the shriveled new leaves and flowers in these pics
This is my first post after lurking around and learning from all you experts.
I recently discovered my love for hot peppers from a good friend who introduced me to his crop of super hots and gave me some of his extra plants, what a good friend!
I am trying to keep the plants (small container plants compared to the ones i see from you guys here) producing during the winter, just for fun.
I have an issue which i can't seem to find an explanation for. I recently built a small (8x10) grow room to move my container plants in, furnished it with a combo of CFL and T8 fixtures, small heater etc. within a few weeks the leaves closest to the lights and the new growth that was coming out was turning a VERY DARK green, almost purple and wrinkling. they eventually dried up and fell off. the older leaves which are lower on the plant seem to be ok, but of course the bottom leaves are showing signs of yellowing.
Has anyone else experienced this? could it be too much light at the top of the plants?
You can see the older, lighter green and the darker ones along with the shriveled new leaves and flowers in these pics