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| Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by Patriot001(op): 10:17am On Aug 24, 2025 |
Farmers in the house come to my rescue ooo. This is what am witnessing few weeks after harvesting. Ive been give nutrients, spraying, watering back to back. Please ooo
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| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by Mariangeles(f): 3:22pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
Safarifarms, your expertise is needed here please. What could be wrong? |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by safarifarms(m): 3:40pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
Mariangeles:That should be bacterial wilt which unfortunately has not cure. You try as much as possible to avoid it by planting resistant varieties (where possible). But if you already have them on your crops. Your best bet is to remove them quickly and dispose properly to avoid infecting more stands. Continuously monitor and eliminate affected once quickly to reduce spread. I had some in my farm too. You need to confirm though. Hope you are not having water stress? How to confirm: cut the stem and immerse the cut end in water; the presence of a milky white bacterial ooze confirms the disease.
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| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by IamAsiri: 7:08pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
safarifarms:His looks more like water stress to me. How many times is he watering his plants in this period of August break? He can also check for the bacterial wilt too like you suggested. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by Mariangeles(f): 7:26pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
Thank you. safarifarms:Which one do you suggest @bolded? |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by mencer(m): 7:36pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
Have similar experience but the plants rejuvenated after treatment with fungicide and supergrow.. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by safarifarms(m): 8:25pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
Mariangeles:I'm sorry I actually don't have enough experience with peppers to know a variety to recommend. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by safarifarms(m): 8:27pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
mencer:Your case must have been fungal wilt. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by Mariangeles(f): 9:48pm On Aug 24, 2025 |
safarifarms:The ones on your farm did/are doing great. You could suggest those. I especially liked those green habaneros. They're a🔥🍰 in culinary. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by mencer(m): 12:01am On Aug 25, 2025 |
safarifarms:The above case as seen is not of wilt.. There's no wilt.. If you look carefully It's more of Nutrition Deficiency Parasitic insects whiteflies / Aphids Fungus |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by safarifarms(m): 7:58am On Aug 25, 2025 |
Mariangeles:I had same challenge. Those pictures attached are from my farm. You can see the water test I did for confirmation. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by safarifarms(m): 7:59am On Aug 25, 2025 |
mencer:I've indicated how the OP can do a confirmation. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by Patriot001(op): 2:29pm On Aug 31, 2025 |
safarifarms:I’ve tried this but, nothing ooo. Like I’m not seeing any bacteria ooze |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by safarifarms(m): 6:51pm On Aug 31, 2025 |
Patriot001:If that is the case then it rules out bacterial wilt. Is there any sign of fungal growth? That could mean its fungal wilt which fungicides can handle. Another consideration, do you have excessive rainfalls? If so, there is a chance of root rot. You could have shared the pictures of the root zone. If there are nodes on the root, then it is nematodes. Nematode eradication at this stage if it is the case can be very expensive. |
| Re: Pepper Plant Dropping Leaves by Sterlingsolutns: 1:54pm On Sep 09, 2025 |
Please, what is the source of water for your irrigation? The set up looks nice Thanks Patriot001: |
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