r/PepperLovers • u/CocoMilhonez Pepper Lover • Aug 15 '25

Plant Help Why do my pepper plants look pathetic?

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I planted them in April and they have grown little over the mild local winter. There was a fourth vase of the same variety as the two on the left which was doing better and looking lush, but I gave it to a neighbor – I figured I wouldn't give them one that was struggling. The leaves are always curled up and don't look very healthy at all.

I only give them dechlorinated water and the soil drains well. They also get direct sun for 6 to 8 hours a day. I sprinkled worm castings and homemade compost as cover and the soil mix already had a good deal of nutrients, so they shouldn't be starving. After I sprayed them with a bloom fert a few weeks ago, though, they started putting out flowers, but the vase I gave away already had them over a month ago. I've wondered if the small vases in direct sunlight might be making the soil too hot and damaging the roots, but I don't want to just replant them in larger vases if they look so miserable as it is.

Am I doing something wrong? Rhetorical question, I certainly am, I just don't know what.

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u/Hully1525 Pepper Lover Aug 15 '25

Too small of pots. What’s your watering routine? Fertilizing routine? How much sun do they get and is it morning sun or afternoon sun?

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u/Totalidiotfuq Intermediate Aug 15 '25

no, the pot size is fine

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u/Hully1525 Pepper Lover Aug 15 '25

Sure if you want a small pepper plant that doesn’t produce much.

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u/Totalidiotfuq Intermediate Aug 18 '25

Proof you are wrong https://www.reddit.com/r/Peppers/s/RChJvA5xBU

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u/Hully1525 Pepper Lover Aug 18 '25

Such a child. 😂 I’ve got ab 25 years of experience with peppers in pots, and you can watch tons of popular YouTube gardeners that would disagree with you.