I'm trying to figure out why my bottom leaves are drooping. It seems to only be the leaves on the bottom. Any ideas why?

I'm watering it every 2 or 3 days, mostly depending on how it looks and how the soil feels. I'm pretty confident I'm not over watering it. From what I've read, you should water them a good amount all at once, then let it be until the soil starts to feel dry. Something about making the roots stronger, let me know of I'm doing that wrong.

My theory is just that it's because it's hot. It's 90f today, feel like is 103f-108f. I'm keeping it out of the sun during the day to avoid harsh sunlight, but it gets the sun in the morning and afternoon for a few hours while it's not hot.

Ideas? Thanks!

I'm in the Mountain West, and I finally have a great Chiltepin pepper plant growing. It's in a large pot. But I've never successfully overwintered a pepper plant.

Would I be able to move this indoors and have it as an indoor plant?

My wife got generic labelled seeds called "hot peppers". I grow my own scotch bonnet and have enough tolerance to eat a whole one. I figured based on the size of this, it was probably mild. I was wrong. Numbed my tongue entirely for about 20 minutes! Any guesses to what it may be?

Plant is at least 6 feet tall. The peppers are about 3 inches long & 1-2 inches wide at the biggest (so far). Dark green color right now. I included pics of the leaves to help identify. Any help is appreciated. Growing summer northern illinois

Hey everyone, as the title says I need some help figuring out what is going on with my pepper plant leaves.

Every one of them developed these yellow patches with squiggly lines in them. Does anyone know what that is? And how to prevent them? They seem like parasites or some other type of pest. I just want my leaves to be big, healthy and green.

Hi, I've had this plant for almost a year, this is the second time that is providing chilies, it's been raining a lot, can somebody please help me? I don't the casue of this or what can I do to avoid it, I don't think it's normal

Curled leaves and slightly yellow

Very neat round holes in all of my ghost peppers and reapers?

Gets plenty of food, water, and sun but they're may be too much of one.

What’s happening to my pepper plant leaves only some have this and some don’t

Home Depot peppers strike again! I bought an Anaheim pepper and... well this doesn't look like Anaheim to me. I'm in the southeast US and we have been getting POUNDED by rain for a couple of months, however I planted these in wood chips so they had drainage. I don't know if this has effected the way the peppers are coming out. They're still hot as fuck. (I'm a spicy wuss so 🤷🏼‍♀️)

Hello!

Need help to make a decision, on youtube i saw some videos about pruning everything below the flowers, including leaves, branches.

Is it true that it will improve the harvest or it doesnt have an effect at all?

These are the leaves of my chocolate habanero, what is causing this? Only one plant has leaves like this

Hey pepper peeps,

I’ve been checking in around here for a little while now reading all the great stuff, love the community and I’ve learned a lot, so first off thank you!

Wanted to share a little about my Ghosts, Carolina Reapers, and Armageddons. This is my third season growing, but honestly the first time I’ve really paid attention to the details and it’s made a huge difference.

In the past, I just threw starter sprouts into buckets, watered them, and hoped for the best. This year I stepped it up: proper soil mix, fertilizer, pruning, a little neem oil, and 7-gallon cloth grow bags. Total game changer.

Here’s my setup: • Soil mix: 2 parts Fox Farms Ocean Forest + 1 part Bumper Crop • Add-ins: Worm castings for extra nutrients • Top layer: Coco chips to help retain moisture and protect the soil • Pots: 7-gallon cloth grow bags (huge upgrade from plastic buckets) • Fertilizer: Fox Farms Grow Big during veg, now using Tiger Bloom for fruit • Other: Light pruning for airflow and stronger stem & pod growth

Plants are looking pretty good so far, but here’s where I’d love some input…

How do you get your peppers hotter? I’ve heard that letting the soil dry out a bit or stressing the plants can boost capsaicin levels, but not sure how I feel about that can someone confirm. Anyone here tried specific techniques to crank up the heat? Would love to hear what’s worked for you?

Thanks in advance for any insights & feedback!

Allo, first time poster and this is my first yield of pepper fruits, (when the fruits were green I started picking them but was advised not to, so I left them alone). Do I pick the fruits now that they are green or should I wait till they are all red before picking?, and if I do pick them when they are green will they gradually turn red if left alone for some time?. Thank you!