Red Bell Pepper leaves are closing
Pepper, bell None Given
The leaves on my red bell pepper plants are closing. I have sprayed the leaves with the canola oil and dish soap mixture recommended on this website to protect the plant from the leaves being eaten by bugs. Could this be causing the problem? Is it getting too much water or sunshine or is the daily temperature too hot?
Beginning to produce fruit but the leaves are closing. The temperatures here have been triple digit lately. Is this because of the heat - or a bug? or a watering issue?
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by: Steve Stone
(1 point)
Posted: July 21, 2016
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Spraying with canola oil and detergent is only useful against sap sucking insects called hemipterans and only when they are feeding. You need to establish if they are present. Did you see them? See an example in the picture
Aphids on peppers
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by: David Hughes
(67 points)
Posted: July 23, 2016
Thank you for your response. No aphids like in the picture you posted. I water every other day and feed with vegetable fertilizer every 10 days or so. I also have tomato plants that I care for likewise and they are thriving.
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by: Steve Stone
(1 point)
Posted: July 23, 2016
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