I have a Trinidad Scorpion, Carolina Reaper, and Ghost pepper plant that are busy dieing from unknown reasons.
I had them outside in the sun but the temperatures were around 33°C/91°F and it killed the leafs and blossoms, so I brought them to the porch and monitored them for a few days, but still the leafs were dieing.
Now I brought them inside and had them close to violet lighting, but the leafs are still dying even the new ones that were about to come out just above the old leaf.
The leafs don’t dry out when they die, they just hang like flowers that have been in the sun for a day.
All pictures attached.
by ABWoolls
2 Comments
Soil looks wet. Are you allowing for ample dry backs? Also sounds like you’re shocking them with so many extreme environment changes. Peppers can handle hot and sunny if they are fed appropriately and properly acclimated, of course black pots can absorb solar radiation and over heat the roots so that’s always a consideration. I would leave them on the shaded porch and let the soil dry back. This kind of stress once set in motion won’t just suddenly stop, it takes time and patience and they will eventually recover as long as you don’t over/under water/feed and you give them time to acclimate.
I agree with the previous commenter that the soil appears to be too wet and the constant changes are probably shocking the plant.
Let the soil dry out more between watering. Once they start bouncing back you’ll want to repot to give more space for roots to grow.
The light you have absolutely is not strong enough for chilis. Also purple light is not the way to go. Get yourself a full spectrum white LED and you’ll see some much happier plants