man I always have problems with sweet peppers, can grow everything else
but peppers are always a problem. Anyway, my peppers were going great
until the bottom leaves starting falling off, now only the tops are
left, they are brown at the edges, at the middles, you name it. Only a
few leaves left on the top but many new small leaves popping out of the
main stem, like its trying to come back. I have two patches of peppers
physically seperated, now I'm starting to see problems with the second
patch, during hot weather six or seven of them get real droopy, even
though the soil is damp and mulched, the others are fine but probably
won't be for long. Brown edges are starting, is this a fungus? I read a
description here and it sounds like the problem
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3122.html (Fusarium wilt and
Verticillium wilt), apparently there are no peppers that genetically
are immumed, so thats why my tomatoes don't seem to be infected, but
thats just a guess.

In any case is it time to go get a gas mask and some fungicide? These
are all in raised beds, cow manure and seaweed/fish emulsion fertilized
(also compost from grass and leaves mix). I lime as needed.

Its funny, my neighbor plants his peppers directly underneath a huge
oak tree, no mulch and his do great!(his tomatoes do horrible) My
plants are in direct sun, do sweet peppers like semi shade?