curling habanero chilli leaves
I bought a habenero Chilli plant a couple of days ago from a garden centre (in a pot). Almost straight away the topmost leaves started to curl in on themselves. The leaves are not drooping, just curling in at the top to about a third of the way down. The plant otherwise looks healthy. There are lots of chillis at various stages of development. The plant has stayed this way ever since.
I thought it might need watering but the soil was moist and more water did not help. I put it in direct sunlight which did not help. I water sparingly every day. Does anyone think this is a problem and if so do you have a suggestion? Thanks. |
In article , rugbrat1970
writes I bought a habenero Chilli plant a couple of days ago from a garden centre (in a pot). Almost straight away the topmost leaves started to curl in on themselves. I've grown quite a few peppers and chillis in the greenhouse this year. At some stage, almost all of them seemed to get something like the above to one extent or another. I think the causes were one of two infestations: first and the main cause, early in the season, was little green aphids - removed by hand; second, lots and lots of tiny little green caterpillars - making lots of tiny holes, too - also removed/squished by hand. Checking every leaf on a lot of chilli/pepper plants was not great fun, but things seem ok. Some of the leaves seemed to stay pretty curled - and some after the infestation seemed to come out curled. No seeming affect on productivity though:) If there's no sign of pest, my experience stops there, I'm afraid. -- regards andyw |
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