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My serrrano peppers and bell peppers are turning yellow on the leaves. Whats the problem? zone 8b

Deb,
How's your weather down there?
Has it been raining alot???

Also, what kind of fertilizer are you using?
If any....... and what time and how????

Weezie

Its been raining alot. Im using epsom salts. Im not using fertilzer. M bell pepepers are mostly yellow on the bottom of the leaves and the top leaves are green. I only got 2 bell peppers produced.What should i do to produce more bell peppers cause i only got 2 producing fruit on 1 plant?

Try spraying with fish emulsion or a fish seaweed mix. If you have been really wet, you probably don't want to water with a liquid fertilizer, but you could side dress with a handful of slow release organic fertilizer.
When you spray, do it early in the morning before the sun gets too high.

Organic side dressings could be:
Alfalfa Meal (2~7~0)
Bone Meal (3~2~0.5) 24% Calcium
Blood Meal (13~2~0)

We've had some posts here on different things to do for peppers, like a banana on the bottom of hole when you plant peppers....
I looked for the info but can't find it, Nikkal had posted it....
Maybe Karen or Jiffy can find it for me!!!


Also, sometimes when it rains alot it can drain thru the soil, and leaching the soil of nutrients when pours thru the soil...Does that make sense, when the water goes thru so does the stuff you put in the soil or is in the soil already...

Weezie