The flowers on my pepper plants started dying about two days ago. What am I doing wrong 😭

by Spiritual_Living6245

5 Comments

  1. goosey814

    They are leggy and stretching for light. Repot, trim, hit with nutrients even a dose of miracle grow, wait a few days

  2. C_Gnarwin2021

    Keep em watered as necessary and given a bit of sunlight, come back in a week or two if they don’t have any fruits starting. As long as the stems aren’t turning yellow and/or falling off, they should be good.

    But in case they aren’t, start to think and do your research regarding everything below

    -Sometimes lack of pollination, inconsistent watering, nutrient deficiency, or stress from extreme temperatures can cause blossom drop


    -so if they are in too much direct sun which doesn’t seem likely because it looks to be on a patio

    -nutrient deficiency: your leaves look healthy, but possibly need more potassium and phosphorus to support the growth might be a possibility, but if your fertilizing as needed, then likely not the issue. Do more research on this to make sure you aren’t over loading it with nitrogen at this stage.
    Also, if you haven’t fertilized before, be careful and don’t over fertilize
ease into it.

    -Lack of pollination: some people take a q-tip and rub it around the inside of the flower, I use an electric tooth brush and pollinate the flowers since I don’t have enough natural pollinators in my area. Some people literally just shake their tree and knock loose a bit of pollen. Whatever works for you.

  3. Violuthier

    I grow outside, in the ground and when my plants are dropping blossoms it means my soil is too acidic. To correct this I get lime from my garden center and follow package directions.

  4. fromtheSlumsoftheRez

    The ones in the 2nd pic are gonna be peppers…the stem.is thick and the flower ia dead but its gonna start growing into a pepper…feed it some bloom fertilizer and make sure it gets plenty of sun

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