Help! My jalapeño plant aborted 9 baby peppers overnight. Did I do something wrong?!
by yupimahippe
Help! My jalapeño plant aborted 9 baby peppers overnight. Did I do something wrong?!
by yupimahippe
4 Comments
How often are you watering? Looking at the leaves, you may be watering it too much.
Blossom drop is a stress response.
The plant sheds potential fruit it no longer thinks it can successfully grow in order to conserve energy.
It can be due to an extreme and sudden swing in temperature in either direction, over watering , nutrient deficiency, wind shock, poor pollination, or pests.
Prevention can be as simple as regimented watering schedule, low nitrogen number fertilizers, pest monitoring, moving your plants to a more stable area from extreme wind and sun exposure.
Could be heat stress.
Those mushrooms growing in there too? Definitely kick back on the watering. I’d even wait until about an inch or so of the surface soil is dry dry before watering again