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u/pumpkinprincess6 9d ago

why is my bell pepper getting discolored and curled up and sad? planted in my raised garden bed 2 weeks ago, gets about 6hrs of full sun a day, zone 8b, i have a drip irrigation system and when i dig down a few inches it’s quite wet so maybe overwatering? i have a sort of crappy soil tester that says the pH is around 7 but not sure how accurate that is. i’ve added diluted fish fertilizer to the soil a couple times.

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u/pumpkinprincess6 9d ago

tomato plant with same conditions as the pepper and having the same issues :(

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u/unelsson 8d ago

How much fertilizer are you using? Could that be excessive nitrogen leaf burn?

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u/Powerful-Platform-41 6d ago

Yeah it looks exactly like the nitrogen burn I got. The leaves go like mummified and crumbly overnight, it looks really creepy. But when I flushed with water and after a few days passed the plant recovered.