Some of my Bell Peppers are getting soft brown spots on them while still on the plant. I want to know what is causing this. Thanx for any help you can give.
2007-08-02 15:58:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Tan or translucent spots on developing pepper is most likely sunscald from being exposed to sun the hottest part of the day. When you pick the pepper & cut away the spot, the rest of the pepper should be OK. Removing the pepper should stimulate more fruit protection.
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/pepper.html
Fortunately, since you didn't mention any black in the brown spots ... it is NOT a Soil rot, a vegetable rot caused by a soil-borne fungus. Keeping the peppers off the ground helps prevent this.
Good luck! Hope this helps.
2007-08-03 00:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by ANGEL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The other posters have made excellent suggestions. Sunscald is quite likely (http://plantpathology.tamu.edu/Texlabn/vegetables/Pepper/images/pepper25s.JPG); sunscald is also often accompanied by an opportunistic fungal disease that takes advantage of the fruit's weakness.
Also, if your peppers look like this (http://www.oldhouseweb.com/gardening/garden/visuals/benrot03.jpg), especially if the spots tend to be near the bottom of the pepper, you may have blossom-end rot.
Read about blossom-end rot at http://www.oldhouseweb.com/gardening/garden/visuals/benrot03.jpg.
and http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/blossom-rot.html
Brown stink bugs (http://cipm.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/docs/Graphics/KYstink.jpg) can cause yellow, corklike spots in the peppers as they pierce the skin and suck out the juice. Stink bug damage is typically very small.
2007-08-03 06:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by july 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stink bugs are stinging your bell peppers ..try using some 7-dust or a light soapy spray ,mix with lots of water.
2007-08-03 00:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jay & Gigi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋