I have a green pepper plant. This is the second time it's made an actual pepper. The first one was green and fine. This one is green with brown stripes. Big stripes. What wrong? It's been super hot here. The last month it has not gone under 90 degrees. Is the heat the problem or does it have some kind of weird plant disease? Please help.
Only answer this if you know for sure. No guesses please.
2007-08-30 11:12:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Some sweet peppers turn from green to red when they ripen. Others turn yellow and some others turn brown. Let it grow.
2007-08-31 02:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by Hondu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you say stripes, I'm not sure what you mean.
If the pepper looks and feels like you might expect, apart from the fact that it is a strange colour in places, maybe it is a weird variety or a hybrid that went a bit wrong. It could also be a sport.
If the brown patches are soft you may have potato blight (this doesn't usually affect peppers, but it is possible in a very bad year, as they are still members of the same family.)
If the brown patches are rough and hardened, I don't know what it is, although it sounds is if it might have been attacked by something.
2007-08-30 19:45:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
best guess would heat stress on the pepper plant heat stress will brown rough scare like strips
2007-08-30 18:23:44 · answer #3 · answered by snow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋