My Jalapenos are a foot tall and just started blooming. My problem is that 2-3 plants have their new growth falling off. I picked these new leaves and they seem to be darker in color and somewhat deformed/brittle.
I live in a tropical climate and it's the rainy season here. The plants are under a fiberglass shed that gets around 4-5 hours of sun. They are in 7Gallon pots with a soil mixt of 45% peat, 45% compost and 10% vermiculite. Plants are watered and foliar fed every other night with a brew of bat guano, worm casting and a small amount of fish emulsion.
My hunch is that the nutes are concentrated on the new growth and if there is some type of deficiency, that's where it's supposed to be evident. I see a few aphids (like a couple every now and then) but no other pests are on the bottom side of the leaves.
Any suggestions or previous experience that can help is very much appreciated.
I live in a tropical climate and it's the rainy season here. The plants are under a fiberglass shed that gets around 4-5 hours of sun. They are in 7Gallon pots with a soil mixt of 45% peat, 45% compost and 10% vermiculite. Plants are watered and foliar fed every other night with a brew of bat guano, worm casting and a small amount of fish emulsion.
My hunch is that the nutes are concentrated on the new growth and if there is some type of deficiency, that's where it's supposed to be evident. I see a few aphids (like a couple every now and then) but no other pests are on the bottom side of the leaves.
Any suggestions or previous experience that can help is very much appreciated.