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indoor What is wrong in my grow tent?

Mildfruit

Mildfruit

Hi all, I have a hydroponic pepper grown indoor in a tent. 
 
First one pepper experienced premature leaves dropping, and I thought it was due to irregular watering schedules. However 2 weeks after fixing the watering schedule, small dark spots appeared on the underside. Again I didn't think much of it as I was battling an aphid infestation. One week after neem oil spraying I think I've eliminated them all. 
 
However, now a second plant is having these dark spots on the underside, and the first plant is now having the same spots on both sides of the leaf. 
 
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So my dear plant doctors. What is wrong in my tent? Im getting worried after the second plant is experiencing the same symptoms. 
 
Walchit said:
Bacterial leaf spot?
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I am afraid you might be right. I don't know how this could happen, as I once a week empty my tent to clean the fallen leaves and such and before plants are getting in again I always spray with some disinfection. 
 
Well, nevertheless, what do I do now? Can I cure the infection? Should I kill off the plants to prevent spreading? Can I spray the disinfection directly onto the plants? :D 
 
No, it is too late. I would advise burning the plants and taking the soil away from the ground within a 1 meter radius. Also do not use the leaves for composting.
 
SpeakPolish said:
No, it is too late. I would advise burning the plants and taking the soil away from the ground within a 1 meter radius. Also do not use the leaves for composting.
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I have each plant in a rockwool cube, so that should be easy to remove. Its really a shame, my Bahamian goat is just ripening up its first pepper :( 
 
But I guess it can spread then? 
 
SpeakPolish said:
If it is touching the ground then yes, otherwise be careful. Anything that's touching the plant should be disposed
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No cube is touching the ground, they are all raised for air pruning. But the two plants in question actually stood close and touched each other. After a rearrangement last week no one is touching any more. :( 
 
For your next season try to disinfect your tent and disinfect everything that you want to reuse. Also do not use the plants for composting.
 
Well, I dont really have seasons, as it is a full hydro setup :). But im going to kill the infected plants and disinfect my tools!
Edit: and thank you for your help! :)
 
Upon closer inspection I think all my peppers are infected. They all have that on the underside of the leaves, and some with brown spots on the top :/ 
 
Guess I'll have to start over.. 
 
SpeakPolish said:
Yeah, I also had bacterial leaf spot earlier this year. My ghost pepper only produced one pod and got stunted to 1 foot tall.
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While it's a hard pill to swallow that I have to kill all my plants, it's the fact you just mentioned with stunted growth, that makes me realize it's have to be done. 
 
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