A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Plant pests and problems green peper leaves with spot , color fade what's wrong?

Hi
I was so proud of my green peppers and now the leaves have spot and the color is fading to yellowish does anyone can direct me of what 's wrong ?
is it infected ? what should I do ? I took the worst leaves already thansk for your help
Nora

What color are the spots? Sounds like some kind of fungus. I saw on another post about powdery mildew that a baking soda wash helps with that. Powdery mildew is whitish.

Also how much water are you giving them?

I water every day like a 2 cup of water this past day we had a 90 degree and is all in 100% sun all day .

the spot are brown and some are like gray , the leave is loosing the waxy green color to a fade yellowish , I went to the hardware store near me a local and ask they said it can be an insect and sold me the tomato + vegetable fungus 3 in 1 is base with neem oil. I spray each leaves and will see in few days .thanks

sounds like a fungus or bug, but it also sounds like you'r watering too much. water really well when you do water, but then let the peppers dry out completly before you water again.

thanks I will back up little on the water , with the heat we had it was hard to hold on the water , now the temperature are going down to 60s at night and around 80 during the day so is little better
thanks a lot
Nora

I agree with the water, I have peppers in my greenhouse and most often in 90 -100 degree weather I water maybe every other day. But a good soak then. Hope you find out what it is.

Also, since nobody mentioned it, it is good not to water the leaves in full sunlight, as that can burn the leaves where the water droplets sit. I have caused myself this problem before and it looked very similar to what you are saying.

thanks , after a week the leaves seem to get back a real green color , I water only twice as Monday was a runny day so that seem to work better less water and some spray for fungus/insecticide. Now I am having an other dilema with my squash , I will search a cure for it never end , but this year I didn't put any compost or manure so that may be also a part of my problem !!!!!!!!!
Nora