Hi all, looking for some help identifying and treating what I'm assuming is disease on my pepper plants?
I recently transplanted into large pots outside about 2 weeks ago. I just noticed this now on only 2 plants and only a few leaves on each. Seedlings have been healthy since sprouting indoors in mid-late March. I believe these were on my bell peppers not the jalepeno or super chili hybrids.
I'm in Northern Ontario zone 5a and it's been quite rainy with inconsistent temperatures (a day or two of 25c and sunny followed by a string of days with highs of 10-15c and nighttime lows of 5-10c which could be playing into it).
This is only my 4th year gardening and haven't ever seen this before. All other years have been relatively disease/pest free for my peppers. Any ideas of what this could be or advise of how to treat? Could it be scale pest, edema, mites??
Cheers!
by ShruteFarms5454
12 Comments
Possibly edema.
Edema
I’ve thrown away plants thinking it was powder mildew. Edema is mostly harmless
Too much water uptake is all
Edema from too much watering. Let the soil be dry for a day or 2 before watering the plants again (and do that every time, not just now).
Those look like these tiny white dots that sometimes show up on the bottom side of my shaft area especially below the tip. I usually get them after going raw too much in my girlfriend hmmm
Whats it smell like?
I’ll add a vote for edema as well
Looks like overwatering.
Hands down, edema. We have had an insanely wet spring/early summer here (Minnesota), and my plants all have this.
If it doesn’t rub off, definitely edema
Mites…if they move