I was gonna google it but figured id had a wealth of gardening knowledge right here. So what causes this in plants? (These were just transplanted about 3 days ago)
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Likely ph stress but it could be a number of things. Soil too saturated for too long. Soil has too high nutrient content. Light may be too intense causing light stress.
Tell me more about the situation and I’ll see if I can narrow it down.
These were seed starts from February/march i just planted a few days ago. You can see my seed start set up in my post history on my page. I dont know quite what else to say the leaves seem to be turning a pale yellow/white color and getting brittle/dry feeling
Were your starts exposed to sunlight before planting? Are you in a place with intense sun?
I think that may be the the ussue, i had them under grow lights not sun.
Yeah try to harden them off for a few hours each day for a week before transplanting.
Another trick is to start the seeds in the soil you’re going to transplant them into. Then they are used to that nutrient density / ph and don’t miss a beat when you transplant them in ground.
Nutrient deficiency I’d say, but which one, hard to say
Peppers don’t like wet feet. It looks like it’s buried in a bit of a pit. Is the potting soil level below the natural land contour?
And is it cold there at all? We have had a bit of a cold snap here in 6a. I wouldn’t dream of having peppers out yet but you may be farther south. Last year, I put them out 10 days later than I usually do, and they did better than ever before. I think peppers really just despise the cold. If you have 10 gallon aquariums, you can use them as cloches. (Like a small greenhouse)
Sun burn? Did you harden them off?