Once I noticed that twisted leaves appeared on some bushes of bell pepper. It was immediately difficult to figure out that this is the result of the disease of sweet pepper leaves. And the fight against them by what means will be effective. The photo below recorded the onset of leaf disease. And maybe this is a lack of some nutrients in the soil, or pests prevent plants from developing normally. I began to look for the cause of the disease of sweet pepper. It turned out that there are a lot of them and they are all different. Pepper needs treatment.
Photos, the leaves of the pepper curled:
Pepper leaves curl up what to do
Peppers can roll up for the most innocent reasons. In any year, it may happen that there is not enough sunlight, for example, cloudy days stand and leaves begin to develop with defects: leaf veins grow, and leaf blades inhibit growth. The same thing happens with bell pepper leaves if the plant does not have enough heat. How can you help here? We have not yet learned how to correct the weather.
From the lack of potassium in the soil, too, sweet peppers leaves curl. As soon as you notice twisted leaves, then the treatment is this - feed the peppers with potassium nitrate. To do this, dissolve 1 tablespoon of nitrate in 5 liters of water. For each plant, 0.5 liter of solution is enough. But do not forget to water the peppers before adding top dressing. In general, any plants fertilize on moist soil. Immediately after this, pour half a glass of wood ash under each plant.
Why did the leaves of the pepper wrinkle, become curly? Why do leaves of peppers begin to frown? How to process peppers from curly?
Curl of pepper leaves, the reason is
There are so many pests that cause curly leaves in Bulgarian peppers. These are aphids and spider mites. If you notice yellowness with spots on the leaves, then this is one of the first signs of damage to aphids. This is the reason for the curl and yellowing of the pepper leaves in the picture above.
And if thin threads appeared on the bushes, then a spider mite settled there.
To combat such pests, you can use insecticides Aktar, Bi-58.
By the way, tried and tested folk remedies also give a good healing effect. But you need to tinker a bit to cook them.
Brew 1 cup onion peel in 1 liter of boiling water. Leave to insist for a day. Strain and spray the plants with this infusion. Treat every 5 days for 3 weeks.
To combat the spider mite on bell pepper, you can apply the following mixture. Grind onions (or garlic) together with dandelion leaves in a meat grinder. You should get 1 cup of gruel of onion (garlic) and 1 cup of crushed dandelion leaves. Stir the onion or garlic-dandelion porridge mixture and add 1 tablespoon of liquid soap for better adhesion. Pour everything in 10 liters of water and let the solution brew for 2-3 hours. Strain. With this solution, peppers can be treated from a spider mite at any stage of plant development, even with fruits. The tool does not harm a person, it is toxic only to pests.
Pepper rot of peppers and curly leaves, how to deal
Why does pepper spoil right on the bushes? Another disease that often affects peppers is vertex rot. With this disease, the leaves can also curl. But plus everything, deep spots of black color appear on the fruits themselves, as a result, the pepper rots directly on the bush, and the leaves curl. The first cause of this disease is a lack of moisture, as well as a large amount of nitrogen in the soil and a deficiency of calcium.
How to deal with the top rot of bell pepper? Firstly, plants need abundant regular watering. Secondly, it is necessary to spray pepper with a solution of calcium nitrate. For foliar treatment, a 0.2% solution is prepared (20 g of saltpeter per 10 l of water).
Calcium nitrate can be replaced with calcium chloride. How to dilute calcium chloride to sprinkle pepper?
Ampoules with 10% calcium chloride are sold in pharmacies. Dilute this ampoule in 30 parts of water. With a solution of this concentration, spray the plants. If the disease is started, then treatment (treatment) can be repeated in a week.
Throughout the period of struggle against sweet pepper diseases, it is necessary to pluck infected fruits.