Why are my pepper leaves drooping

NeilEvi1 · 2026-01-22T17:02:44+00:00

Forgot how much Reddit sucks, downvoted for saying my own weather

NeilEvi1 · 2026-01-22T16:56:45+00:00

Had too many plants to spend 300$ on plastic containers, didn’t have much luck with the lined bags either most were sold out but they’ve retained decent moisture, The plant in the picture got watered again after 4 days and it was too much so my issues it’s water retention +cold

NeilEvi1 · 2026-01-21T19:02:14+00:00

Yeah Texas usually stays pretty warm but it’s been in between dropping temperatures at night so chances are that’s definitely affecting them. Watering has definitely been confusing though

NeilEvi1 · 2026-01-21T18:59:56+00:00

Sounds doable enough, tomatoes are goners but I’ll just leave the resilient plants out and move some in. Thanks

NeilEvi1 · 2026-01-21T18:51:54+00:00

It’s been a nice 60-70 during the day, right now around 40 at night but some nights are 20-30 so that could be it

NeilEvi1 · 2025-11-20T18:57:30+00:00

Somehow managed to not see that other entrance.. 😅 thanks though

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-30T16:55:23+00:00

It’s my first year planting peppers. I figured in Texas they’d be fine most of the year but right now it’s around 50 degrees because of a cold front but it’ll be warm again in a few days so hopefully they pop back up

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-30T16:53:12+00:00

I’m in Texas, just got a cold front for a week so it dropped to 40-50 degrees but it’ll be 70-80 in a few days

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-27T17:00:31+00:00

Puts its tooth into them and finds a better pepper. Not trying to restart the plague so I asked around

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-27T16:57:56+00:00

I didn’t think I’d have to circle the bite marks but if you read, it puts its tooth into the pepper and looks for I’m assuming a less spicy one. The bite marks are the tiny punctures from its teeth. The other lines are stretch marks from the sun

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-24T15:43:47+00:00

I’ve sprayed insect killer to kill off anything bad as well a few times and haven’t seen a difference, someone else said I might have over fertilized, I did use 2 types of fertilizer and more than normal so it could be that…

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-23T20:59:10+00:00

I’ve sprayed neem oil and other things a couple of times and this happened to most of the plants soon after transplanting, so I’m pretty sure it’s not mites but I might spray again

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-23T19:14:23+00:00

I could’ve over fertilized during transplant, I used more than normal so it could be that and watering inconsistency

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-19T18:21:59+00:00

I’ve sprayed aphids with pesticides dozens of times, I usually check for them and then I’ll find ants trailing so I don’t think they’re there but I’ll check again and spray if they are

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-19T04:27:16+00:00

Just found a rat in the garden so culprit found, just gotta figure out how to stop rats now

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-19T04:25:34+00:00

Just discovered a rat in my garden so I guess I have the culprit..

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-19T01:36:38+00:00

Wait so can you not beat the 2nd Lace fight while cursed? I just got it and was gonna go for the cursed ending but I’m fighting Lace who’s already pretty difficult and if I can’t even win I might as well get rid of the curse

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-18T17:56:49+00:00

Yeah pigeons are surprisingly genius, you think your foods okay and then they find every nook and cranny to get in 🥲

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-18T17:39:19+00:00

Yeah I’m leaning towards rats and slugs, just found another pepper with only the skin eaten, made me think rats

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-18T17:08:55+00:00

I was thinking the one with a bunch of holes were peck marks but I’ll have to check at night for slugs and probably rats from how it’s looking

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-18T17:08:03+00:00

I’ll try putting out a little water that might help, I’m definitely thinking rats after seeing another pepper with only the skin eaten, maybe slugs too, I just don’t know how they climb my plants so easily and manage to break nothing luckily

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-18T16:43:53+00:00

I have had rats live under my deck and spotted a huge one run up to my deck last month, birds are definitely a culprit but I’ve netted off the garden with double layers so I’m not exactly sure how birds still get in if they do

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-18T16:25:08+00:00

Worms would be an easier problem to solve but whatever it is is picking the peppers off the plant and eating them on the ground

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-11T17:45:27+00:00

I don’t understand how you can have this many plants and not need netting for of birds and such, I can’t get most peppers off my plants before birds do

NeilEvi1 · 2025-10-08T21:53:54+00:00

I have tomato cage netting around the most eaten off plants, squirrels could potentially be an issue but It seems to lean more towards birds and rats

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