[CH] Pepper Disease Problem
Robert Farr (rbfarr@erols.com)
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:34:40 -0400
Aigghhhhh!!
I woke up today to some sort of odd disease attacking my pepper plants.
I'm growing around six or seven hundred seedlings. About 1/4 of them
are under attack from some kind of stem disease.
The stems looked almost chewed in a variety of places - but there are no
insects. Some of the leaf stems (forget what they're called; it's the
piece where the leaf joins the stem) also have this problem.
The stems, in places, are brown and sunken. Obviously no nutrition can
get up the stem after this occurs, so the plants are wilting.
The stems are not girdled - they're not being attacked at the soil line,
so I don't think this is damping off.
But my babies - they are dying!!
Any thoughts are treatment recommendations are *most* appreciated.
Thanks! in advance -
Robert.