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Portland, CT

What do you reckon that is?

8/4/2026 12:02:00 PM

Connecticut, USA

I am not sure but I think it is related to excessive water.

8/4/2026 3:19:57 PM

Sunken Lands Arkansas

may be water but I would look around stem for a ring around it
I have had 3 corner alfafa hoppers girdle my stems before normally when there is a legume crop near.

8/4/2026 4:44:04 PM

Grittyville, WA

https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/M/A-FL-MTOX-FO.043.html#gsc.tab=0

Take a look. I don't know. I have some plants of my own that look terrible and I can't figure it out... Its vexing. So I'm always interested in solving these problems.

8/4/2026 8:49:54 PM

Grittyville, WA

Calcium, iron and copper, and phosphorus would be possible antidotes... as would raising the soil ph??? Way out on a limb now. Well, there's a 1% chance I am correct.

8/4/2026 8:58:42 PM

Bethlehem CT

Ken That happened to me too! On a couple of my plants. I am/was scared i got the dreaded tobacco mosaic or somet other terrible virus. But for some reason I haven't ripped the plants up yet. I did read online that excess rain can do this too. Very weird. All these years as a grower and I am still learning and seeing new stuff

8/5/2026 5:53:31 AM

Connecticut, USA

I don't see any rings around the stems. It could be a deficiency of some sort.

Since I have other varieties of pepper plants that are doing fine, I am going to pull these out.

8/5/2026 6:06:25 AM

Hadley Ny

My pepper plants did it too. I have also read that excess water will do it. It's what I blamed it on as soon as I saw it.

8/5/2026 7:08:52 AM

Connecticut, USA

Thanks Tony. Misery loves company! I think we are just victims of weather once again. The universe keeps telling to get a greenhouse.

8/5/2026 7:32:56 AM