6 Reasons Pepper Leaves Turn YELLOW

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In this video, I share 6 possible causes for pepper leaves turning yellow. Yellowing plant leaves is also known as "chlorosis," and there are many reasons it may happen while vegetable gardening. Learn the top 6 reasons for yellow pepper plant leaves and how you can fix it in your garden.

Nutrient deficiencies (video):

Aphids on peppers (video):

Recommended fertilizers:

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Timestamps:
0:00 About yellowing leaves
0:41 Nutrient deficiency
2:04 Leaf scorch
2:53 Pest damage
3:40 Natural leaf dieback
4:48 Temperature
5:52 Poor drainage

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[drewjorde]

Pepper geek is the king! I started growing peppers this year and he helped me figure some things out when my leaves were turning yellow. My peppers are thriving right now.

[seth]

If you're dealing with cold, throw a gallon jug of hot water in between the plants and cover. The colder it is, the more hot water to use. Got me an extra month of growing in Canada

[gooe]

Different pepper plants like different amounts of water. I've found some plants need water daily, or twice a day, and others don't like to be watered a lot. I would pay attention to each plant to see what each prefers.

[Wonderland_Homestead]

Yo, pepper geek. Since you taught us about bottom pruning, my peppers have absolutely exploded. The tomatoes and a couple squash got the treatment too, and now my garden is properly bonsai'd. Thank you!

[LeslieKaster-jh]

This year I put my very slow ripening hot peppers in grow bags, so that I can bring them into the greenhouse at the end of the season to finish ripening up. It also allowed me to start those earlier, so I kept them in grow bags in the greenhouse until early June. They were already a pretty good size by the time I brought them outside, and they are flourishing!

[janwilliams]

Idk where to post this question so I’m posting here; my ONLY problem in my first & now second year of growing banana peppers in containers ( I have very small patio space), which I adore, is BER!!!! I’ve looked through your entire list of videos, & don’t see a single one about this issue; you SEEM to be the expert here, on peppers, so I follow you. I KNOW this cant just be an issue for me, so why wouldn’t you address this problem??? I do know about consistent watering but perhaps need MORE clarification on fertilizing or adding Ca++??? Please help!!!!

[KatZiser-zedr]

New subscriber. Love "PEPPER GEEK". Peppers are one of my favorite plants to grow. 🤩

[him]

No matter what I do my pepper plants always get yellow leaves. I use good soil and fertilise properly, have no pest issues, weather conditions are pretty spot on. I get a decent amount of peppers, it just always makes me feel like a bit failure not having lush, deep green leaves on my plants.

[LeslieKaster-jh]

Before I watch, let me take some guesses. dying older leaves at the bottom; not enough nitrogen, too much watering...that's all I can think of. Now let me watch and see if any are right!

[TheDallasSkeptic]

I put in a new raised bed this spring. Filled 70% with wood chips in the bottom and organic compost on the top. I've planted several jalapeno plants in it. Most of them are pretty yellow. I've added some ammonium sulphate to offset the nitrogen deficiency this week. I'm not sure if that is a good idea or not. We are hitting 100+ degrees now. I'm watering twice a day that bed plus my grow bags to keep up with the heat. Am I on the wrong track?

[snowmannfs]

i know this is not a topik of the video but i was wonder about if the are any chilli plants or sweet pepper so grow/fruit underneath 15 C and on growing light. because i live in Norway and i want to grow someting i can harvest in winter time when it dark

[Leo-pdww]

You will probably not read this but I will try nonetheless. In order to get rid of fungus gnats I let the soil of my pepper plants dry out. The gnats are gone, but when I try bottom watering, the soil won't soak up water. Are there any tricks to solve the hydrophobic soil issue?

[awol]

Great video! Can water with too much chlorine cause yellow leaves?

[UniquelySelo]

Hey peppergeek, I was hoping you guys could give me some advice. I recently saw a pepper maggot fly on my peppers and I’m not sure what to do. I had a similar issue last year a lost so many peppers. Any advice?

[pawanchauhan]

Please make a video on open farm of Capcicum farming Topic must be on very crucial Problems flowers dropping Problem in high Temperature

[swag]

Question: On a dry ~85 degree week with no clouds, peppers planted in raised bed. How often would you water? (habneros, thai chili, and greek peppers)

[Inubaye.]

Awesome!
I always admire your bushy green pepper seedlings.
Could you please oblige me with the secret of how to nurse pepper seeds to fantastically grow like your?
My pepper seedlings hardly grow this way and some will die or get stunt at barely 3 inches. Your response will be highly appreciated!

[itimdesigner]

hello, why are my blossoms on my red pepper falling down? they become beige..

[hugofollin]

I have leaves that are turning yelow and that also has black edges of the leaves. do you think its some fungi?

[slashieboy]

@peppergeek If I have only two not great options. The weather outside is bad and the sun is not out many minutes for the whole week ahead and its raining are my container plants doing better outside in 17 degrees or indoors on the floor in my kitchen with no sunlight in 20 degrees. ?? I live in Sweden so celcius.