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Capsicums

My capsicums seem to be doing well producing plenty of peppers, but I've noticed that lately some of the lower leaves seem to turn themselves inside out so I am looking at the underside of the leaf instead of the top! I am watering them correctly I think, so can anybody tell me what's going on please?

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    mine do the same and have done for yrs - doesn't seem to have an adverse effect on either chilli's or bell peppers.
    Draught's can cause tomato leaves to turn, maybe it's the same, but I don't know.

    Be interested to know why


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  • pushbar-2pushbar-2 Posts: 16

    Hi Pete, well its good to know it shouldn't hurt them. Yes it would be interesting to know why they do it though.

    Any takers on this one people image

     

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Seems to only happen to mine in the conservatory (which sometimes gets a bit too hot), so I suspect they do it as some sort of dehydration response.

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  • pushbar-2pushbar-2 Posts: 16

    Actually that makes sense. Mine are in the greenhouse and even though I ventilate it well it still gets very hot in there.

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