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Wed, Apr 20, 05 at 0:20
| I got a couple of seedlings of this last year at the spring swap, and now I have its offspring under lights. Unfortunately, several of them seem to have deformed leaves (we're at the first or second leaf stage). I can't see any insects - can anyone tell me if it's likely to be bugs, disease, mechanical injury, or just one of those things peculiar to peppers? (Can you tell that's not a genus I'm experienced with?) I'd hate to lose the whole lot of them because I failed to rogue out something contagious.
Thanks much - Robin |
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- Posted by Laurel7286 z 6/7 Maryland (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 05 at 18:07
| Hi Robin, Hard to tell without more of a description, but my first instinct is that this is normal. Sometimes in peppers the first leaves come with "notches" or curled in a helix. The 2nd set are the first set of true leaves; leaves that are indicative of the way all the rest of the leaves will be. hope this helps.... |
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- Posted by gardenpaws_VA z7 NoVA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 22, 05 at 12:44
| Laurel7286, the cotyledons were normal on all plants. The first true leaves were funky on a few, and I worried about them. Since the second set of true leaves seems to be coming in without curls or notches, and no formerly smooth plants have developed the wierd leaves, I now assume there was just some sort of mechanical damage to the first set of true leaves on the affected plants. Thanks - Robin |
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