3 inches of rain in 3 days?

Sounds about right, that will yellow up certain plants. A mild Epsom salt spray may green them up a little quicker, it certainly wouldn't hurt, otherwise the plants will rebound on their own.

If you were considering fertilizing ahead of schedule, then maybe apply a milder dose.

Steve

Looks more like slugs/snails to me. Look for things that look like white air soft bb's. Those are eggs. I had similar issues, stumbled across an article about snails/slugs that happened to show the eggs, and realized my seedling pepper plants were being used as a buffet for snails! I went out late at night and pulled 10+ snails off the peppers and found a crazy amount of eggs around the plants.

Where would I look for those said eggs? In the raised bed? In 22 years here in town, and the last 5 gardening, I have not ever seen a snail or slug so I have no clue. I look at the plants daily and have not seen anything attached, unless they come out at night. Thank you.

They definitely come out at night. Look on top of the soil around the plants. I think I see a few in the pictures you posted. If it is perfectly round, pick it up and see if it pops. :). If it does, it was an egg.

ok, well they were not eggs. That was a good sign. I looked last night as well as checked the white things in the bed as well. Thank you.

The holes in the leaves probably are slugs, they would be hiding under the wood at soil level and come up at night. Your plants are now big enough where they can withstand a "normal" amount of them. But if you start losing lots of leaves, then throw a bunch of coffee grounds, or diatomaceous earth on the ground around each plant stem.

Too much moisture can cause leaves to stick together and rot, eventually leaving some holes behind. The brown rotted portions would be a giveaway, and i'm not seeing much of it on your plants.

Also, slugs won't cause plants to suddenly turn light green, that would be the constant rain as mentioned prior. Some pepper types are more tolerant of it, others less so.

Steve

This post was edited by sjetski on Wed, Jun 18, 14 at 22:41

That makes sense then. I will look for slugs again tonight. Also it would appear that the super-hot varieties, and their types are less tolerant to the water than the regular heat level peppers.

I water my super-hots way less frequently than my sweet and mild varieties.

They seem to be doing well because of it. Probably hit them with some water tomorrow.

The damage on your leaves looks like what I have seen on my peppers and other plants with thin leaves after hail. Even a few minutes of small hail can damage pepper leaves. If you think there's any chance it's slugs or snails, sluggo is a safe organic slug killer you can sprinkle on the soil around the plants. It's cheap and doesn't hurt any beneficials or your plants.