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White crystal looking dots on birds eye chili leafes (indoor)

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  • Some of the edema effected leafes curls together and then eventually falls of 4 leafes been dropped past 2 days, is this normal process of pepper plant?

    a fan have been going 24/7 for a week now gently on the plant,

    so wondering if this process is normal for the plant like maybe the edema effects leafes gets dropped so the plant can restore them or is this just part of the pepper plant cycle?
    Indoor grower due to our cold climate in Norway
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    haha is this for real or? i have to tickle the flower xD?
    Yes. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I've just noticed the container you are using.  Have you made drainage holes in the bottom?  If not, it'll be impossible to control watering properly and the bottom of the compost will be waterlogged and this will be the cause of the edema.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • I've just noticed the container you are using.  Have you made drainage holes in the bottom?  If not, it'll be impossible to control watering properly and the bottom of the compost will be waterlogged and this will be the cause of the edema.
    No theres no holes in the bottom, should i drill some holes under it? the dirt have been staying dry and been watered once since i made this thread.

    But i dont see the leafes getting worse, its just some of them curling together and then eventually drops which i was hoping was a normal process of the plant trying to remove the edema leafes to make news ones but i could be wrong its why im asking here as i dont know. 


    But would the plant survive a repotting, what if i repotted them into pots like these? are they big enough or to small for each plant? 

    Indoor grower due to our cold climate in Norway
  • I've just noticed the container you are using.  Have you made drainage holes in the bottom?  If not, it'll be impossible to control watering properly and the bottom of the compost will be waterlogged and this will be the cause of the edema.
    Will this work for the current pot? jammed a Scissor into the bottom of the plastic of the pot and rotated it, could just get a picture of half of pot as taking picture while holding the pot was hard, but you see what i mean atleast.
      

    But i feel the leafes on the top of the plant looks better then the ones on the bottom or lower, theres barely any edema on any of them, some have very little of it, its mostly the bottom leafes who have edema issues. and when i do water them i dont water alot, i give them small amount of water. Hopefully it wont be to much pictures, i just feel its easier to explain what i mean with pictures. 


    Indoor grower due to our cold climate in Norway
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Those holes will do nicely.  Remember that excess water will now run out of the bottom, so you may want to stand the trough on a tray, which you should empty if any water runs down to it (ie don't leave the trough standing in a tray of water.)
    By the sound of it, they will be fine now. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Those holes will do nicely.  Remember that excess water will now run out of the bottom, so you may want to stand the trough on a tray, which you should empty if any water runs down to it (ie don't leave the trough standing in a tray of water.)
    By the sound of it, they will be fine now. :)
    Thanks, yeah for now il use an towel to remove the excess water until i can find a tray that will fit for this pot. i used 2 cd covers to make space between the pot and the plank it stands on so theres an half inch of space between the pot so the excess water can easy fall out. 
    Indoor grower due to our cold climate in Norway
  • Some of those bubbles i though were the chili is starting to become white flowers, i cant find any information that answer this question. Does it matter if i polinate the flowers that is there now or is it better to wait until all bubbles have turned into flowers on the plant before i polinate them? 
    Indoor grower due to our cold climate in Norway
  • haha is this for real or? i have to tickle the flower xD?
    Yes. 
    Do you know the answer above? does it matter if i polinate the flowers who are flowering before the others on the plant is ready or does it not matter? 
    Indoor grower due to our cold climate in Norway
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It doesn't matter;  They are self-pollinating, which means that pollen from the same flower will do the job. 
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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