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Pepper plant suddenly wilting ?

jmahayjmahay Posts: 39
edited June 2023 in Problem solving
I am not too sure what's happened to my pepper plant last night I watered it ,l have kept it for 2years in the veranda and it's been fine but this morning it was wiltered so I spayed the leaves with water and put it outside in the yard but later moved it in the shade of the yard but no difference I examined it no pests on it
It's got flowers and little peppers on it so what else do you suggest I do?
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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    I'm not sure what spraying the leaves would do for a stressed plant. But can you share some photos of it so we know what we're talking about? Is it being fed at all aside from the watering and has it been repotted with some fresh compost? 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • jmahayjmahay Posts: 39
    edited June 2023
    I agree its stressed trying to send a photo but my tablet not sending  it due to low battery i find another way it send later also  tomorrow i repot it carefully  i mix some coco soil with the compost
  • jmahayjmahay Posts: 39
    edited June 2023
    Here a photo 
  • jmahayjmahay Posts: 39
    edited June 2023
    I just carefully repoted it let's see if that don't help
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Maybe it’s come to the end of its live,  I never bother trying to keep them going,  compost bin and grow new each spring. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    It seems counterintuitive but they often wilt like that when the roots are too wet. They like to be moist but not to wet and watering in the morning, rather than the evening, can be beneficial so they don't stay too wet overnight. I'd check the soil first and see if it needs drying out a little. 
    Remember that repotting will keep the soil wetter because the roots won't stretch out beyond the last pot size.
  • jmahayjmahay Posts: 39
    Thanks I remember that in future just looked at it seems a few leaves are perking up I won't water it today I will leave it outside today  in the semi shade 
    Thanks Lyn  if a plant still got life in it I try to keep as long as possible I know not always you can  but the pepper plant survived all winter by the radiator in the verandah it started growing and producing peppers  so it's still got some life left but it goes yellow I know it's near it's end
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I can’t see many peppers on it compared with what a fresh plant would give you but if you want to just grow it for a house plant, that’s fine.   Hope it recovers. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    I've over wintered bell peppers a few times as it really gives them a quick start the next year and the yield is far more than a seed grown that year. You also don't have to nip the first flowers out so they don't slow the plants growth and therefore production later on. I don't think it's such a dramatic difference with chilli peppers as they can be far more prolific with their fruiting. 
    I personally find it less faff to over winter than to grow them from seed, I always find them very slow to get going and they take up so much space. 
  • jmahayjmahay Posts: 39
    I pick some flowers off it  thanks
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