Why Does My Capsicum Plant Have Black Spots On The Plant, Doesn’t Grow Fruit But Flowers Alot Then Dies?
Posted by admin on February 28, 2010
The black spots are probably from a fungus or disease. Ask at your local garden shops to determine what is prevalent in your area and what to use on it.
The blossom drop is probably due to a lack of pollination. That is easily taken care of by hand pollination. When the blossoms open gently run your fingertip across the inside of each blossom. This will transfer the pollen from the male pollen manufacturers to the female pollen receptors and allow fruit set. If you are growing more than one variety of pepper you need to wash your hands after each variety if you want to keep the peppers true-to-type and avoid crosses between them. If you aren’t going to save seeds for next year it doesn’t matter; the peppers from this crop will be the same as you planted even if cross pollinated.
Good luck and enjoy!
My capsicum plant (long yellow pepper variety) has black spots in the joins where the stems join each other. I was worried at first, but it’s a very healthy and productive plant so I figure it must just be a characteristic of that plant.
If the flowers are dropping off without producing fruit, it means they aren’t being pollinated. You can hand pollinate them by swishing a q-tip or small paintbrush around the flowers to collect the pollen and when you do it to all the flowers the pollen gets transferred and the flowers pollinated.
Good luck!
The black spots on the leaves (if that is where the spots are) sounds like a virus. A copper-based fungicide would help, as these kinds of fungi spread through wet soil. Black stems along the nodes are quite normal and don’t harm reproduction.