http://www.cookinggarden.com/grow-fruit/why-does-my-capsicum-plant-have-black-spots-on-the-plant-doesnt-grow-fruit-but-flowers-alot-then-dies Create Your Own Cooking Garden Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cookinggarden.com/grow-fruit/why-does-my-capsicum-plant-have-black-spots-on-the-plant-doesnt-grow-fruit-but-flowers-alot-then-dies/comment-page-1#comment-2191 i_wear_s Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:23:16 +0000 http://www.cookinggarden.com/grow-fruit/why-does-my-capsicum-plant-have-black-spots-on-the-plant-doesnt-grow-fruit-but-flowers-alot-then-dies#comment-2191 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. 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.

]]> http://www.cookinggarden.com/grow-fruit/why-does-my-capsicum-plant-have-black-spots-on-the-plant-doesnt-grow-fruit-but-flowers-alot-then-dies/comment-page-1#comment-2190 shooter1 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:23:16 +0000 http://www.cookinggarden.com/grow-fruit/why-does-my-capsicum-plant-have-black-spots-on-the-plant-doesnt-grow-fruit-but-flowers-alot-then-dies#comment-2190 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! 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!

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