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Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 13:04
| Here in the Phoenix area we just finished with a month of incredible rainstorms, and we're still unusually humid. I lost some bell pepper branches, but overall they are still doing well and producing nice peppers. In fact, they are growing bigger than they did before. Yesterday I noticed hard, bright white areas on a few of the peppers. What is causing this? |
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- Posted by conchitaFL 10 Hutchinson Island (My Page) on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 16:42
| Looks like sunscald. |
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- Posted by GreenDreamhome Zone 9 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 16:59
| At first I thought, "How could that be?" Then I read that sun scald on peppers happens when there is high humidity. We're normally not humid at all, but for the past few weeks the humidity has been insane, even as our temperatures rose again. |
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| When temperatures soar, rig temporary shade for susceptible plants. |
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