What to do if pepper seedlings are shedding leaves: emergency help for seedlings

Pepper is one of the demanding crops that react to the slightest errors in agricultural technology and weather changes.

Under unfavorable conditions, seedlings may shed their leaves. Therefore, plants require careful care.

This is how pepper can react to a draft, a lack of nutrients or an excess of them, says agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert at the online publication TUT NOVOSTI.

How to save seedlings?

The first thing to do is to adjust the watering so that the soil is always slightly moist. Watering should be done with settled water at room temperature.

Then treat with an immunomodulator if the reason for the leaf fall remains a mystery. At the same time, it is worth loosening the soil. But this must be done carefully so as not to touch the roots.

It is better to place the seedlings on the east window, otherwise you will have to provide additional lighting for 3-5 hours a day.

You shouldn't open the window where the pepper is, as a draft is harmful to the fragile seedlings.

When the situation stabilizes, you can feed it with complex fertilizer. But you need to strictly follow the recommended dosage.

Earlier we talked about the very first and most important feeding of garlic in the spring.