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Q.Bell peppers

Anonymous added on September 15, 2015 | Answered

The leaves on my red bell peppers are curling. There are blooms but no peppers.

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Downtoearthdigs
Answered on September 17, 2015

As with tomato plants, peppers can also suffer from a virus known as leaf curl. This may be what your pepper plant is experiencing, though it could also be attributed to a lack of water or restricted root growth. The following article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/tomato-leaves-curling.htm

As for the blooming/fruiting issue, your fertilizer may be too high in nitrogen. If so, you will get plants with plenty of foliage growth but little to no blooms, which means no fruit (peppers). You can offset this by adding some phosphorus rich fertilizer or bone meal to the soil around your pepper plants. This article should help as well: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-fertilizer.htm

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