The tips of the leaves are scrunchy.
Sounds like you might have pepper leaf curl. Take a look at the article below and see what you think:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/curling-leaves-on-peppers.htm
Happy gardening!
This just came up in a pot that had a pepper plant that died when I used a vinegar/water solution to kill the ants on it. The leaves and tiny white flowers look like the pepper plant, but this is more like a bush and the previous plant was more like a small tree. I'm new to gardening and hoping for better luck if this is a pepper plant.
I agree your volunteer plant seems to have leaves that look like Bell Pepper seedling leaves.
The vining pattern is not something I can find an image that matches.
I would allow this mystery plant to grow and see if it produces any peppers.
I also am listing some links about ant control for future reference.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/controlling-aphids-and-ants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/get-rid-of-ants.htm
My green bell pepper plants look healthy until they get a pepper growing on them (4"long), then they droop and one plant died after I took the pepper off of it. Why? I live in South Florida, I think Zone 10 or 11. I've bee growing bell peppers for 4 years now and this has happened a few times before. I have sandy soil but have added compost and organic fertilizer to the garden. I water around 4pm daily. I pulled off the 1st pepper and the plant died. Now my 2nd plant is doing the same.
Pepper plants may wilt if not given proper support and, given that this seems to happen after your plants bear 4 inch peppers, I'm leaning towards this explanation. Peppers have thin stems that can droop once fruit has set. I would place stakes in the ground near each plant and tie the plants to the stake once fruit sets to prevent this drooping.
How does the foliage look? Yellowed or dotted with brown/black spots? If so, maybe we need to explore fungal wilt. Check out the following article and let me know if this sounds like what may be happening:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-wilt-on-plants.htm
Has it been extremely hot?
Any sign of an insect infestation? This article will identify some of the more common pepper pests:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/common-pepper-plant-problems.htm
For more information on growing peppers, please visit the following link:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-peppers.htm
I planted two Big Bertha bell pepper plants last week. Yesterday most of the leaves were lying at the foot of the plants. The leaves were still green. Can you please shed some light on this for me before I buy new plants?
Too much moisture is the cause of most pepper plant problems, especially if the leaves are green but still fell off. Or you may have simply gotten plants that weren't healthy to begin with and so they became susceptible to fungal wilt. If you had a very cold spell recently, they could also have gone into shock. If you are able to identify and correct the issue, you could actually save your plants and not have to buy new ones.
Take a look at these articles to see if they may help you narrow exactly what happened:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/common-pepper-plant-problems.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-wilt-on-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/
Good luck!
What size pot is used to grow bell pepper?
Although today I grow peppers in my Square Foot Garden, in the past I used 16" clay pots
Peter in Brussels
What's wrong with my bell peppers? The leaves have been turning yellow and all the peppers it produced started rotting and then turned a red color like the picture. What should I do to save the plant?
This sounds like a case of Blossom End Rot.
Here are some links that will help you.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-problems.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-sunscald.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-blossom-end-rot.htm
I transplanted my bell pepper plant 8 days ago, and it hasn't changed much. It had 4 small peppers on it when it was purchased, and now there is one yellowy-green pepper more. The original ones have shriveled a bit. It has not grown any higher. I transplanted with a bamboo stake, but I haven't wanted to tie it yet because it's not getting any height. The pepper plant in the red container was transplanted at the same time and is growing like a weed (haha). I'll be tying him to the bamboo stake over the next few days. Can you please give me a hint about my pepper plant? Thank you very much from a newbie container gardener!
Make sure the soil is staying moist, while the plant becomes established in it's new garden spot.
Here is a link to refresh you on the care requirements.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-peppers.htm