[brianbishop]

Talking to my plot neighbour about the ripening of my sweet peppers requiring at least another monthwhen we will probably be getting damper cooler weather. I know toms and peppers are related , but do peppers get blight? My neighbour had never come across it and I have not read anything about it. Anyone to enlighten me?
Bish

[JayG]

Yes, they are related (also to potatoes and aubergines, in fact anything in the Nightshade family can get blight.)

The blight that affects peppers is a different species of the fungus from that which affects tomatoes, but the effect is the same.

Because it's a different species (of Phytopthora) pepper blight is presumably less common in this country than potato and tomato blight because the crop is not grown anything like as widely.

[brianbishop]

Thanks JayG, keep my fingers crossed.
Bish