[zopadooper]

Every year we sucessfully grow sweet peppers in containers in our green house but this year some plants are developing with a brown speck on them which, as the plant grows, is turning into a large brown patch and then is going rotten.  Can anyone tell us what has happened and could we have avoided it.

[JayG]

Blossom end rot is usually associated with tomatoes, but peppers and aubergines can suffer from it as well.

It's a physiological problem rather than a disease, caused by insufficient calcium reaching the fruits.

There's all sorts of complicated chemistry you could go into as to why this happens but the usual reason is irregular watering, or sometimes overfeeding with high nitrogen fertlisers.

An article HERE to check if this is actually the problem you have.

[kel28]

Hi by the sounds of it I had the same as you, started a tiny speck and grow but mine was fairly fast within a matter of 4-5 days I got told as I hadn't whitened the windows on my greenhouse it had got to hot and this had caused it? I'm not sure as this is my 1st yr with a greenhouse but they had rotted when I touched the brown patch it was very soft.

[Snoop]

JayG, that was a really useful link. I had this problem last year and had no idea what it was or how to deal with it.

Thanks, and thanks to zopadooper for asking the question. Hope you get yours sorted out too.