what's wrong with my tomatos and peppers

[happysmileylady]

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Those are the tomatos and the lower leaves are the only leaves that seem to be affected with this. They develop the brown spots, then turn yellow and fall off. So far, the tomatos don't seem to be affected...though some of the newest flowers have fallen off rather than turning into tomatos. That could just be that they didn't get pollinated or that the plant already has too many to support....I have LOTS of green tomatos all over.





Those are my newest peppers. I dug up my broccoli and bought two banana pepper plants and two jalapeno pepper plants, as well as one yellow meated watermelon plant. They went in like two-ish, weeks ago. The watermelon plant seems to be doing fine. The two pics are my banana pepper plants, and the leaves are green still, but obviously wilting fast. The jalapenos leaves are turning yellow but not wilting as fast. In addition the plant in the lower pic DOES have two new baby leaves, but I can't tell if they are wilting or not. The garden is getting watered at least once a day, some days twice if it's looking particularly dry.
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[Newt]

Hi Happysmilylady,

Your tomatoes appear to have early blight.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/t...eaves/12a.html
http://ftsg.ifas.ufl.edu/EBLDBC.htm

You could make a fungicide or purchase something organic like Organocide.* Note the spelling as that is made from sesame seeds.* Organicide is not organic and contains rotenone.* Here's how to make your own fungicides
http://www.ghorganics.com/page15.html

I'm not sure about your peppers as you don't say where you live or what the weather has been like.* I suspect one or two things, possibly both.* It might be transplant shock due to heat and possibly overwatering.* You mention you water sometimes twice a day.* I would think you would only need to do that if you live in the desert and have sandy soil.* Overwatering can cause wilt as well as underwatering.* You also said that you water if it "looks" dry.* You need to stick your finger into the soil up to your second knuckle.* If it's moist, no need to water.* I also recommend applying a mulch to your soil to keep soil temps even and retain moisture.* The top of the soil will look dry without mulch but could be moist underneath.

Your flowers may be dropping off due to poor pollination or heat stress from the weather.

Newt