If it's just a few leaves it's normal. My plants do this sometimes especially when they get large and the new growth shades out the older growth.

Yes, I agree with SoCarRob. If those are all lower level leaves, let them fall. THat is normal. Typically they will yellow first and then often get black spots and then droop and fall off. It may take a while for them to finally drop, but totally normal. I usually just snip or pull off those lower leaves as they start to yellow. I know they will soon drop anyway.

I don't know what you sprayed the plant with? Fungicide, pesticide or whatever, but I doubt it will do any good.

Stop treating your pepper plants like they are some kind of exotic house plant. What you are growing is essentially a weed that produces little hot fruits.

what rob said. A few leaves isn't a problem. People sometimes expect perfection in gardening while, in reality, gardening is far from a perfect hobby.

Peppers are very easy to grow. Amend soil, plant, water deeply, don't overwater, maybe some side dressing of ferts throughout the season, harvest! That's about it. Maybe an occasional infestation of aphids or whiteflies or a hornworm here and there.

Have a cold beer and relax. See those pods in the one pic? Let us know when you don't see the plant producing those and losing ALL the leaves. That's when you'll have a problem.

You plan on spraying them with WHAT, for WHAT? Please answer these questions before spraying ANYTHING.

Kevin

Bought some spray at lowes called natria ( insect disease and mite contol) it just seems strange to start losing all these leaves so fast, last year never had spots on my ghosts leaves. I guess I am a little paranoid but just last week my zucchini plants leaves started yellowing next thing I knew they just rotted away, I ended up pulling them all

I just went out and pulled a couple yellowing leaves with black spots off a couple different pepper plants. I have no problems with chemical or natural pesticides, but don't use them unless you can see or "KNOW" the pests are present. Heck, I wouldn't be against a flame thrower if that is what it took. But without knowing what you are trying to kill, you are likely doing more harm than good.

One other possibility for yellowing and dying leaves is over watering. Do you let them dry out between waterings? Or are you maybe being a bit obsessive with the watering as well. We all do it at some point until we finally learn and realize that peppers do better without soooo much attention.

Like I said, pepper plants are like weeds that produce hot fruit. The more you treat them like a weed, the more they will grow like a weed.

I don't overwater I make sure of that have been growing jalapeños and Thai peppers for years, never had a problem. We did get a sh#tload of rain in a 2 day stretch after a 9 day hot dry spell. Probley bout 3" of it completly saturated my garden. This was last weekend then just saw the spots a couple days ago, now yellowing . Thanks to you and all that have responded I think I am Gona have a beer or 2 and relax

If you had a bunch of rain, it is probably just from the spatter from the water bouncing off of the soil and onto the leaves. No big deal at all. The plant drops those lower leaves to protect itself. Then, that makes it grow more branches (from my experience). Until you find a plant that looks like it really wants to die, there's not much to worry about. Leaves fall off all the time. As long as there are still healthy leaves left, the time to worry is not yet upon you.

Karl: That pesticide is semi-touchy.

I'm not going to tell you NOT to use it. But the general rule for pest control is IDENTIFY first, then treat. As with all pesticides, do not spray when temps are >80F or when the sum of the temp AND humidity is >140. Also best to spray very early morning or in the evening.

the semi-touchy part----that stuff is sulfur based. So, NEVER use in conjunction with any pesticides that are OIL based. Make sure 2 months have passed if you do want to use an oil, and vice versa.

Loss of leaves can sometimes be fungal(one of natria's uses), but i doubt if mites are involved. Mites tend to thrive in dry, dusty conditions.

Kevin

I did spray some the other night, was told it appeared to be a fungal problem. Did after the sun went down. Normally don't use any sprays , use seven dust when I see my plants looked like Theve been chomped on but that's bout it. I don't plan on using this again and am taking the advice of what's given to me on here. I appreciate all the advice given to me. I was in a rush to try and prevent anything else from happening to them.

Well, then the best advice I can give you is STOP using Sevin! It's just too broad spectrum that you might take care of the target pest, but you've also taken care of any BENEFICIAL insects also... next thing you know, you have an even bigger problem because you now don't have any help fighting the fight with you.

I'd use that stuff(if called for) over Sevin any day of the week.

Good luck.

Kevin

Ok, for pest control for the peppers, tomatoes ect. What do you suggest? Most people here use and recommend the sevin for general insect and bug control, I do have a co-op close to me that has just bout everything

First, you need to decide what you are trying to kill. By that I don't mean "bugs" but what kind of bug?

And what makes you think you need to kill any bugs right now?

I was told it looked like a fungal disease so I bought the spray because is said for disease, insect and mite controll. I thought it might help. I don't know at this point what it is. As far as bugs in the past I have used sevin dust when plants like my okra when the leaves were almost gone, seemed to help. I asked what I should try and use in the future for insects and bugs. I didn't think I had to figure out exactly what specific insect or bug was doing damage.

Research biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management(IPM). For most pests, I prefer to let the good bugs battle with me. There is no way you can do that using something that says "kills 140 pests" on the side of the bag. Yeah, 140 bad guys and all the good guys too!

Many fungal issues are another story and opposite of the whole identify first idea. But not really. For example, I get powdery mildew every year on my cucurbits(cukes, melons, squashes).. As a beginner, i had no idea what it was...then I identified. After a couple more years trying to treat the symptoms without much success, i found out that you have to treat it BEFORE symptoms show.to control it. Made things much easier...every year now, I treat them from the time I transplant. For PM, I prefer to use a couple natural solutions... potassium bicarbonate, milk, neem oil, sulfur. That natria stuff isn't bad...just the pyrethrins are a tad broad. still considered organic though, I think.

Kevin