Normal especially at the branch nodes. Sometimes it's a purple color and goes up the stem. Show a pic of the whole plant too so we can see overall health.

Yes, quite normal, this is a natural pigment called anthocyanin. The pale leaf colour could be one of several nutrient deficiencies.

That's the part of the plant where black pepper comes from.....;-)

Thank you all

i did give fish fertilizer to my peppers yesterday. This one is most yellow of the few I have. The tomatoes are all doing well. In fact if you look in the upper right of this pic you'll see the green tomato plant leaves ..... it's quite a contrast in color when looking at the pepper leaves. Today is a day of full sun, the first day like this in weeks. Hopefully that's a big part of the problem. Also this is a raised bed.

I'm new to gardening but doesn't salt harm plants?

or is that an old wives tale?

Epsom salt is not a salt like table salt aka Sodium Chloride. It is actually Magnesium Sulfate and plants can sometimes benefit from it if there is a magnesium deficiency in the soil.

But yes sodium chloride can harm most plants.

A generic all-purpose fertilizer might be smart. Had they been getting fertilized, or did you just start? Magnesium deficiency usually results in interveinal chlorosis, where the veins stay green. That doesn't look like what's happening here, and the tomatoes would look the same.

@daninthedirt they received fertilizer 4 weeks ago when they were transplanted. And than again yesterday. Should it be more frequent?

i used fish fertilizer.

Not all "fish fertilizers" are the same by any means. So what specifically did you use? What are the N-P-K ratings on it? What does the label say about frequency of application?

As a general guideline when a pepper plant is that yellow, unless it is one of the varieties that are normally yellowish, then it is not normal and something is clearly wrong. If that cause is lack of nutrients then yes, more frequent feeding may well be needed.

Dave

I used 5-1-1 fish fertilizer and I used Epsom salt. Someone else suggested we might have had too much rain so I haven't watered it in a few days either.

The bottom half leaves are still quite yellow and one actually fell off. However the top half of this plant as of today is a great deep green color. Does this indicate a path to recovery?

ty all !

Old leaves don't typically recover from nutrient deficiencies and end up falling. Look to the new growth for signs of improvement, which seems might be the case for you now. Perhaps don't feed for a couple of weeks to see what happens, so as not to overdo it.

I have a few in-ground pepper plants in a similar situation.

If new growth is a darker green that is a good sign. But also remember that peppers dropping their leaves is often a sign of over-watering so you should consider backing off on the water too. A very general guideline would be water deeply one time a week. Of course if there is rain it would be even less.

Dave

Great advice by all

ty