Deformed red-edged peperomia leaves
Any ideas why these new leaves are coming out crinkled? They’re not straightening out as they mature and firm up, they’re staying deformed. It’s not all of them, some are ok.
What could be causing this? Owned several months, it’s still in its original small plastic pot in a bark mix that seems to drain well. Could be congested. Plan to repot soon (it’s summer here).
Watered infrequently, only when it’s been quite dry for a while, mainly going by pot weight. Watered thoroughly so it’s flushed through when it is watered. Dilute Dynagro FP about every second watering.
It’s in an east facing window and gets direct sun for an hour or so at sunrise. I found one mealy bug when I first had it a few months ago and sprayed with a systemic insecticide. The newly forming leaves at that time came out very distorted which I assumed was due to the spray, but now I’m thinking maybe not.
Any suggestions as to where I’m going wrong appreciated!
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No marks or pests on the underside of the leaves, I have been watching for that and just had another close look. But I watered two days ago and found guttation and darkened leaf edges several hours later, only some leaves and only underneath. I’ve noticed this once before, and it resolved completely in 2-3 days, but it could have happened more as it’s not visible from above. Something is up with this plants water balance!
Maybe if this happens when a delicate new leaf is forming it is permanently damaged?
Interesting comment re over fertilising, it has been getting less than the maintenance dose and I was wondering if perhaps the opposite was true, especially as calcium deficiency comes up as a cause of deformed leaves...
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5 years agoI know this thread is a few months old, but I'm wondering if you ever figured out what was up with your Peperomia. I have a clusiifolia that does the same thing. I honestly didn't realize it wasn't normal until I read this thread! But I've also noticed possible signs of oedema that I previously thought to be physical damage from curious cats or the high traffic area this plant is in, so maybe it does have to do with water uptake in some way. Is it temperature-related? Mine lives right next to a plate glass window that gets good light, but can also get very cool when there's no sun (which is often).
I've never treated mine with pesticide, other than dabbing a little rubbing alcohol to check those blisters for scale. I've had it a little over a year. It has grown a lot and it bloomed all winter.
Here you can see some curly new leaves coming in, with a normal looking larger leaf:
This is one of the funkiest looking ones:
And this is what I suspect might be oedema:
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