Florida Growers Having Problems With All This Rain?

Goldie321 · August 16, 2014

I'm in West Central Florida (north of Tampa). We have been getting so much rain this summer - the last couple of weeks in particular - my pepper plants are getting spots all over the leaves - they were doing so well before. Some leaves have actually turned to mush. Lost several peppers that rotted out while still not ripe. My Jimmy Nardello peppers seem to be standing up to the assault of all this water, but wonder how much more they can take. The plants just don't get a chance to 'dry out'. There's almost always water on the leaves. No rain overnight but damp and muggy so that's no help. Safeguard has Neem Oil and a fungicide (which I spray regularly - so I'm guessing the damage would be far worse if I didn't). Do the plants have to actually be dry when spraying? I can't seem to catch a break when I can spray and not have wet plants. Had two short showers already this morning.

August 16, 2014	#1
Goldie321 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida USA Posts: 116	Florida Growers Having Problems With All This Rain? I'm in West Central Florida (north of Tampa). We have been getting so much rain this summer - the last couple of weeks in particular - my pepper plants are getting spots all over the leaves - they were doing so well before. Some leaves have actually turned to mush. Lost several peppers that rotted out while still not ripe. My Jimmy Nardello peppers seem to be standing up to the assault of all this water, but wonder how much more they can take. The plants just don't get a chance to 'dry out'. There's almost always water on the leaves. No rain overnight but damp and muggy so that's no help. Safeguard has Neem Oil and a fungicide (which I spray regularly - so I'm guessing the damage would be far worse if I didn't). Do the plants have to actually be dry when spraying? I can't seem to catch a break when I can spray and not have wet plants. Had two short showers already this morning.