Im looking for help, I planted 2 tomato plants, 1 cucumber plant, and one green bell pepper plant about 3 weeks ago.
I have seen the tomato plants grow nearly double the size, and the cucumber plant seems to be doing well also.
The pepper plant however has not grown much (if at all) But I noticed that it is (A) growing more leaves and (B) quite green, so until today I just assumed it was healthy and perhaps that is how they grow.
But when watering this morning I decided to inspect it up close, and I noticed when I looked under the leaves, that the places where a stem breaks into 2 stems as you look from the bottom up (sorry I don't know the terminology because I am new to this) there is a black patch where it splits up.
Is this normal or is it some kind of parasite?
If it helps any, I live in southeastern Ontario.
I have seen the tomato plants grow nearly double the size, and the cucumber plant seems to be doing well also.
The pepper plant however has not grown much (if at all) But I noticed that it is (A) growing more leaves and (B) quite green, so until today I just assumed it was healthy and perhaps that is how they grow.
But when watering this morning I decided to inspect it up close, and I noticed when I looked under the leaves, that the places where a stem breaks into 2 stems as you look from the bottom up (sorry I don't know the terminology because I am new to this) there is a black patch where it splits up.
Is this normal or is it some kind of parasite?
If it helps any, I live in southeastern Ontario.