Welcome to the forum, Waldo! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

I have been seeing some of those same spots on some of my peppers in the garden, too! I am wondering if it is something like blossom end rot? Maybe someone will be along shortly to answer your question and then I will have my answer, too!

Dianna

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Thanks for the suggestion!
If it is sunburn, what should I do about it? Being that they are in pots, it would be really easy for me to move them under a picnic table to give them shade… unfortunately, I am not home during the day so that means they would pretty much never get any direct sunlight. And correct me if I am wrong, but peppers are one of those plants that like a lot of bright, direct sunlight. I suppose I could try it with one and see what kind of results I get.

Also, I have been talking to fellow gardeners, and someone suggested that they may not be getting enough water. I know that the soil in the center of the pots stays nice and moist between waterings, so I figured that was good enough. However, the top inch or so, and the soil around the edge of the pots does dry out. Could this be enough to cause spots like that from drought? (I water once a day when we have temps in the 90’s and sunny weather, and every other day or so when temps are in the 80’s and more overcast). Lately, I have been putting some grass and stuff around the base of the plants to help the soil retain water.

One other thing is that the tops may have outgrown the roots. I notice that the plants seem to wilt from 10AM to 2PM, and then perk right back up as soon as the sun is less intense. All I can figure is that the root system is not large enough to supply adequate water to the top during peek sun hours. I suppose what I really need is a good vegetable container gardening resource. Anyone know of any?
And finally, I just want everyone to know that I am growing these peppers IN pots, not on pots.. sorry for the typo in the original message. Yall probably figured that out though.

I've never had that happen to my peppers,
but I use an umbrella or two on some of my
plants, like just planting on a hot day
or the tomatoes are suseptable to it, just
after planting too!!!

Or get some landscaping fabric and drape it over,
it has oles in it...
Or you can buy a shade cloth from several catalogs, that would go over a greeenhouse...??

Or just put something tall in front of it...

****As for the umbrella's...
I love to go to those Dollar Tree stores,
and Dollar General's.....
They have the hand held umbrella's for a buck..
for seedlings, I"ll use those, cause I can just put them on the ground..
but at the Dollar Generals or Family Dollar's..
they'll have kids beach umbrella's for a couple bucks more, *********they are soooooooo adorable,
the colors and patterns they come in, and it's fun to dress up a "green" garden with them...*****

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Weezie

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