In the forums of gardeners and gardeners, participants often send photos of their seedlings and complain that paprika have appeared on the leaves on the leaves. It’s not worth worrying about the fact that this disease will destroy all grown plants. This is the so-called oedema - a deviation from the norm of their development, but not as dangerous as most diseases.
- Description and symptoms of the disease
- Causes of
- How to protect sweet peppers from oedema: methods of control and prevention
- Should I treat oedemu
Description and symptoms of the disease
The disease is often popularly called "dropsy", although in its essence it is not a disease at all. It manifests itself in the form of cork growths, small swollen tubercles on the lower side of the leaf closer to the petiole, and sometimes on the petioles of plants. In the latter case, the disease looks like white mold. 
It covers the stem with dotted or solid spots, sometimes causing the stem to curl.
Scars look watery, but when groping, they appear rather dense, similar to warts. The color of the plant itself does not change, it remains natural.
Causes of
The reason for such deviations are not bacteria, infections or fungi. The problem is the lack of sufficient illumination and a strong waterlogging of the soil.
In such conditions, part of the roots of the plants die off, respectively, the nutrition of the ground part is disturbed. Hillocks appear exactly in those places that were supplied with nutrients of the dead root.
Therefore, the leaves of sweet pepper affected by edema will not recover. But if you restore the necessary conditions for the growth of seedlings, new ones will grow completely healthy.
The emergence of the disease contributes to unstable spring weather. For example, on a sunny day, the seedlings were well watered, and then a cold snap came, and the wet ground got very cold, the sun became less. These are ideal conditions for the appearance of oeda. Therefore, one should not be surprised if after such drops in time, healthy lower leaves seem to disappear from seedlings.How to protect sweet peppers from oedema: methods of control and prevention
There are no special means and methods to combat oedoma. It is enough to level the regularity and volume of irrigation, give the seedlings more light, loosen the earth after irrigation if it is too dense, and over time new formations will not arise.
As a preventive measure, it is recommended to use land with good drainage. It should be the fifth or fourth part of the pot.
Should I treat oedemu
Oadema of the leaves of sweet pepper is characterized by the fact that the affected areas of the leaves are not restored, because their nutrition is not restored. We must take for granted that in time they will disappear. Although if the defeat is not critical, they may continue to grow further. 
There is no need to treat this disease. It is not contagious, does not affect the yield and stops when the necessary living conditions of the seedlings are restored. But if you really want to help the plant, you can remove the affected leaves, and bury the stem to the level of healthy leaves. Of course, if the pepper is still low. With the pimples on the adult seedlings should simply accept.
