Sunscald can turn beautiful peppers and eggplants into vegetables with pale, leathery, damaged patches, and the problem often starts with something that seems like good news: plenty of sunshine. Both crops need sunlight to produce well, but fruit that suddenly loses leaf cover can take a direct hit from intense afternoon rays.
The right solution involves simple garden management rather than fancy equipment or complicated treatments. A little attention to plant spacing, pruning, watering, and harvest timing can keep developing fruit covered and protected, because the best defense against sunscald often involves keeping the plant’s own leafy umbrella in place.
