Sweet Peppers Dying

[Solitaire]

I bought 3 red and 1 green pepper plants and the red ones have wilted and died

I've kept them well watered and fed, any ideas why ?

[Two_Sheds]

where are they? too hot/too cold? They shouldn't need feeding until they are fruiting

[Solitaire]

They are in a sunny bed

[Two_Sheds]

I don't know what your conditions are, and you don't give much info on how you've grown them, but I would hazard a guess that they've gone straight outside without a hardening off period?

[Solitaire]

I bought them potted from a garden centre a few weeks ago, at the time it was nice weather and then we had a cold wet spell down here.

Although I have clay soil they're in a well draining bed that has had plenty of compost. The green plant isn't too bad but it's the red ones that are dying.

[Patchninja]

I think you've had stinky weather like we have so they've probably been half frozen

[Solitaire]

It's been terrible for down here for May, nothing is growing, except the weeds .
Will the pepper plants come away or should I dig then up and buy new ones.

[Two_Sheds]

I bought them potted from a garden centre a few weeks ago

Did you harden them off, or plant them straight outside? It sounds like transplant shock