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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Denver
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Hi all,
I'm growing a slew of peppers (trying) in addition to my tomatoes. This is my first year growing anything from seed so I have lots of questions. Everything was going well until today I noticed something odd with my peppers which up until now had been doing great. A couple of the plants had leaves that were starting to curl, so I looked underneath the leaves and saw this ![]() ![]() Yikes!! What the heck is that! I started flipping leaves on all the plants and saw it on 12 out of 50 so I removed them and set them aside in case it can spread. What is it and can I cure it?? Here's a pic of the whole seedling. You can see the spots on top where the light shines through as well. ![]() I hope someone has some info and I hope my seedlings are not doomed! ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Philly
Posts: 559
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Can't tell if that is the leaf or something on it...first gut reaction was spider mites...looks like their eggs.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Denver
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It's definately on/in the leaves. Looks like tiny blisters.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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You really shouldn’t have touched the leaves with your bare hands.
![]() It looks like a small colony of aliens have landed in the pepper patch and taken up residence on the pepper leaves. On a more serious side it may be some sort of leaf gall, I just can’t tell and I cant find all of my plant books; they are all packed away in boxes. You did the right thing by pulling the leaves though; it will deter any more aliens from landing and taking up residence in the garden. DARN ALIENS you wouldn’t believe how demanding they can be. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: UK
Posts: 37
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I agree with Adenn1, its lots like a spider mite infestation. You may find the information you require here (scroll down to the spider mite section)
http://www.thechileman.org/guide_disease.php hope this helps Mark
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