My habanero plant has been getting attacked by something and losing a lot of its leaves i took a closer look today and found these weird bugs everywhere, what are these bugs and could they be the cause of the leaf loss problem?
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pests Weird bugs on hab plant
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solid7 said:
I don't have any tomatoes planted, no, but I did buy a couple tomato plants a couple days ago and put them in my greenhouse don't think that's relevant though because my hab has been losing leaves for a little over a week now.
Close, but no cigar (from the bug guide): http://bugguide.net/node/view/809172
So I guess I'll go with the stinkbug idea. Anyone know what can cause this type of leaf loss though? None of my other plants have this problem.
Don't know how I didn't notice this before but the plant is infested with these little bugs. Went to the back of the plant, the part that is out of direct view and found a lot more of these bugs, big and small. Here are some pics
Oh I didn't know that, thanks for the tip I'll try watering the plant less and see what happens later on.solid7 said:
How exactly would I go about removing all these bugs? Never really had an infestation other than aphids.
Soapy water? What type of soap? How much soap in the water?solid7 said:
backyardpepper said:
Got a DustBuster? No muss - no fuss, just suck 'em off the plant!
The_NorthEast_ChileMan said:
That's a great idea, I might actually do that.
moruga welder said:!
Take pix! Take pix!