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Some of my crop that i have in the freezer, i have around another 30-40 peppers to pick before im 100% done for this season.   -the Scorpions are self evident, the longer shaped chillis (average length is around 5in) are native to the Greek island of Rhodes and they grow very quickly (i pruned...

  Hey Jeff,   many thanks for getting back to me.    I did as you suggested and it seems that the black mottle is internal rather than external (ie on the surfaces of the leaf), constant gentle scratching only starts to destroy the surface of the leaf after a while.   So im guessing that...

I also found this article and the leaves in the second picture are very close in nature to my leaves, yet i still havent been able to see any pests at all....   https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/chilli-thrips

Thank you sir, i will make sure to have a read-much appreciated!

Here is a better picture, it is the underside of three leaves which display what 95% of the leaves that are left, are exhibiting,   I should say that im more curious as to how i should handle the plants after i prune them (in around 1 weeks time), should i change the soil & then spray the...

  Actually, no i have seen no pests at all, only what i (possibly in my ignorance) deemed to be signs of pests, ie, the silvery trails on the top of some of the leaves. I had read that certain mites or aphids leave a sugary substance on the leaves after feeding (the sticky silvery trails) which...

Rookie to this forum here, and although i have been a 'silent' participant for over three years-the information and written advice (given to others) has been invaluable to my growing  endeavours, so many thanks to all of the contributors.   This year after three years of trying, i was finally...