Hi,
I am new to growing vegetables (just 6 months into it).
I plants these sweet peppers (250 plants approx) around 2.5 months back. They were growing healthy but couple of weeks back I started seeing some problems. This pic is taken on 19-Nov
I uprooted some of such plants and threw them away. I also sprayed Epsom salt and gave some calcium nitrate to plants 3 times in past 2 weeks. Still problem is increasing and now many more plants are infested. Result is plant growth stopped, new buds and leaves dry down. It does not seem to have any effect on already set fruits.
See this pic (Taken yesterday)
Is it because of thrips or white fly?
I do not see any kind of bugs or insects around. I had a heavy aphid attack on plants 2-3 weeks back, I sprayed some chemical suggested by local shop and i dont see any aphids now.
I have planted 1000 more plants around a month back and some of them also have started showing similar symptoms.
Please suggest something. I am really worried.
Thanks
Jitender
I am new to growing vegetables (just 6 months into it).
I plants these sweet peppers (250 plants approx) around 2.5 months back. They were growing healthy but couple of weeks back I started seeing some problems. This pic is taken on 19-Nov
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I uprooted some of such plants and threw them away. I also sprayed Epsom salt and gave some calcium nitrate to plants 3 times in past 2 weeks. Still problem is increasing and now many more plants are infested. Result is plant growth stopped, new buds and leaves dry down. It does not seem to have any effect on already set fruits.
See this pic (Taken yesterday)
![21b7hgp.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi39.tinypic.com%2F21b7hgp.jpg&hash=e662ff9517249a406817191596d94b86)
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Is it because of thrips or white fly?
I do not see any kind of bugs or insects around. I had a heavy aphid attack on plants 2-3 weeks back, I sprayed some chemical suggested by local shop and i dont see any aphids now.
I have planted 1000 more plants around a month back and some of them also have started showing similar symptoms.
Please suggest something. I am really worried.
Thanks
Jitender