health Spots on leaves

GLEN_1984 · Jun 17, 2017

Today i noticed some small black pin head like spots on one of my pepper plants, I've searched the net but cant seem to find anything similar. The plant itself looks very healthy still

Any ideas of what im dealing with? Thanks

lek · Jun 17, 2017

small whitefly. good luck

GLEN_1984 · Jun 20, 2017

Ok so the problem has moved to my Trinidad scorpion and it's started to drop its leaves, can anyone help before I have no plants left? Should this be treated with a fungicide?

Honey Badger · Jun 20, 2017

Try neem oil and fairy liquid. My peppers have been attacked by everything nature had to throw at them and kitchen sink but they are on the mend after neem treatment.

Good luck.

GLEN_1984 · Jun 20, 2017

OK I'll give it a go, I have recently purchased some neem oil so hopefully that'll do the trick

Does neem treat diseases?

lek · Jun 20, 2017

GLEN_1984 said:
Ok so the problem has moved to my Trinidad scorpion and it's started to drop its leaves, can anyone help before I have no plants left? Should this be treated with a fungicide?

your pepper plant will drop all the leaves soon. when that happen, survival rate is under 20%. do everything you can now. monitor the plant closely.

GLEN_1984 · Jun 20, 2017

i think i may have found what has been effecting my plants.... tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Apparently spread by a bug called thrips

the picture above is what i found online for TSWV

Plants have been destroyed and hope now that none of my other plants gets this

lek · Jun 21, 2017

GLEN_1984 said:
i think i may have found what has been effecting my plants.... tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Apparently spread by a bug called thrips

what makes you think it's a thrip? are you in super hot and dry climate? look at the white dot on your pepper leaves, most of the time it's whitefly and it can transmit more than one hundred virus species.

Gorizza · Jun 24, 2017

lek said:
what makes you think it's a thrip?

Looks like he's growing inside some kind of sun room. Thrips can definitely be a problem inside or in greenhouses.

I don't think its TSWV, this is an example of that disease on Capsicum:

Photo Credit: Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo

lek · Jun 25, 2017

Gorizza said:
Looks like he's growing inside some kind of sun room. Thrips can definitely be a problem inside or in greenhouses.

Thrips are my favorite. I did experiment with them a lot. they're very small.

let's zoom in.

i will test my new recipe. EM1 + molasses + white vinegar + vodka + 4 drops of rosemary & peppermint essential oil.

KO ... LOL

JustDucky · Jun 25, 2017

lek said:
Thrips are my favorite. I did experiment with them a lot. they're very small.

let's zoom in.

i will test my new recipe. EM1 + molasses + white vinegar + vodka + 4 drops of rosemary & peppermint essential oil.

KO ... LOL

Great job, sir.