Virus?

UnNatural · Mar 6, 2009

I remember seeing another thread where some one had leaves like this but i can't find it now. Does this look like a virus or a pest of some sort? They are on my fiance's sweet banana peppers. Should i scrap the plants? Are they contagious? Will they spread to my beautiful chinenses??

rainbowberry · Mar 7, 2009

Could it be Oedema?

Nova · Mar 7, 2009

I don't know wtf that is but i would be moving it far away from any plants that you love dearly.

JungleRain · Mar 7, 2009

UnNatural said:
I remember seeing another thread where some one had leaves like this but i can't find it now. Does this look like a virus or a pest of some sort? They are on my fiance's sweet banana peppers. Should i scrap the plants? Are they contagious? Will they spread to my beautiful chinenses??

as long as you don't get it on your sweet banana :hell:

Nova · Mar 7, 2009

Sounds like that comes from experiance JR!!

AlabamaJack · Mar 7, 2009

I have seen this before and can not remember what it is...if you look at the pattern of the "stuff", it is all close to the veins of the leaf, which, IMO indicates it comes from the water/soil and is brought into the plants plumbing by the roots...this is a wild ass guess...

was doing a bit of googlin' and came up with this...fairly close but different patterns

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...per+leaf+pic&ndsp=20&hl=en&sa=N&start=60&um=1

and here is a pic library of bacterial canker...

http://images.google.com/images?ndsp=20&hl=en&um=1&q=leaf+bacterial+canker+pic&start=0&sa=N

Pam · Mar 7, 2009

rainbowberry said:
Could it be Oedema?

That

POTAWIE · Mar 7, 2009

I too would say oedema

AlabamaJack · Mar 7, 2009

I have tried to find a pic of the oedema but my google is not strong this morning...anyone want to post a link?

wordwiz · Mar 7, 2009

AlabamaJack said:
I have tried to find a pic of the oedema but my google is not strong this morning...anyone want to post a link?

This page spells it edema but it is the same condition. They symptoms don't look the same, though.

Mike

Pam · Mar 7, 2009

wordwiz said:
This page spells it edema but it is the same condition. They symptoms don't look the same, though.

Mike

Pepperfreak had the same problem, if I remember correctly, and had it diagnosed by Ohio extension folks. Paul? Does this look like your plants did, or do you still have pictures?

Pepperfreak · Mar 7, 2009

OH...That was me, last year....

That is caused by over watering. According to the Ohio State University, that is the plants normal reaction to over watering and shouldn't effect the plant's growth. In my case I didn't notice any adverse effects from it and the plants all grew out of it and produced well.

Here are a few of my past posts that my be helpful to you.

With lots of pictures of my affected plants.
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=4877

http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=4893

And here is the Diagnosise from OSU Lab:

http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=5018

UnNatural · Mar 7, 2009

rainbowberry said:
Could it be Oedema?

POTAWIE said:
I too would say oedema

Pepperfreak said:
OH...That was me, last year....

That is caused by over watering. According to the Ohio State University, that is the plants normal reaction to over watering and shouldn't effect the plant's growth. In my case I didn't notice any adverse effects from it and the plants all grew out of it and produced well.

Here are a few of my past posts that my be helpful to you.

With lots of pictures of my affected plants.
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=4877

http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=4893

And here is the Diagnosise from OSU Lab:

http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=5018

That's what it's looking like. Wheew. Guess it's not a big deal but it sure does look nasty.

Thanks for all your help!