What causes this?

Honey Badger

Honey Badger

...and what's the best way to treat it?
 
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I'm spraying with Neem every few days but whatever it is is persistent. Peppers are growing, flowering and fruiting but I would like to stop this if I can.
 
Any advice?
 
The holes in the leaves kinda throws the idea of mites.  Maybe a combination of pests.  I'd keep up with the Neem for another week or so.  If it is mites, they have a lifecycle that makes them very hard to kill. (different treatment for each stage)  If you treat for about 2 weeks, though, it will get the adults or sterilize them, and then get their offspring once they grow up, and start eating your plant.
 
I'm not sure that's mites.  You should really get a microscope or jeweler's loupe on those plants, though.  That might find active ones.  Unfortunately, this damage can persist, even if they've moved on.  Kind of a bad deal.  You may or may not see them.  It may or may not be mites.  So many questions...
 
Honey Badger said:
I had a magnifier on it, couldn't see anything conclusive. Someone said it could be capsid damage.
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I don't know your local flora and fauna, so I had to look it up.  Certainly seems plausible.
 
solid7 said:
 
I don't know your local flora and fauna, so I had to look it up.  Certainly seems plausible.
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This is capsid bug on my potato plant:
 
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They are not that bad really, they cause some damage but never kill the plant. Or so they say. 
 
AJ Drew said:
Easy maybe fix: Pepper Tea sprayed on the leaves regularly.  Most pests hate it.
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How do you make pepper tea?
 
I had it before, just mixed chilli powder, crushed garlic with a bit of vodka and water in a spray bottle, tried to treat aphids with it but had no joy. It only made my eyes water and stank to high heavens.
 
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