Recent content by Tomshell

I have found out nothing so far. I searched online, used AI photo search options, nothing specific found.I removed all evidence of the little webs, pupae, and damaged leaves. Plants seem to be doing better, I think mostly because of this 95 degree weather.

I have some pics that may shed some light on this. Its incredible what you can see when you look hard enough.....Looks like an egg sac or something, and maybe all the black dots are poop? Last night I went out with a flashlight and saw some small whitish looking bugs, maybe like a spider. And...

I look but see no slugs, aphids, moths, etc.....I will look tonight with a flashlight and several times tomorrow.

Hatch Chiles from seed, started indoors and planted outside a few months ago. I think I planted them outside too early, and they have struggled to thrive until it really started getting warmer here. Now most of them have this leaf damage. It is only (so far) on the upper leaves, and the lower...

I am a long time, on and off again, pepper grower. My favorite pepper is the Tepin, or chiltepin, or bird pepper. Latin name Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum. They grow wild in parts of southern Arizona and Northern (Sonora) Mexico. I have had great success growing these and have had plants...