Tina
Seattle,WA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Something has munched on my thai pepper leaves |
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I had put a thai pepper plant in the backyard - yesterday I went out and saw that almost all of its leaves were chewn by something. Even the head of the plant(which had some buds and new leaves) is gone. A few leaves of the daisy plant is being eaten too.What might be doing this to my plants? How do I prevent this from happening again?
Is there any hope for the pepper plant to give fruit this year?
Thanks.
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gardengater
NC
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Your plant probably won't bear fruit. It could be a variety of insects, catepillar or wildlife, like rabbits. I'm not a expert on pests, but if you have butterflies in the area, they eat certain plants in their catepillar stage. Perhaps you could try a pot and keep it on a porch or deck.
Gardengater
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trudy
South Georgia, left at nowhere
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: |
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I had of all things tomato hornworms on 4 of my bell pepper plants yesterday. They had eaten 3 almost completely down, an the other one was well on its way. I had never had a TH on pepper b4.
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Tina
Seattle,WA
Posts: 409
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have pictures but will try and get one 
Isn't there something that can be sprayed to keep these darn creatures away?
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