thai chili pepper disease?

topic posted Tue, November 20, 2007 - 4:50 PM by  :::patti:::
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Hi all, I have two potted thai chili pepper plants. I've grown them from seeds and they are lovely happy plants! Recently though, I've noticed that large portions of their leaves have been dying. They start to turn brown from the tips and there are sometimes white spots on them and they end up shriveled by the end and dried out.

I've looked all through the plants, but I don't see any sign of obvious pests feeding on them or affecting them. This leads me to believe it could be some sort of disease or something? It could be the way I'm caring for them, but I've never seen leaves do this before so I'm assuming that's not it. I water them regularly and don't over-water them either. And they are still giving off healthy peppers. And the leaves that aren't affected are pretty green and healthy.

I've posted some pictures in my photo album of the whole plant sections and also some slightly fuzzy shots of individual leaves and what they are doing.

My one other thought and observation is that it is happening in the back of the plant. Meaning the area of the plant that is least exposed to light...maybe that's the problem?

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
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:::patti:::
San Francisco
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  • Re: thai chili pepper disease?

    Tue, November 20, 2007 - 6:32 PM
    i am just guessing but it looks like some kind of fungus / bacteria
    i would try some neem oil or copper spray the leaves
    remove all the leaves with spots and try not to touch the health ones
    you may want to try and give it more air
    if it is a bug the neem oils should help with that as well
    hope this helps

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