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Chili Leaf Problem
ommthree
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Hi all,
I've got some chilis growing under lights in my cellar. They've been going since January and look pretty good. I've got a number of different sorts going.
On a few of the plants, the leaves have become slightly curled, and close inspection showed a bobbly light green deposit on the underside of the leaves. It didn't look like anything I've seen before. I can't see any insects anywhere, so I suppose it could be some kind of fungus or mildew. The plants don't seem to be suffering too much, but I am concerned.
Does anybody have any idea what it might be and how I might treat it?
Thank you!
Owen.
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Could you put up pictures? My OH thinks it might be due to lack of air movement, you will lose those leaves.
Thank you!
Unfortunately, the image upload isn't working for me at the moment. I'll have another try later on.
Still no luck with the pics...
I get a big error message, but there's no X. Bit strange.
It's a "RadUpload Ajax callback error. Source url returned invalid content" error
It's just 60k, in jpeg format. Is that too big?
Still not able to upload, so here are the pictures on flickr:
General Impression
Underside of leaf
Hope that works. Many thanks for any input.
By the way, I noticed this has only affected the Jalapeños. The Cayennes, Habaneros and Tobascos are unaffected so far.
ommthree I can't help but I know someone who probably can
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/chilli-peppers/246444.html
Thanks KEF. I've posted over there too now.
Ommthree, I had that on a few of my peppers and chilis last year but it didn't seem to harm them or affect cropping. Closer inspection with a magnifying glass showed that whatever it was was part of the plant and not a pest or fungus, so I suspect it may be a genetic aberration, or a reaction from the plant against something (ie the plant's immune system.) Sorry I can't be of more help but if I see it again this year I'm not going to worry about it but will still look very closely as anything grown under glass can be affected by spider mite which are too small to see by eye.