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Chilli plants - white specks
Andy Marden
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3 chilli plants I have in our conservatory have white specks all over them - it seems also to be affecting some citrus plants in there also. It's pretty clearly some sort of insect/disease but a general-purpose bug-killer does not seem to have any effect. The plants appear to be suffering.
Could anyone help be identify what this is and hopefully how to treat it? I'm attaching two photos.
Thanks in advance.
Andy
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Could be, pansyface. Let me try the photos again.
I think it maybe thrips. try the rhs website, they give really useful good advice
Try this, which is often the only way to get rid of a bad pest problem on indoor plants and avoids using potentially harmful pesticides:
The detergent will break the surface tension of the water and the aphids/thrips etc will drown. You may have to repeat the process in a week or two if any eggs remained stuck to the leaves and have since hatched.