Help with jalapeno plant damage!

arivaraci · May 26, 2012

So I have 4 jalapenos in a 9 sq ft area, 2 planted weeks before the other two. The two big ones have been great until this last week when only one is looking chewed up more everyday. I have yet to identify the culprit. Can you?

Thanks in advance!

arivaraci · May 26, 2012

Picture didn't work, hmmm. well the leaves of 70% of the leaves of the plant are chewed looking on the edges and in the middle of some leaves. Very ragged looking.

Steve Magruder · May 27, 2012

Well, in my case it was a rabbit. I had to replace a couple pepper plants, and place 2 foot tall chicken wire around all of them. They're doing fine now.

arivaraci · May 27, 2012

I am treating as though it is slug damage. Hope to remedy the problem before it starts on the other plants. Didn't look worse today, so maybe the salt did the trick.

**nctomatoman** · May 27, 2012

This was the worst slug spring ever for me - they did a number on many of my peppers in the 3.5 inch pots....when I worked with the plants I have an unbelievable number of the sluggies clinging to the pots!

arivaraci · May 27, 2012

Craig, what did/do to combat the slugs?

Crandrew · May 30, 2012

For slugs/snails I hunt at dusk and dawn. So far i've probably taken out at least 150 in two months. I actually smosh them and the leave them in piles throughout the yard. Then the next day their family members, sadly, come to feast on their remains, well guess what happens to them, squish...rinse and repeat. Then the birds thank me stay away from my plants.

arivaraci · May 30, 2012

EWWW!!! Smoosh I can't stand the slipper bottom of my shoe after that. I am easily disgusted though.

Crandrew · May 30, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by arivaraci

EWWW!!! Smoosh I can't stand the slipper bottom of my shoe after that. I am easily disgusted though.

I use smoosh instruments (thats technical term)

like a brick, or a 2x4 etc.

janezee · May 30, 2012

I use a bamboo skewer. Yummmm.

j

May 26, 2012	#1
arivaraci Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 199	Help with jalapeno plant damage! So I have 4 jalapenos in a 9 sq ft area, 2 planted weeks before the other two. The two big ones have been great until this last week when only one is looking chewed up more everyday. I have yet to identify the culprit. Can you? Thanks in advance!

May 27, 2012	#5
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	This was the worst slug spring ever for me - they did a number on many of my peppers in the 3.5 inch pots....when I worked with the plants I have an unbelievable number of the sluggies clinging to the pots! __________________ Craig

May 27, 2012	#3
Steve Magruder Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Zone 6B) Posts: 89	Well, in my case it was a rabbit. I had to replace a couple pepper plants, and place 2 foot tall chicken wire around all of them. They're doing fine now.

May 30, 2012	#7
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	For slugs/snails I hunt at dusk and dawn. So far i've probably taken out at least 150 in two months. I actually smosh them and the leave them in piles throughout the yard. Then the next day their family members, sadly, come to feast on their remains, well guess what happens to them, squish...rinse and repeat. Then the birds thank me stay away from my plants.

May 30, 2012	#10
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	I use a bamboo skewer. Yummmm. j