Lots of problems, several pics... Need opinions.

[rainyseasonblues]

I read that I cannot view images until I make my first post. I really need to see the pics because I am desperately trying to figure out what is wrong with my plants. I know I have a problem with thrips and aphids. I think I took care of the aphids but, judging from the blue sticky traps, there are still hordes of thrips in the garden. I had to use a magnifying loupe to figure out that they weren't just specks of dust on the sticky cards.

Last year, the tomatoes and peppers had a bad case of TSWV (may have been a mottle virus on the peppers...?). It really is heartbreaking to see the plants you have nurtured since the seedling stage get sick -- and then have to pull them out of the ground to toss them into the garbage.

I took some pics of the tomatoes and peppers last year:




This year, I have a different set of problems... I think.

The jalapeno I was growing in a pot was a beautiful productive plant but, over the course of a few days, something happened and now it looks like this:


It loses more leaves every day.


Many Leaves are very leathery and have a little yellow mixed in.


The eggplant has several slightly distorted leaves that also have yellow blotches, often with tan beige, papery spots of varying sizes (similar to the jalapeno plant, but not nearly as severe):



2/3 of the leaves on my Sweet Million cherry tomato plant and a few leaves on the Cherokee Purple look cruddy. It seems to be progressing up the plant, but, so far, hasn't been a serious problem.


The Sweet Million has been very productive, but many of the tomatoes on it have turned partially red (orange-ish) and seemed to have stopped ripening. They are just sitting there, and the calyxes seem to be drying up a little.

The Cherokee Purple has a problem because the last 4 sets of blooms have been tiny and distorted or, like this bud, had no petals.


Otherwise, most of the buds seem to turn yellow and fall off before they even open.

I'm seriously considering pulling up half of the plants in my garden. I made clones of some of the plants a couple of weeks ago and I think it isn't too late to plant fall tomatoes.

Does anyone recognize any of these problems?

BTW, I live in Columbia, SC. The temps here have been, roughly, in the mid to upper 90s at midday, 70 - 80 at night.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.