On May 22, 11:10*am, "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
I noticed that one of my pepper plants is putting out very deformed and
stunted leaves. *They look like they have been chewed on but in fact they
are growing that way. *It was just transplanted about 10 days ago from a
seedling bought at Lowes. *Should I give up on it and start over? *For 2
bucks I can replace it but if it is diseased then I probably won't bother..

This is a picture I Googled of what the leaves look like.

http://tinypic.com/r/25qu5v8/7

Paul

Had a similar experience last year with peppers I started from seed in
my greenhouse - turned out to be aphids. They weren't visible at
first, but after a few days of munching on my happy little peppers,
they'd grown big enough to be unmistakable. Had to toss the whole
group, along with the adjacent eggplants. Summer squashes they left
alone - which my squash hating husband found quite amusing.

NT