On 5/5/2013 11:47 AM, Steve Peek wrote:
On Saturday, May 4, 2013 10:36:29 PM UTC-4, Natural Girl wrote:
Has anyone grown those hot peppers before?



What sort of pests would be eating the daylights out of the leaves? I

planted a couple and have babied them through the spring temps only to

have something chew up those pretty leaves!



Any ideas? Will the plants survive being eaten like that?

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Natural Girl

It could be slugs. They have totally eaten my kale seedlings this year. Try using Sluggo. It's an organic (iron phosphate)treatment that works wonders on slugs and snails.


I put some D.E. *diatomaceous earth* all around them... it looks like
the chewing has stopped, but the leaves look pitiful even though it's
not dead. Do you think it will recover and put on new leaves? Are they
hearty plants?

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Natural Girl