Could someone please take a look at these pictures and tell me what is destroying my pepper plants?

Thanks

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:17:14 UTC, (Pat Kiewicz)
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Could someone please take a look at these pictures and tell me what is =
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http://www.momandwalt.com/plantpics.htm

Leaf miners. An insect larva that grows inside of the leaf.

There are leaf miner parasites available to control them in
greenhouses. Neem extract (azadirachtin) is often recommended.


I don't think that's all that is shown in the pictures. I see the miner
tunnels, but there are also loarge yellow areas that do not include tunnels.


--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


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I apologize for the HTML message. I know better and as soon as I sent it I
knew I 'blew' it but it was too late. It will not happen again.

Anyway, thanks for the HELPFUL reply's. Thank you Pat for the suggestion to
use Neem extract.



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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:17:14 UTC, (Pat Kiewicz)
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Walyb said:

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Could someone please take a look at these pictures and tell me what is =
destroying my pepper plants?


http://www.momandwalt.com/plantpics.htm

Leaf miners. An insect larva that grows inside of the leaf.

There are leaf miner parasites available to control them in
greenhouses. Neem extract (azadirachtin) is often recommended.


I don't think that's all that is shown in the pictures. I see the miner
tunnels, but there are also loarge yellow areas that do not include
tunnels.


--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam.

Stan Goodman said:

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:17:14 UTC, (Pat Kiewicz)
opined:


Leaf miners. An insect larva that grows inside of the leaf.

There are leaf miner parasites available to control them in
greenhouses. Neem extract (azadirachtin) is often recommended.


I don't think that's all that is shown in the pictures. I see the miner
tunnels, but there are also loarge yellow areas that do not include tunnels.


In your middle photo, the yellow areas appear to be connected to sections
of the leaf that have been entirely surrounded by or otherwise damaged by
miners so the yellowing (at least in the photos you posted) is consistant with
leaf miner damage.

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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Stan Goodman said:

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:17:14 UTC, (Pat Kiewicz)
opined:


Leaf miners. An insect larva that grows inside of the leaf.

There are leaf miner parasites available to control them in
greenhouses. Neem extract (azadirachtin) is often recommended.


I don't think that's all that is shown in the pictures. I see the miner
tunnels, but there are also loarge yellow areas that do not include tunnels.


In your middle photo, the yellow areas appear to be connected to sections
of the leaf that have been entirely surrounded by or otherwise damaged by
miners so the yellowing (at least in the photos you posted) is consistant with
leaf miner damage.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Can't really make out the details, but the squiggly lines make one think of
leaf miner?

Denise

"Walyb" wrote in message ...
Could someone please take a look at these pictures and tell me what is
destroying my pepper plants?

Thanks

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:36:39 UTC, "Denise Bachman"
opined:

Can't really make out the details, but the squiggly lines make one think of
leaf miner?

The miner tunnels are clear. I don't think they can account for the large
yellow areas.


Denise

"Walyb" wrote in message ...
Could someone please take a look at these pictures and tell me what is
destroying my pepper plants?

Thanks




--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam.

Stan Goodman said:

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:36:39 UTC, "Denise Bachman"
opined:

Can't really make out the details, but the squiggly lines make one think of
leaf miner?

The miner tunnels are clear. I don't think they can account for the large
yellow areas.


If the miner tunnels across a major vein or mines isolate a section of leaf it will
cause more extensive tissue death than just the area of the miner's path.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)