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    Two of my pointy peppers have got lots of tiny swiss cheese style holes in their leaves. I can't seem to find a bug or anything on the plants and I have had a good look. My aubergines and chillies are in the same mini-greenhouse and don't seem to be affected. I will try and find my camera and post a picture in a bit. The plants are otherwise healthy and coming into flower. Any ideas what it could be?

    Thanks very much!
    We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

    http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
    Updated 21st July - please take a look

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    More than likely it's a small slug or snail. They don't seem to munch through whole leaves, just bite mouthfuls out Have a look on the underside of all the pots and on the frame of the g/house, and underneath any stones at the bottom too.

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    • #3
      Well it would have to be very tiny, plus its not leaving any slime that I can see.

      Here is a picture just in case.

      We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

      http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
      Updated 21st July - please take a look

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      • #4
        Any other opinions please?
        We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

        http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
        Updated 21st July - please take a look

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        • #5
          I had something similar happen to my peppers last year and I thought that it might be ants.

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          • #6
            have a very careful look for caterpillars. They might be rolled up in a leaf
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              caterpillars. They've munched and now they're in hiding.
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                Definitely caterpillars, They are tiny to start with and virtually invisible ( a sort of translucent green that matches the underside of the leaf) unless you hold the leaf against the light.
                I just found an invasion of them on one of my chilli/pepper plants and have spent half an hour picking them off. They will roll up into a tiny ball if they feel threatened and parachute down to the soil where they are almost impossible to spot. The poor planty is now in the office with me monitoring for escapees

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                • #9
                  ohhhh thanks! we have loads of them in the garden - they are turning into pupa on our patio doors! I shall have a good look when i water.
                  We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

                  http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
                  Updated 21st July - please take a look

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                  • #10
                    I would say from the photograph the cause is flea beetle.
                    I have had the same. Cured it with 'Greenfly killer plus spray.
                    Never mind the TWADDLE here's the SIX PETALS.

                    http://vertagus.blogspot.com/ Annual seedlings.

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                    • #11
                      Fleabeetles attack brassicas, not peppers.
                      It's caterpillar damage.
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • #12
                        Yes caters, my Dad had exactly the same problem.
                        Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

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                        • #13
                          Definitely caterpillars. Here's my plant and I caught them in the act
                          Attached Files

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                            Fleabeetles attack brassicas, not peppers.
                            It's caterpillar damage.
                            ? peppers pest flea beetle - Google Search
                            http://www.harvestwizard.com/2009/05...eshooting.html
                            Last edited by Flobalob; 25-06-2009, 07:47 PM.
                            Never mind the TWADDLE here's the SIX PETALS.

                            http://vertagus.blogspot.com/ Annual seedlings.

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                            • #15
                              We get flea beetle holes on our aubergine leaves, never seen 'em on the peppers but don't mean it ain't that...think in small numbers they're pretty harmless?
                              Last edited by smallblueplanet; 25-06-2009, 07:36 PM.
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                              And a heaven in a wild flower

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