[blue_cortina]

Hi

We have some chilli plants in our office...

The other day we found some little green crawlers on them :-( about 3mm long 0.5mm wide... The leaves have what looks like holes in them and bumps on the rear - guess these are the crawlers eggs? The plants have been fine for months - they've only been attacked recently.

Is there a common bug that attacks chillies ?
Is there anything we can do to stop our chillies and office being swarmed by whatever is crawling ?

Help appreciated.....

[muntjac]

foto please .. stick them outside in the fresh air for a couple days so that the bugs get a cold night on em this may kill them off .if not use tumblebug or similar

[WG.]

Is it greenfly? See http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/pests.html

As munty says a piccie would help.

[blue_cortina]

Here's the little bug...

Scale in mm

[WG.]

Ooo a wee caterpillar.   Scrape them off into a bucket of salty water

[blue_cortina]

Looks like a lot of the leaves have got what is probably eggs on them - unfortunately the plants are part of a company charity competition to grow the biggest or funniest chilli - and we've had such a lot of fun growing these that we'd hate to give up on them now....

[muntjac]

knock the pilars on the head by hand ,n squish the eggs

[loubylou29]

Whilst we discuss chillis indoors, I have 3 plants in baskets in my porch, they are very green and happy looking, have flowered plenty but all the flowers have fallen off bar one which has fruited, I am nurturing the one lonley chlli but what could I have done to have made more fruits?


Thanks

[muntjac]

baskets are real pains for growing in with watering and feeding beuing the main problem ...... wind is another  

[blue_cortina]

...have flowered plenty but all the flowers have fallen off bar one which has fruited, I am nurturing the one lonley chlli but what could I have done to have made more fruits?


Thanks

I had the same problem - you need wind to pollinate - or use your finger - we had no chillies until we started to leave windows ajar and manually assist the process :-)