Pepper plants in large pots AND brugs in the ground elsewhere, all in my backyard, have new growth that is assymetrical, small, distorted, as if the very young leaf-let is being damaged when it emerges or is somehow malformed.
any ideas or is there more data I should try to collect?
carl
Sounds like cyclamen mites, although I don't know if they attack either of those plants.
Thanx for responding! A little googling (the new term for 'research') leads me to believe it could be a mosaic virus likely transmitted by aphids. Seems viruses can overwinter in some host plants then be transfered to other plants in the spring. Well, they list Jimson weed as a host, it is a Datura, and related to Brugmansia. So I fear mt Brugs were hosting the virus and now the peppers have been infected. I dunno if there is any treatment other that destroying everything though. Plus, we'd like to eat the peppers so it limits my treatment options to no/low toxicity stuff.
sigh
Carl
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