This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AD649EC932786AFC961860C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is meant for Bill Aaron (baaron@sbuniv.edu). Direct mail to him keeps getting bounced. Others may also be interested in the link below, it has some pretty good pictures and descriptions of diseases and pests that affect pepper plants. Also check out : http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.peppers.html The only other bug that I can think of would be grasshoppers, but I doubt that they would make such small holes. The best way to diagnose the problem would be to take a few leaves to a nursery or even better, the local agriculture extension and they can do a better job of ID that with a verbal description. Whatever the bug, BT (Bacillus thurgicide (sp?)) will probably be the most effective remedy if the bugs are actually eating the leaf parts. If they are cutter bees or similar, then they do not actually ingest the material. BT is a "nice" bug spray. It comes in both powder and liquid form. It is a natural virus that is neutralized by sunlight after a few days. It only affects the bugs that eat it; it eats the bugs from the inside out. The only bug that does any major damage to chile plants that I have encountered are the tomato hored worms. They will actually strip the entire leaf and leave only the main leaf rib. These holes you are seeing does not sound like them, so I would not worry too much unless you start to lose entire leaves. Do check that the damaged leaves are still alive and not dried out; sometimes I get fooled because a glance shows that the leaves are green on a plant, but in actuallity, the leaves have dried out and the plant in dying. Good luck and hope you have a great harvest. > BAARON@falcon.sbuniv.edu wrote: > > > > Thanks for your info! I live in the southwestern part of Missouri. > > The problem is that I really haven't seen to many bugs around the > > plants. The plants are not too affected by them yet but I want to > > get a jump on them. > > > > Bill Aaron > > baaron@sbuniv.edu --------------AD649EC932786AFC961860C5 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from relayhost.vlsi.com (isis.vlsi.com [134.27.20.24]) by sjc-aluminum.sanjose.vlsi.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id MHH1VB20; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:16:09 -0700 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by relayhost.vlsi.com (SMI-8.6/Hub-Perlotto/050895) id MAA03502 for <che.wong@exchange.vlsi.com>; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:16:43 -0700 Received: from <> (unknown [134.27.128.1]) by isis.vlsi.com via smap (V2.0) id xma003490; Thu, 11 Jun 98 12:16:30 -0700 Received: from relayhost.vlsi.com (isis.vlsi.com [134.27.20.24]) by relayhost.tempe.vlsi.com (8.6.9/Hub-Perlotto/101195) with ESMTP id MAA17704 for <che.wong@tempe.vlsi.com>; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:16:28 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost) by relayhost.vlsi.com (SMI-8.6/Hub-Perlotto/050895) with internal id MAA03363; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:15:58 -0700 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:15:58 -0700 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <Mailer-relay@vlsi.com> Message-Id: <199806111915.MAA03363@relayhost.vlsi.com> Subject: Returned mail: Cannot send message for zero seconds To: <che.wong@tempe.vlsi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MAA03363.897592558/relayhost.vlsi.com" This is a MIME-encapsulated message --MAA03363.897592558/relayhost.vlsi.com The original message was received at Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:12:35 -0700 from nobody@localhost ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- <BAARON@falcon.sbuniv.edu> (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- <BAARON@falcon.sbuniv.edu>... 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X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: BAARON@falcon.sbuniv.edu Subject: [Fwd: Returned mail: Cannot send message for zero seconds] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------6F3842FB111F794052A2F904" content-length: 5712 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6F3842FB111F794052A2F904 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Also check out : http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.peppers.html -- Che Wong che.wong@tempe.vlsi.com ==================================================================== All the opinions expressed here are | What's this little part | my own, but you can borrow them for | for anyway? 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X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: BAARON@falcon.sbuniv.edu Subject: Re: [CH]bugs! References: <9806111343.AA14734@bearcat.sbuniv.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit content-length: 2016 The only other bug that I can think of would be grasshoppers, bu I doubt that they would make such small holes. The best way to diagnose the problem would be to take a few leaves to a nursery or even better, the local agriculture extension and they can do a better job of ID that with a verbal description. Whatever the bug, BT will probably be the most effective remedy if the bugs are actually eating the leaf parts. If they are cutter bees or similar, then they do not actually ingest the material. BT is a "nice" bug spray. It comes in both powder and liquid form. It is a natural virus that is neutralized by sunlight after a few days. It only affects the bugs that eat it; it eats the bugs from the inside out. The only bug that does any major damage to chile plants that I have encountered are the tomato hored worms. They will actually strip the entire leaf and leave only the main leaf rib. These holes you are seeing does not sound like them, so I would not worry too much unless you start to lose entire leaves. Do check that the damaged leaves are still alive and not dried out; sometimes I get fooled because a glance shows that the leaves are green on a plant, but in actuallity, the leaves have dried out and the plant in dying. Good luck and hope you have a great harvest. BAARON@falcon.sbuniv.edu wrote: > > Thanks for your info! I live in the southwestern part of Missouri. > The problem is that I really haven't seen to many bugs around the > plants. The plants are not too affected by them yet but I want to > get a jump on them. > > Bill Aaron > baaron@sbuniv.edu -- Che Wong che.wong@tempe.vlsi.com ==================================================================== All the opinions expressed here are | What's this little part | my own, but you can borrow them for | for anyway? Ooops, never | a while for a small fee. | mind. | ==================================================================== --HAA23048.897576210/relayhost.vlsi.com-- --------------6F3842FB111F794052A2F904-- --MAA03363.897592558/relayhost.vlsi.com-- --------------AD649EC932786AFC961860C5--