I’ve had similar issue and found several aphids under leaves where they suck sap, look for aphids or little insects camping on your plant
tapoja301
You can check under the leaves for aphids. If you find nothing then it’s probability broad mites. They suck the sap out of the plant and their saliva contains some kind of toxin that disfigures new growth.
OjisanSeiuchi
As others have mentioned, the only time I’ve seen this is with aphids.
Scrappyz_zg
Captain jacks dead bug 1x per week , insect soap 1x per and alternate for a couple of weeks.
If this was my plant I’d just top it, if I had a decent amount of growing season left
NewBandRed
Should be srpay “Underside of leaves”, do you find any aphid? If not, check for Cal-Boron deficiency.
cinek5885
My ghosts were like that last year after weeks of rain so it could be water damage as well
EarflapsOpen
In addition to aphids, which are rather large and easy to spot, this can also be due to thrips. They are very small and hard to see. The larvae look (in both size and color) like the stuff that comes out if you squeeze a blackhead. (See picture)
These are a big fucking pain in the ass to get rid of without systemic pesticides (which you really don’t want to use if you intend to eat the peppers)
If you find these isolate the infected ones and spray all plants in your house (not just the ones that you see it on) with soap/neem twice a week for a couple of weeks and then continue once a week for a two or three months. Neem doesn’t kill the eggs so you will have to spray continuously as they hatch and the eggs can survive really long and the little fuckers can impregnate themselves so only 1 egg is enough for them to reinfect everything.
If you have a lot of plants and spraying weekly is a too big job burning them and starting over can seriously be the best alternative. But give it a try first
I hope I’m wrong but those fuckers are devil spawn so if you see them take action directly. They can seriously mess shit up.
I’ve seen this on a few of my indoor peppers and I check over them like a first time mom. Specifically my chocolate ghostly jalapeño.
Never found any pests and other than the funky growth, they don’t seemed to be bothered.
I’d be curious to learn more about deficiencies that can cause this.
Zyriakster
Looks like you might have some Trips or something. I would have inspected under each leaf with a magnifying glass looking for those little buggers.
CrappieCaught
Another way I found by accident to get rid of aphids spray them with neem oil and then cover them with a plastic bag increasing the heat within the bag using sunlight. once the aphids get too warm 90 degrees it’ll actually kill them, but you gotta be careful not to heat shock your plants too much. Found this out by leaving a couple plants (peppers and Crape Myrtle) that were infected by aphids in my car on a warm spring day.
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I’ve had similar issue and found several aphids under leaves where they suck sap, look for aphids or little insects camping on your plant
You can check under the leaves for aphids. If you find nothing then it’s probability broad mites. They suck the sap out of the plant and their saliva contains some kind of toxin that disfigures new growth.
As others have mentioned, the only time I’ve seen this is with aphids.
Captain jacks dead bug 1x per week , insect soap 1x per and alternate for a couple of weeks.
If this was my plant I’d just top it, if I had a decent amount of growing season left
Should be srpay “Underside of leaves”, do you find any aphid? If not, check for Cal-Boron deficiency.
My ghosts were like that last year after weeks of rain so it could be water damage as well
In addition to aphids, which are rather large and easy to spot, this can also be due to thrips. They are very small and hard to see. The larvae look (in both size and color) like the stuff that comes out if you squeeze a blackhead. (See picture)
These are a big fucking pain in the ass to get rid of without systemic pesticides (which you really don’t want to use if you intend to eat the peppers)
If you find these isolate the infected ones and spray all plants in your house (not just the ones that you see it on) with soap/neem twice a week for a couple of weeks and then continue once a week for a two or three months. Neem doesn’t kill the eggs so you will have to spray continuously as they hatch and the eggs can survive really long and the little fuckers can impregnate themselves so only 1 egg is enough for them to reinfect everything.
If you have a lot of plants and spraying weekly is a too big job burning them and starting over can seriously be the best alternative. But give it a try first
I hope I’m wrong but those fuckers are devil spawn so if you see them take action directly. They can seriously mess shit up.

https://preview.redd.it/q3173z7gpcee1.jpeg?width=1224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=104b86d801db3acfcfb1fd6621dbb3746d301417
Thrips or broad mites.
OP,
Is this a 100% indoor set-up from the start?
I’ve seen this on a few of my indoor peppers and I check over them like a first time mom. Specifically my chocolate ghostly jalapeño.
Never found any pests and other than the funky growth, they don’t seemed to be bothered.
I’d be curious to learn more about deficiencies that can cause this.
Looks like you might have some Trips or something. I would have inspected under each leaf with a magnifying glass looking for those little buggers.
Another way I found by accident to get rid of aphids spray them with neem oil and then cover them with a plastic bag increasing the heat within the bag using sunlight. once the aphids get too warm 90 degrees it’ll actually kill them, but you gotta be careful not to heat shock your plants too much. Found this out by leaving a couple plants (peppers and Crape Myrtle) that were infected by aphids in my car on a warm spring day.