Hello, novice pepper grower here.
I got a small greenhouse this year and have peppers growing successfully through the fall/winter. Today I noticed two of my plants have some foliage issues that I'm not 100% sure of.
The first is one of my jalapenos, it has a bunch of black spots that I assume is from Thrips.
The second is a scotch bonnet that has black discoloration on the leaves. It doesn't look like bacteria wilt that I see online. Is this just sun scald? Or do I need to be more concerned?
Plants are maintained in temperatures between 65 to 85 degrees. I give them 5 hours of supplemental light in the morning (4am to 9am). Watered on a regular schedule every other day.
by Desertratk
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Definitely from a pest. Those black dots are poop of some sort. It does look like thrips to me as well. Check the the foliage very closely for tiny thin bugs.
If its thrips its honestly not going to be easy to get rid of them especially if they’re outdoors. Your best bet may be to hose them down frequentlyb if theyre not getting natural rain to remove as many as you can and possibly get some predatorial mites to fend them off.
I’d say fungal infection.