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Some days ago I found out that my chillies had some kind of small worms-looking things. Probably thrips or something else. And I had some kind of flies.

I sprayed them with soapwater. Some of the plants did not like this however. After that I added also added fertilizer, since some of they looked like it was time to get it.

So now I wounder, are all these spots consequences of all up and down last week, or could this be some kind of virus? "Bacterial leaf spot"?

24th of April, looking really good: 24th of April

Then the 4th of May I sprayed them, after I had sprayed the plants: Plants after spray The top of the plant turns black, the leaves get just sad, dries/curls and dies. top of the plant

The fly, which has decreased Flie

Plants 10th of May Same plant as on the second picture, to the right Plant

Spots on leaves

Spots on leaves

Another with spots

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Apache plant from last year. Picture taken 5th of May. Removed the dead leaves. This plant seems to have recovered now a week later Plant from last year

J2B
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  • Next time just remove the "small worm looking things" by hand. – Rob May 10 '19 at 16:08
  • @Rob I felt there were several and wanted to kill them all. But I have removed them by hand now afterwards. Now I have only found them on my tomato plants and not so many of them. – J2B May 10 '19 at 16:22
  • If you are going to use an insecticide use a neonicotinoid and not soap. – Rob May 10 '19 at 16:35
  • @Rob isn't that what they think is the cause to massive bee death? – J2B May 10 '19 at 16:47
  • Only the ignorant masses think that. If you want to educate yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtACFGJ62zU – Rob May 10 '19 at 17:07
  • Thanks. My biggest concern now is if I need to throw some plant away if any of them is infected. – J2B May 10 '19 at 17:20
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    Imho, this is a reaction to the use of soapy water and not an infection or a reaction to the bugs. – Rob May 10 '19 at 17:23
  • @Rob - Lin Field is a shill for Bayer. Do some research and educate yourself: https://media.bayer.com/baynews/baynews.nsf/id/Bayer-and-Rothamsted-Research-sign-strategic-framework-agreement Personally, I think that neonics for airborne-pollinated plants is probably not a problem, but peppers are insect-pollinated. Even the US has indicated that neonics hurt pollinators (but good luck finding that on an EPA website);. – Jurp May 11 '19 at 02:49
  • @Jurp Let me ask you a question. If you were in her position would you sacrifice your morals and ethics? Why are you assuming that because she get's paid that automatically means she's a completely garbage human being who has no filter on what she's willing to do and say for money? When and where did she lie in that video? – Rob May 13 '19 at 14:44
  • I'm not saying she's a garbage human being at all, but her close association with Bayer makes everything she says on the subject of pesticides suspect - one does NOT want to bite the hand that feeds one. Of course she'll "toe the party line", or she'll lose a ton of funding. If the video predates the alliance with Bayer - so what? Bayer knows that they have a compliant mouthpiece for their propaganda. This worked great against climate change in the US, didn't it? Personally, I do not use pesticides on anything I eat that I grow, as a matter of personal safety, but do use herbicides at times. – Jurp May 14 '19 at 12:01

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