Sometimes gardeners encounter a phenomenon where holes appear on pepper leaves for unknown reasons.
Let's figure out why this happens and how to save the harvest.
Pests
Most often, the cause of what is happening is garden pests.
Some caterpillars and larvae are so voracious that they can destroy crops in a matter of days, if not hours.
For example, slugs love to feast on pepper leaves, leaving behind smooth round holes and eaten edges of the leaves.
Aphids also eat pepper leaves, which is indicated by the presence of small holes on the leaves and fruits, as well as dry, round areas.
Also damaging peppers are Colorado potato beetle larvae and cutworm caterpillars. Both of them gnaw through both the leaves and the fruits themselves.
Having determined the type of pest, you can get rid of it using both folk methods and existing special means.
Earlier we wrote about why spots appear on cucumber leaves.
Author: Irina Tint
