Bell pepper plant pests?

oldgaredneck · July 18, 2007

Today I found TOMATO hornworms having a feast on the leaves of one of my bell pepper plants! The pepper plants are NOWHERE near the tomatos, which (so far) are pest free (knock on wood!) Anyone else ever seen this????

**nctomatoman** · July 18, 2007

Oh yes! Last year I had some hot pepper plants on my deck - wasn't paying too much attention to them, but one day I noticed a plant seemed to be disappearing! I took a close look and saw balls of bright red poop....big fat green hormworm was chowing down on those ripe, red chili peppers! (I hope it hurt him/her more than it hurt me to lose the peppers!).

My main pepper pest issue is whatever gets into the fruit from the very bottom and makes the interior of my bells a mess, with brown streaks. Some sort of worm, I suppose.

July 18, 2007	#1
oldgaredneck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Crawford County Georgia Posts: 163	Bell pepper plant pests? Today I found TOMATO hornworms having a feast on the leaves of one of my bell pepper plants! The pepper plants are NOWHERE near the tomatos, which (so far) are pest free (knock on wood!) Anyone else ever seen this???? __________________ "So many tomato varieties, so little time...."

July 18, 2007	#2
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Oh yes! Last year I had some hot pepper plants on my deck - wasn't paying too much attention to them, but one day I noticed a plant seemed to be disappearing! I took a close look and saw balls of bright red poop....big fat green hormworm was chowing down on those ripe, red chili peppers! (I hope it hurt him/her more than it hurt me to lose the peppers!). My main pepper pest issue is whatever gets into the fruit from the very bottom and makes the interior of my bells a mess, with brown streaks. Some sort of worm, I suppose. __________________ Craig