Peppers !

We brought some quite well established bell pepper plants, which have grown well and we have a good crop off them but something is eating the leave, they have white spots on them with brown underneath, and have been obviously eaten aswell, the fruit are unaffected. We also have a chilli pepper plant thats being eaten aswell, the same white spots with hole and brown underneath, although the chillis are fine. They are outside in pots which are stanidng on gravel.

Does anyone know what this could be, we have tomoato plants and one has had blight but its been cut right back now.

We were told to use bayer bug spray on all the plants but it never did anything and we have never actually seen any black green or white fly on them.

Any help appreciated, we really dont want to throw everything away my little girl whos 3 will be heartbroken. She s been loving growing all this stuff.

 

Hi and welcome to GC.

If I'm not mistaken, peppers and tomatoes are both from the nightshade family, along with potatoes. If I'm right, then that means there is a possibly that your peppers have caught blight off the infected tomato plant.

I also believe that an infected plant shouldn't simply be cut back, as the spores get right into every part of the plant, so it will still be contagious to neighbouring plants of the nightshade family.

I'm not an expert on this, so could be wrong (and I hope I am), but if there is a confirmed case of blight among your plants, then there is a chance all of them (peppers and toms) will be affected, or will be soon.

I don't believe most people keep tomato plants for more than one season, so it may be as well to replace them next year anyway. Also many people treat peppers as annuals, growing from new each year.

 

The white spots could be powdery mildew, this is usually caused by hot dry conditions.

However, it could also be red spider mite, again caused by dryness. In both cases good ventilation and upping the humidity helps.
The red spider mite in very tiny and you will need a magnifying glass to see them, but fine webs on the plant, especially the undersides of the leaves, are a giveaway