Chilli plants with curly leaves.

[Tigger]

Help - why have some of my chilli plants got curly, somewhat shrivelled leaves? I can't see any bugs or disease on them.

[Sarahlee]

Everything you will need to know is at www.thechileman.org I hope this helps.

[Tigger]

Thankyou.

[Geoff]

Did you work it out from there?
I'd have guessed it was the early stages of whitefly.

[Tigger]

Thankyou - I'm off with the soapy, fatty water now....

[Garlic_Guy]

I've had this on my chillis for the last few years.


They always seem to suffer from aphids and whenever I've found curly leaves, there's usually a small colony of greenfly hidden in the curls (usually quite hard to find).

Apart from the natural deterrents like Marigold, Poached-Egg plants & Basil, the only really effective treatment I've found for aphids is Derris (available from the Organic Catalogue).

[Wellie]

That about covers it....!

Not only did the very lovely Piglet's plant-swop plants do that, but also Seedlings'...!
No worries though guys, small price to pay for the sheer giggle-factor we had. Serves me right for not checking them over before I put them in my greenhouse, eh?

They're doing fantastic now though...
Wellie

[Chantal]

Oh dear, I think the Peperoncino that Seedling gave you was one of mine, so don't blame her. I sent her out to get rid of a tray full of spare chillies. The strange thing is, I don't have any leaf curl on any of the 100 or so I have in my greenhouse so if I did dump the only infected one on you I'm very sorry.

[Tigger]

Not the only one - fellow recipient foster parent here! No complaints though - we'll get the blighters. Anyway - we're in good company. Either that, or Colin has been photographing my plants.

[Chantal]

So why are mine all OK? I'm puzzled.