Small Yellowish Holes in Chilli Plants

[greenman001]

Hi all,

So I bought these naga plugs online. Long story short, I was too busy to go out and buy new compost, I had old compost which I had bought ages ago but didn't although it was opened, so I potted the plugs in the old compost.

Everything was going fine, but when I moved the plants into bigger pots, I used John innes seeding mix (Don't ask why, that's what happens when you delegate your gardening shopping).

Of the three plants that I have, one has these yellow holes in it on one leaf only. Have a look:

[greenman001]

Hi all,

So I bought these naga plugs online. Long story short, I was too busy to go out and buy new compost, I had old compost which I had bought ages ago but didn't although it was opened, so I potted the plugs in the old compost.

Everything was going fine, but when I moved the plants into bigger pots, I used John innes seeding mix (Don't ask why, that's what happens when you delegate your gardening shopping).

Of the three plants that I have, one has these yellow holes in it on one leaf only. Have a look:

What could be causing this? I am using Chilli focus 5ml per litre of water once a week. They are under LED grow lights from about 1am to about 12pm. Then left on the windowsill until dark. They rest up to 1am and then back on the lights. Keeping lights 18 inches above. (Hydromars 300)

Thoughts?

[1Bee]

Honestly, to me (and I'm not a chilli expert!) that looks like mechanical/physical damage rather than bug or disease or deficiency.

[nickdub]

I'm going to second the vote for mechanical damage.

Have you considered not poking them with a tooth-pick for a while ? :-)

[Small pumpkin]

Hi greenman
I'd also say it has just been damaged in some small way. It happens. I wouldn't worry about at all. The rest of the plant looks very healthy.

[veggiechicken]

If its only one leaf, and it upsets you, cut it off.

[greenman001]

I'm going to second the vote for mechanical damage.

Have you considered not poking them with a tooth-pick for a while ? :-)

lol, I used the tooth-pick as my fat fingers get in the way of the pic

Well come to think of it, I did drop something on it so I think you're all on to something. Man some peeps knowledge on here is enviable!

I did think of "amputating" this leaf but if it's because of my fault, I'll let the poor thing live

I'll just keep an eye on it, and if it does show on another leaf, I'll get back to you all.

Thanks everyone

[Mitzi]

I'm late to this party but agree with everyone else. It looks like physical damage. It could have happened when the leaf was developing or more recently. It's only one leaf on one plant. Nothing to worry about.

[WalterWhite]

The leaves have very mild nutrient toxicity/burn. May have been when you first started feeding them fertiliser.

I don't grow chillies that often but a general rule with fertilisers is to start off applying maybe a 1/4 of the dosage requirement stated on the bottle then every feed slightly increase it as the plant will be developing thus requiring stronger feed.

[greenman001]

The leaves have very mild nutrient toxicity/burn. May have been when you first started feeding them fertiliser.

I don't grow chillies that often but a general rule with fertilisers is to start off applying maybe a 1/4 of the dosage requirement stated on the bottle then every feed slightly increase it as the plant will be developing thus requiring stronger feed.

If you don't mind, (a) how could you tell? (b) And Does this slow down growth? (c) what could have caused this?

- These were three plants I bought online. I potted them in compost which I'd bought and used some, but was sitting out in the garden for 2 years I think (!). So after about two weeks of staying in that compost, I used Chilli Focus (5ml per litre of water). But I've only done this once.

- I am using grow lights to supplement sunlight or at least what we have of it. And for the first few days, I didn't keep the light at the stated distance of 18 inches and it was probably closer than that. But that's all fixed now. Could this be the cause?