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Not sure what is growing on my banana pepper plant...

anyone know what this is? seems like it just appeared overnight... or maybe i just haven't noticed it till today... not sure.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Troyer on April 18, 2013 at 3:19am

it's a fungus

cut it off and burn it

Permalink Reply by Tom Dumas on April 18, 2013 at 7:07am

Looks like a plant hopper. Poke it with a pine needle to see if small insects jump out and run in different directions.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Budfuloski on April 18, 2013 at 8:59am

That sucks, i had a good looking pepper growing on that stem...

Jim Troyer said:

it's a fungus

cut it off and burn it

Permalink Reply by Tom Dumas on April 18, 2013 at 9:07am

There not much of a problem. Just hose them off. They do suck some nutrients from the plant but usually do little damage. At least that's what I have been told.

Daniel Budfuloski said:

That sucks, i had a good looking pepper growing on that stem...

Jim Troyer said:

it's a fungus

cut it off and burn it

Permalink Reply by Sheri Schmeckpeper on May 3, 2013 at 11:24am

I just saw this... Do you still have the problem? The picture is blurry, but it looks a lot like the mealy bugs we had last year on our hibiscus. I hosed them off with worm tea a few times and they were gone.

Permalink Reply by Bob Wohl on May 3, 2013 at 11:48am

These look like wooly aphids to. I get these on my peppers, eggplants, I think okra as well.