my hari mirch has bored fruits and curled leaves, how to manage both problems
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Two issues to separate. Curled, cupped leaves come from thrips and mites, and sometimes a virus they carry, so scout early and use blue and yellow sticky traps, keep the field weed free, and rotate recommended molecules rather than spraying the same one repeatedly. Bored fruits and damaged shoots come from borer caterpillars, for which pheromone traps help track moths and let you spray only when needed. For both, follow the label dose and pre harvest interval strictly, since green chilli is picked fresh and often, so residue safety matters. Remove and destroy badly affected fruits and shoots. Take samples to your KVK to confirm whether leaf curl is from pests or virus before deciding the spray plan.
Because we pick green chilli every few days, I am very careful about the pre harvest interval. Rotating the sprays and using sticky traps keeps the pest down without overspraying right before picking.