They also show up on the floor around my basil plant. The plant is on my balcony. My other plants dont have those crumbs showing up.
I water daily, if sunny even twice a day. It gets sun from 9am to 18pm so around 9hrs.
I’d say look straight above that and you’ll prolly see one of these. They Killed a pepper and tomato plant before I corrected the problem.
johnthedebs
Did the basil go to flower? It looks like those could be seeds and not frass from a pest. Not sure where you are, but in my experience basil doesn’t really attract many pests but it is dropping a lot of seeds this time of year.
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I am thinking poop from a thrip or other pest
Looks like insect pooh to me as well, not sure about a pest because the plant looks very healthy to me.
Caterpillar frass. Got any leaves with holes above this?
https://preview.redd.it/isxmk5jdmknf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e08d34198b9a571e49bd5d5b490e7a0f328d00a
I’d say look straight above that and you’ll prolly see one of these. They Killed a pepper and tomato plant before I corrected the problem.
Did the basil go to flower? It looks like those could be seeds and not frass from a pest. Not sure where you are, but in my experience basil doesn’t really attract many pests but it is dropping a lot of seeds this time of year.
Caterpillar poop