Hi all..I bought a pepper kit from my garden store, it came with a sweet bell pepper plant, container, and appropriate soil..it recommended using newspaper as a mulch on top..then set on deck and watch it grow! Sorta magic right! It's been planted for over 10 days.. However, This damage cropped up..I checked for the usual..aphids, mites, no sign of earwigs or slugs at night..Lots of leaf hoppers around (but haven't caught any on plant yet!)..so any ideas...

It has good water and sun, the plant beside it is doing well..(so far)..I'm in Massachusetts, on Cape Cod..

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