On the original post, my deer repellent is a Speedrite 1000 1 joule charger and 1200ft of PowerPro tape for my blueberries and muscadines. For the peppers which are just off the porch, I did have to put up a few fiberglass step in posts and some neon green survey tape to ward off the one tame, pettable doe. That simple solution has worked for her and none of the wild/normal deer will dare get that close to the house.

But yeah horn worms will get you quick. So far I’ve had none in my peppers but I need to order a black light and have it ready just in case. For the pesticide you probably want something that can mist and pump it up in a way that can spray up under to the bottom side of the leaves rather than just spraying the top. My pepper plants are so big and leafy now it’s a PITA to spray them but I haven’t sprayed anything on them in probably 2 months because they are all constantly flowering.