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Old July 27, 2011   #1
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Default Rotten Sweet Peppers

My Sweet Peppers are turning to mush. It looks like BER but is not on the blossom end. It starts in the middle of the side.

As you can see in the pics it affects both green and red fruit.

It seems to only be affecting my Sweet Peppers (Fat & Sassy, Big Early Hybrid) but not my Ancho or Anaheim Chile.

Anyone have any thoughts? Could it be too much water?

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Old July 27, 2011   #2
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Anthracnose maybe? Any spotting on the leaves. Are the rotted areas water soaked or dry?

One of my Shepard's Rams Horn peppers developed a soft sunken tan area on the side the other day. Not sure what that was, maybe gray mold.
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Old July 27, 2011   #3
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Looks like torch burn to me.
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Old July 27, 2011   #4
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Sunscald!!!


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Old July 27, 2011   #5
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Looks like sunscald to me.
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Old July 27, 2011   #6
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Same sun scald I had one do that as well. If you peel back the damaged part the seeds behind it will be very dark or black.
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I have the same thing on some of mine.
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Old July 27, 2011   #8
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Sorry to hear that Jerry, last year I had tons with what looked like BER, never had that on peppers before, and many had tiny spider like bugs inside when you cut them open, always when they were finally turning their ripe colors, but it was on the end, not on the side like that one. Whatever I had didn't bother the hot peppers either, only the sweet ones.
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Old July 28, 2011   #9
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Thanks for all the input folks.

I looked closely at the plants and it only seems to be happening on exposed fruit. So the Sunscald theory is probably correct. We've hade some really hot/bright days here in Cincinnati.


Has anyone used row cover to protect from Sunscald?

How about tulle? It seems a bit light the keep out much sun.

Is there a better solution?
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You can use some shading-like a shade cloth, row cover, etc.
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i thought BER was the worst problem but this one is new to me.
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I'm glad I read this post. I have quite a few peppers with this "affliction" and was not sure what caused it. The ones afflicted are indeed the later season fruits at the top of the plant that are exposed to the sun. I guess I had not associated the black with sunscald.
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