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Thanks for the link. I didn't get a good look at the blue/grey moldy one, so I'm not sure if it looked like that. The others just had black dots all over the inside. I'll take a photo next time I see a moldy one.

Hi all, This is our second year of growing peppers. Last year we grew gypsy peppers, jalapenos, and cayennes. This year we found a wider variety of peppers. We have mini bells, purple beauty bells, tabasco, habanero, "chili grande," jalapeno, and cayennes. Aside from a moldy mini bell, all of...

Interesting... I did a quick Google search and looked at the first link. "Period of Activity Warm, moist weather is favourable for infection by the bacterial soft rot pathogens. Infection is generally associated with insect damage or other wounds. Scouting Notes Prevention of bacterial soft...

So I've been keeping an eye out for slugs and haven't seen any... in any situation, this has happened to two of my gypsies: I'm wondering if it's sun scald but the brown spots are also on the side of the pepper that faces away from the sun. The temperature has been completely out of...

I've been keeping my plants in the shade as the temperatures have been up to 35*C (95 f) and very humid. I don't think I watered them as much as I should have. Either way, I saw this on one of my gypsies: Was it blossom end rot?

Awesome! Well, not for long... my area is under a humidex (heat) advisory as it will be 30*C (86*F) or higher today. Will that damage my plants? What can I do to protect them?

They're in containers about 12-16" across. I honestly don't have any space for anything else so they're staying in pots.

Hi all, I'm growing my first pepper garden this year containing cayennes (long slim), jalapenos, and gypsy peppers. I bought small plants - they were about 4" at the time - quite late in the season. That was about a month ago; now the cayennes and jalapenos vary between 6" and 9" tall. The buds...