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health Spots on Bishop's Crown

Just started noticing this in the last week or so. The spots look almost rotten but they are fairly firm and dont seem to penetrate the outer skin of the flesh. No noticeable spots on stems or leaves. Overall plant is healthy and very bushy. Mostly shows up in ripe pods, or just before they ripen. Temps have been in the upper 90s until a few days ago. The plant is in a 55gal grow bag, so only needing to water about once every three or four weeks, except for a dose of Alaska Fish every couple of weeks. Anybody know what this might be? It seems to be affecting most of the pos on this plant now. I have two more BCs right next to it, and several other varieties nearby but this is the only one showing this problem.
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And no, it is not sunburn. I realise it looks sibmilar in the pics. They dont really do it justice. They look almost rotten, but like I said fairly firm to the touch....
 
Yep, was gonna say stink bugs.  They really seem to favor peppers in this profile.  For me, it's Brazilian Starfish.  They don't mess with anything else, but that one is always covered...
 
Yeah I have always noticed them in my garden but never noticed this problem until now. I guess they really like this Bishops Crown. Its funny because my other two BCs that are right beside it are completely unaffected, but they are from an Australian seed stock, these came from a grower in the US. I guess there is some validity to all that stuff about certain varieties being more vulnerable to pests and such than others. I guess it would also apply to same variety grown out in different locations by different growers.....
 
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