misc Germinated seedlings inside a pepper

[Flamecycle]

So i opened up a slightly overripe pod today, and discovered this:

About 1/2 the seeds inside have already germinated! Kinda cool, naturally i planted all of them

Never seen this before, couldn't find any similar reports in a quick search so figured I'd share.

Anyone else ever had this happen?

 

[The_NorthEast_ChileMan]

Never seen this before, couldn't find any similar reports in a quick search so figured I'd share.

Anyone else ever had this happen?

While I've seen many immature fruit inside peppers I've never seen seedlings sprouting from seeds.

 

[BlackFatalii]

It is called vivipary, and it can happen with tomatoes too: https://news.extension.uconn.edu/2014/06/04/seeds-sprouting-inside-a-tomato/

I don't think it is too common with peppers, or at least I don't recall seeing that in any of mine.

 

[PaulG]

Tomatoes have a enzyme (?) that prevents the seeds from germinating in the insides of the wet fruit. Hence, generally, the need for the pulp to ferment before the seeds germinate. Seen that a lot from whole tomatoes in a compost bin - tons of seedlings coming up from the fermented tomato. I don't think peppers are so equipped. Pretty cool picture of the germinated seeds. What kind of pepper?