Pods starting to mold!

[Jackyboi]

the first pod to start to ripen started to mold?
 
I hope the same doesn't happen to the rest!?

 

[Ashen]

I wouldn't worry too much. The very first ripening pods often have some kind of defect, which causes them to ripen first. Insect damage etc. Mold seems to be a fact of life growing Chiles. I processed a couple hundred fresh picked wiri Wiri the other day and ended up with about 10 with mold inside, that looked perfect before I cut them.

 

[stettoman]

About a third of my ripe Aleppos are coming off the plant perfectly sound on the outside and moldy to the point of unusable on the inside. We had a rough season here, humidity, moisture, temperatures all a-kimbo...

 

[Ruid]

Is everyone going to have to make watertight greenhouses?

 

[U)<now]

I had some rotting pods this year as well. Some on the outside with soft spots, and some that looked perfect, but full of mold on the inside.