Weird growth thing inside orange Hab

[worlok]

What's this hard green globular thing inside my orange hab?

Hab tasted great in my spicy McMuffin.

 

[rainbowberry]

I've had this lots of times, it's like another pepper growing inside.

 

[TXCG]

I don't know what it is for sure, but they seem to occur more often in bell peppers than any other one. At least from personal observation.

Good to see you RB!

 

[worlok]

So it's like the pepper equivalent of a non viable fetus or something?

 

[rainbowberry]

Thank you TX!

I've found them mainly in bell peppers and Scotch Bonnet/Hab shaped chinenses, I've yet to find it in a long chilli.

 

[millworkman]

Whats all the black on the other piece?

 

[rainbowberry]

I've had that in peppers too, it's like seeds that have gone wrong.

 

[Diabolus]

I get that black stuff on some Habs. Maybe 1 in 10 that I cut open will have that stuff. I'm still not sure if it's mold and if it's safe to eat like that.

 

[Philipperv]

Whats all the black on the other piece?

Those are just immature seeds that turn black on contact with the air and start drying up.

 

[chilehunter]

yep that growth happens once in awhile, like said, I've also seen it happen more in bells then in habs also.

I get that black stuff on some Habs. Maybe 1 in 10 that I cut open will have that stuff. I'm still not sure if it's mold and if it's safe to eat like that.

thank you!, for letting me know this, I was begining to think I was the only person getting moldy insides on habanero types.
maybe it cuz of our weather, since its not ideal hab weather, the outside looks normal but inside is black/moldy sometimes, it happens to me more than 1 in 10 though more like 3-4 in 10

I dont get it, I wished there was a way to prevent this, it seems like it happens around ripening time cuz it doesnt happen in the unripe stage. for me at least.

 

[patrick]

I've gotten the black fuzzy stuff too. I usually toss the entire pepper, mold goes a long way without being seen.

 

[Pam]

Sometimes the growths are on the outside of the pepper.

 

[Diabolus]

thank you!, for letting me know this, I was begining to think I was the only person getting moldy insides on habanero types.
maybe it cuz of our weather, since its not ideal hab weather, the outside looks normal but inside is black/moldy sometimes, it happens to me more than 1 in 10 though more like 3-4 in 10

I don't mind when I find one myself because if it's really bad I'll toss it. What bugs me is when I give some to friends and the next day they ask me why I gave them moldy peppers.

 

[chilehunter]

I don't mind when I find one myself because if it's really bad I'll toss it. What bugs me is when I give some to friends and the next day they ask me why I gave them moldy peppers.

I agree, when giving people some pods that look normal & inside is bad. when I give chile pods (chinense type) to friends I tell them cut them open & check them before using, cuz you never know.

this is another reason I don't like drying pods without cutting them open, I dont want any dried moldy pod used for meals!