seeds Why are my Naga seeds black?

[POTAWIE]

I agree on the pepper maggots or rot and I would pass on eating the pod too. I also wouldn't worry about hand pollinating since chiles are self pollinating and don't really need much help

 

[alawn]

Most of my bhut jolokia seeds were like that when I harvested them. They wont grow new peppers but the fruit is fine to eat.

 

[Diabolus]

And why not the Postman? He's in and out and quick to do his job too.

hehe I'm a postman. Unfortunately that whole thing about mailmen is a myth.

 

[Diabolus]

I've had lots of jolokia's with what looks like a fungus growning in them. The seeds are black along with some of the membrane around them. Seems to be common but no ide if it's a bad thing like bigt said. Ive eaten lots with black seeds but have always cut out the black stuff first.

This seems to be only a problem with chinense. Last year when processing my habs and bonnets, I found that about one in ten had black seeds. If it doesn't look too bad I just scrape them out. I don't think it's a fungus. It looks like some kind of seed developing problem.