It's been and gone, most likely. The prime suspect is the stalk borer.

The afternoon after I wrote taht message, I went out and started
cutting on the pepper till I got to good stem. fouind the little
sucker... about a 1/4" light grey worm-type thinggy. was laying
eggs. killed him. don't know if there are more or not, but havn't
had any other problems...

between working 12 hour days, and trying to prep a 600 quare foot run
for our dog's run to be concreated.. this is the first chance I have
had to write back..

thanks for the input!!

dave



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