On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:13:32 -0400, "Tom Hooper"
wrote:

One of my pepper plants has rotting fruit. It's not blossom end rot, as
the rotting is in the middle of the pepper. They look OK until about 3"
long, then rot in spots. Could it be the rain or condensation? I can't
find any worms or other bugs. Do cicadas sucking on them cause this? First
time in twenty years I've ever had this problem. It's a red bell which I've
grown many times before successfuflly.

VR,

TWH

How is it rotting? Is it a watery area with a dark spot in the
middle? Is it looking like it's dry black leathery stretched membrane
in the middle of otherwise ok looking pepper? Or is it just soft in
spots but otherwise looks pretty close to normal?

Of the above only one I know is anthracnose .. on my tomatoes anyway,
makes a kind of a watery blister with a darker area in the middle. I
imagine it would be similar on peppers, but whatever it is, more
details please ;-)

Another thing that affects peppers is sun scald, particularly when
they're kind of wet and the sun shines on them...that ends up a few
days later a whitish area with stretched whitish dry papery membrane
over the affected area.

Janice