My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?



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"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?


Could be a larva living inside the pepper, I've seen where they will eat the
flesh right up to the skin without breaking through.

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:18:12 GMT, against all advice, something
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"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?


Could be a larva living inside the pepper, I've seen where they will eat the
flesh right up to the skin without breaking through.



Guess it could be. I'm not using any pesticides.





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Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will
have to ram it down their throats.
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"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:18:12 GMT, against all advice, something
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My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?


Could be a larva living inside the pepper, I've seen where they will
eat the
flesh right up to the skin without breaking through.



Guess it could be. I'm not using any pesticides.


You can just cut away that portion and use the rest.

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:17:38 GMT, against all advice, something
compelled "brooklyn1" , to say:


"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:18:12 GMT, against all advice, something
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"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?


Could be a larva living inside the pepper, I've seen where they will
eat the
flesh right up to the skin without breaking through.



Guess it could be. I'm not using any pesticides.


You can just cut away that portion and use the rest.



That's what I did.




--

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will
have to ram it down their throats.
- Howard Aiken

In article ,
Steve Daniels wrote:

My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?

Sunburn. To protect peppers from sunburn, pinch plants to encourage leaf
growth.
http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu/files/bellpeppers.pdf
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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
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http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:23:53 -0700, against all advice, something
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In article ,
Steve Daniels wrote:

My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?

Sunburn. To protect peppers from sunburn, pinch plants to encourage leaf
growth.
http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu/files/bellpeppers.pdf

That's an interesting document, thank you.

I'm going with the "bugs on the inside" theory, though. Were it
sunburn, you'd expect to see it on all the bells, and I don't.
Plus, on further inspection, the brown patch actually looks
nibbled on the edges of the inside half.

Plus, when I asked my girlfriend about it, she said, "Oh yeah,
you can get that."




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Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:17:38 GMT, against all advice, something
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"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:18:12 GMT, against all advice, something
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"Steve Daniels" wrote in message
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My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper
plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have
developed a tissue thin brown spot on them.

Is this something that just happens, and I've never seen it
before because peppers with spot never make it to Safeway?


Could be a larva living inside the pepper, I've seen where
they will
eat the
flesh right up to the skin without breaking through.



Guess it could be. I'm not using any pesticides.


You can just cut away that portion and use the rest.



That's what I did.


Did you find the worm? It wouldn't be very big and it would probably be
hidden in the seedy core, perhaps burrowed inside the fleshy part waiting to
pupate, you probably didn't notice. There are pepper maggots that can look
like the pepper seeds. http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/444/444-005/444-005.html

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:49:24 GMT, against all advice, something
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Did you find the worm? It wouldn't be very big and it would probably be
hidden in the seedy core, perhaps burrowed inside the fleshy part waiting to
pupate, you probably didn't notice. There are pepper maggots that can look
like the pepper seeds. http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/444/444-005/444-005.html


No, not in either one of them. But I did seed it well before I
put it into the salad.

It's just protein, yes.




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Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will
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Hi,
Looking for info about Bell Pepper spots? Visit the Helpful Gardener Forum, a friendly place for home gardeners.

its could be blossom rot

Are the brown spot dried out looking? Maybe you are having this problem: Abiotic Disorders - The most common problems with peppers are the abiotic physiological disorders.