Habs grow in tropical climates. I don't think they will sunburn in St. Louis. It doesn't seem possible, but I could be wrong. Even if it is sunburn, I don't think it will hurt. (pun intended) Maybe the cool spell put them in a state of susceptibility. Anyone else have an answer? voodoo >Despite the best efforts of out typical St. Louis weather, my peppers >are producing quite nicely. However, I took a peek at my japalenos >yesterday, and they have dark skin on the sunward side of the fruit. Is >this typical (sunburn?), or is something awry (disease)? We've gotten a >good amount of rain lately and we had a bit of a cool spell (50s at >night), but no other peppers have this funky eggplant look. > >Thanks, >Steve