[CH] Rain + Heat + Rot

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	The weather sure is hitting  with a killer one-two punch.
	Lots of watering and the partial shade in their location is
	keeping the chiles alive, but has limited fruit set severely.  
	What looked like a bumper crop of paprika has been cut
	down to less than a dozen fruit on 6 plants.  The rocotos
	are not happy.  The habs are content enough to grow, but
	they aren't setting much fruit.  The only plants that don't 
	seem to care are the Keriting-type and the chacoense.  
	They are flowering/fruiting like crazy.

	I've lost over a dozen assorted peppers to some kind of 
	rot/necrosis on the fruit.  It shows up on the side and 
	spreads the length of the pepper if I don't find and remove 
	the affected fruit.  It isn't blossom-end rot, and I don't think
	it's sunscald since it happens on some that are well shaded
	by the leaves.  The patch turns light brown/grey, then gets
	dark and looks like the flesh has rotted away leaving the 
	skin intact.

	Scott... KCK

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