Re: [CH] Habanero Disease Question
danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:39:04 -0500
> I picked about a dozen peppers, all of them looked normal from the
outside,
> very nice and firm, good color, no spots. But every one I opened had the
> seeds turning black and a couple has what looked to be mold growing on the
> INSIDE. Like I said , the outside of the fruits looked normal and you
> couldn't tell just by looking, but every one of them had black seeds and
> looked like it was rotting from the inside.
Habs and members of that branch all have their seeds turn black when they
are fully ripe. It's how they are identified.
The mold? I don't know, but if it can grow on the inside of a habenero it
probably has anti-biotic properties that big durg companies just dream about
selling for profits.
no porblems,
carp