Pepper maggots?

Is there such a thing?

How do we de-maggot?

I had a problem with them my first year, but the winter took care of it. The second year they returned but in smaller numbers. I think it was only maybe 1 out of every 10 pods that were hit with pepper maggots in the beginning of the season (may), but closer to the end of the season (september) I was getting more damage. I imagine because she lives in Miami she will have some trouble getting rid of them, as there is no winter to kill them.

I don't know how to de-maggot, you'll have to look on google.com for that info.

My Guess a 6ft tall, for a plant that normally grows less than 4 ft + they added double strength mirical gro every week

execsive nitrogen is not good for chiles

Byron

I'll have to check on the fertilizer, but I tend to think they don't fertilize it. Never needed to. The thing is just amazing.

I was wondering if the plant could have suffered some kind of shock from the two nasty hurricanes we had. We got hit pretty good...or bad...actually, and I thought maybe that impacted its production. Over 100 mile and hour winds for hours, twice, within weeks.

Watcha' think?

"I cut into one and found that there were no seeds, but tiny black bugs. And I think white ones too."
Pepper maggots are white or yellow white and are ¼" to ½" long.

If you're seeing both black and white bugs, I would lean toward a pepper weevil. The adult is black, somewhat oval shaped and approx. the size of a sweet pepper seed (fairly large seed). The larvae are white and have brown heads. Both adult and larvae feed on blossom buds and pods. The adult will also feed on leaves. You may find weevil larvae and excrement inside the pods.

Yes, I think that's it. A pepper weevil. They did look like black pepper seeds.

So then how do we get rid of them?