I found the following pages that have some organic control ideas.

http://www.caes.state.ct.us/FactSheetFiles/Entomology/fsen013f.htm

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/organic/msg0216333423264.html?5

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/entomology/444-005/444-005.html

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Here is some info on Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense) if you are not familiar with it and just in case you have some of it growing nearby.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/32043/index.html

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Here is some info on the beneficial nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and its purchase.

http://www.fertilizeronline.com/nematodes.php

http://nematodary.com/symbion-temperate.htm

I hope that helps.

Thanks for your help, Sherlock!

I was considering the nematodes, to get them under control, but I'm not sure this would help, as I remove almost every single infected pepper every season, and send them out with the trash or put them down the disposal, so they are not getting into my soil, at least that way, and so they must be comming from elsewhere. Maybe down by a creek near me they also breed in something there, unrelated to peppers.

I am going to try some different things next season, and plant the peppers in the four corners of my garden, so I can see if one works better.

What is the horse nettle for? Is it something that repels some insects? I didn't see any info like that on that link, just general info on the plant, including that it is a weed (which I don't see around here, but maybe haven't looked close enough).

Dave

Horse Nettle, according to some of the sites I left for you, is a weed host for pepper maggots. So if you have any of them around your area, that may be a possible source of some of the pepper maggots.

Good to know! I looked all over in my garden and in the alley behind, and didn't see any, but I'll keep an eye out. Does it grow around water? I have a creek a few streets over, with a LOT of vegetation around it.

All are gone now, and all the peppers of those 6 types have huge numbers of fruits on them, one ripening already, so at least they recover quickly - it's not the type of thing that kills the plant.

Thanks again,

Dave