Cherry Hot

15 years ago

Hello-

My dad and I have been growing they typical "Cherry Hot" peppers for over twenty years here in southeast Michigan. My dad has acquired the taste for them as one of his favorite peppers. We've had great success with them until lately. Over the past two growing seasons, the pepper plants do fine, blossom and sprout peppers. The peppers, until ripe, are fine. Once they ripen, they get mushy and pithy inside. No other peppers in either garden (one at dad's house and one at my house ten miles away) have this problem, but the cherry peppers (some from a market and some from seed I started) have had it for two years now.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice? Getting all of my seeds started and thinking of skipping the cherry peppers altogether.

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shoontok
15 years ago
Not sure exactly why this occurs. I have seen some of my landlords green bell peppers turn bad pretty quick once they started turning red.

Maybe pick them just before they start turning red?

Jim
tedsfarms
15 years ago
A soil issue?
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simsedward
Original Author
15 years ago
I don't think its a soil issue for two reasons-
1. It is happening to peppers in two different locations (miles apart)
  2. It is not happening to any other type of plant.
We do pick them green and they are ok, just not as hot or flavorful..
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
15 years ago
Have you tried one in a container, as well?

Josh
simsedward
Original Author
15 years ago
NOt yet - will try that this summer. Good plan.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
15 years ago
Whenever I see soft or blighted peppers, I always suspect some sort of calcium deficiency/issue.
In a container, you should be able to rule out several culprits.

Josh
farnell
15 years ago
Don't see why it wouldn't be like you say, Josh, a calcium deficiency. Not that I would know. I do know That I had several peppers go soft and mushy this year. Mostly they were from one plant in the garden. A Long Thick Red Cayenne. None of the other peppers seemed to suffer from it. And most of the peppers from that plant were fine, it was just a few that turned mushy as they sat out and ripened.