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Re: Pepper black patches

Julie Sasser said,
>On some of my pepper plants, the peppers have black "smears" on them.  The
>flesh is fine, no soft spots or holes, but instead of being green they have
>black pigment.  They look and smell fine, and I know it's definitely not a
>fungus.  It's like the opposite of sun blight, instead of white patches it's
>black.  Are these peppers OK?  Can you still eat them?  Again, maybe it's
>from all the rain.  Thanks in advance for the help.

Julie, I don't know the cause or cure.  But I can say that I've seen this
occasionally on store-bought green peppers and eaten them without incident.

--Janet
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Janet Wintermute             jwintermute@ids2.idsonline.com

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