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    Hi Everyone,

    I have a problem with my Cayenne plant, it's not a major problem as not all the pods are showing this deformity but there are quite a few that are showing signs of it. Most of the pods are growing straight and some have a slight curl at the tip but some do have this deformity.
    Has anybody else ever come across this problem? Or is it a problem at all? this being my first year I'm really not sure.
    Any Ideas or thoughts would be much appreciated, thanks.
    Gray.
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  • #2
    I had this on a couple of mine last year. It didn't affect the overall crop so I wasn't too worried about it. I'm not sure what causes it, but I'd expect it to be a deformity caused at the pollination stage.
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    • #3
      They do look strange, but they should be fine for eating.

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      • #4
        I had curly ones last year: I still don't know what causes it. Just make sure you don't have any maggots inside: some of my greenhouse ones do
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        • #5
          That piccie looks like the result of a double - or triple - fused flower ....but I've only seen those with tomatoes!....are you aware if the flower looked 'normal'????
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          • #6
            I had similar ones last year but they were perfect inside. I put the odd shape down to cold draughts making them curl up to keep warm

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            • #7
              Thanks everyone for your input on this subject.
              It is pleasing to hear that I'm not the only one who's come across this sort of pod deformity. I have around six different varieties growing at the moment and I've treated them all the same, they get plant feed at the same time and I water them at the same time, the only thing I've done different is pollination. When they all started to flower I was having to self pollinate but over the past few weeks the bees and hoverflies have been out in force so I've let them do the pollinating. So I don't understand why it's just the Cayenne that have this deformity.
              The flowers all looked fine aswell and I do check all the plants daily. So if I understand you all correctly, there is nothing to worry about and it's just one of those things but check for maggots before consumption
              I should also mention that all my plants are kept outside, constantly, and except for Cayenne all the other plants are doing better than I ever expected.
              Thank you all, really appreciate it.
              Gray.

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              • #8
                ........take lots of piccies so you can enter them into our show!!!!
                "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

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