Growing Chilli peppers, also Hot peppers

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30 Mar 13 Rae (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Perth WA and have a jalepeno chilli plant which has been producing abundantly for the past few months. According to people who like chillis' (not me!) they are 'particularly flavoursome'. Over the past few weeks we have noticed small holes appearing in some of the chillis' and inside the pod there appears to be a fungus. Would you be able to suggest a way of treating this problem, please?
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28 Apr 13 Dawn (Australia - temperate climate)
I have had the same prob (and i love to eat my chillis) i find if i leave them to begin to turn red they get attacked by a mite that bores a hole and it does look like fungus but if u leave long enough small worm like creatures grow .. I believe the " fungus " is actually eggs .... I pick mine while still green and they have been clean inside and fine to eat .. Hope this helps ..dawn. ( perth wa)
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