What did this? Inside of the pepper was fine.

by MaryOutside

49 Comments

  1. in2woods

    dang, that’s art. id want to keep that preserved somehow. lucky u.

  2. showyourselfsomelove

    Tomato spotted wilt virus? Can Google “TSWV in peppers.” Doesn’t seem to always result in such perfect patterns, though

    Edit: not super confident in this answer 😂

  3. bussappa

    That sure looks suspicious. Maybe the pepper gnome snuck into the garden and did some mischief.

  4. Acceptable-Beyond-48

    It’s those dang alien pepper circles!

  5. TheySomeSnitches

    Was it pressed against a hard surface with those designs while it grew?

  6. DismalRazzmatazz1054

    Looks like a tentacle pattern, like maybe it was burned in. So, I’m guessing you have a kraken hiding somewhere …possibly Cthulu.

  7. ClutchMarlin

    It almost looks like it got stepped on. But that just doesn’t make sense.

  8. Unlucky-tracer

    Looks like the hallucinogenic pepper Homer Simpson ate at the chili cook off.

  9. blogasdraugas

    tiddy pepper

    oh shit maybe it’s mayan dooms day

  10. zalsrevenge

    The Merciless Pepper of Quetzalacatenango, also known as the Guatemalan Insanity Pepper.

  11. Budget-Click-3827

    That’s a 25 year old strain of the Gen X Pepper. Those are crappy tribal tattoos on the skin. Playing it Limp Bizkit and Nickel back will have it mature slower. And you’ll find they’re most comfortable growing or not growing in your parents basement. Place it in front of a tv that plays MTV cribs if it appears lonely. Don’t let it watch monday night raw after midnight. Will fruit faster in the presence of Daisy Fuentes. The other side of the pepper most likely has the markings of a sun smoking a joint, with sunglasses on.

    Party on Wayne.

  12. Specialist-Ad-5300

    I thought I was going to see an actual explanation if I scrolled long enough. I was wrong.

  13. a5centdime

    Mosaic virus. Also known as sheikah virus

  14. 6Foot2EyesOfBlue1973

    Backwards message from Satan…. (Natas)

  15. MegaBlunt57

    Eat it to absorb the powers of the fire shard

  16. l0rd-Pr1me

    Looks like a soldering iron did that with its human owner.

  17. rjn1000

    Looks like a bicycle chain was pressed into it.

  18. wolf_genie

    Clearly your garden was attacked by the rare garden squid!

  19. Partagas2112

    Clearly this is due to space lasers.

  20. ArtyWhy8

    It’s the time of year for those lovely huge fucking Hornworms.

    I wonder if it tried to eat it then decided otherwise a few times when its face started burning🤷🏻‍♂️😂

    Maybe the other marks are from secretions from it that burned the pepper under the sun?🤷🏻‍♂️

    Figured I’d take a shot at a hypothetical since it seems everyone else just has jokes.

  21. casomatic1

    It looks like art that would be on the wall if a Mexican restaurant

  22. EstateOriginal2258

    It looks like it was laying on a bike chain lol

  23. Equivalent-Collar655

    I don’t know but it looks like a work of art

  24. Armored_One

    Corking with sun scalding? This is so interesting

  25. Epic2112

    In case you want a real answer, I think it’s Watermelon Ringspot Virus, which has been [documented on Capsicum annum](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4758315/).

    If this pattern truly isn’t someone making squiggly shapes on your peppers, I strongly suspect it’s viral, and [it’s superficially very similar to WRV](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Watermelon_mosaic_virus_ringspots_on_watermelon.jpg).

    If this is indeed viral it might 1) be scientifically significant enough to report to a large nearby university, in case there’s concern it could spread, and 2) you may need to destroy everything in the garden and somehow sterilize it in order to be able to ever grow peppers successfully in this area.

    I’m absolutely not an expert, just someone that thinks plant viruses are neat, but if you’re interested in trying to track this down more concretely DM me and I can tell you how you can get that ball rolling.

    FYI, u/showyourselfsomelove, I think your inclination that it’s viral is correct.

  26. damnilovelesclaypool

    Definitely a viral infection of some kind. You should cull the plant and dispose of it in the garbage (don’t compost it) to help prevent spreading it.

  27. Alexander_Music

    Looks like one of those toy witches fingers we used to get as kids from..actually where did those come from

  28. caffeinestix

    That looks like one of those cave drawings

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