I just bought this jalapeño and got home and noticed this black spot. Is it just a bruise or a possible sign of it being bad?? The top isn’t showing any signs of mold and it feels pretty firm all around. Ngl I’m going to use it anyway lol I’m just curious.
by dfmoti
18 Comments
Means its spicy
It’s fine. My jalapenos were shaded in black, some in spots like this, some were pure black the entire time they grew, until they turned red.
It’s a sun burn
Ripening?
That’s where the sun was shining. Something similar happens with some tomatoes. Nothing wrong with it.
It’s still a little bit of it’s flush
It’s gonna ripen soon
Thanks guys. I’m assuming since it’s not fully ripe it would have a bit more of that bell peppery taste as opposed to the subtle bite of a ripe jalapeño??
It has been charred either way lol salsa in the works
https://preview.redd.it/xw39jnwji0dg1.jpeg?width=2103&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82721210736465fad06f7e139e6d1f416eff12de
The black phase has been happening a lot over the last few seasons with many varieties of peppers. Most of my bell peppers last season all went from green to black before red. Many posts in this sub as well as the hot peppers and vegetable garden subs have had people posting and asking about the black phase over the last few years.
Some have theorized that it is caused by the changing of the seasons in recent years. But it has been a worldwide phenomenon and predicted by some experts in the field that this is the new normal. We should know in a few more seasons if it continues to occur if it is or if it goes back to the old normal.
Neither. That’s just how some look
I eat them like this a lot; they are fine.
Meh. No problema. Some types of jalapenos just have black areas. My wife thinks it means they are spicier but I’ve never tested that hypothesis.
Neither!
I grow peppers. Sometimes they do this in direct sunlight.
Completely normal
Good to go.
It’s fine this can happen for many reasons the most common are sun exposure and cold stress. Sometimes they can get this color in the ripening process. Im in az and some of mine get like that because of the sun.
It was trying to ripen before picked. Red Jals are the best.
Do they ripen once picked?