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misc Germinated seedlings inside a pepper

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So i opened up a slightly overripe pod today, and discovered this:

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About 1/2 the seeds inside have already germinated! Kinda cool, naturally i planted all of them :crazy:

Never seen this before, couldn't find any similar reports in a quick search so figured I'd share.

Anyone else ever had this happen?
 
Tomatoes have a enzyme (?) that prevents the seeds from germinating in the insides of the wet fruit. Hence, generally, the need for the pulp to ferment before the seeds germinate. Seen that a lot from whole tomatoes in a compost bin - tons of seedlings coming up from the fermented tomato. I don't think peppers are so equipped. Pretty cool picture of the germinated seeds. What kind of pepper?
 
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