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Is it a tumah? The growth definitely seems to be fruit tissue, but this is our first year growing peppers so we've definitely not seen it before.

Can we just cut it off once the pepper is mature? Or should we remove it now before the plant wastes too much energy on it? A reverse image search didn't turn up anything.

We're growing six kinds of peppers, and this jalapeno plant is our strongest one! It's so fun watching the flowers and peppers appear :)

Thanks for any info!