>>994828It is most likely physical damage, either from wind, or insects. Secondary infection is also possible.
>>994861Hungarian Wax Peppers last season. I needed them. I somehow totally forgot to save seeds to, no clue how that happened. I have bags of them in the freezer and tons of them dehydrated and even more dehydrated and ground up in vacuum sealed jars in the freezer.
I'll need to actually buy a few H.wax pepper plants from the local greenhouse this year. I don't think my freezer stash of chopped peppers will last until 2018 after all.