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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Fork on July 29, 2008, 11:55:19

Title: Green Peppers
Post by: Fork on July 29, 2008, 11:55:19

Im growing Bell peppers for the first time ever and I would like to know how to tell when they are ready for picking please.

They are a green variety.

Title: Re: Green Peppers
Post by: tim on July 29, 2008, 12:24:47

1. Do they not ripen Red? Variety?
2. Do you want Green?

Title: Re: Green Peppers
Post by: antipodes on July 29, 2008, 15:30:26

Are yours indoors? Mine are outside, they are only just growing tiny fruit now but I am pleased as I didn't think they would take. My neighbour has some lovely peppers growing and aubergines, she is well chuffed, but it has been alternating warm and a bit rainy here so good veg weather.

Title: Re: Green Peppers
Post by: kitty on July 31, 2008, 08:26:28

first year i grew peppers they took quite a while to redden outside but once they got going... :opepper city!
thye were in pots(no greenhouse then..)and i brought them inside and harvested the last red one on new years day-the plant itself looked awful but the pepers were healthy
kitty
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Title: Re: Green Peppers
Post by: Barnowl on July 31, 2008, 10:31:33

I think all green peppers ripen red (or orange, yellow or brown) eventually - some varieties just stay green longer.

As to readiness I can't think of how to tell when they're ready, other than they look and smell right. Sorry.

Title: Re: Green Peppers
Post by: Debs on August 04, 2008, 22:43:19

I am very pleased with my first attempt at growing peppers.

They have been grown in the greenhouse and are quite large already!

Debs