ripening chillies

[swainclubber]

hi, please can anybody tell me approx how long it takes for a chilli to be fully ripe (from when pollination is achieved).

I have an orange habanero, with about 20 small chillies on it (they dont seem to swell too fast lol)..still got lots of blossom drop too!

cheers folks

ben

[swainclubber]

[Georgie]

Hi Ben.  It's hard to say - the more sun they get, the quicker they ripen in my experience.  Just be patient.    :)

G xx

[Jesse]

My chillies were taking ages to ripen, today the first one has gone red. They've had green chillies on them since about beginning of June I think it was.

[Jill]

Hi Ben.  My habaneros are way behind my other chillies, although all were sown at the same time.  Habs are just slower.  I remember last year thinking they'd never ripen but eventually the first one turned orange mid August (photo 25 Aug) and the others followed very quickly thereafter.

[swainclubber]

cheers for the advice.i have read online that some plants can give 100 chillies, but mine just drops loads of its flowers.about 80 up to now.such a shame, but i am happy with the 20 or so

[jennym]

I have found it takes 50 days on average from pollination to ripening, like tomatoes.