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    Hi Folks

    This year i have planted from seed

    2 Red Bell Pepper
    2 Yellow Bell Pepper
    2 Orange Bell Pepper
    2 Green Bell Pepper
    2 chayenne Chilli
    1 Peter Pepper (For a Laugh)
    2 Jalapeno

    My Problem is allthough i have Red, Yellow, Orange colours

    Everything is Green

    Any Ideas why ??

    Have they cross pollinated and only want to be green ???
    Cheers .... John

    Web link to our Allotment website http://lawsonsallotment.btck.co.uk/

    PS my plot is 9 shown on the Plot Holders Pictures

  • #2
    Same here- they're just not ripe yet!
    I accidentally knocked one of my green red chillies off the plant last week and put it onto the windowsill with my ripening toms ( yup- also accidentally knocked off)
    It's now bright red- whereas the ones on the plant it came from are still
    green

    "patience grasshopper"
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      cheers Nicos

      I must be a bit impatiant

      will keep waiting for the colour to arrive
      Cheers .... John

      Web link to our Allotment website http://lawsonsallotment.btck.co.uk/

      PS my plot is 9 shown on the Plot Holders Pictures

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      • #4
        Originally posted by johninblackpool View Post
        Have they cross pollinated and only want to be green ???
        John,

        Small point, cross pollination won't affect this generation of fruit. If any of them have cross pollinated then you may see it if you save the seeds and sow them in the future. This is assuming you started your current plants with known seed.

        A trick some people use to encourage the fruits to change colour is to leave some over ripe bananas (or, if your stingy like me, just the skins) nearby. The ethylene given off by the bananas encourages the peppers to ripen.
        There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't.

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        • #5
          Hi john, you are not the only one with green chillis. Ive just got the one chilli plant (from B&Q) its a hungarian Hot wax chilli which is covered in fruit, some of it is massive! at least 4" long and an inch thick - they are the biggest chilli's ive seen but they are all lime green. ive picked a couple and they are very mild, do you know if they will change colour or get hotter? I'm not sure if ive been over watering/feeding them. They are in the greenhouse and stood in a water saucer which I tend to fill up once a day.

          Cheers Dena

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          • #6
            They're all still green. They will ripen sometime this year (specially if the sun comes back).

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            • #7
              I have a lot of chilli and pepper plants - the Cayennes are just starting to turn chocolate or red, but the Jalapenos will stay green -the sweet pappers will ripen eventually to red or yellow but they taste fine green.
              Rat

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              Scottish by the Grace of God

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              • #8
                Wooohooo....I spotted my first 2 red chillies !!!
                "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                Location....Normandy France

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                • #9
                  All the cayenne here are still green, theres hundreds of them, not quite sure what to do with them once they all turn red!

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                  • #10
                    I also have dozens and dozens of green chillies, although my Bhut jolokias are turning lighter so hopefully they will turn soon. One plant though (not sure on variety and the labels, as ever, seem to be mixed/lost (don't you just love grandchildren tidying up for you ) has the cillies ripening to a bright yellow. The chillies are reasonably large, 3/4" diameter and 3" or 4" long. I picked one and made the deduction, it's a large chilli, looks mild and so took a big bite! OMG, sweat tears and pain all appeared at once - guess that'll teach me a lesson, book/cover springs to mind
                    "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."-- Abraham Lincoln

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                    • #11
                      I gave up waiting, took two large green cayennes off last night. Tasted the tip - like a normal pepper. Hmph. had a bit from higher up, and erm it hurt.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by T8Ter View Post
                        The chillies are reasonably large, 3/4" diameter and 3" or 4" long. I picked one and made the deduction, it's a large chilli, looks mild and so took a big bite! OMG, sweat tears and pain all appeared at once - guess that'll teach me a lesson, book/cover springs to mind

                        3/4 inches in diameter? 3/4 inches long?
                        Impossible is not a fact its an opinion...
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                        Impossible is potential......


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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by danmon_81 View Post
                          3/4 inches in diameter? 3/4 inches long?
                          no, sorry Danmon, syntax error three quarter inch diameter
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                          Last edited by T8Ter; 17-08-2010, 06:26 PM. Reason: spelling & added pic.
                          "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."-- Abraham Lincoln

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                          • #14
                            all mine have just started to ripen. be patient, as soon as one turns, the others will follow!!!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by T8Ter
                              no, sorry Danmon, syntax error three quarter inch diameter
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                              They look great - what do you think they are? What hot chillies did you sow?
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