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    Peppers turning black

    i have a few pepper plants, they are the italian roasting variety.

    They have been doing really well, but i have noticed they are turning black, and idea what is causing this.
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    Are they turning black in a particular area? Ie on the bottom?

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    • #3
      They are turning black all over, i will post a photo when i get home from work

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      • #4
        Are they black peppers when ripe? Grew some one year that were. If the black is in streaks could be rot and they have been providing homes for earwigs.
        Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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        • #5
          Many pepper go through green >black> red in the ripening process, so if they look healthy, apart from the colour, they're probably ok

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          • #6
            I wondered if it was blossom end rot, however I had a couple of large chillis that went soft.

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            • #7
              If they look healthy then there is probably no problem, as Thelma said some peppers go through a bit of a black stage. The black should look smooth and sort of glossy .

              Ian

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              • #8


                This is a picture of the peppers
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                • #9
                  That looks perfectly ok, I would say its just changing colour

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                  • #10
                    Thats good to know, thanks for all the help

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                    • #11
                      They look OK to me. Do you have a variety name?

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                      • #12
                        This is the variety, it was a packet of italian seeds from Thomspon & Morgan

                        Sweet Pepper 'Friggitello' F1 Hybrid - Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds

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                        • #13
                          They look fine to me too. No earwigs living in there!
                          Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                          • #14
                            I have som turning black but from the top of the pepper, will try and post a picture.

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                            • #15
                              Thank you for posting this, you've put my mind at ease as I have some going black too but they look healthy so it's obviously a colour before they go red, thanks a lot
                              If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero


                              my memories of my garden http://lisamcflisagarden.blogspot.co.uk/

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