Non Ripening Peppers.

[bobbin]

I have 6 hugh green peppers in my greenhouse that refuse to ripen. I've tried putting bannanas with them and making sure they have sufficient light and sun but to no avail. My toms are very very slow to ripen too. Heeeeelp!

[zazen999]

Me too.

There's not much you can do, just got to leave them to get on with it.

[maytreefrannie]

I got good guidance on this thread:

Tomatoes and Chillis

Sorry don't know how to make a link for you to go straight to it - but Grapes advised that it's OK to eat chillis green and that if you pick them they will usually ripen as they dry.

I hope I've reproduced that correctly, the thread is on the Vegging Out section. It's my first year growing chillis and I found the advice very helpful

[Dottie]

I've got 3 pepper and 2 chilli plants growing outside, lots of fruit but I'm picking while green. Chillis still very hot, as I found out when I did a lovely roasted veg mix.

[rustylady]

Where are you bobbin? If you add your location to your profile it will save us having to keep asking. I wouldn't worry too much - once they start ripening you will probably have more than you know what to do with.

[HotStuff]

I have 6 hugh green peppers in my greenhouse that refuse to ripen.

Hugh Green, wasn't he the geezer wot did "Opportunity Knocks", didn't know he had a variety of Pepper named after him.

[donzy84]

Hi guys,

sorry for jumping your thread but I have no idea whats up with my pepper plants! I started one off indoors and edged my bets and planted one outside at the same time when it got warmer I took my indoor one outside and there was no sign of the outdoor one, then it suddenly sprung up and now they are both the same size and only just started fruiting about a week ago.

What should I do now... bring them back indoors... or hope for fruit next year (do they come back next year or do you grow from seed again?)

Thanks alot for any advice.

[Two_Sheds]

I have no idea whats up with my pepper plants!...they ....only just started fruiting about a week ago.

In Hull?
You started them too late, that's all. Better luck next year

[Scottishnewbie]

my green peppers didnt turn red at all this year and went straight from green to rotten for some reason! i left them on the plant hoping for red ones and then (too late) noticed that they were rotting!

Should i have cut leaves off to let more light in or was i just unfortunate? (bright greenhouse so not sure what problem was - got plenty red toms so i know it's bright enough)

[donzy84]

In Hull?
You started them too late, that's all. Better luck next year

No way I started them end of Feb!!! When should you start them?

[Lavenderblue]

mine are just starting to turn - I noticed red bits a day or two ago. I am still hopeful that they will all go because our garden is very sheltered and we can overwinter all sorts of annuals that you shouldn't be able to - we had flowering sweetpeas on christmas day!

[HotStuff]

What should I do now... bring them back indoors... or hope for fruit next year (do they come back next year or do you grow from seed again?)

Donzy, if you have a conservatory or sunny windowsill you could try bringing them in to extend the season. I presume you're talking about sweet peppers not chilli peppers?

my green peppers didnt turn red at all this year and went straight from green to rotten for some reason! i left them on the plant hoping for red ones and then (too late) noticed that they were rotting!

Should i have cut leaves off to let more light in or was i just unfortunate? (bright greenhouse so not sure what problem was - got plenty red toms so i know it's bright enough)

SN, could it be blossom end rot? Were you watering them regularly?

[tamsin]

My big peppers were much slower to ripen. I got two crops off the smaller varieties in the same period. I'd recommend sweet banana peppers, although they are smaller individually they produced more per plant and ripened quicker so overall quantity was about the same (or more) and spread over a wider season. The mini belle peppers were also good at quantity, one has a second crop of 20 ish peppers atm, half already orange but they are very small so depends what you want them for.

[Two_Sheds]

No way I started them end of Feb!!

lol, you started them too early then!

[donzy84]

haha ok ok maybe i'm just too eager!!! lol and maybe shouldn't have bought italian peppers!!!