"Colin Malsingh" wrote in message
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I have had large peppers on various plants in my greenhouse now for
4-5 weeks:
- Paprika (about 14 cm long)
- Hot Banana (about 10cm long)
- Various sweet peppers
- Trinidad non-bell peppers

The Paprika and Chillis have stayed resolutely green all this time
(including some hot sunny periods in June/July). In the meantime a the
Trinidad peppers have produced fruit which has turned red. Is there
anything holding back the first two types?

Colin
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I'm wondering the same thing.

My outdoor pepper now has about 10 green peppers of various sizes, the
longest about 4.5" long.
The pepper plant is about 22.5" high.
The largest pepper doesn't seem to be growing much, but all peppers (and the
chillis in the next pot) are staying resolutely green.
The plant now seems to be shedding little fertilised flowers (mini peppers
half the size of a pea) so I presume it has decided it is carrying enough.

So, what strategy?
Do I pick the largest now and try and ripen them with a bannana, thus
encouraging the plant to produce more peppers?
Or should I leave them to ripen before picking?

TIA
Dave R