On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 11:00:11 +0100, Kay Easton
wrote:

In article , David W.E.
Roberts writes
Checked the chilis to see if they were O.K.
Loads of little chilis all less than 1 1/2" long and slim, some pointing
down and some pointing up.
One of them has turned a dark brown colour - much the same as rot but it
is
firm so presumably it is ripening!

Presumably. Peppers seem to produce the red colour and then get rid of
the green, which means they turn brown while they have both the red and
the green present.


Most likely. If it's firm then it sounds promising. Depending on the type
they can go from chocolate coloured through to purple.

They also go brown/black with sunburn. You might see some pods with black
patches on their sunny side well berfore they're really ripe. Yes, really.
The red color is produced as a sunscreen.