When last we left our heros, on Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:30:23 GMT,
Bobbett scribbled:

I bought what I *thought* was a cayenne pepper plant from a nursery
earlier this season. I'm in zone 6 (NJ). The plant *finally* produced
some peppers, but they're still green and getting bigger every day!
Right now they're almost 9" long. I doubt very much these are (red)
cayenne peppers. Since they're probably not going to change from green
to red, how will I know when they're ripe to pick?

All peppers ripen beyond green, most to red or yellow. You can
eat them green, I suppose; but haughty sniffCivilized People
Eat Ripe Peppers. Of course, these are cayennes we're talkin'
about, and it's not as if they have much flavor.

As to the kind, there are bunches and bunches of varieties of
cayenne peppers. I can think of several off the top of my head -
Dragon's Claw, Elephant Trunk, Salsa...something - that can
get that long.


Pam




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