"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
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Since first writing this message, a few of the peppers have started to
ripen. However, they are still quite slow.

Patience. None of mine has started to ripen. They will.

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Largest pepper is now at least 17.287% ripe.
The suspense is almost unbearable!
Ripening in an irregular stripe down the sunward side, just like the dusty
peppers you see in Mediterranean markets.

Cheers
Dave R

This year Ive grown Cayenne, sweet something or other and the Banana
peppers.
Lots of fruit on the Banana bushes(about 3-4' high) but staying
resolutly green EXCEPT for one plant that has long tapering glossy
fruit that are a pale yellow - dont know how that got in there.
The sweet peppers have been crap - most of the fruit got blossom end
rot, dont know why as its never happened before.
The Cayenne plants have been very prolific, lots of long thin dark
green fruits but none showing any sign of red.
Hmmm I thought, I wonder how strong these are and took one off and
took a tentative nibble at the end - no reaction. Disappointed I took
a bigger bite - BIIIG mistake, my lips felt like they had swollen to
twice their size,my eyes were watering and my mouth was numb for an
hour after. Three days later I noticed that the half eaten chili,
which Id dropped in my rush to get a bucket of water, had turned a
bright red so I think I may harvest them soon and let them ripen off
the plant.
Any suggestions as to what I can do with more chillis than I will be
able to use within the next year?

Mark