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Old 18-09-2007, 12:36 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default red banana pepper

On Sep 17, 11:11 pm, Myrl wrote:
On Sep 17, 4:51 pm, Dave wrote:

Hello; garden newbie here.


This year I planted banana peppers, green and red peppers in one of my
raised beds. Out of the huge number of banana peppers I grew this
year, one banana pepper was red instead of yellow. It had a slightly
sweeter taste than the usual yellow banana peppers.


What would cause this to happen ... environmental conditions, some
kind of cross-pollination, or ?


Thanks in advance.


Dave - When I was at a local Farmer's market last Saturday morning, I
purchased some little sweet peppers, that came in yellow, orange, and
red! They were all shaped like banana peppers. I used them in a
Mango Chili Salsa, I made. And, they were wonderful!

Did you keep the seeds from that particular red pepper??? Maybe you
could develop your own hybrid!

Myrl Jeffcoathttp://www.myrljeffcoat.com


Oops, turned out the banana pepper turned red after it came off the
plant ... I guess this is what happens as banana peppers mature, off
the plant?