ONE OF MY BELL PEPPER PLANTS is producing a pale, almost white pepper.
it was marked as a big bertha, from wal-mart. it also is long and
thinner than the type should be, much to me resembling a poblano.it is
the only fruit on the plant so far, and the only of the 6 big berthas
i planted so far producing. the others are just starting to bloom. i
find it odd, as i grow several varieties each year, and have never
seen this.in my experience, whatever the pepper may be, they always
start green till they are ripe.this one started, and still is, pale.
anyone else evre experience something like this? thanks for any/all
replies.

In article , (ROBERT O'REILLY) wrote:
ONE OF MY BELL PEPPER PLANTS is producing a pale, almost white pepper.
it was marked as a big bertha, from wal-mart. it also is long and
thinner than the type should be, much to me resembling a poblano.it is
the only fruit on the plant so far, and the only of the 6 big berthas
i planted so far producing. the others are just starting to bloom. i
find it odd, as i grow several varieties each year, and have never
seen this.in my experience, whatever the pepper may be, they always
start green till they are ripe.this one started, and still is, pale.
anyone else evre experience something like this? thanks for any/all
replies.

Did you buy it as a seedling? It (or its label) could have gotten put in
the wrong place somewhere along the line. There are pepper varieties
that are pale green - Gypsy (a sweet pepper, pointier and smaller than a
Big Bertha), and some of the large Italian frying peppers (also sweet,
long and thin).

enjoy! :-)

Marj

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THANKS MRS.Tiefert.

just looked at the gypsy pepper images on google, and looks like what
i have. won't be the first time i had a mis- labeled pepper
seedling,or seed for that matter. just last year, almost half my sweet
bells decided to grow out as poblanos. no complaints though, like em
both. guess i'll have to try this pepper, and maybe keep some seed
from one for next year. yet to find one i didn't like. do gypsy
peppers tend to fruit before others? the rest of the bells, with the
exception of one red, are just starting to fruit. (total of 24
plants:2 red;2 yellow;2 orange;2 purple; 8 sweet?; 7 big bertha?; and
looks like at least 1 gypsy). wonder what other suprises wally world
has for me. maybe i'll get a couple poblanos after all, as they were
out when i purchased.
either way, it don't look like i will have to purchase any sweet
peppers this year, or hot pepper, for that matter.(12 habanero;12 red
chilli).