Will Totally Green Unripe Peppers Ripen if Picked?

only126db · Sep 24, 2016

It's been getting colder in the evenings here and so I cut my plants back to bring inside for winter and there were many green peppers which had not ripened, will they ripen?

hogleg · Sep 24, 2016

Put the green ones in a paper bag with the banana in the picture.

spicefreak · Sep 24, 2016

Pretty sure that helps them go brown, not red. Isn't it sun they need?

oldsalty · Sep 24, 2016

I put mine in paper bag with banana or tomatoe that is ripe. the gas they give off helps ripen them just check every couple days to make sure there not getting to soft.

only126db · Sep 24, 2016

oldsalty said:
I put mine in paper bag with banana or tomatoe that is ripe. the gas they give off helps ripen them just check every couple days to make sure there not getting to soft.

hogleg said:
Put the green ones in a paper bag with the banana in the picture.

I have a lot of green ones.....

This bowl is about 5" deep and 15" across

dragonsfire · Sep 24, 2016

Thiers a thread about this and I think the answer is no. I have a Ghost pepper that fell off and after two weeks its still green.

moruga welder · Sep 24, 2016

i never had luck of green pods ripening indoors before getting rotten , :onfire:

only126db · Sep 24, 2016

dragonsfire said:
Thiers a thread about this and I think the answer is no. I have a Ghost pepper that fell off and after two weeks its still green.

That will suck, it's a lot of peppers to toss out....What can I do with green ones? Anything?

oldsalty · Sep 24, 2016

yeah there in lies the rub. I have had some success with small amounts but most get soft. Otherwise i throw them at my neighbor

only126db · Sep 24, 2016

oldsalty said:
yeah there in lies the rub. I have had some success with small amounts but most get soft. Otherwise i throw them at my neighbor

I wonder if I could press out some oil from them....?

dragonsfire · Sep 24, 2016

Just make a Salza from them.

oldsalty · Sep 24, 2016

Most times they just get tossed but i have smoked them then added to sauces for heat and smoke flavor

Streamer · Sep 24, 2016

Next time, prune overwinter plants judiciously leaving green peppers intact. Then bring them in. Green peppers must remain on plant to mature.

oldsalty · Sep 24, 2016

Streamer said:
Next time, prune overwinter plants judiciously leaving green peppers intact. Then bring them in. Green peppers must remain on plant to mature.

OOHH yeah iv'e seen that Great Idea Streamer !!

moruga welder · Sep 24, 2016

dragonsfire said:
Just make a Salza from them.

+ 1 , i 've seen them turn while on the plants that i pulled and put on the burn pile .

Jubnat · Sep 24, 2016

Off topic....but I gotta ask, what's with the medicine bottles full of cigarettes?
And don't toss them...try out a green hot sauce, or salsa verde.

moruga welder · Sep 24, 2016

Jubnat said:
Off topic....but I gotta ask, what's with the medicine bottles full of cigarettes?
And don't toss them...try out a green hot sauce, or salsa verde.

thems not cigarettes , those are the funny ones masquerading as cigarettes ! lol

D3monic · Sep 24, 2016

It depends on how close they was ripening. I mean if you pick a aji amarillo that was 2 months from ripening. It's obviously going to rot before turning. I've picked plenty of pods that where green one day and ripe a day or two later.

I had twin aji painapples. One side was yellow, other side was still green. Two days later both where yellow.

Jubnat · Sep 25, 2016

moruga welder said:
thems not cigarettes , those are the funny ones masquerading as cigarettes ! lol

I didn't know they were putting filters on those too...that's some stealth shit right there!

moruga welder · Sep 25, 2016

Jubnat said:
I didn't know they were putting filters on those too...that's some stealth shit right there!

had to stay one step ahead of the law ! not for long tho . lol sry. bro ,didn't mean to hijack your thread ! i'm done .