Once a Pepper Ripens...

PeteyPepper · Jun 19, 2009

How long can you leave it on the plant before it goes bad. I ask because I have an aji limon "bush" with a boatlaod of peppers on it and a few are starting to become ripe. I'd like to leave the first few ripe ones on the plant until the others ripen as well.

Can I do this without having the first ones rot?

peppercrazy · Jun 19, 2009

PeteyPepper said:
How long can you leave it on the plant before it goes bad. I ask because I have an aji limon "bush" with a boatlaod of peppers on it and a few are starting to become ripe. I'd like to leave the first few ripe ones on the plant until the others ripen as well.

Can I do this without having the first ones rot?

I think it depends on the type of pepper. I have some yellow congos that's been ripe for WELL over two weeks now, still feels crunchy on the tree, firm i mean, whatever, lol.

But i have a bird pepper type that once its reallly ripe it gets squishy, then just falls off the tree, then rots.

peppermanbaha · Jun 19, 2009

bird peppers have an attendency to rot easilly.

Omri · Jun 20, 2009

Mom said every time a pepper ripens an angel gets his wings.

wurge · Jun 20, 2009

birds eye peppers fall off when they are ripe

Omri · Jun 20, 2009

wurge said:
birds eye peppers fall off when they are ripe

No... not really.

wurge · Jun 20, 2009

Erm yes really. How do you think the seeds get to the floor in the wild?

byebye · Jun 20, 2009

wurge said:
Erm yes really. How do you think the seeds get to the floor in the wild?

..birds eat the fruit and 'deposit' the seeds elsewhere? :onfire:

Omri · Jun 20, 2009

wurge said:
Erm yes really. How do you think the seeds get to the floor in the wild?

They get eaten by birds?
I've grown endless types of Birdseye chiles, and all of them will dry and die and still have their peppers on them. if you don't pick them, they'll dry on the plant.

Nova · Jun 20, 2009

wurge said:
Erm yes really. How do you think the seeds get to the floor in the wild?

Thankyou, now i don't feel so stupid!!!! :rolleyes:

hahahahahahaha

wurge · Jun 20, 2009

So your all trying to tell my ripe fruit/veg doesnt drop to the floor in order to spread seeds?

wurge · Jun 20, 2009

peppercrazy said:
But i have a bird pepper type that once its reallly ripe it gets squishy, then just falls off the tree, then rots.

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Also read here yesterday birds eye peppers are the easiest to harvest because they fall off but whatever

POTAWIE · Jun 20, 2009

If you pick the ripe pods, the others will likely ripen quicker whether its a bird peppers or not

peppercrazy · Jun 20, 2009

wurge said:
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Also read here yesterday birds eye peppers are the easiest to harvest because they fall off but whatever

I said I have a bird pepper type. I dunno what it really is named. And I have absolutely no idea what a Birdseye pepper is.

Also I'll clarify that the little stem that is attached to the pepper remains on the tree. The stemless overripe pepper falls.