I have three Cayenne plants full with fruit right now. Last time I counted there was about 40 peppers between all three plants. I was just wondering something though. There are many full size peppers and we have been waiting for a long time for them to start turning red but none of them have yet. So how long does it typically take for Cayenne's to start ripening and what factors inflict on when they ripen?
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Ripening
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Usually 90-110 days depending on the variety? It's roughly the time it took my Ring of Fires to ripen (closer to the 90 mark, since the first fruits were in late April, and I picked them about three weeks ago). Sunshine and heat I've read also play a factor in this, but I'm too much of a noob to give a better answer...
I think latitude plays in.
I have had only 2 ripe peppers so far on about 40 plants.
I have had only 2 ripe peppers so far on about 40 plants.
Even cayenne will take a while, and Habs? Fuggedabowdit! They take forever. My cayennes took about a month from the first pods beginning to set, to the first fully ripe ones. Once they start to ripen, they'll really kick in though, and ripen one after the next. Get ready with the needle and thread to make some ristras!
POTAWIE said:
Interestingly it is about the same as Louisville, ky. I need to change that back.
"Chilehunter'e sister's bed" was the last latitude I had in there.
I think ferts play a role in ripening too.
I think I laid the nitro on too heavy and while fruit is a plenty, they are not ripening.
I have a gorgeous Chocolate C Chinense almost brown, and an orange heb 1/2 orange.
Well I have been using Foxfarms Beasty Blooms and I applied compost tea once in between using the Beasty Blooms. We water enough to keep the plants hydrated also. Maybe part of it is patients, but I will lay off the ferts and just see what happens. Since we are on the subject though, my friend had a cayenne plant last year that once you picked a full grown green pepper off the plant, it would turn red on its own after a couple hours. Has anyone heard of this or know why that would happen?
if the weather is dry they'l ripen faster that if it cool and moist.
Well on that note perhaps I will hold back just a little on the watering and see if that helps it at all. It has been kind of a cool summer for us but hopefully this week of mid 70's - low 80's weather will help along. Would be nice to hit some more 90 degree days. i think we only had 2 this summer.
Cool and wet....yep that sums it up.
I have 2 cayennes on the sill that the last storm knocked loose.
Still green and starting to shrivel.(I hate to waste them, but I had 3 bhut's and 2 scotch bonnett/7 pots that were also knocked loose, and were further up the priority list.
I have 2 cayennes on the sill that the last storm knocked loose.
Still green and starting to shrivel.(I hate to waste them, but I had 3 bhut's and 2 scotch bonnett/7 pots that were also knocked loose, and were further up the priority list.
crazy8 said:
If you want them to ripen faster, lay off the nutes and let em wilt several times b4 you give em water. In other words, stress the plant. This will probably cause a loss of some new pod sets though.
Cayennes are good, but not the best flavor, ripe or otherwise.
They are the commercial goto because they produce tons.
They are the commercial goto because they produce tons.
Yeah it is christmas in july time!
A ripe one a day will soon be the norm.
A ripe one a day will soon be the norm.
I have a plant and it seems to produce a ton of fruit. I haven't flagged a pod to see how long it takes to fully rippen, but I''ve picked about 10-15 ripe ones a week for the last 3 weeks since they started producing. I give them a 10-30-10 fert every 2 weeks and use foiler feeding just after the sun sets.