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Will Totally Green Unripe Peppers Ripen if Picked?
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Jubnat said:
moruga welder said:
Jubnat said:
moruga welder said:
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I have had a little success with Dorset naga pods ripening from green to orange next to a banana but not to fully ripe.
The gas bananas release is called ethylene, for information.
In your pods has any of the flavour developed? Or are they still bitter?
If so why not make some sauce from them?
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The gas bananas release is called ethylene, for information.
In your pods has any of the flavour developed? Or are they still bitter?
If so why not make some sauce from them?
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The signal that the plant sends out to ripen the pods can be likened to waiting for the plant to "flip it's ripening switch" so to speak Just as soon as the switch is tripped, the pods will begin their ripening process. Just as soon as you see the first signs of a blush of color (and I mean ever so slightly) the pod can be picked and WILL fully ripen.
DaQatz said:
I just so happen to have a green hab that fell off the other night during a storm. Well i had to try it AND.........................Yes it did turn orange after several days on the counter. It got a bit soft but it did go from totally green to totally orange. I used it today in a hatch/jalapeno relish.
My super chiles and serranos can have just the smallest about of red and they turn completely within a couple days.
I just notice three days ago that one of my peppers dropped off when I moved them around, it was already ripening, so maybe once its triggered it will continue to ripen.
The seeds most likely will be black, but the pods will be edible still
the correct answer is maybe
mature pods will tend to ripen, usually
immature pods will rot or go wrinkly and dry out or some other undesirable action
i just pulled all of my plants monday......the 30 or so that had lots of mature pods got cut and hung in my basement.....already seeing some ripening, and i'll continue to get ripening for at least a couple of weeks
i also picked 3-400 green pods......i've got them spread out on window screens (for air circulation) with a handful of apples tossed underneath (screens are 4-5" off the ground)
i find that spreading the peppers out and keeping some airflow reduces rot as best i can
i'll get 30-40% ripening out of those I suspect....I find red to be the hardest to ripen this way, yellow & peach & white seem to ripen the best.....but even a partially ripe mature red has better flavor than the same pepper left green, imho
FYI last night had been about 48 hours on the screens.....I pulled about 20 peppers off the first screen that ripened.....and i moved another 30 or so more from the two "green screens" onto the ripening screen; the pictures were from monday night.....i'll take a few more when i get home tonight
and i already pulled 6-8 peppers off the hanging plants; NONE of them were showing color on monday
mature pods will tend to ripen, usually
immature pods will rot or go wrinkly and dry out or some other undesirable action
i just pulled all of my plants monday......the 30 or so that had lots of mature pods got cut and hung in my basement.....already seeing some ripening, and i'll continue to get ripening for at least a couple of weeks
i also picked 3-400 green pods......i've got them spread out on window screens (for air circulation) with a handful of apples tossed underneath (screens are 4-5" off the ground)
i find that spreading the peppers out and keeping some airflow reduces rot as best i can
i'll get 30-40% ripening out of those I suspect....I find red to be the hardest to ripen this way, yellow & peach & white seem to ripen the best.....but even a partially ripe mature red has better flavor than the same pepper left green, imho
FYI last night had been about 48 hours on the screens.....I pulled about 20 peppers off the first screen that ripened.....and i moved another 30 or so more from the two "green screens" onto the ripening screen; the pictures were from monday night.....i'll take a few more when i get home tonight
and i already pulled 6-8 peppers off the hanging plants; NONE of them were showing color on monday
Well almost all my peppers ripened, some did have seeds with dark edges or smaller dark under developed seeds, most were just fine. I was surprised so many changed, about 90% changed, only had maybe 3 get rot where the stem met the pepper, other than that everything came out fine. I would imagine my peppers were pretty close to ready to begin their color change and thats why they changed so readily.
I have had mixed results. Usually, about 80% of mine will ripen and the rest rot. Just make sure to not pile them on top of each other or handle them too much. They seem to rot if they don't have good air circulation or if they are beat up.