My guess is they were picked green and box ripened. Need the sun and warm days to concentrate sugars.
RespectTheTree
I think so. They were probably older and had seen a bunch of sun. The yellow pigment seems to oxidize faster than red.
ChicagoJay2020
When I see those at the local Mariano’s, they look over farmed and tiny.
mad-lemur
I bought habaneros yesterday that look like this. I wondered the same thing.
Samplestave
I see the skins look dehydrated and stems are dry, so that’s my basis for them being picked on the green side and box ripened. Yes, chili’s can be scalded in the full sun of summer. These Habs are not from earlier this summer, so late season picked green. Alternatively they could come from a large farm and picked green in the assumption that they would ripen in transit or in a warehouse.
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My guess is they were picked green and box ripened. Need the sun and warm days to concentrate sugars.
I think so. They were probably older and had seen a bunch of sun. The yellow pigment seems to oxidize faster than red.
When I see those at the local Mariano’s, they look over farmed and tiny.
I bought habaneros yesterday that look like this. I wondered the same thing.
I see the skins look dehydrated and stems are dry, so that’s my basis for them being picked on the green side and box ripened. Yes, chili’s can be scalded in the full sun of summer. These Habs are not from earlier this summer, so late season picked green. Alternatively they could come from a large farm and picked green in the assumption that they would ripen in transit or in a warehouse.
Hydroponics.
Probably frost