Picture 1 is significantly less green than picture number 2. Curious if it’s ripe, or just a little lighter as it ripens. And is it being light a sign that it is less healthy?
Most everything I see on here is that anything green has not ripened yet. Both sets in the pictures have been fully grown for about a month. I assume they’ll turn a yellow color. We got the scotch bonnets from a farmers market last year while green. We then harvested the seeds and cooked with the pepper, so never actually saw what it’ll ripped to.
We grew it from seed this year and the plant is doing great (bonus picture 3)! Look forward to overwintering it and seeing what happens next year.
by Givingitmybest12
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Definitely not yet. They’ll turn another color when they’re ripe, which is the best way to taste them and to make sure your seeds are viable. Your unripe color says orange or red final color to me, they look more like my Bahamian goats, which turn orange. It’s hard to wait, but worth it!
It’ll take on a color of some pigment. You just have to be patient.
The more red it is the better
Nowhere near. Patience is a virtue. Wait until they change color completely.
I thought the first picture was a picture of green bull balls
Look at the ass on that pepper.
I say nay nay
Peppers can take weeks (longer for the superhots), but your impulse control will be rewarded.
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“Swing Low…Sweet Pepperites!
They’ll change color, patience is so hard to have when you have peppers plants, but trust, you see a slight change, then it changes completely, if you want, just use the small ones instead of the big ones for whatever you want to use it for, peppers can be eaten at any stage