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Why are my chillies not ripening

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  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    My chillies are not ripening either and I think the night temperatures are just too cold for them this time of the year. 
    Surrey
  • BluebelltimeBluebelltime Posts: 196
    If you look at the stem there seems to be some die back. Why is this happening ?
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hi - actually it is dead as you can see the skin is starting to wrinkle and dry.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news BUT on the upside, pick it and enjoy eating it while you can still taste the flavours.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • BluebelltimeBluebelltime Posts: 196
    Ok.  Does anyone know why this is happening and if I can prevent it ?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited August 2020
    Yesterday I discovered my Apache chillies were not ripening and the foliage was wrinkling and drooping.   Upon closer examination I found that OH had very carefully hoed the plant at the base of the main stem whilst weeding the polytunnel with a tad too much energy.

    I have picked them all, almost red and very green, and will freeze some, make flavoured oil with others and chilli jam with the rest. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They need a lot of warmth, so it might simply be down to how and where you're growing them.
    Certainly couldn't grow them outside here, as with tomatoes. Too cold at night during August, and often in July as well.  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    our chillies aren't ripening as they should in the polytunnel so have been picking them as green and using them in meals/recipes. Still worth harvesting in the green.
  • BluebelltimeBluebelltime Posts: 196
    Thanks everyone 
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