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Peppers

InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
in Fruit & veg
Last year we grew our first pepper.  It took a long time to produce just one pepper.  Earlier this year we heard that there would be a shortage of peppers due to weather conditions in Spain so we planted eigth pepper plants in the greenhouse.  They all look like turning out like this one:


I think that I counted at least ten peppers on this one plant.  Was last year's result just bad luck or do some peppers plants only produce a solitary pepper?
At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  

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  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    Given the right conditions peppers should produce multiple fruits, last year was just bad luck. Glad you're going to get a great harvest this year.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited July 2023
    I usually grow 6 Toro Rosso in my greenhouse, each in a 10L pot and probably get 6-8 good size peppers from each plant between august and October

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Thanks scroggin and Pete.8

    I wasn't sure if there were different varieties and I'd just been lucky with my choice of plants this year.

    It's my third year of growing veg. (following retirement) so i'm still learning.  It's not quite as easy as it looks on the TV or YouTube.
    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Mine are all long ones,  they’re lovley and sweet. But take a long time to ripen. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Lyn said:
    Mine are all long ones,  they’re lovley and sweet. But take a long time to ripen. 

    That's something else I'm wondering.  How do you know when they are ripe?  As far as I can see they are all green to start with but will change colour if unpicked.  

    How long does it take to go from green to red or black and what does this do to the taste - do they just get sweeter?
    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They’re ripe when the are red all over. Yes,  they do get sweeter. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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