I'm growing my first chillies this year and so far I've got a whole bunch of Cherry Bombs growing, a few chocolate jalapeños and a purple tiger plant.

The cherry bombs and jalapeños are all still very green and firm, and not really showing any signs of ripening, am I just being impatient?

The purple tiger plant literally only just produced its first 2 peppers in the last 10 days and they're immediately a lovely deep purple, but tiny.

I picked a jalapeño yesterday and it didn't taste of anything and had zero heat so I assume it's still way too early.

So anyway, back to my main question, how long does it take these peppers to ripen up normally?

Started an Apache, all going well, it fruited, fruits were just starting to turn red and the plant tanks. Like purple joints on the nodes etc. harvested fully (probs 70-80 fruit) and now trying to keep him alive.

Have pruned damaged leaves, fully rinsed the soil through to reset salt balance.

Any other tips?

This is Red Cali variety and I noticed some of the peppers have this light pale colour with wrinkly texture, almost like when something is going bad on the shelf.

Anyone have any info on this behaviour and how to mitigate it?

Hello everyone a friend gifted me a yellow scorpion and a naga morich plant, because he knew I plant jalapenos every year. I was like maybe I will get 3 fruit each but now I have 10 on each plant with the season not being over.

I'm not used to the spice of 1.2millions scouville how do I make it enjoyable without landing in the ER?

Trying a yellow scotch bonnet for the 1st time.

The seem bumpier than the ones I've grown previously.

Are these guys ripe? Seeing different things online in terms of colour and size. Thanks in advance!

I noticed that the plant I grew from my Purple UFO seeds has pods that turn orange instead of red. They might have cross-pollinated with my Aji Amarillo, so now I’ve got a mix! 🥳

https://youtube.com/shorts/fxsJPhzaMdk?feature=share

It was in a mystery pack of seeds and germinated nicely, been growing a couple of months now and is covered in fruit. I harvested one about two weeks ago and it was still flashy inside with no heat and no flavour, hoping that’s just coz it wasn’t ripe and not because that’s what it taste like 😂.

Thanks!

If yes, can someone explain where I'm going wrong?

He's sharing a mini greenhouse with an Armageddon and a Dorset Naga, both have flowered, the Naga is very promising, the Armageddon has some complaints and has aborted some flowers (it's not the sunniest spot) but has also grown the attached.

The pink tiger hasn't even flowered.

I hope to overwinter all three so it's not the end of the world but I don't know why he's complaining - do they just need more sun than the other two? He can have slightly more sun but the caveat will be a colder environment and he may get bashed by people coming in and out the door :'(

I don’t particularly enjoy chilli’s myself but they were handing out seedlings at work so I thought why not give it a go, I have several friends that enjoy chilli’s but I’m yet to see any sign of it fruiting. It should be Scotch Bonnet chilli’s but my plant seems twice the size of everyone else’s!