[Yana]

It's taken forever, but well worth the wait......
After harvesting loads of green bell peppers over quite a few weeks, today I picked the first (hopefully of many more) completely red bell pepper from the greenhouse. There are more on the plants so I hope that I shall be picking more very soon.     
Anyone else had to wait this long for the first red pepper??

[mumofstig]

You wouldn't have had to wait as long if you had let some of the earlier green ones ripen  It's a balancing act between picking lots of green ones, which keeps them coming, to a certain extent, and leaving some to ripen.

I usually start picking reds in mid August, but don't pick many green
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=87600.msg1084251#msg1084251

[Fairy Plotmother]

I'm still waiting. Have had a couple but their bottoms have gone rotten. 

[GrannieAnnie]

None of my bell pepper plants lived, but I do have chillies and corno de toro, of which I am just picking the red ones. 

I even sowed them earlier too! 

[Yana]

You wouldn't have had to wait as long if you had let some of the earlier green ones ripen  It's a balancing act between picking lots of green ones, which keeps them coming, to a certain extent, and leaving some to ripen.

I usually start picking reds in mid August, but don't pick many green
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=87600.msg1084251#msg1084251

I didn't know that 
I shall have to be more patient next year and not pick so many green ones and wait for the rest to go rd.
Thanks Mum.

[brianbishop]

Still waiting and hoping for my corno de toro to turn red.Seed in propagator 5 mar. planted in P/T 8May.
Bish

[Willow_Warren]

I've harvested about 6 or 7 from 3 different plants  .  Some of my plants didn't make it and some I gave away!  The first ones suffered blossom end rot but the latter ones have been ok... I didn't think to pick some green to promote more to grow... oh well

Hannah

[brianbishop]

Will they ripen on a window cill like toms do?
Bish

[mumofstig]

not for me they don't 

[adri123]

recommended varieties please for a new PT owner. 

TIA

Adri