Growing Capsicum, also Bell pepper, Sweet pepper
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- 20 Jun 10 steve (Australia - temperate climate)
- hi when are purple capsicums ready? and do they turn red thanks steve
- 02 Jul 10 John Bee (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
- Steve, normally purple, and other colored capsicums change from the green color to the expected color (purple in your case) as the seeds inside start to mature. This coincides with the green chlorophyll color breaking down and the purple color pigments dominating. However I notice you are in a temperate climate in Australia (which means winter and hence quite cool) so that final change to purple may take forever and they may even get fruit rots before that happens. (being so cool). So, my suggestion is to harvest them green now and during winter, and as the weather warms up in spring then let them mature to the full purple color. They should not turn red as they are purple capsicums. If they do turn red then maybe you have the normal red capsicum and not the purple one. Cheers, John.
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