[CH] Questions from a Novice Pepper Boy
Daniel L. Burns (n4ykd@tidalwave.net)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:21:04 -0400
Hi All,
I planted some pepper plants for the first time this year. I'm in Northern
Virginia and have some questions. I planted 8 Cayenne, 7 Jalapeno, 7 Yellow
Wax, 3 Bannana and I hope, (more later), 2 Caribbean Red Hot. The Cayenne,
Yellow Wax and Bannana and already producing peppers. Now the questions,
When should I pick the peppers? With the Cayenne peppers, will they turn
red on the plant? Right now some are 5 - 6 inches long and a dark green
color.
The Yellow Wax and Bannana are a light green almost yellow type color. What
is the size and color these guys get when they are ready to be plucked?
The Jalapeno plants are much smaller then the others, though they were the
same size as the others when I planted them. The Jalapenos haven't flowered
(right term?) yet either. They don't look sick or anything, What gives?
Now for the Caribbean Red Hot. I picked up two plants that had a tag saying
Caribbean Red Hot Pepper at a parking lot nursery . I paid my buck took
them home and put them in pots. Looking at the type of plants they are,
compared to the way the other pepper plants look, they have big leaves and
don't have the same "look" as the others. The CRHs have lettuce looking
leaves that are sorta rough while the other plants have smooth narrower
leaves. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for your time,
Dan