Re: [CH] Unripe peppers

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On 10-06-2003 03:33 pm, you wrote:

> I would pick them all, put them in a brown paper bag,
> seal it and let them sit for a few days to ripen. That
> is what I did. I'm in NJ. We had our first frost at
> night about 5 nights ago. The day before I went out
> and picked all the green peppers off the plants and
> put them in paper bags. I now have about 1/2 of them
> ripening.
> 
> My suggestion...
> 
> RisaG

If they're even starting to ripen that should work. You might want to
put a ripe apple in the bag with the pods... the ethylene gas it gives
off should help to speed the ripening process.

Jeff

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