James, Thanks for the compliment on the Newsletter. Your Chiles are doing GREAT..keep it up. Fiery Regards, Pepper Joe
> Dear Joe..I am having great luck with the peppers I bought from you earlier > this year. I would say the germination was well above 95 percent. They are > the toughest plants I've dealt with. "Old fumble-fingers" broke a coupe of > them during transplanting but stuck them a little further into the ground > and they are doing fine now. I have encountered a slight problem. Nothing to > do with the quality of the seeds you sent me but with my knowledge of when > the peppers will be ripe. I have Jalapenos, Charlestons, Yolo Wonder, Giant > Serrano, Florescent Purple, Hungarian Hot Wax and Golden Habanero. I already > have one Jalapeno plant loaded with little peppers and a couple that are > about 2 inches long but still green. The Hungarian Hot Wax has one pepper > about 6 inches long and another about 3 inches long, both are sort of light > green. Those are the only ones that have fruit right now but I need advice > as to when each variety is ripe. Thanks! I am looking forward to a great > harvest. > > > Sincerely, > > Tom
Tom, The Hungarian wax will turn yellow when ripe..the Jalapeno gets red and develops 'Cracks' on its shoulders when ripe. The others all start green and will turn red or Gold/yellow when ripe. When you cut them open the seeds should be fully mature. Keep in mind Chiles are good too when green so you can't really go wrong when you harvest them. Enjoy! Pepper Joe p.s. Great job on the germination!
> Joe, > > We've been getting pelted with heavy rains here in Houston for the past few > days. My peppers are taking it full force. I have taken extra soil and > re-enforced the base of the plant, but heavy rains again last night have
