Aji Amarillo in Austin

[Thyro]

I'm growing a Peruvian Aji Amarillo and its a great big beautiful plant with big beautiful Ajis. The problem is they've been big beautiful ajis verdes for more than a month now and show no signs of turning amarillo. Has anyone else had any experience with these peppers?

[zxcvbob]

They take a long time. I'm not sure exactly which pepper you have; I've grown a capsicum baccatum in Minnesota that has quite large (5 to 7 inches long) fruit that start out yellow-green and eventually turn orangey-red. I don't get many red ones because they take over a month to fully ripen. I'm growing another baccatum this year that someone sent me the seeds -- he called them "Limon de Peru", and I've only seen one yellow pepper so far this year. I guess it took about 4 to 6 weeks to fully ripen. The limon peppers turn bright golden yellow when fully ripe, and they are only about 3 inches long (and I think they taste better than the other variety I usually grow)

I like them better green anyway.

Best regards, Bob

[Thyro]

Thanks Bob!

I guess I just have to be patient.

[Thyro]

Thanks Bob!

I guess I'll just have to be patient...