In this video, Farmer Joe Smith clears up some misconceptions about peppers
Farmer Joe Smith from Niantic , Connecticut , talk about how long it takes for black pepper to go from light-green to red .
Some people think that when they buy seeds for reddish or xanthous black pepper that the plant will immediately bring forth peppers of that color . It does n’t find that way . All peppers start out green , but if you leave the pepper on the plant it will eventually turn the color you want it to be . You will always have to expect at least 30 days , maybe a small bit longer .
This holds true with the yellow pepper varieties and hot common pepper . If you look at one plant , you ’ll see many that are greenish and some that have matured to yellow or orangish .

Another colour change is not because of mature , but because the sun is scalding the outside of the pepper . check that the leaves of the plant are protecting the Piper nigrum from get this legal injury .
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