A quick question about chillies and peppers...

[Febes]

We have loads of chillies and peppers growing. When will they turn red??? We have been waiting for ages and have used some of them green but I like red ones and are waiting but none have turned yet. Will it ever happen???

[ShellingPeas]

None of my chillies are red either - there just hasn't been enough sunshine.

If you've grown them in pots you could bring them to a sunny windowsill to ripen. Last year I picked ones just turning red and laid them out on a windowsill over a radiator to change colour and then dried them by hanging them up in the hotwater cupboard. That worked well and I'm still using the dried ones now.

[Mumwhensdinneready]

Some will eventually turn red. Last year about 3/4 of my chillis went red and I picked them all together around October. I just put them whole into a frezzer bag and take the odd one or two out when I need them. You can chop them from frozen quite easily.
I just have a handful left of last years so I'm hoping this year's crop will do as well. Only a few are red so far but they all seem to be fully grown. They are in a greenhouse though, I doubt they would do very well outside.

[Febes]

Ours are on a windowsill so I'll just wait a few more weeks and hope they start going red. They are perfectly nice green anyway. Thanks.