Chilli plant colours

longwalks1

We’ve got 4 chilli plants that have given great numbers for the last 2 or 3 months, we thought we’d planted green chillis, but recently a lot are a yellow/lime green colour, and the odd one or 2 on a green producing plant are bright red

Is there any reason for this? Not an issue, just wondering

unrecordings

Depending on the variety, chillis generally start off green and turn colour as they reach maturity

unrecordings

Coincientally my first chilli just turned red overnight - Thai Cayenne I think

Justagardener

It's all to do with the break down of chlorophyll as the chilli ripens. Green chillies are effectively unripe but will have a predetermined colour at the point of being ripe i.e. red, yellow or orange and sometimes dark brown. There s an awful lot of unscrupulous seed sellers out there, mixing seed varieties so unfortunately you might not get the chilli you were hoping for!

unrecordings

This was an xmas present, a 'grow your own' kit complete with little bag of compo (chucked on the garden), so yes - could be anything really. The 'habanero' are only just beginning to bud