How tall do red peppers grow? Located in southern Maine very near coast with 5/6 hours of sun.
Red peppers can grow up to 2-3 feet tall.
For more information on growing red peppers, please visit the following link:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/how-to-grow-red-peppers.htm
I bought some very small (and sweet) red, yellow and orange sweet peppers. I loved them so much I thought I should try and grow them from the seeds I collected after eating them. I planted them and was very happy to see them all growing and then flowering. It turns out the plants are not sweet peppers but green beans, sort of thing. Not a sweet pepper in sight. Just green beans! Any ideas as to how this is possible?
Most grocery store produce is hybrids. If the pepper you ate came from a hybrid cultivar then the plants you grow from that seed will not be the same as the plant that produced the bell pepper you ate and will not be of the same quality. Viable pepper seeds come from open-pollinated varieties (non-hybrids) and grow true to the parent plant. Even if store-bought peppers are open-pollinated varieties, the fruit was likely harvested before it was fully ripe so the seeds won't be mature enough to save and plant.
Why would the leaves and leaf stem turn up, not wilting, but completely turn over on my red pepper plants? Thanks.
As with tomato plants, peppers can also suffer from a virus known as leaf curl. This may be what your pepper plant is experiencing, though it could also be attributed to a lack of water or restricted root growth. The following article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/tomato-leaves-curling.htm
My red peppers are still green but now they are starting to get bad spots and I have to pick them to save what is left. What can I do?
It sounds like they may be getting sunscald. This happens when there is too much intense sun falling on the fruit. You can set up some shade with an opaque cloth over the plant to help prevent this.
Why do my peppers have white worms inside of them when they start to turn red? What is the cause for this?
Here is an article that you may find helpful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/worms-on-peppers.htm
The leaves on my red bell peppers are curling. There are blooms but no peppers.
As with tomato plants, peppers can also suffer from a virus known as leaf curl. This may be what your pepper plant is experiencing, though it could also be attributed to a lack of water or restricted root growth. The following article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/tomato-leaves-curling.htm
As for the blooming/fruiting issue, your fertilizer may be too high in nitrogen. If so, you will get plants with plenty of foliage growth but little to no blooms, which means no fruit (peppers). You can offset this by adding some phosphorus rich fertilizer or bone meal to the soil around your pepper plants. This article should help as well: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-fertilizer.htm
Due to the weather, we had to pick all of our peppers before they were ripe. All of our red and yellow bell peppers are green. Should we sit them in the sun of the window sill, or should we place them in a paper bag or other dark place? Will they turn from green to yellow, orange or red or will they remain green?
Based on my research you can get them to ripen red by storing them in a box in a dark room with temperatures between 65-70 degrees for a few weeks.
For more information on growing red peppers, please visit the following link:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/how-to-grow-red-peppers.htm