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  • Answered by
    shelley on
    April 21, 2015
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    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.

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    Downtoearthdigs on
    June 18, 2015
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    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

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    Nikki on
    August 6, 2015
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    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.

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    Downtoearthdigs on
    September 9, 2015
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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    September 17, 2015
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    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

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  • Answered by
    shelley on
    October 4, 2015
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    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

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