I planted green peppers in containers on my balcony about 2 months ago. How long until I actually get peppers

Question

About 2 months ago I planted some green pepper plants in containers on my balcony. The plants are growing really big and have lots of small white flowers on them but no sign of any green peppers starting to grow yet...How long from the time you plant the plants to the time you actually have green peppers to grow? Do they actually grow where the white flowers are? I've never grown green peppers before and don't know anything about growing them. Any help on this would be much appreciated!!! Thanks

Answer 1

about 60 to 70 days to mature. the flowers will turn into the peppers. just keep watering and have full sun and they will come.

Answer 2

White flowers = soon to be peppers!   Congrats!

Answer 3

All the previous respondents are correct, however allow me to shed a bit more light on the topic.  The flowers have the capability to turn into peppers - unless there is a drought or major wind or other situation that container gardening brings with it that dirt gardening doesn't.  The container situation makes proper watering and fertilizing critical.

The flower is part of the sexual reproduction thing - the pepper is actually a fruit - the ripened ovary of the plant - that's why there's seeds inside.  The days to ripening are usually give to the green, unripe, stage.  The contributor who mentioned the red pepper is right.  Usually a bell pepper goes to the green stage in a couple of months - leave it on the plant another month and it will turn red, yellow, orange whatever - usually red.

I live in Arizona and my peppers flowered in my dirt garden in March and April.  For the past 3 weeks, I have been harvesting the sweetest bells, jalapenos and others. With the color comes the sweetness, now it's a fully ripe pepper.  Your yield will be less if you let them stay to the red stage, since the fruit will be on the plant another month, but it could be what you want - or not.  The plant wants to produce seeds and it's not going to do much about putting another crop of flowers out while it's still ripening its ovaries.

Since I have been harvesting my red peppers, the plants have been flowering like crazy.  There's my fall crop. It's genetically programmed to keep making seeds.

Good Luck

Carl

Answer 4

A few good answers here...but DO NOT FERTILIZE WITH ANYTHING LIKE ALL PURPOSE MIRACLE GROW..peppers do not respond to nitrogen at all and only gives them alot of leaves and no fruit...The only nitrogen you should use on peppers is a good compost and that's it...They could use a couple tablespoons of epsom salt sprinkled at the base and watered in, and a fertilizer that is high in phospherous..but NO nitrogen...I will paste a couple links here then show you my peppers..I garden 12 months out of the year...You can use miracle grow bloom booster on then which drops the nitrogen content and increases the phosphrous and pottasium..epsom salt is a good thing too..Read this link thouroughly concerning nitrogen on peppers..this applies to hot and sweet ones..

http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/garden8....

This link is about epsom salt on peppers..great stuff I use it faithfully..

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/fertili...

If you fertilize this miracle grow bloom booster is what you need..

http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(negq31...

Answer 5

You should have peppers by now.One reason is they are not getting pollinated I use a cue tip and just rub each flower slightly. That way I know some are getting pollinated. Good luck.

Answer 6

they usually mature late summer to autumn, feed them well, the red ones are the best

Answer 7

go to parkseeds.com and look up bell pepper and it should take like 65-70---days...  i planted peppers and mine are just transplanted  they should take about 60 days guessing the time frame......just give them water every couple of days and give fertilizer and just watch them grow but have patience they take a while........