GWR Bell Peppers

NarnianGarden · May 19, 2015

For years, I have read on bell peppers / sweet peppers and how there are no 'green' varieties, but the green ones are shipped before their full maturity. I even saw an article telling in detail how it is much more cost effective to sell them at their green stage than let them become yellow / red, as it takes much more energy to allow them to ripen in a commercial setting.

So, what should one think of all the green when ripe varieties advertised at some gardening sites - is it just marketing speech, or are there new hybrid bell peppers that stay green?
Sorry if this appears very elementary.. I am trying to reconcile old wisdom with new info

May 19, 2015	#1
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	GWR Bell Peppers For years, I have read on bell peppers / sweet peppers and how there are no 'green' varieties, but the green ones are shipped before their full maturity. I even saw an article telling in detail how it is much more cost effective to sell them at their green stage than let them become yellow / red, as it takes much more energy to allow them to ripen in a commercial setting. So, what should one think of all the green when ripe varieties advertised at some gardening sites - is it just marketing speech, or are there new hybrid bell peppers that stay green? Sorry if this appears very elementary.. I am trying to reconcile old wisdom with new info Last edited by NarnianGarden; May 19, 2015 at 03:16 PM.