Ripening Habanero

BvBDortmund09 · August 23, 2015

Hey everybody. Just a quick question here - How long does it take Habanero, Fatalii and Scotch Bonnet fruits to ripen? I have an abudance of them but it's taking forever for them to turn their colors. Maybe I'm just being impatient....

RayR · August 23, 2015

They should be starting to ripen for you now. I've got a few ripe Fatali and Habanero on my plants now. Be patient, in September you'll be loaded with them.

heirloomtomaguy · August 23, 2015

The more peppers on the plant the long it takes to ripen. Just be patient. They will ripen soon enough.

rhines81 · August 24, 2015

Habaneros are about 100 days to harvest, Fataliis are about 75 days. Scotch Bonnets could be anywhere from 70 to 100 days depending on the variety.

Hunt-Grow-Cook · August 24, 2015

I agree with the others. The super hots can take a while, but when they do you will be inundated with peppers. Seemingly all at once.

Loveeeeee me some fatalis.

4season · August 28, 2015

I just picked my first 3 ripe habaneros today. The seeds were started February 6, next year they might be started January first. Or maybe overwinter a plnt or two. A picture for Hunt-Grow-Cook. Oops it needs to be resized I will try.

4season · August 28, 2015

OK it is resized.

Father'sDaughter · August 29, 2015

I have one Habanero plant and one Red Scotch Bonnet plant. Both have been loaded with green peppers for some time now, and just this week I have a few on each starting starting to show some color.

Starlight · August 29, 2015

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OK it is resized.

Now that is alot of peppers. Lovely.. Lovely.. Lovely.

Even as hot as it gets down here, Habaneros or anything with a Habanero gene in it is usually always the last to ripen. Wonder if the thickness of the walls has anything to do with it?

BvBDortmund09 · August 30, 2015

Thanks for the replies everyone! It's funny because 2 days ago a few of my Fatalii's started to turn yellow haha. I was so relieved/excited to see that.

@4season - Those look incredible! Awesome work

4season · August 30, 2015

Those fatali peppers are from my friends garden 2 years ago. He puts about 1/2 cup garden tone in and around each oversize hole he digs when they get set out. He has 7 pot, scorpion, habanero, and other hot stuff that I cant eat.

BvBDortmund09 · September 8, 2015

My Habs have started to turn orange! They look amazing - that neon orange contrasting with the green leaves and stems!

Father'sDaughter · September 11, 2015

Glad to hear it! I thought I would get to see that same orange color, but I ended up with Peach Habaneros. Still beautiful, though!

ScottinAtlanta · September 11, 2015

The super hots tend to ripen in batches. Here is the third batch (almost 60 pods) from a single three year old Yellow Scorpion plant. I estimate about 30 days between batches.

ScottinAtlanta · September 11, 2015

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OK it is resized.

I believe those are Yellow Fatali, not habaneros. Sorry if I am being presumptuous.

Sorry I see you corrected it in a later post: Those fatali peppers are from my friends garden 2 years ago. He puts about 1/2 cup garden tone in and around each oversize hole he digs when they get set out. He has 7 pot, scorpion, habanero, and other hot stuff that I cant eat.

August 23, 2015	#1
BvBDortmund09 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 20	Ripening Habanero Hey everybody. Just a quick question here - How long does it take Habanero, Fatalii and Scotch Bonnet fruits to ripen? I have an abudance of them but it's taking forever for them to turn their colors. Maybe I'm just being impatient.... __________________ "It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then....he shoots fire from the skies and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him."

August 23, 2015	#3
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	The more peppers on the plant the long it takes to ripen. Just be patient. They will ripen soon enough. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

August 30, 2015	#10
BvBDortmund09 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 20	Thanks for the replies everyone! It's funny because 2 days ago a few of my Fatalii's started to turn yellow haha. I was so relieved/excited to see that. @4season - Those look incredible! Awesome work __________________ "It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then....he shoots fire from the skies and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him."

September 8, 2015	#12
BvBDortmund09 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 20	My Habs have started to turn orange! They look amazing - that neon orange contrasting with the green leaves and stems! __________________ "It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then....he shoots fire from the skies and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him."

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August 23, 2015	#2
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	They should be starting to ripen for you now. I've got a few ripe Fatali and Habanero on my plants now. Be patient, in September you'll be loaded with them.

August 24, 2015	#4
rhines81 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Zone 5A, Poconos Posts: 959	Habaneros are about 100 days to harvest, Fataliis are about 75 days. Scotch Bonnets could be anywhere from 70 to 100 days depending on the variety.

August 24, 2015	#5
Hunt-Grow-Cook Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 360	I agree with the others. The super hots can take a while, but when they do you will be inundated with peppers. Seemingly all at once. Loveeeeee me some fatalis.

August 28, 2015	#6
4season Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: albuquerque Posts: 308	I just picked my first 3 ripe habaneros today. The seeds were started February 6, next year they might be started January first. Or maybe overwinter a plnt or two. A picture for Hunt-Grow-Cook. Oops it needs to be resized I will try.

August 29, 2015	#8
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	I have one Habanero plant and one Red Scotch Bonnet plant. Both have been loaded with green peppers for some time now, and just this week I have a few on each starting starting to show some color.

September 11, 2015	#13
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Glad to hear it! I thought I would get to see that same orange color, but I ended up with Peach Habaneros. Still beautiful, though!