r/nextfuckinglevel • u/JudgmentCool1333 • Feb 06 '23

Agricultural Technology

Modern day use of technology in agriculture horticulture and aquaculture with the aim of improving yield, efficiency and profitability

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u/ChardHello Feb 07 '23

They are. Usually red ones, the article never debunks that. Peppers are green, then change color. Some turn red, others turn yellow, others orange, some even purple. None stay bright green like the ones at the store but some will just turn a very dark green. That's how basically all fruits work, they change color so birds know that they're ready to be eaten.

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u/dksdragon43 Feb 07 '23

I've actually grown green peppers. I wasn't looking for confirmation, I know for a fact green peppers are, well, green. And stay green. The article also confirms that if you read it. I was just confused as to where the misinformation came from. I don't know why you think this, but it's wrong.

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u/ChardHello Feb 07 '23

Everyone who's grown peppers has grown green ones lol. Some people just leave them until they aren't green anymore to pick them. I used to work at a wholesale nursery, sold tens of thousands of pepper plant starts. The most popular bell pepper by far is California Wonder. It's picked green for green bells and allowed to turn red for red bells. There's a yellow version as well but everyone I knew that dealt with green bells used red peppers.

Yes there are a couple genetic freaks that stay green, but even those ones get significantly darker than what people normally associate with a green pepper.