I wonder if pepper ripening is like tomato ripening: It may proceed much better / faster if the plant is not under stress? You had some decent rains to go with that “two weeks of 80 something temps”, to set up the peppers in a good comeback, right?
I have loads of tomatoes on some of my stronger plants (of which I’d have had more if I had “Sevin’d” the hornworms sooner). But, they are taking “forever” to ripen in this heat, esp. the plants that get the strongest sun. :-(
Of note: The hornworms actually seem easier to find with my smaller LED head-flashlight (somewhat bluish-white light) than with my strong UV flashlight. I wonder if that is a matter of UV frequency, and at what frequency do the hornworms fluoresce best? The UV flashlight only seems to moderately fluoresce the hornworm’s white stripes and doesn’t make the general green color really “pop”. (It makes the tomato leaves turn an interesting red, though.) The head-flashlight DOES make the hornworms general green color “pop”.
Somewhere I have a less comfortable (it’s big and heavy, for one thing) LED head-light that puts out even more bluish-purplish (supposedly “white”) light. But, it’s quite powerful. Maybe I should try it.
It’s time to head outside to try to beat the heat! Today should be a scorcher.
Not enough rain to soak under tunnel but they watered well. Most recently overhead watering as I’m soaking it prior to laying black poly down