Chili Color Changes [Updated]

Just sharing a photo of the growing process of another chili plant. I just thought that the color changes were cool.

At first, it was light yellow with purple splotches. Many weeks later, it became bright yellow. Over the course of the last 2 weeks, it turned bright orange. Today, it's red! :)

Update (Oct 19): So I harvested this piece today so it doesn't get wasted. I brought the little thing to work to eat with my salad. I tasted it and it was spicy! :) It was unfortunate that I wasn't able to let my family taste it. And it was also unfortunate that I accidentally touched my eye after handling it (it burns!!!).

look at my fat stubby fingers

Chili FAIL!

It was already time to harvest the chilis since it was already red. I was so excited to make chili oil, expecting it to be hot & spicy. Lo and behold, IT'S NOT SPICY at all!

Turns out, I assumed wrong - it's not Habanero. I'd have to edit my previous posts of this chili to correct myself. My mom says it might be pimiento. It leaned towards the sweet side rather than spicy. Bell peppers are even spicier than this one. :(

So anyway, since i had the ingredients ready, i went through with it but added cheese and honey mustard. It wasn't anything special, though.

Here are the photos!

At least I got a lot of nice pictures of it and they're in my instacanvas account.

 

The Chili is Red! :)

Update for October 7, 2012: Chili Fail :(

From the looks of it, the color change lasted for a week.

Look how red it is now! Yay! It's so nice!!!

My sister-in-law and my brother will help me make us of this. The plan is to roast/smoke them, for now.

Have a look at my previous posts on this --> "Habanero Chili Turns Red"

Habanero Chili Turns Red

Update for October 7, 2012: Chili Fail :(

The habanero chili that's been corking (having cracks on the skin) for a while now. It's been said that the chilis that cork tends to be a lot hotter than the other ones from the same plant. It says that it's also a sign that it's ready to be picked, but then it was still bright green back then.

See the cracks? That's a sign of a very hot chili pepper. On the other side of this is the red tinge.

I've been tempted to pick them already, but it's a good thing that I waited because they're now starting to turn red! The flavor is supposed to be better than the green one. Good thing I waited! I'll probably have to wait another week or two until they get really red. :)

I noticed as well that the side that turned red faster was the one facing the sun. :) The weather here has been gloomy lately and I've been lucky to get enough bright sunlight.

I still don't know what to do with them. Some ideas were hot sauce, chop them up and put into vinegar, salsa... I'll be saving up the seeds as well to share with my friends. :)

Compare the bright green one from the one with the red tinge

To see the growing process of these habanero chilis, click here "My Habanero Chili Babies"

My Chili Babies

Just sharing pictures of my habanero chili plants. *proud*

We got the seeds around October 2011. It's been a challenge getting them to grow, with my lack of experience in planting. The growing process has been too long, because it took a year to get to this point when it should have been 4 months.

I didn't even know they were habaneros until I searched for chili pictures to compare with!

Getting these to grow has been fulfilling. There are only a few of them that have survived. Now, there are already 3 fruits (There's only 2 in the pictures).

They're supposed to turn red/orange before I pick them off. I've read that it takes quite a while. I can't wait to try these! :)

See the photos taken in July-Sept 2012:

The chili bloom

After getting pollinated, the petals should fall off (yes, the yellow thing is a pencil)

Then it starts to grow bigger (the white bubbles on the leaf is soap-bubbles)

...until it becomes about THIS big.