Are Green, yellow, and red Bell Peppers the same plant at different ripeness levels?

Question

Hi Im growing a garden with bell peppers and one of my plants and have a couple questions about them.

How big should you let bell peppers get before you pick them?

And if I leave my peppers on the plant long enough will they turn yellow then red or are those another type of plants?

And if the above is true how long does it usually take until the pepper turns red?

Thanks.

Answer 1

They turn green and then red.
Green then yellow as well.
Same thing with other peppers.
They do not turn yellow first.
Sometimes they will turn red after you pick them but that is only if they are almost ready anyway.

Answer 2

No. Some greens will eventually turn dark red, and the bright red ones start out green, but "red" "green" and "yellow" peppers are different varieties. There are hundreds of pepper varieties, so for size, you need to know the mature size of the particular plants that you have. Or you can guess and pick them before the rabbits get them.

Answer 3

From Wikipedia:
The color can be green, red, yellow, orange and, more rarely, white, purple and brown depending on when they are harvested. Green peppers are unripe bell peppers, while the others are all ripe, with the color variation due to cultivar selection. Because they are unripe, green peppers are less sweet and slightly more bitter than yellow, orange, or red peppers, which all taste similar. The taste of ripe peppers can also vary with growing conditions and post-harvest storage treatment; the sweetest are fruit allowed to ripen fully on the plant in full sunshine, while fruit harvested green and after-ripened in storage are less sweet.

Answer 4

Red and yellow are different but green peppers are simple an unripe version of a red or yellow pepper

Answer 5

The green peppers will turn red when you wont pick them for a long time while the yellow pepper is different kind.

Answer 6

Red Green and yellow peppers are all a different species of peppers. Red and yellow peppers are both sweeter than the green ones and there are also orange ones.

They have their colors right away when they first start to grow.

Answer 7

You are all right, There are green peppers that are unripe red peppers and there is a variety that is green and stays green

Answer 8

Seems there are as many opinions on the color of peppers as there are people who answer. The question has not been resolved here.

Answer 9

I had thought not. But yes it turns out the green are unripe and the rest are ripe ones. Color is random.

Answer 10

the different colored peppers are different pepper types