My plants had a slow start this year (drought, heat, late planting) and now they're setting fruit, but I'm afraid they're not going to ripen before frost. Some I have in the ground so I can't move them to the house, some are more mobile. In the ground I have a couple habs, a lemon drop, and a hot cherry. I don't know if I should cull some of the new blossoms so the fruit that has already set will ripen quicker or if that would just lessen my harvest without helping the peppers I already have. My hot banana pepper and hot thai are in the same boat, but are in containers so they can be brought inside. Can anyone tell me if culling blossoms would help, and how long it takes for hot banana and hot thai to ripen? They're my heaviest producers so I'd be pretty upset if they didn't get to harvest from them. Sorry for the rambling.

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