Are there peppers that start purple and turn red????

Purple bells eventually ripen to red. When ripe/red they will be at their sweetest. When they are purple they are still immature and are the equivalent to green bells (in taste).

When you pulled the plant you force ripened the peppers that were left on it.

Rodney

http://ohioheirloomseeds.com/products/purple-beauty-pepper-seeds

They do not say that............

Never had any turn red last year.

Wow I found one website that says they do turn red, most website make no mention - and one comment from a post on them. YIKES I was wasting them harvesting them purple!

I am still not 100% sold that is it but it makes sense thanks! Also explains why red ones are only in containers - more stressed = ripen quicker.

DOPE!

Nope. Instead, live and learn.

Enjoy gardening!

Don, I believe most if not all peppers will eventually turn red. By the way, I have the purple peppers, too. They are always a bit weird in my garden. Shape varies, as doe the size. I just took one off the vine that was red, purple, and green. It was like rainbow stripes throughout the pepper.

Concur. Ripe colors for bell peppers include Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, and brown similar to tomatoes. All the purples are red when ripe. There are green to yellow and green to orange varieties. There are several varieties of green when ripe (Staysgreen, Permagreen) The browns (Chocolate) actually turn red but don't give up the green resulting in a brown color. However if one one wants ripe pepper, It is more efficient to choose a variety developed for ripe peppers. Colored peppers like purples and whites were bred to hold thier immature colors and take a long time to ripen.

thanks! Still frustrated I wasted all those others............ but at least I know now! I cannot wait to try a red one that ripens on the vine!