Sweet pepper on the windowsill.
A year ago I planted a pepper seed in a pot with a roll. It bloomed well, but dropped all the flowers. Now he has developed a pepper, and somehow imperceptibly))) And he began to turn purple. This is fine? I had regular seeds from store-bought peppers in green and red colors. I don’t know what color pepper this seed came from.
Most likely the pot contains old soil and your pepper lacks phosphorus. And he feels it very strongly. Feed it with phosphorus-potassium fertilizer and it will acquire the color it is supposed to have.
Still, vegetables grown on the windowsill often lose their juiciness, and here they also lose their color.
Have you tried pepper yet? How do you like the taste?
This was anthocyanin, a purple pigment that could have arisen due to lack of sunlight. This is not scary, the purple color will not be reflected in any way on the taste))).
But I can’t get sweet peppers on the windowsill at all. And it’s not profitable for a family of 6 people to grow three pods for six months. It’s easier to buy from a reliable store, and it turns out juicier and tastier.
You said it right - both the taste and aroma are lost. That’s why I’m not very keen on gardening on window sills. And the only pepper I grow is hot chili on the windowsill; it certainly doesn’t taste any worse.
Most likely, this purple color is nothing more than a feature of the variety. I think it will turn greenish brown or red over time.It’s just another stage of fruit ripening.
Perhaps the color of the pepper is influenced not only by the characteristics of the variety, but also by the fact that it grows on a windowsill in insufficient natural light. In general, it is not green, but a very light color.
I had hot peppers growing on my windowsill. He, too, first turned from green to purple, and then turned red. Perhaps it’s really due to the lack of sun on the window, or maybe the characteristics of the variety.
There was also a small hot pepper growing on our windowsill. Moreover, he stood on the windowsill of a window facing northwest, i.e. there was very little sunlight there in winter. I didn’t pay attention to how it changed color, but when it ripe it was always bright red.