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Old November 1, 2016   #148
Darren Abbey
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Originally Posted by slugworth View Post
somebody said they don't get stripes until almost ripe.
I suspect this might have been over at: https://www.growingfoodsavingseeds.c...enjoya-peppers

It is very possible that the trait is basically an unusual form of variegation, where chlorophyll isn't impacted but the end of the carotenoid pathway is. I'm looking forward to my plants ripening their fruit and to the reports of others.
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