Chillis going black

Hi I am after some advice, I am growing some chillis outdoors and they were all looking good a nice fresh green colour but now many of them are turning black. Is this just a stage before they go red or is there something going wrong,

Any advice apreciated

Thanks

Pat

 

Check the seed packet. some turn red and I think some turn black unless I have it wrong. It all depends on the type of chillis you are growing.

 

I wouldn't worry about the black bits Patl. Chillies do that before ripening to red.
The purple ones tend to be purple from the beginning.
Or Black Hungarian starts nearly black and ripens to a beautiful dark red.
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My chilies get picked whilst green because I need them like that, if I ever had a glut of them, I might just allow a few to ripen to red.
Plan this year is to see if I can overwinter a couple of the chilli plants.:thmb:

 

Thanks to all for your replies. The Chillies are a red variety so hopefully they are just ripening. I actually heard exactly the same question on a local radio program on Sunday morning and the expert on the radio said the same as Alice

 

That probably was Alice :lollol: