My chillis

No need to worry about your chillies :gnthb:. Lack of sun will only slightly delay the ripening and you have no worries about them drying up.

Of course, there are hundreds of varieties of chilli and growing conditions vary for each but, in general, they do get hotter the longer they can be left on the plant. Colour is not usually an indicator of how hot they become as some varieties are very hot when green and others are not hot even when they are red. A fairly basic rule of thumb is that the smaller the variety, the hotter the chilli.

Nearly all chilli plants are perrenial evergreens given the right conditions so, as they are in the greenhouse, you have until the frosts for them to ripen. I have some chilli plants that are now in their fourth season as I overwinter them indoors. I am able to keep them in a very light area with some warmth (by the french doors in the lounge) and they produce some chillies throughout the winter.