I have a plant ID tag and reads:

King Arthur Sweet Pepper
MAT: 59 days green, 74 days red.

What does MAT stand for?

Maturity :shrug:

Maturity :shrug:

:yay:

Maturity :shrug:

That's what I was thinking but wasn't sure.

My tomato "Big Boy" plant has a MAT 78 days.
That seems like a long time.

I wonder if that is from the start of the bud to a nice red tomato?

Thanks.

:yay:

Thanks.

That's what I was thinking but wasn't sure.

My tomato "Big Boy" plant has a MAT 78 days.
That seems like a long time.

I wonder if that is from the start of the bud to a nice red tomato?

Thanks.

I think it's seed germination to fruit maturity.

I think it's seed germination to fruit maturity.

Hmm.
Another interesting post.
I've tried to google it but no good answers.

This is the closest I could find.

What does "days to maturity" mean on seed packets? - Yahoo! Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080207153257AALkGbN)

I have a plant ID tag and reads:

King Arthur Sweet Pepper
MAT: 59 days green, 74 days red.

What does MAT stand for?

Pretty sure it is Maturity At Transplant.

Peppers can take something like 90 days from seed so, a rooted pot you get at the garden center should be maybe a month or so old.

I think it's seed germination to fruit maturity.

Well, dowhat, I'm so glad you asked. You see... King Arthur is a quality sweet bell pepper that matures from green to red and has an excellent yield potential. It has mid-early maturity and is widely adaptable. The fruit are large and blocky. King Arthur is resistant to Tobamovirus Po and PVY. It's Relative Days to Maturity, or "MAT", is 65-70 days from transplanting.

Well, dowhat, I'm so glad you asked. You see... King Arthur is a quality sweet bell pepper that matures from green to red and has an excellent yield potential. It has mid-early maturity and is widely adaptable. The fruit are large and blocky. King Arthur is resistant to Tobamovirus Po and PVY. It's Relative Days to Maturity, or "MAT", is 65-70 days from transplanting.

Oh, but I have a pepper that has turned from green to red. Does that mean that it is ready to be picked and eaten?
The reason I ask is that the damn thing is small as hell, nothing like the picture.

Oh, but I have a pepper that has turned from green to red. Does that mean that it is ready to be picked and eaten?
The reason I ask is that the damn thing is small as hell, nothing like the picture.

This hybrid produces a quality blocky shaped, 3-4 lobed sweet bell pepper that matures green to red, and has excellent yield potential. Typically it has jumbo 5 inch fruit, but I've found pepper plants in our region are at the mercy of heat and drought conditions. Once your pepper has begun to turn from green to red, it is basically as big as it is gonna get. Pluck it.

If peppers start blooming and set fruit while the plants are too small, they will be stunted and fail to develop the plant size necessary for a good yield. Such premature fruit should be removed.

I'm with GW Guy on the maturity; I believe it's from a seedling til it produces fruit(of whatever nature)

I'm with GW Guy on the maturity; I believe it's from a seedling til it produces fruit(of whatever nature)

I don't think so; he bought a plant, not seeds. :buddies:

If peppers start blooming and set fruit while the plants are too small, they will be stunted and fail to develop the plant size necessary for a good yield. Such premature fruit should be removed.

I have retarded peppers?

I don't think so; he bought a plant, not seeds. :buddies:

Right. I was thinking seed.

If anyone knew the answer, I figured it would be you.

Sounds to me as if you need some horse poop in your soil.

I have retarded peppers?

:poorbaby:

Sounds to me as if you need some horse poop in your soil.

No! Horse poop is too hot. Cow poo is more better!

Right. I was thinking seed.

If anyone could fake knowing the answer, I figured it would be you.

:diva:



:lol:

I have retarded peppers?

:killingme

believe me, maturity date is all relative.....:buddies:

No! Horse poop is too hot. Cow poo is more better!

:yay:...nitrogen doesn't grow fruit..........makes pretty leaves though,....:lol:

:killingme

believe me, maturity date is all relative.....:buddies:

All I want to know is:

Once the pepper turns red, does that mean it's done growing?

No! Horse poop is too hot. Cow poo is more better!
Horse poop is ok, but not green. Gotta let it age for a while and break down first.

:diva:



:lol:

Don't get a swelled head.....


:killingme

All I want to know is:

Once the pepper turns red, does that mean it's done growing?

Yes.

Don't get a swelled head.....


:killingme

You did read what he fixed on his quote right?

Yes.

How are the plants doing that I gave you? (there's plenty more......)

:yay:...nitrogen doesn't grow fruit..........makes pretty leaves though,....:lol:

No pretty leaves, no fruit, right?

Don't get a swelled head.....


:killingme

He don't impress me much. He can't answer any of my crepe myrtle questions and his gerbers... don't get me started on his gerbers.

Horse poop is ok, but not green. Gotta let it age for a while and break down first.



Don't get a swelled head.....


:killingme

Man, you really know your ####, don'tcha?

:lol:

No pretty leaves, no fruit, right?
You can have tons of pretty leaves, but if you no blossoms.... you starve...:poorbaby:

You did read what he fixed on his quote right?

Ah hell.... missed that... it's late, past my bedtime.. :lol:

He don't impress me much. He can't answer any of my crepe myrtle questions and his gerbers... don't get me started on his gerbers.

Yeah, and it sounds like you've got Dowhat's problem figured out as well. It sounds like he bought older plants that were already going to fruit and is not gonna get great results. :shrug:

I don't see why you expect to know all about Myrtle and whether or not he's a creep. :drama:

Dowhat, he's a creep. :drama:
Now I'm upset.
:slam:

Now I'm upset.
:slam:

What?

:lol:

What?

:lol:

Thanks for the info.
I'll keep the red pepper on the plant and see if it grows.

If it doesn't, then I will know that I have a plant that needs help.

Thanks for the info.
I'll keep the red pepper on the plant and see if it grows.

If it doesn't, then I will know that I have a plant that needs help.

Do you have me on iggie.... pluck it! :tantrum: Pluck it! :tantrum:

Thanks for the info.
I'll keep the red pepper on the plant and see if it grows.

If it doesn't, then I will know that I have a plant that needs help.

The fruit should mature like normal. If the plant has not gotten to full size it just won't produce as much fruit as it could.

Do you have me on iggie.... pluck it! :tantrum: Pluck it! :tantrum:

But its so tinny.

But its so tinny.

It's taking energy away from other fruits that could develop better. Pluck it.

Do you have me on iggie.... pluck it! :tantrum: Pluck it! :tantrum:

If he does that, Myrtle, he's gotta go back out to the crop time, the MAT in the original question.

That means two months or more before fruit, end of September or early October.

If he does that, Myrtle, he's gotta go back out to the crop time, the MAT in the original question.

That means two months or more before fruit, end of September or early October.

$hit.

If he does that, Myrtle, he's gotta go back out to the crop time, the MAT in the original question.

That means two months or more before fruit, end of September or early October.
You flower boy... don't you have a watering timer to go set...:shooshoo:

$hit.

Don't let the flowery dude frighten you. Pluck your petered pepper. You plant will be better for it.

Don't let the flowery dude frighten you. Pluck your petered pepper. You plant will be better for it.

If he pinches it back now and takes out the growing tip, which can't be avoided if you cut it back, it's starting over, right? I mean, I am no pepper expert.

:shrug:

If he pinches it back now and takes out the growing tip, which can't be avoided if you cut it back, it's starting over, right? I mean, I am no pepper expert.

:shrug:

I'm hoping it's not the only flower stalk on the plant. There's usually many more on other branches.

If he pinches it back now and takes out the growing tip, which can't be avoided if you cut it back, it's starting over, right? I mean, I am no pepper expert.

:shrug:
We aren't talkingn about pinching it back, but removing the fruit that has already reached maturity. The plant will produce more blooms if the fruit is removed in a timely fashion.

I'm hoping it's not the only flower stalk on the plant. There's usually many more on other branches.

Right but, he bought this cheap. It's probably been transplanted some 60 or more days ago, just sitting there for two months, and it's simply going to fruit, right?

So, he either let's it come as is and get a limited harvest or pinch it back and wait for October. Right?

We aren't talkingn about pinching it back, but removing the fruit that has already reached maturity. The plant will produce more blooms if the fruit is removed in a timely fashion.

I thought peppers were like corn; limited fruit per stem?

I bow to your pepper proficiency 'cause I don't know. :buddies:

Sometimes, you just get a dud plant......

Thanks for the info.
I'll keep the red pepper on the plant and see if it grows.

If it doesn't, then I will know that I have a plant that needs help.

Pick the pepper. I tried the same thing with the same version of pepper, it did not grow any more any by the time that I went to just pick it something had stared eating holes in the back side of the pepper. PICK IT NOW!

PICK IT NOW!

I CAN"T, I"M AT WORK.

I CAN"T, I"M AT WORK.
You suck at gardening. :boo:

You suck at gardening. :boo:

:lmao: