Green Pepper Facts

I had no idea that there were make and female peppers, well I learn something new every day lol

That is so cool! I am going to look more now, I love green peppers, they are probably some of my favorite things to add to meals.

This is complete codswallop! Please see the link below. ALL peppers are 'female' because they are the fruits of the capsicum plant. Cut any of them open and you will find seeds. The male part of the flower (the stamens) only produces pollen which fertilises the female part (the stigma) so that it can produce seeds. Peppers, chillis and other members of the Solanum family have bisexual flowers (each flower has both male and female parts). Cucumbers, courgettes and squashes bear male flowers and female flowers on the same plant but only the female flowers produce fruit. The male flowers simply die and fall off once they've delivered the pollen.

Just read the link shared by Owlwings. I use green peppers in my cooking very often.

I have this information on a Pinterest board, but totally forgot about it!!! I love stuffed peppers and every way imaginable. Now I have dinner ideas for Florida! Thank you!

So cool I didn't even know that now when I get Peppers I'm going to have to look now I will be curious when I go to the grocery store

wow, i never thought vegetables even had genders this is good to know though, since my dad loves them

This is something I knew, I always check the bottom before deciding how to cook them.

I had never heard of male and female peppers but it makes sense. We use them a lot too, I will test this with some in my garden next summer..

We don't have stuffed peppers too often but I do like them.

I had raw green pepper for dinner last night. Can't remember how many bumps but this is amazing information. I hope I can remember this. We grow green peppers every summer, now I am going to be checking the bumps. Thanks for this most interesting.

Who'd a thunk it. I didn't know.

I never knew about this - except that they are another good source of vitaminC.