Why is my banana pepper plant growing a red pepper?

If you have gotten the plant from a local nursery call that nursery. Here in Oklahoma, a lot of people on our Facebook garden club has gotten different peppers from what they wanted. The nursery's said the seeds they gotten were mixed up. It was over 100 people complaining. Here in Oklahoma it's called Peppergate 😂😂😂.

I think you were supposed to pick it by now. When it was yellow.

I think it’ll be either less or more spicy than when it’s yellow. Try it!

Wow! 🤣🤣

I would have but it’s tiny compared to everything else I’ve gotten off that particular plant. I’ll have to get a better picture. I was just thinking all the rain we’ve gotten must of harmed the growing process somehow and made it shorter but quicker? Sounds silly.

oh gosh. That’s funny, but I can see how it happens. Unfortunately this plant has produced banana peppers prior to this guy.

Maybe it’s just how the peppers down low grow. Lack of sun maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️ we had a TON of rain and my tomato plant is producing the smallest tomatoes I’ve ever seen. It’s been a weird growing season up here.

So banana peppers actually will change color if you leave them on! For whatever reason this particular pepper was just stunted to a smaller size and was left to go past yellow to red. You can still eat it and it’ll be just fine. I am also in Kentucky and have banana peppers coming out my ears right now so I don’t think all the extra rain has hurt it any, and if it had it would likely be affecting the whole plant i.e. root rot, mildew, rust, etc.