vague guidance

[cellio]

I planted sweet banana peppers for the first time this year (one plant). The wisdom of the Internet (TM) says to harvest them when they're yellow. Some say not until they're turning red, but that seems to be about hot banana peppers, not sweet.

"Harvest when they're yellow" -- that sounds so straightforward. Nobody seems to be more specific. Bright yellow? Yellow with no hint of green? Mostly yellow? So yellow you can see the orange coming in? Is there a second measure I can use to disambiguate, maybe something about how it feels?

The oldest of these (the large one in the center) is more yellow than green but isn't boldly yellow, so I assume I should wait.

(Meanwhile, the cherry tomatoes that have been on their plant for a couple weeks are still green. This feels late, but it's probably not the same variety as last year. Labeling was off last year so I don't really know what I had.)

Comments

[loosecanon]

all but one of those looks appropriately yellow to me. That one will be yellow within hours.
Don't overthink it. Pick them when they look like nice versions of the ones at the market.

[cellio]

Thanks! I haven't actually bought a lot of banana peppers at the market before, but these are a little lighter ("less yellow") than ones that came in my CSA box, but that's very little data. I appreciate the extra look, thanks.

[loosecanon]

I tend to be very casual with vegetables that have variable ripeness settings, and particularly for those which can ripen more after being picked.