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

[hlinspjalda]

I like them when they no longer have that fey, translucent, greenish look about them. When the cold greenish-yellow shifts to a warmer, more opaque yellow is when I think they're best.

But as loosecanon suggests, there's play in the concept of "ripe enough."

[cellio]

Pick one, taste, adjust -- this makes sense. :-)