"Ben Thomas" wrote in message
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We've been picking them when they're still green then putting them on the
window
sill to ripen. The birds don't have chance, but I wonder if we're picking
them
too early.

I used to wait till they were red and fully ripe but read an article where
one of the gardening experts (I think it was Cundall?????) suggested picking
them when they were pinkish. He was right - they end up being superb.