On Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:36:44 PM UTC-7, Brooklyn1 wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote:



Have gorgeous orange/yellow Bell peppers ripening. I want to pick them at peak of perfection.

I tug at them lightly every day, but they hold tight.

Is that when one is "supposed" to pick peppers -- when they come away from the plant?

This site:

http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/gro...-pick-peppers/

has a different opinion, but writer does state that she picks earlier because of humid climate.

Mine is dry. Mediterranean. So.Calif coastal.

This site:

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/p...024032752.html

has more comprehensive information, but most is devoted to hot peppers. Just a few paragraphs on sweet peppers.

Would value input from people who either have that kind of climate, or have experience/information about when I should pick.

Awaiting your real life input tensely. I don't want to miss magic moment.

BIG peppers bright yellow. Are they going to turn RED?



Typical bell peppers are first green, then will turn red. Those of

other color varietys like orange yellow, brown, purple, etc, begin as

whatever color variety they are and remain that color, your yellow

peppers do not turn red. There really is no precise time to harvest

bell peppers; when they attain what you *feel* is there optimum size

and color is the correct time... leaving bell peppers too long risks

their rotting... bell peppers are best harvested sooner than later.

I've grown many bell peppers of all types, I've found that only the

green ones that turn red develop intense flavor... I think the other

variously colored peppers while being quite edible never develop

remarkable flavor, I think they are more a novelty grown primarily for

presentation/visual effect, I certainly would not pay extra for them

at the market. Here's a reliable website about bell peppers:

http://www.burpee.com/vegetables/pep...icle10252.html







HB


Thanks, Brooklyn, Songbird and David.

Based on this input, I'm going to pick the big guy tomorrow -- slice stem with sharp knives - tug test NG. And will put the others to the heft test, per input.

These peppers were grown in an unusual way. At Home Depot, I saw a huge deep pot with three plants already loaded w/peppers. I said whatthehell, if I get $10.98 worth of peppers, I'll break even.

I THOUGHT I was buying RED, which is my favorite to just crunch along with whatever I'm eating. But turns out they are orange/yellow. How they do so well in that big deep pot I don't know, but don't ask g

So, thanks y'all. It's a little late, even here, to start from seed, but next year, if I'm spared, I'll plant a whole row.

HB