Harvesting Peppers - When To Pick Peppers (Jalapenos, Bell, Banana, Ghost & More)

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In this video, we cover when and how to harvest peppers. It can be tough to know when to pick jalapenos or bell peppers. We'll show you what we look for when we are harvesting peppers towards the end of the growing season.

If you have any questions about picking your peppers, let us know! Harvesting should be nothing but exciting for you after a long season of hard work caring for your pepper plants.

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Time stamps:
01:03 Changing color
02:13 Size
02:54 Timing
03:46 Corking
04:16 When to pick jalapenos
05:05 Late season
06:04 How to harvest peppers
07:47 Giveaway info

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[dangertaco]

Calvin proudly provides proper productive pepper picking and pruning procedure.

[deebirdwell]

Never knew about “corking” stage of a jalapeño. Always thought that was a problem/bad thing with jalapeños. Thanks for providing that information.

[dogslobbergardens]

I have yet to meet a pepper that tasted better green. Maybe it's just my palate, but I really think it always pays to let them get fully ripe, whether they're sweet or hot. Even with "boring" "normal" peppers... ripe red jalapenos will really impress you if you've only had them green before. It's not a big increase in heat, but an increase in rich flavor.

[fashnvain]

We’ve had a major heat wave here and our peppers are loving it

[silverstacker]

I just started growing peppers and this was very informative. Our first Jalapeno was short and stout but exibited stretch marks. I pulled it off, washed it and sliced it and had a bite. It was more than I expected. Amazing to be truthful. My mouth burned with the utmost excitement.

[CarsSimplified]

This answered more questions than I actually came to this video for. I was going to check to see if those lines on them (corking, as I now know) after I found out if it was ready to pick. Great video!

[arniesilverberg]

Love the first method shown to harvest a pepper sans snips.

[Lukiel]

Just starting out. Kelowna BC lots of orchards around zone 7a decided to try some Hungarian wax peppers in with herb garden.
Never gardened before so doing lots of research. Will look into mild peppers to incorporate in my cooking. Your channel is just what I need; thanks!

[jbonkerz]

When i first saw my jalapenos going black i was concerned. After looking it up I was surprised to learn that they go from green to black then red. I love growing my various spicy peppers.

[rmmbr-m]

This was so much more direct and specific and helpful compared to the handful of other videos I watched first by accident... Liked and Subscribed 👍🏻✅

[paulmoss]

I sometimes have prolific plants that I have to harvest some of the peppers early to take weight off the plant frame. If I see a defect or anything funky I clip him right off asap. 2021 is a pepper bumper crop in central NC. I have 15 plants showing out. Thanks for your video, I learned something.

[lauren]

Thanks for this! I’m brand new to growing peppers and accidentally ended up with 20 THRIVING plants of about 9 different varieties. They are all completely loaded with peppers and I’ve been so worried I was going to harvest too early/late.

[LemCatOfficial]

Found you through your website, just looking up if my peppers were ready, and learned about why one of my plants had multiple corking peppers along with it! Thanks!

[rickytorres]

This is so interesting I didn't know that peppers are almost always color changing and how jalapenos even still have a ripening. As a commenter mentioned, if you can get them to the ACTUAL ripen state of red you might very much likes it. :)

[brookelee]

Growing Fresno chilis right now, it’s my first time growing food items from the seed. After watching this i think mine i have some ready to harvest! I’m so excited!

[latonyashanelle]

This was helpful; I am growing bell peppers and jalapeños. I have so many growing. Now I want to leave them longer so that they can grow bigger. I picked some off early, which were still good! I am waiting on the next bunch.

[brucepechtel]

I’m growing Carolina Reapers for the second time. Last year I didn’t do so well. Maybe 10-20 peppers. But this year, I planted new plants just a few feet from where I planted them before. This year we’ve harvested most 100 peppers off of our plant. And there are still more coming! My question is, is this a lot of Reapers for one plant? Thank you and love your channel!

[praics]

I have been watching this channel for several months and love it. But there was always this feeling of "I've seen him somewhere else". I just got it...he is Ferris Bueller!
lol😂

[danielfeatherston]

Pepper Geek, fitting name. Love all the info. Thank you VERY much!

[GottabKD]

I learned at least 4 things from this video. Thanks!