New to bell peppers, can I pick this at first blush/color change?
Does it work like tomatoes where I can pick them as soon as they blush? Thank you for your help! Also, I apologize for the repost, I forgot to set my flair!
As far as I understand it will not continue to ripen off the plant.
troygraves28
If you want to eat red peppers wait
blauenfir
They don’t seem to ripen much off the plant from my experience, alas. Once they reach this stage, though, you don’t have too much longer to go! They change pretty fast once you start to see red, the long slow part is waiting for the change to start. You can also use them green 🙂
Dramatic-Professor32
It won’t continue to ripen off the vine. But, I am guilty of picking too early, so, I can tell you that they are pretty yummy green too!
Any-Present-4733
As others have said, when picked it doesn’t continue ripening.
View it more like this:
The riper = More flavor, More sugar, Higher chance of rotting on the plant, Less texture, More imperfections.
The less ripe = More texture, Less chance of rotting on the plant, Less imperfections.
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That is how mine have been.
nippleflick1
Of course, you can pick at any stage.
WhlteMlrror
You can pick them whenever you like.
They won’t ripen off the vine, but they are edible basically any time.
TheWoman2
I find they will continue to ripen if left on the counter, but they tend to dry out and get wrinkly pretty quick that way.
I pick them at this stage because I like them best this way. They taste better than fully ripe and way better than green.
Cardchucker
They won’t really continue to ripen off the plant. You can pick them and eat at any stage, however. I prefer them fully or mostly green, some like them red when they’re sweeter.
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As far as I understand it will not continue to ripen off the plant.
If you want to eat red peppers wait
They don’t seem to ripen much off the plant from my experience, alas. Once they reach this stage, though, you don’t have too much longer to go! They change pretty fast once you start to see red, the long slow part is waiting for the change to start. You can also use them green 🙂
It won’t continue to ripen off the vine. But, I am guilty of picking too early, so, I can tell you that they are pretty yummy green too!
As others have said, when picked it doesn’t continue ripening.
View it more like this:
The riper = More flavor, More sugar, Higher chance of rotting on the plant, Less texture, More imperfections.
The less ripe = More texture, Less chance of rotting on the plant, Less imperfections.
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That is how mine have been.
Of course, you can pick at any stage.
You can pick them whenever you like.
They won’t ripen off the vine, but they are edible basically any time.
I find they will continue to ripen if left on the counter, but they tend to dry out and get wrinkly pretty quick that way.
I pick them at this stage because I like them best this way. They taste better than fully ripe and way better than green.
They won’t really continue to ripen off the plant. You can pick them and eat at any stage, however. I prefer them fully or mostly green, some like them red when they’re sweeter.