Sweet Banana Peppers Ready To Harvest???

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

Hi 1st time growing sweet banana peppers and I was wondering I these we're ready to harvest? I realize some are still green and no where near finished. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[macsnax]

What the name of them? Mine are usually longer when I pick them. Could be the type of hybrid. Or pick one and see how tastes.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

What the name of them? Mine are usually longer when I pick them. Could be the type of hybrid. Or pick one and see how tastes.

I have Ferry-Morse. I have some on my other plant that is long but still green. None of these seem to be getting any longer.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

These are bigger yet same type.

 

[macsnax]

http://www.plantationproducts.com/catalog/cfProduct_Detail.cfm?p=2253

Here bud you had my curiosity piqued. The banana peppers I grow are yellow when ready. It looks like you have options with yours.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

the plant with yellow peppers is in direct sunlight. The others with greener peppers are in minimal sunlight. Also there is a sweet Basil plant next to them in full pollination mode could this be the issue?

 

[macsnax]

I would imagine having them in direct sunlight would help the color transition.

Don't sweat the basil, I grow all kinds of stuff together. The only thing I've had to separate us corn from other corn.

 

[macsnax]

Well...weed too

 

[Owlett]

Peppers can be eaten at pretty much any point you like them at! The longer you leave a banana pepper on the plant the more yellow it will get, and then usually they start to go purple. But really if you like their size go ahead and pick! If it's the color you want then leave them a but longer.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

Peppers can be eaten at pretty much any point you like them at! The longer you leave a banana pepper on the plant the more yellow it will get, and then usually they start to go purple. But really if you like their size go ahead and pick! If it's the color you want then leave them a but longer.

Is there a process to harvesting them? Looking to make some sliced peppers for sandwiches.

 

[macsnax]

Lol have you ever grown Basil?

Yeah I've grown basil, it's been a couple years. I grew a purple basil one year, looked cool but did not compare in flavor to sweet basil.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

Yeah I've grown basil, it's been a couple years. I grew a purple basil one year, looked cool but did not compare in flavor to sweet basil.

I have a sweet basil but the bugs love it. I guess better the basil rather than my peppers or pickles.

 

[macsnax]

Yeah I watch for bugs outside, but not like I do inside. What all are you growing?

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

Yeah I watch for bugs outside, but not like I do inside. What all are you growing?

Sweet Basil, Guatemalen Red Peppers, Sweet Banana Peppers, Sweet Mint and Pickling Cucumbers.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

Sweet Basil, Guatemalen Red Peppers, Sweet Banana Peppers, Sweet Mint and Pickling Cucumbers.

Yeah I'm a nazi when it comes to my indoor garden. I spend a ton of time with them lol

 

[macsnax]

Sweet Basil, Guatemalen Red Peppers, Sweet Banana Peppers, Sweet Mint and Pickling Cucumbers.

Nice, I'm a huge fan of variety.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

Nice, I'm a huge fan of variety.

Yes lol me too. Even when it comes to my grass I can't just toke up the same strain lol Variety is a must

https://www.rollitup.org/t/that-guy-and-his-autos.938290/#post-13479776
That's my indoor garden

 

[Owlett]

Is there a process to harvesting them? Looking to make some sliced peppers for sandwiches.

If you mean how do you pick them, grab the pepper with one hand and hold the branch it's on with the other. Pull the pepper upwards, being careful not to break your branch, the pepper will snap off.

 

[ThatOneGuyOverThere]

If you mean how do you pick them, grab the pepper with one hand and hold the branch it's on with the other. Pull the pepper upwards, being careful not to break your branch, the pepper will snap off.

I was meaning like a dry/curing process. I have shears I'll use to cut peppers off.

 

[Owlett]

I was meaning like a dry/curing process. I have shears I'll use to cut peppers off.

Oh! If you want to dry a pepper leave it on the plant until they are completely mature. In most cases that's after they change to their final color. Yellow peppers generally turn purple, green ones turn red. But not always. Then you can just run a string through the stem, chain them all together and hang them in a dry dark place with good airflow until shriveled and crisp. They store forever like that. Heck, I had a bag of dried chillies my aunt gave me for literally over a year.

Also, not all peppers dry very well!! The ones that dry best will be thin walled, like cayenne, habenero, etc. Peppers like Bell peppers are so juicy that they tend to decompose unless you chop them up and put them in the food dehydrator. Even then, they don't rehydrate very well and are mushy and ew. ) : I would dry sweet peppers then run them through a coffee grinder to make a powder, then store that in the freezer to use for flavoring.