When To Pick Banana Peppers | The Ripe Guide
Last updated: 10/31/21
You can pick banana peppers all season long, but if you wait for the right time to pick them, you’ll be rewarded with sweeter, more flavorful peppers. Picking them early in the season before they start flowering is the key to picking a flavorful banana pepper.
We’ve talked before about how you can use this technique to boost the flavor of other vegetables, but this is our favorite time of year to pick banana peppers.
Most gardeners relish in the moment of harvesting their vegetables like tomatoes and banana peppers. It’s equally crucial to know when to pick your banana peppers plant because their flavor depends on it. If you pick them at the wrong time, you lose that unique flavor.