The right time
With their fiery spiciness, peppers, processed in a hearty autumn stew, heat up properly. The harvest time from August to October comes at just the right time. However, it is entirely up to you, at what level of ripeness you pick the fruit. Green and yellow peppers are also edible. In this state, the capsaisin content is not yet fully developed, which is why they are much milder in taste than red hot peppers. At room temperature, however, they ripen within a few days.
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Protect peppers from frost
If you cultivate your plant in the fresh air, it is important to harvest it before the first frost or at least to bring it indoors. This is the advantage of keeping the bucket. Often not all fruits can be used if they have to be picked. However, if you place the pot on the windowsill, the harvest can also be done gradually.
After harvest
Growing vegetables yourself has two positive effects. On the one hand, of course, it makes you proud to watch the fruits slowly flourish. In addition, you save yourself the purchase and can use the home-grown vegetables for cooking. The hot peppers are very versatile in this regard. Have you ever tried a delicious chili con carne? Or how about a pasta in chili sauce? The vegetables are also a pleasure filled with cream cheese. Depending on the purpose of processing, there are the following options for storing the peppers:
- Process immediately harvest-fresh
- Spread out on kitchen paper and allow to dry
- Freeze peppers (it is best to chop them into small pieces beforehand so that they can be used immediately after thawing)
Tips
Before freezing, it is a good idea to remove the kernels. But don't throw them away. As with dried fruits, the seeds can be stored in a container in a cool place and used for propagation. However, this only works with the seeds of red fruits. Green pepper seeds often fail to sprout.
