When To Harvest Golden Cayenne Peppers. It is towards the end of September now and we have had a couple frost watches already so I am going to harvest the rest of the peppers red and green to start dehydrating them for the winter. Overall when harvesting peppers your goal is to remove the pepper.
90-100 days after planting you should be able to harvest your peppers. Cayenne peppers will be ready to harvest in about 70-80 days. These peppers start off dark green but brighten to red when matured.
Simply clip the peppers from the plant gently.
Cayenne peppers can be harvested by hand as they are easy to pick when ripe. Cayenne peppers are skinny tapered to a point and often wrinkled. Prune the plants as needed. I harvest my cayenne peppers in late August or September.
