When To Pick Green Cayenne Peppers. Harvesting peppers Peppers are ready to pick from late summer. The color should be a vibrant red and the pods will be anywhere from 2 to 5 inches long.
Harvest the pepper at the point that best suits your purpose. If you have a surplus of peppers do not leave them on the plant. They will continue to ripen but will often fall off the plant if left unpicked.
You can pick your cayenne peppers when they are green though the flavor will be somewhat grassy and the heat not so intense.
Resist the urge to pick them when they are only a couple of inches long. Harvest the pepper at the point that best suits your purpose. If you have a surplus of peppers do not leave them on the plant. When your chillies are ripe it is definitely worth you while picking them as opposed to leaving them on the plant.
