This is my first year having a tiny garden with a few pepper plants. My ghost peppers took forever to fruit. They would flower all summer but apparently didn’t pollinate.
I finally got my first peppers about 6-8 weeks ago. However, we are expecting to get our first front in 3-ish weeks.
I’ve read that unripe ghost peppers are extremely bitter and to always let them ripen until red before using. My peppers have just barely started to get some discoloration on them. And I don’t think they will fully ripen before the first frost.
My question is: can ghost peppers continue to ripen after being picked like some other vegetables? (For example: tomatoes) Or what’s the best way to approach this final stretch of ripening while trying to beat the first frost?
by BPowMileHigh