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Harvesting and Overwintering Yellow Chili Peppers

Pick yellow chilies at 5 cm (or smaller for milder heat). They ripen to bright orange—hotter the longer they stay. Peppers are annuals: pull after frost, compost, replant next spring.

Lifecycle

Harvest green/yellow/orange per heat preference.
No perennial growth—frost kills.
Start fresh seeds/seedlings each year.

Enjoy the color progression.

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