When are jalapeno peppers ready to pick and what color is hottest?

Answer by  dres (6)

Usually the first peppers are ready to harvest from 75 to 90 days from transplanting. Hot peppers are typically green.

Answer by  debichance (160)

You can start picking jalapenos when they become a deep, dark green and are full-sized (approximately 3 inches long). Red is the final stage and when they are hottest.

Answer by  ruffy (1117)

jalapeno pepper can be pick at about 2 3 inckes long and it is the hottest the long you leave them on the redder the pepper the hotter they are

Answer by  champaign9497 (11977)

When a jalapeno pepper turns green it is ready to be picked the hottest hot peppers are habenero and they are red or orange when ready.