Garden vegetables
Across the U.S., peppers ripen from Hawaii (early February) all the way to Florida (early November). Hatched chalk is the early and late shoulder; the solid stretch is peak.
Offered at many u-pick vegetable farms; snip with pruners rather than pulling so branches do not break.
Time the trip with the u-pick planner — it builds in the two-weeks-either-side honesty.
It depends where you stand. Across the U.S., peppers ripen from Hawaii (early February) all the way to Florida (early November). In most growing states the peak lands around August — your own state's row on the board above is the honest answer.
Hawaii, where the season runs early January to late December. Long seasons usually mean a big state with more than one growing region inside it.
Pick your state on the what's-in-season board (it remembers you), or jump to your state's row above — each one links to the full pepper-and-state page.