Lets clear up some broscience!

First season newb here.... I'm getting a real brosciencey vibe with this topic...
 
"Does letting a pod ripen on the plant "signal" the plant that mission is complete and lead to a lesser production for the remainder of the season?"
 
Has anyone actually tested this? I mean... initially I was trying test on separate plants but that fell apart...either way...tbh the ones that have ripened quite a bit on the plant have shown little "slow down" in production. I mean...the second crop is a little less but thats pretty uniform...
 
thoughts?
 
Reason I ask is it seems my cayennes and be picked early and finish ripening ...still holding some strong heat. Jalapenos and habaneros seem to do better if i just leave them on...probably because they require so much longer to grow compared to cayennes but still.

No
plants will continue producing just fine. The later harvests are always better than the first.

+1 on juanitos post.
 
My response is limited to a number of chinense grown last year (See below pix.). I tended to leave pods on plants even after ripening so that i would have as many pods as possible to "pull" for processing. With that my answer is having ripe pods on plant not an influence on future pod production as I remember pulling hundreds of flowers in Sept. that I knew would not mature in my Zone.
 
 

 

ahhh very good to know! Thanks