Shipping hot peppers

[Sm1nts2escape]

So I am going to have a ton of hot peppers this year and might end up selling/giving away a couple boxes of them. I heard that you shouldn't wash the peppers before shipping them. What if you washed the pepper a few days before while it was still on the plant??

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Watering while on the plant is not the same as washing once detached from the plant. Your best results will be achieved by picking and shipping the pods shortly after without additional washing. 

 

[SadisticPeppers]

I haven't heard anything to that effect, and like Joyner said, watering doesn't count as washing, as it's incidental. The only thing I could think of to necessitate washing prior to shipping is if you used some kind of pesticide or somesuch...

 

[sicman]

wash on the plant?? i have a visual of you in dish gloves and a sponge in your pepper patch,lol.
 
 
 
buyer washes grower doesnt.   when you buy celery at the grocery store do you wash it befor you eat it?
dont wash your peppers and dont put them in a plastic bag.

 

[PepperLover]

like Chris and Paul said, washing/watering the plants/pods while on the plant is ok, but not after u pick them or before u ship them. they will go bad 

 

[Sm1nts2escape]

Lmao Sicman

I'm a bit of a clean freak so I was just wondering. I don't use pesticides unless it is absolutely necessary like on my apple trees... I bought Praying Mantis egg sacks just to keep the big bugs at bay.

 

[SadisticPeppers]

OK good. Then like the others have said, there really is no need to wash them at any point prior to shipping, as it's generally the customer's responsibility...

 

[chile_freak]

like Chris and Paul said, washing/watering the plants/pods while on the plant is ok, but not after u pick them or before u ship them. they will go bad

and Judy is certainly somewhat of an authority on shipping peppers!