Since the first red bell pepper I picked about 2-3 more. Today I picked four, and there were an additional two that had already gone soft. It's safe to say that the red bells are in full swing. I believe that since two of the four plants were overcrowded by tomato plants early on, that most of the peppers are coming from the other two plants. With that in mind, four plants without any competition should produce a good supply of red peppers in late August and early September; this will be a good number of plants in the future. The plants are also still flowering, so transplanting them as early as possible would be a good idea - I transplanted them on June 2nd this year.

The Mandarins are still green, though they are getting bigger and somewhat more plentiful. The plants continue to grow and I wonder if there would be more peppers if the plants themselves were smaller (they are about 3-4 ft high). They continue to flower as well. I believe these also should be transplanted as early as possible next year. Hopefully, they will produce red peppers before the weather becomes too cold, so that I will have an idea of how many to plant next year.