Is it better to pick garden vegetables as soon as they are ripe, or wait until I will use them?

Question

I have green peppers and tomatoes ready to be harvested. But I know that they won't be used for a couple of days. Should I leave them on the vine until the day I want to use them, or pick them and bring them in the house now?

Answer 1

u should pick them when they're ripe. i know from experience :P lol. the bugs and insects and whatnot will get to them first if you don't pick them right away.  

Answer 2

Pick them when they are reay. Otherwise the critters will get them or they will rot.

If nothing else give them to a neighbor.

Answer 3

You need to pick them when they're ripe.  They'll last the few days.  If you leave them on the vine they will get squissy and begin to rot.

Answer 4

better get them before bugs or critters get them