My rule of thumb has always been, if you want to eat a green chile, you pick it either: a) when it's the size you want, or b) when you decide you need a green chile in your cooking. I _do_ hope that clears it up! ;-) Tara -- ______________________________________________________ Tara Deen School of Earth Sciences Division of Geology and Geophysics Building FO5 University of Sydney NSW 2006 Phone: 61-2-9351 4271 Fax: 61-2-9351 0184 email: tara@es.usyd.edu.au ______________________________________________________