Leslie, My experience has shown me to leave the stems on. I'm not a chemist or a plant biologist to understand this, but after taking the stems off, you'll notice your pepper begin to brown. Best I can equate this to is oxydization...within a couple days, they will spoil. Ted > And also if I try to let unripe peppers ripen a bit should I leave > teh > stems on?? > What about softy spots most likely from the frost??? > off list is always acceptable, I subbing info is on the other puter > of > course so I only on digest. > > > --leslie the lurker and Bert the Cat > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com