What are the harvesting practices followed in King chilli?

Naga King Chilli takes about 5 months to reach the harvesting stage from the time of transplanting. It is harvested at three different stages – green, yellow and ripened stages. For long distance market and vegetable purpose, harvesting is done at the green stage. For drying, pickling and seed purpose, it is harvested at yellowing to red stage. 50 plants yield about 6 kg fresh fruit per week for three months, which comes to approximately 1.5 kg per plant in three months. The average fresh fruit yield of this chilli is around 80-100 q/ha under rainfed condition while dry weight ranges from 10-12 q/ha.