Interesting on the peppers. Never really thought about it before. I've never grown the Serranos and Juliets, every pepper I've grown will bloom and produce until it frosts.
I didn't know until the last few years that some tomatoes are determinate, and some are indeterminate. The indeterminate keep producing until it frosts, but are spread out more. The determinates ripen at once, then pretty much die.
Is it wrong to be a little bit bearish?