The plucking of ______ is a critical work as only about to ripe pods are chosen because ripe ones burst out.
Cardamom
Cardamom
Only semi ripe cardamom pods are plucked from tree as fully ripe pods busrt open as soon as they are taken to oven for drying. The fruits are pluck individually by hand before they are fully ripe, over a period of few weeks. Cardamom is a herbaceous perennial having underground rhizomes.