Sunday, February 5, 2012

Super Chile


Capsicum annuum

Short bushy plants with plenty of thin to medium skinned peppers. The scoville units ranges from 40,000 -50,000 but can seem much hotter. The peppers can grow up to 2 1/2" long and range in colors from green to orange to bright red before harvest. Plants are very hardy and can last well into the end months of the year as long as it does not get below the frost level. Great ornamental or patio plants and can be exposed to partial or full sun.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Tabasco Peppers


Capsicum frutescens

Extremely great producers of peppers. The peppers are very hot ranging between 30,000 - 50,000 scoville units but seem hotter because of the water/juice they retain dispersing the heat immediately. Believe it or not but my plant produced over 500 peppers in one growing season. The plant limbs grow straight up and have spear like peppers that are easy to harvest. The peppers change from light green to orange and then finally red when ripe. The peppers will separate and fall off the stem when overly ripe.


Big Caribbean Habaneros


Capsicum chinense


 These peppers range from 300,000 - 500,000 scoville units. They are heavy producers of peppers and can take up to 120 days to harvest. They can get up to 2" diameter and are very pungent when ripe. These were the size of small tomatoes and extremely hot with a fruity like flavor. This one plant I had produced over 200 peppers. These plants should be started early for guaranteed harvesting in late summer. I dried about a hundred for later use, which are great for grinding into powders to adding to salsas.