What is Your Favorite Hot Pepper?

ZomVee said:
Do you vermicompost?

I think all plants like worm castings, but peppers seem to love'm more than anything I've ever grown. I grew in pots in inland San Diego for years, but we never really got super hot. Shade cloth is a great idea. I picked up Serrano Tampiqueno at ChilePlants.com years ago randomly. Grew it (in a pot.) and when they were all ripening, I was like Dang, aren't Serranos picked green? Ehh, whatever I'll harvest the seeds later and then a couples days later some were dark red and very plump, so I grabbed one and bit into it, wow! Sweetest pepper, great flavor, then just the right amount of heat that I can handle, then they added a smokey flavor to sandwiches. It's my favorite pepper.

ChilePlants.com - SERRANO TAMPIQUENO - Live Chile/Pepper Plant

www.chileplants.com www.chileplants.com


I think a squatty 10 G pot, tended well, with a good percentage of home made vermicompost, would give you an overabundance of peppers for you. You gotta buy a 6 pack from chile plants to get live plants, put your favorite one in the 10G or multiple and enjoy!
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100%! I used the get the worm poop cheap but no more. It’s so expensive…. You’ve got to make your own…. but so worth it!
 
TorontoJoe said:
Ooooo! Good thread!

Ok. I’m not into super hots. I like the spice but at a certain point, it just becomes ridiculous.

My personal favourite and “staple” hot pepper is one that I got from an older gentleman from Puglia…. Hence my name for it…Vecchio di Puglia :) it’s very fruity and guessing I would put the heat at 5 to 8000 SHU. I typically salt and press the water from these before packing them in olive oil. It’s also one of my most productive Pepper plants.


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I also got one a while back from Marco that’s at the upper limit of my tolerance at around 50k SHU. That’s the Acrata… AKA in Italy as “Viagra Naturale” compact and spicy. Goes from green to jet black before it turns red. I think they’re awesome during their black stage. The plant grows huge and is very tree like. The leaves are not like any other pepper I’ve grown. They have a fuzzy softness to them more like tomato leaves. This one is available out there and if you can get your hands on it, I would definitely recommend it. Sometimes I’ll add one to a jar of the above noted peppers if they aren’t putting out quite as much heat as I’d like.
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@TorontoJoe that's a beautiful hot pepper!
ZomVee said:
Do you vermicompost?

I think all plants like worm castings, but peppers seem to love'm more than anything I've ever grown. I grew in pots in inland San Diego for years, but we never really got super hot. Shade cloth is a great idea. I picked up Serrano Tampiqueno at ChilePlants.com years ago randomly. Grew it (in a pot.) and when they were all ripening, I was like Dang, aren't Serranos picked green? Ehh, whatever I'll harvest the seeds later and then a couples days later some were dark red and very plump, so I grabbed one and bit into it, wow! Sweetest pepper, great flavor, then just the right amount of heat that I can handle, then they added a smokey flavor to sandwiches. It's my favorite pepper.

ChilePlants.com - SERRANO TAMPIQUENO - Live Chile/Pepper Plant

www.chileplants.com www.chileplants.com


I think a squatty 10 G pot, tended well, with a good percentage of home made vermicompost, would give you an overabundance of peppers for you. You gotta buy a 6 pack from chile plants to get live plants, put your favorite one in the 10G or multiple and enjoy!
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Serranos are wonderful! If anyone wants Serrano Tampiqueno and prefers to grow from seed, they have them available at Baker Creek and one or two other reputable seed distributors!
ktrain said:
I bought this from Dan Foster a few years ago, still growing it today.
This is Dans photo from figbid...I don't have a pic of them.

This is a really good pepper, it's about as hot as I like...and fruits like crazy!

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Nice! How would you describe the flavor? I grew Sugar Rush Peach last year and they were good, but man they took FOREVER to ripen!
 
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