Recent content by mhalver

I sent these same pictures to the Chili Pepper Institute at New Mexico State, and they are pretty certain that they are Fresnos.  The seed company that I bought the packet that these were in from did previously sell Fresnos (although they are not listed in their online catalog right now), so it...

  I can see that.  There is definitely some real resemblance with the plants, although this plant seems bigger than those.  Aren't they usually shaped more like a cayenne with a pointed tip as well?  The heat level does seem about right there - these might be a little milder, but that seems to...

I'm starting to think that they may be fresnos (the ones on this page look very similar http://www.greensandmachines.com/2014/10/fresno-chili-pepper.html), but they are hotter than those should be, and as pointed out they are small for that variety.  Here is another image of some more of the...

  That is once of the first things that I suspected, but as I said in my original post, they seem hotter than a Serrano.  I don't have any experience with that variety, but my understanding is that they tend to be under 10,000 scoville, and these are definitely hotter than that.  They do...

I have had no real luck identifying this pepper.  Itgrew out of a packet of seeds for miniature orange bells from Sandia seed, and I have contacted them, but they are unsure as well (other than maybe it is a hybrid).   I am planning on entering peppers in my state fair this year, and my ghost...