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In quotes - Super Chili?

Bought some of these at the local nursery - Are they Thai Hots under a different name?   Thats what the pic looks like on the tag/stake.....sorry if this has been asked before - Happy Growing to everyone in 2013....
 
 
 
I was thinking of getting a super chili plant at the local nursery. I dont know which family it belongs to? The reason I didnt is because the plants were crawling with pests! :confused:
 
there not bad but there now great, then again i love habaneros, i grew them, there good if you like Thai types or Cayenne types there somewhere in between in heat and flavor, so yeah im with Scoville De Ville on this one, one thing for sure the "super" in the name must refer to how prolific it is, cause they will give you tons of pods, the plat is not tall but very bushy and can spread out to about 2 feet or so in diameter
but the answer to the real part of the question is there are so many species that look kike this that is is possible for one reason or another that i could have ended up with another name
hope this helps
 
thanks your friend Joe
 
+1 for what ajijoe said. "Super Chili" is a distinct variety. I see it a lot at nurseries. I am not a big fan of the taste, a little bitter, but the heat is there and it certainly produces a ton of pods. My guess is it is a happy accident from breeding ornamental peppers. It has the same low, dense growth habit and lots of upright pods like a typical ornamental, but the peppers are actually edible (ornamentals typically make super-bitter pods).
 
If it were me I would have named it "not bad if you can't find anything else chili"
 
super chili is a common variety, being an annumm and very prolific, it will always produce for you and it is a walk-away-chile. very low maintenance.
 
as for flavour, well, it is a hot, red, cayenne style pepper. i have several plants growing, they seeded themselves and i give them no special treatment. like kung pao, pequin, goatsweed, cayenne, they  get zero attention(actually because of goatsweed heat level, they get some special attention). i only allow them to keep going because they are a big yield producer. i'll even put several plants into 1 container, just to save space. of all the cayenne/thai types goatsweed and kung pao are my favourite(sometimes you don't need goatsweed heat level) but, this year, i am not growing kung pao but the yield i get from superchili will suffice. 
 
if you have a hard time growing hot pepper types and have very little time to spend on them, i would grow them.
 
 
 it will always produce for you and it is a walk-away-chile. very low maintenance.
True that. This was one of the first varieties I ever grew and it yielded about 20 pods...indoors...with no artificial lights...in a 1 gallon pot. So, yeah, it is dead easy. I guess I am jaded now because I have grown so many more interesting plants since then, but it is definitely a great pepper for a beginner.
 
6/27 Update - As everyone who replied said -big production - they are producing what looks to a big yield, many many green pods after only a month or so......
 
Wish my Bhuts/7-pots/Scopians/Butch T's were this quick.....they will be ready around October  :)
 
We have a quick season here in southcentral Pennsylvania, about 4 1/2 months from frost end to frost start. The Super Chillies I put out in May have really podded up as well. I have harvested 6 bright red pods thus far to allow more to come. Rather than waiting til the end of season to harvest, I just harvest as they ripen, rinse well, dry well, and add to my pod bag in the freezer. I figured I'd smoke these once I have enough. This is my first season growing this variety, but it certainly won't be my last. I am glad to hear that others are having similar results. Good luck with your grow.
 
This is my first year growing super chili, I have two on my front deck getting about 5hrs sun a day, last count I had over 100 pods, if I could figure out how to post a photo I would.  Only watering them once a week, few bugs I have knocked off, apart from that they seem a good starter pepper for a novice like me.
 
I can not figure out how to upload my photo, all attempts have failed, I posted a photo on Pepper Joes facebook page, if you look there you will see it, 7-8 photos in on the feed not his photo album. If these 2 plants keeps producing flowers the way they are I will hit 200 pods by mid September easy. You are correct smileyguy697 small bushes with pods reaching for the sky.
 
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