Pepper plant ID please: it's definitely not a Scorpion, right?

Frenchy · Jan 3, 2018

Uh.. I only started growing peppers in October 2017 - first planted seeds were "yellow trinidad scorpions" from eBay.

Alas, I think I have been given bogus seeds. Can any scorpion lovers out there please confirm the below image are not scorpions?

Tunnel vision can be unfortunate... I don't know why I thought they were going to fatten out lol unless this is a phenomenon I haven't heard about.

Crush my dreams, fire at will ! :rolleyes:

Edit: sorry I got lost and posted in the wrong thread section I think

Edmick · Jan 3, 2018

The good news is, your plant looks nice! bad news is, it looks like a serrano or something similar.

hogleg · Jan 3, 2018

Definitely not a scorpion. Stick around the site a lil while and you'll find access to true seeds of just about any pepper you want.

Welcome to THP from NorCal :hi:

Frenchy · Jan 3, 2018

Thanks legends

Rymerpt · Jan 4, 2018

Great looking plant

I'm thinking Serrano, maybe a thai

Edmick · Jan 4, 2018

I wouldn't be too upset. Whether it be a serrano or thai (two very different peppers as i'm sure you're aware but hard to tell the size in the photo). Both are amazing to use in cooking. Much more versatile and usable than a scorpion. Congrats on a nice healthy plant :thumbsup:

Edmick · Jan 4, 2018

Oh and in the future, don't buy seeds on ebay. In my early years of growing, I learned that lesson the hard way a few times. You might get lucky buying seeds on there but the majority of the time, you're gonna get screwed.

hogleg · Jan 4, 2018

I'm fairly certain its not a serrano. Looks like an asian type to me.

Edmick · Jan 4, 2018

hogleg said:
I'm fairly certain its not a serrano. Looks like an asian type to me.

My first thought was a thai type variety but some of them look seranno-ish. Either way, probably some store bought pods that someone wanted to make a quick buck selling the seeds out of on ebay.

The_NorthEast_ChileMan · Jan 4, 2018

hogleg said:
I'm fairly certain its not a serrano. Looks like an asian type to me.

I agree with you hogleg, doesn't look like Serrano's I've seen or grown, generally more bullet shaped or fatter....BUT!....I ran Serrano through googles image search and it looks 50-50 to me.> Serrano Image GOOGLE Search Dunno, maybe we've led a sheltered life?

EDIT!:

Just noticed the calyx on peppers in OP's pic.. :shocked:

... So I looked at those skinny Serrano pix in that google search....

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I'm sure you can see the difference. OP's not growing Serranos.................

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hogleg · Jan 4, 2018

The_NorthEast_ChileMan said:
I agree with you hogleg, doesn't look like Serrano's I've seen or grown, generally more bullet shaped or fatter....BUT!....I ran Serrano through googles image search and it looks 50-50 to me.> Serrano Image GOOGLE Search Dunno, maybe we've led a sheltered life?

The calyx is what makes me sure it's not serrano

I hate to say it but sometimes the interwebs lies.

Kinda like these "serrano" seeds from India :lol:

https://www.ebay.in/itm/Vegetable-seeds-Chili-Serrano-short-bullet-like-Pepper/322676014935?hash=item4b20fd3f57:g:S5EAAOSwa-dWh9~t

However the pic is most definitely chile de arbol.

The_NorthEast_ChileMan · Jan 4, 2018

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^^^^^^Look up above your edited post at my edited post.^^^^^

`Damn, another edit! I thought that pic read WE NAILED IT!

Edmick · Jan 4, 2018

Looks identical to the chile de arbol. Nice one.

hogleg · Jan 4, 2018

The_NorthEast_ChileMan said:
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^^^^^^Look up above your edited post at my edited post.^^^^^

I had to edit mine when I seen you edited in the calyx bit :rofl:

Frenchy · Jan 4, 2018

Thank you everyone for your help - this is great news.

The Chile de Arbol looks like it will be a cracker to have one hand. Nice level of heat and smokey flavour.

Frenchy · Jan 4, 2018

Thank you everyone for your help - this is great news.

The Chile de Arbol looks like it will be a cracker to have one hand. Nice level of heat and smokey flavour.

Frenchy · Jan 4, 2018

Thank you everyone for your help - this is great news.

The Chile de Arbol looks like it will be a cracker to have one hand. Nice level of heat and smokey flavour.

Frenchy · Jan 14, 2018

Just a follow up post for this one - from what I read about Chile de Arbol the fruit go red and have a heat level of 15,000-30,000 SHU.

No fruit have turned red and I picked the first fruit (stopped growing) after a few weeks and tried it with much anticipation - zero heat. As in, nothing at all (not even a tingle, nada). May as well be capsicum. They do have a smokey smell to them and obviously appear to look like the Chile de Arbol (red) but maybe it's a green cousin with no heat. Very odd indeed.

I found a page showing a green variety but it also describes the heat as 15,000-30,000 SHU. (http://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Green_Arbol_Chile_Pepper_672.php)

The remaining fruit I removed from the plant:

Frenchy · Jan 14, 2018

Edit: and if it was Serrano the SHU would be 10,000-23,000. I can always feel the tingle from a Jalapeño at 5,000 SHU no worries. These mystery peppers definitely have zero heat.