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3 Year Search - Finally posting here - Please Help!

Ok... I have been searching for this pepper for years.  I have found it in jars, as spreads, on pizzas, but I cannot find anything on the topic of what kind they are!  I've tried to grow them from dried peppers to no avail.  I've tried contacting TuttoCalabria and other Companies whom make the pickles and all they can tell me is that they are "100% Italian and come from Calabria".  
 
Please help me identify what type of peppers these are and where I can get seeds.
 
Thanks!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Masher said:
Nice little pepper.

I will have to look into those myself...might have to try them in my pickling brine.
 
I have eaten plenty of those green pickled ones, they are great on top of pizza. They dont have much heat at all, but the taste is really good and that is all that matters in the end. This chili seems to be really old too(400-500 years old by now in Europe), so it must be pretty popular chili if it is still cultivated today.
 
I don't think they are the "Dog Nose" or the "Peperoncino Rosso" as these are a medium spiced pepper.  Maybe 20,000-50,000 SHO.  They are definitely not sweet and not CRAZY spicy.   They have a unique flavor that is very addicting. 
 
I ordered some Calabrese Mazetti seeds and sourced some Etna, calabrese a mazzi, and diavolicchio seeds from Italy. 
 
We shall see what happens this season.
 
Any other ideas would be much appreciated!
 
smackasalmon said:
I don't think they are the "Dog Nose" or the "Peperoncino Rosso" as these are a medium spiced pepper.  Maybe 20,000-50,000 SHO.  They are definitely not sweet and not CRAZY spicy.   They have a unique flavor that is very addicting. 
 
I ordered some Calabrese Mazetti seeds and sourced some Etna, calabrese a mazzi, and diavolicchio seeds from Italy. 
 
We shall see what happens this season.
 
Any other ideas would be much appreciated!
 
Yes, start growing them in a coco medium with some perlite mixed in and use some good hydroponic fertilizers to get some great harvest in the end for your troubles.
 
smackasalmon said:
I ordered some! 
 
Now I just need to figure out if I can grow them :)   Any idea if they are similar to a regular habenero in terms of growing??
 
All of those seems to be c.annuum so they should be way easier and are way faster at growing. If you know how to grow c.chinense, you dont have any problems with those chilis either as similar growing method will work.
 
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