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chinense NuMex Suave Orange, Trick-or-treat, pink hab, Habanada etc.?
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Yep. I grew all 3. Seems like they developed the Suave Red and Suave Orange at the same time. Both of them have a wee bit of heat to them; CPI claims 1000shu and I think that seems accurate. They got some Chinense smell and a faintly hab-ish flavor. Good peppers overall; plants were quite productive. Pods were on the bigger side of "normal" habs; walls were thin. The Orange ones didn't look like regular Orange Habs; they were more yellow-y orange and looked more like a very very ripe Fatalii in terms of coloration.
I would grow them again and I probably will, as I got seeds direct from NMSU/CPI and they put, like, thirty seeds in each packet...so I got plenty leftover.
The Trick or Treats were developed more recently. They're the same concept but, imo, better executed. Heat is very close to zero. Like, Bell pepper levels. I am sure that someone like my stepmom would still consider them hot, but really, they are probably between 0 and 150shu. No zing, which was the intention. However, these things are way way more Habbed-out than the Suaves. The color, shape, and aroma is really very close to the ordinary Yucatan-style orange habs. They have that weird translucence when you slice then that standard Habs have but the Suave Orange didn't. I grew these along with Orange Habaneros last year and, aside from the fact that my Trick or Treat plants produced slightly bigger pods than my Hab plants did, it was tough to tell them apart once they were harvested and placed in the same basket. When you slice a Trick or Treat open, it has that Hab stank that I love when you sniff it, and when you taste it, the flavor is right and you just kinda brace yourself for a Hab-level heat that never comes...
I do feel like I can detect a lil soupçon of annuums character in the flavor, and when you look at the plant, you can see it even more in the smaller leaves. The plants were very very productive; definitely chinense in terms of multiple blooms per node. I had one plant that had so many flowers on me, I thought it might explode. Ultimately, many of the flowers dropped, but it still set more fruit than any one plant oughta. The pods don't come early but, once they set, they ripen pretty quickly.
If I had to grow just one of these three, I'd choose the Trick or Treat. They're just more useful, both for practical joke potential and for cooking. It's a good pod to sub in for real Habs when you need the flavor without the heat. Also, really good in salads. Can't go far wrong, if this is the style you're trying to grow...
That being said, I do want to grow Jobitos next year...
Hth
I would grow them again and I probably will, as I got seeds direct from NMSU/CPI and they put, like, thirty seeds in each packet...so I got plenty leftover.
The Trick or Treats were developed more recently. They're the same concept but, imo, better executed. Heat is very close to zero. Like, Bell pepper levels. I am sure that someone like my stepmom would still consider them hot, but really, they are probably between 0 and 150shu. No zing, which was the intention. However, these things are way way more Habbed-out than the Suaves. The color, shape, and aroma is really very close to the ordinary Yucatan-style orange habs. They have that weird translucence when you slice then that standard Habs have but the Suave Orange didn't. I grew these along with Orange Habaneros last year and, aside from the fact that my Trick or Treat plants produced slightly bigger pods than my Hab plants did, it was tough to tell them apart once they were harvested and placed in the same basket. When you slice a Trick or Treat open, it has that Hab stank that I love when you sniff it, and when you taste it, the flavor is right and you just kinda brace yourself for a Hab-level heat that never comes...
I do feel like I can detect a lil soupçon of annuums character in the flavor, and when you look at the plant, you can see it even more in the smaller leaves. The plants were very very productive; definitely chinense in terms of multiple blooms per node. I had one plant that had so many flowers on me, I thought it might explode. Ultimately, many of the flowers dropped, but it still set more fruit than any one plant oughta. The pods don't come early but, once they set, they ripen pretty quickly.
If I had to grow just one of these three, I'd choose the Trick or Treat. They're just more useful, both for practical joke potential and for cooking. It's a good pod to sub in for real Habs when you need the flavor without the heat. Also, really good in salads. Can't go far wrong, if this is the style you're trying to grow...
That being said, I do want to grow Jobitos next year...
Hth