Quick Hot Peppers For Zone 5b/Lake Michigan Area Wisconsin

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Cheesehead

Have any of you grown any of the quicker varieties of hot peppers in Wisconsin? My growing season is medium length and I don't know if I can do the super-hots here, it gets fairly cold with a low average temperature and frost starting early October and its pretty foggy and damp. 
 
I am looking at a few varieties that I think should be quicker, in range of what I think heat would be
 
Blazing Banana, Hungarian Mexican Sunrise/Sunset
Leopard Jalapeno
Aji Rico 
Burning Bush, Helios and Primero Habanero styles
Not sure what would be fast but hotter than a Habanero style? Maybe the Golden Ghost Bhut Jolakia style?
 
Do you also have some good pointers for this region and how to increase the speed of a hot pepper yield? Thanks a lot. 
 
Start indoors around January 1 and you should be able to grow anything.

Plant out a couple weeks after last frost (maybe late April/early May in your area?) with a healthy plant and good root system.

We have Canadian growers who grow superhots fine up in the Great Whitw North.
 
True words regarding the early start.

I am in 7b, but I have found Paper Lanterns and Beni Highlands to be fairly early producers that tolerate cool weather better than a lot of other chinense. Paper Lanterns are on the low end of Hab heat. Beni Highlands are considerably more mild.

Both varieties produced a bunch of pods, but the Lanterns were prolific to an obnoxious degree. Stupidly huge harvests, wave after wave. The Benis were much appreciated by my friends and family, for their tolerable heat and clean yellow chinense flavors. Definitely the fan favorite this year, although I found them to be a bit boring.

I suspect this do week to grow some baccatums, too...
 
Oh, you mean the longer looking red ones, the Hot Paper Lanterns? Those were catching my eye, too. Great to hear that you had success with both of those. 
 
This isn't so much an early type, but did you guys do any Pubescens like Manazo/Rocoto style peppers? They say those can hold up to the fog and chill and overwinter nicely. 
 
Cheesehead said:
Oh, you mean the longer looking red ones, the Hot Paper Lanterns? Those were catching my eye, too. Great to hear that you had success with both of those. 
 
This isn't so much an early type, but did you guys do any Pubescens like Manazo/Rocoto style peppers? They say those can hold up to the fog and chill and overwinter nicely. 
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Yes, the longer ones. They were great plants. Hardy, grew big and bushy, produced shitpiles of pods, earlier than any of my other chinense that year and also kept producing vigorously after the others slowed down. IMO, they lacked that chinense skunk that I lust after, so I found them to taste kinda boring, but I always recommend then to folks who claim they hate how Habs taste but wanna grow Habs anyway. I got plenty of seeds; HMU if u need any.

I've been scared to try growing pubez. I feel certain that I'll fail. It seems like my Jersey weather is the exact opposite of what they'd need to thrive...
 
You want to try the rocoto? We get them here. I'll send you a box to try. Like 6 bucks for the peppers and what it cost to ship. You will love them. Prolly save seeds and start really early. Greatest peppers! Also get some C. Bacatuum. I have started mine for 2019.
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Malarky said:
Im growing in madison and do just fine. Start indoors before March 1st. The super duper hot pods could start earlier. But most everything will do just fine. 5-7ga pots/or rootbags. If you give them too much rootzone theyll take longer.

Good luck
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+1

I start supers and pubes mid to late March in zone 5. There is a point of diminishing returns when starting early up north. I couldn't imagine having 45 or 50 five month old plants inside. I think you are better off starting late and promoting vigorous growth than starting early and keeping plants stunted. Your costs are greatly reduced also.
 
Hey Chewi,
 
Does that offer apply to others, I would love to try rocotos and would happily pay for them and the shipping.  My area of Michigan is kind of a pepper desert :rolleyes:
 
m1hagen said:
Hey Chewi,
 
Does that offer apply to others, I would love to try rocotos and would happily pay for them and the shipping.  My area of Michigan is kind of a pepper desert :rolleyes:
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You bet! Sure does! I can go to the market any day at lunch and check for ones that are just ripe enough to ship and be good when they arrive. It is really no problem.

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Chewi said:
You bet! Sure does! I can go to the market any day at lunch and check for ones that are just ripe enough to ship and be good when they arrive. It is really no problem.

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I can't thank you enough!  Let me know how to pay you and it will be on its way.
 
Cheesehead said:
Have any of you grown any of the quicker varieties of hot peppers in Wisconsin? My growing season is medium length and I don't know if I can do the super-hots here, it gets fairly cold with a low average temperature and frost starting early October and its pretty foggy and damp. 
 
I am looking at a few varieties that I think should be quicker, in range of what I think heat would be
 
Blazing Banana, Hungarian Mexican Sunrise/Sunset
Leopard Jalapeno
Aji Rico 
Burning Bush, Helios and Primero Habanero styles
Not sure what would be fast but hotter than a Habanero style? Maybe the Golden Ghost Bhut Jolakia style?
 
Do you also have some good pointers for this region and how to increase the speed of a hot pepper yield? Thanks a lot. 

I would definitely say "start early", like others have suggested.. Nothing is going to top that outside of great varieties. I started germinating some already for next season.
2018, I did okay with a late start on Carolina Reapers, Butch T's, Ghosts, and  Habanero, but they all looked pretty sad after the first light frost we had. My Piri-Piri ABE still looked good after that and didn't drop leaves until after the first good frost. I brought that one inside but wish I had done it with all of them now. I'm just West of you, in the Fox Valley.
All of my saved Piri-Piri seed are a crap shot currently, but I hope to have some isolated ones soon, clones sooner.
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Bicycle808 said:
Yes, the longer ones. They were great plants. Hardy, grew big and bushy, produced shitpiles of pods, earlier than any of my other chinense that year and also kept producing vigorously after the others slowed down. IMO, they lacked that chinense skunk that I lust after, so I found them to taste kinda boring, but I always recommend then to folks who claim they hate how Habs taste but wanna grow Habs anyway. I got plenty of seeds; HMU if u need any.

I've been scared to try growing pubez. I feel certain that I'll fail. It seems like my Jersey weather is the exact opposite of what they'd need to thrive...

If you see anything on my Trade offerings of interest to you, I'd love to try a few of those Lanterns. That Reaper Hybrid I got from Fatalii's sounds pretty similar. 
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CraftyFox said:
..trade list, blah, et cetera blah....paper Lanterns...yadda
 
 
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I'll gladly send you some Lantern seeds, with our without trades. Just pm me your address, homegirl, and I got your back....

BUT, I wouldn't mind perusing your trade list to see if you for anything I might be interested in. Where might I be able to find this trade list??
 
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