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Wiri Wiri grew into a nice productive plant. It was my least healthy plant at the time of transplant, but has recovered nicely. There seems to be a lack of consensus regarding if this variety is chinense or Frutescens. To me, the flavor and smell are very similar to the typical red chinense...

Yesterday’s harvest. Even after some unexpected setbacks (losing the plants I planted into the soil), I will have plenty of peppers to eat this season. I will keep this in mind, and try to not to grow an excessive number of plants each year.

The aji dulce variety I am growing is very nice. Excellent flavor and aroma. Sweeter than Trinidad pimento. Pods are satisfying to cut into, very few seeds. I will definitely grow this variety again in the future. My mild chinense rankings: 1. Trinidad pimento 2. Aji dulce 3. Trinidad...

Aji fantasy

Before this season, the only baccatum I had grown was lemon drop, and I was one of those who tasted an unpleasant soapy flavor in that variety. I was not planning on growing any baccatums again, until last year when I tasted sugar rush peach from my brother in-law's garden, and I enjoyed it...

Aji Fantasy is my favorite baccatum so far.

Does the Lemon Starrburst rank among the best? It seems to be a trendy pepper at the moment. I am going to try growing it next year.

Hippy seed company seems to consider them synonymous. https://thehippyseedcompany.com/product/safi-scotch-bonnet-orange/ "Safi Scotch Bonnet Orange originates from West Africa. The plant grows well in a pot to around 70 cm in height and the same wide. An amazing producer of one of the best...

How do you define scotch bonnet? How do you define habanero? How could a scotch bonnet variety not taste like a scotch bonnet? The disagreement has to do with the definitions of scotch bonnet and habanero, rather than the characteristics of individual pepper varieties. Few will argue that...

Sugar rush stripey, first batch of pods starting to ripen. Can just barely see the stripes starting to come in.

My understanding is that selecting the best pods is a flawed technique. Entire plants should be selected for their traits, rather than individual pods. A seed from a badly shaped pod, from a plant that produces mostly properly shaped pods, is fine for seeds. A seed from a perfectly shaped...

Potted plants are continuing to do well, although it has been a disappointing week for my garden overall. Landscape company, who I hired to maintain the yard this year, but asked them to stay out of my food garden area, they removed 3 of my in ground pepper plants, removed my in ground basil...

West Indies red habanero continues to be a vigorous plant. Nice taste and aroma.

Black scorpion tongue. The plants that initially grew sideways towards the south, they have filled in nicely with vertical branches coming from the original now horizontal trunk. Maybe my efforts with staking last year were unnecessary.

Black Scorpion tongue has a nice flavor, like a sweet bell pepper, but with heat. Exceeded my expectations for an ornamental variety. Potted plants continue to grow well. Plants in ground continue with relatively slow growth. I am going to try fertilizing more aggressively.

I have the potted peppers on a south facing patio this year. Last year I had them on a deck in full sun. On the patio they get some later afternoon shade. Growth has been different in this location. The plants slowly leaned toward the south, and eventually collapsed a bit and ended up...

Black scorpion tongue has been slowly ripening for the last few days. Interesting colors, the pod was brown at one point, orange now, and I am expecting it to turn red soon.

Do you prefer to make your sauces with a single variety of peppers? Or with a blend of multiple varieties? I have been mostly making single variety sauces as a way to explore and compare the different peppers.