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Is anyone knowledgeable of Thai pepper varieties and seed vendors in the US? I found a few pages on google describing about a dozen “prik” type Thai peppers, but no one seems to be selling these in the US, and least not with the various “Prik” names. I mostly see Thai Bangkok and Thai Dragon...

I haven’t grown fatali yet. Maybe I need to add that to my list for next year. To me the most disappointing burn sensation, is when I feel nothing in my mouth, but then I feel a strong burn in my esophagus and stomach. I want my tongue and mouth to burn.

I like the immediate burn of a jalapeño.

The quest for the hottest pepper seems pointless to me. Businesses will take the hottest pepper, and then create various products that contain only a tiny trace of the pepper, and market it as something extreme, even when the final products are milder than a jalapeño. Vote with your...

I ended up decided that the flavor from my Datil peppers is typical chinense. The flavor does not strike me as better or highly unique compared to other chinense varieties. The pods are small, full of seeds, and they are lot of work to pick and process. I enjoyed growing, but I will not...

MOA Scotch bonnet, Trinidad pimento, Safi red, lemon spice jalapeño.

I think sugar rush peppers are very nice. We should judge the variety for its inherent qualities, rather than criticizing the methods from which they were created. To me a random unknown cross is a fine method. Someone might test a certain number of intentional crosses and keep the best...

Goats are good for making Jerk marinade.

Parsley has become one of my favorite herbs to grow. It never gives me trouble.

I also started some culantro in the Bato buckets, in the shade at the bases of the tomatoes and peppers.

The Mr Stacky hydroponic vertical garden has been successful. This year I have more herbs with less effort compared to prior years. I have struggled with culantro in the past, but it is doing better this year. Hydroponic seems to be a good method for them. In the winter and spring, my first...

The tomatoes and pepper plants have filled in the available space and are now growing as a tangled mass. It has been interesting to see how different the growth is, crowded and well supported plants, compared to well spaced plants trying to support themselves. I didn’t realize peppers were...

Goat pepper seems to be a favorite variety for most who grow it. They are highly productive, have exceptionally good flavor, and very beautiful pods.

I am surprised an appreciation for unripe chinense hasn’t caught on more with the online pepper community. In the Midwest United States, grocery stores periodically carry overripe sad looking orange habaneros with shriveled brown stems, but they never have green ones. If you want nice fresh...

The visual effect of color has a large effect on perceived taste. If you challenge yourself to blind taste tests, you might find less difference between red, yellow, and orange bells than you thought. You might find just as much difference between red bell peppers from the same plant picked at...

Only harvesting fully ripe peppers is an oddity of hobbyist pepper growers. I think this is partially done as a justification for growing the peppers to start with. Green peppers from the grocery are cheap and good, but it is hard to find ripe jalapeños at the grocery. I also think this...

I enjoy green (unripe) chinense, and consumption of green chinense is very common in the Caribbean.

Nice. I keep getting lettuce seeds as my free seeds from Bakers Creek.

You have some nice bonnet shaped pods. I am growing MOA, TFM, Safi Red, frontera, and Lemon Starrburst. MOA pods are mostly not bonnet shaped so far. Flavor is excellent, classic Jamaican scotch bonnet flavor. TFM pods are habanero shaped. More thin walled compared to other Jamaican...

As the fresh pepper season continues, the lemon spice jalapeño has grown on me and has become my favorite hot pepper of the season. I like to slice them and add them to my sandwiches or other meals. Very nice crunch, flavor, heat level, and burn profile. I prefer the instant burn in my...