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    Cherry pepper suggestion?

    My daughter has grown super fond of Mezzetta sweet pickled cherry peppers we find at the grocery store, and I'm trying to replicate these in my garden. Last season I grew something labelled "sweet cherry pepper", and another labelled "pimiento", but neither of them turned out anything like what...
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    Hunting peppers for "sport" in Chicago!

    Can anyone from Chicagoland or otherwise in the know shed light on what a "sport pepper" is?  I love making Chicago dogs, but I can only find sport pepers in jars from the one single Chicago-themed hotdog joint here in Louisville.  Growing some myself seems like a no-brainer, until I realized ...
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    "Reaper" from a local nursery

    Bought two of these pepper plants from a well-respected local nursery, labelled as Carolina reapers.  Turns out they ain't, so it's definitely not just Home Depot getting screwed by suppliers.  I'm thinking these are some Thai variety, or maybe cayenne?  (Sorry for photo quality, I can re-take...
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    choco reaper?

    Bought this at the local farmer's market.  Among other carolina reapers (which I presume to have been the real deal), this gal was labelled "chocolate reaper".  The pods have been hanging out for soooooo long, but haven't yet changed colors.  They don't quite have that freaky stinger, but they...
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    Hiya!

    Hey all, just joined up to learn more about peppers.  Currently growing two bhut jolokias, two "Home Depot" reapers (probably Thai or cayenne?), a very productive habanero plant, and something from the farmer's market that they guy labelled as a chocolate reaper.  Hoping to diversify and find...
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