Aji Cachucha from Puerto Rico

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wes480

On the way to buying the Aji collection described in the "Seeds direct from Lima, Peru" thread, I ran across someone in Puerto Rico selling "Aji Cachuca" on eBay. $4.95 for 100 seeds, why not? Note the different spelling on eBay and in the title of this post. I stopped short of buying culantro from the same seller, though. The seeds arrived by letter ten days after I ordered them.
 
These are "heatless habaneros," fruity like habaneros but with little to no heat. They're very common in Puerto Rican cooking, according to my brother. A search at thechileman.org turns up two entries for what appears to be the same chile: Aji Cachucha (Cuba) and Aji Dulce 3 (Puerto Rico).
 
It may be heresy to talk about such mild peppers here, but it looks like they'll be fun to use in various dishes. I will also be planting Aji Dulce 2 and Zavory to get a comparison. There's an old topic on Aji Cachucha. Is anybody growing these peppers in 2014?
 
Wes in Zone 6A
 
Good job getting those! Low or no-heat C.chinense are great. I have around 5 or 6 different ones growing this year, but nothing from 
Puerto Rico. Not that I can squeeze in anything more anyway  :rolleyes:
 
I'm growing 2 small plants.  Their mother was an aji dulce plant I grew in PR.  I bought it in fall of 2011 and it was still alive this winter when I visited.  A very productive and good tasting plant.  Could detect a very slight heat.  If yours are like it, I highly recommend.
 
- Tick
 
Here is a list of low heat C.chinense varieties (more than 60 items) I could find in the WWW. I personally had grown only 12 such cultivars. 
 
varg said:
Here is a list of low heat C.chinense varieties (more than 60 items)
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Очень приятно! Thanks very much for this list. And thanks for the encouragement from those who replied. I'm looking forward to trying mild chiles from my back yard in a few months.
 
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