Bulgarian Carrot

thepodpiper

thepodpiper

Is anyone else growing Bulgarian carrot? Are these peppers normally this prolific This thing is growing crazy with peppers. I found one node with 7 pepper/blossoms and most nodes have 5, normal or freak?

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Dale
 
mine look pretty much the same way, save for the few places that the bugs munched. can't believe how many peppers are on them. yours look great!!
 
Bulgarian Carrot is a super variety - it has been my favourite ever since I first grew it, i.e. for the past 3 seasons. What I like about it is that it is early, quite cold tolerant, high yielding, beautiful, great tasting, reliable... The No. 1 choice for Northern gardeners!:think:

This year it is once again amongst the very earliest and best setting plants, I'd guess 15-20 fruits so far, will post photos shortly...
 
thanks, I'm glad you all mentioned about this chile & mentioned its a hardy plant & good for northeners. I'll be marking this down as a plant to try out for next season.
 
Donnie, what type of heat have you been getting from them? I am going to try and get a count on pods again tomorrow just for the heck of it there are at least 40 but I got frustrated because they are so bunched together.

Dale
 
A few years ago I heard a bad review on the bulgarian carrots so I never tried them. Nice to hear some good feedback. I assume they are also high in beta-carotene which would make them extra healthy. Any comments on the taste of these?
 
Donnie said:
Bulgarian Carrot is a super variety - it has been my favourite ever since I first grew it, i.e. for the past 3 seasons. What I like about it is that it is early, quite cold tolerant, high yielding, beautiful, great tasting, reliable... The No. 1 choice for Northern gardeners!:onfire:

This year it is once again amongst the very earliest and best setting plants, I'd guess 15-20 fruits so far, will post photos shortly...
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Thanks!!

This pepper is officilly going in ma list
 
after hearing all that i think that they can get added to my ever growing grow list for next year. just don't tell my wife because she gave up the whole kitchen to my seed starting this year and i told her next year i would do less(shh up to 31 new variates) i just need to find good seed sources some of them are going to be a challenge.
nick
 
some extra information on Bulgarian Carrot...

From my experience they are hotter than a Jalapeño - even after removing most of the placenta tissue and seeds, which I prefer since it is quite thick/dense in this variety.
The taste is good; strong pepper flavour and quite aromatic - tried to dry a few pods which were cut in halves and they smelled absolutely lovely, I let a few in the window sill just to snif them...:onfire:
 
I tried this pepper once, and I didn't like it. It wasn't very productive, and the skin on each pepper was tough.

It could well be a climate issue, because everyone I know who didn't like Bulgarian Carrot peppers were from hot areas, too.
 
I just went out and tried to count the pods again. Impossible,there are just to many and the plant is to compact I will try again in a couple of weeks hopefully the plant will fill out some.

Dale
 
Sounds interesting. I'll have to try some next year.

I don't suppose they are so cold tolerant that they could with stand winter outside can they? Are there any hot pepper plants that can (a New England winter that is)?
 
tried one last night. very nice heat - like a hot jalapeneo. flavour is nice and mostly annum with a bit of fruityness (unlike chinense and baccatum citrus). overall a very nice pepper but i can see how some would not like the thick outer skin... but has a great crunch not unlike a carrot. i am also intreaged by previous post talking about makeing powder from these, with the neat fruit flavour hint it could be a very nice powder.

i have 4 plants outside and they all have 3 full size and ripening peppers and many new podlettes, while stangind only 8 inches tall!!

i like them
 
koolguymike said:
some thought to the climate thing, these are a herloom from russia if i am half right (shipkas) then colder would be better
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Bulgarian Carrot a.k.a. Shipkas is thought to originate from a country in Europe called Bulgaria...:P
This is not a particularly cold country (neither are most parts of Russia during summer), I would actually consider Bulgaria as being quite hot with a climate that matches Northern Italy, France or the likes.

:arrow:Well, there's a quite interesting story to the pepper as well, have a view at my site to read and watch pictures from my 3 years growing this wonderful plant...

http://www.malusrustica.dk/capsicum/Species/cap_annuum/bulgarian_carrot.htm
 
Bulgarian Carrots are tough little buggers. Most of ours have been short and squat, but very prolific. The sauce has its own character, a must-have in the kitchen. I did have to strain out the seeds (lots of 'em) and skins (thick like NMs), but well worth the extra effort.
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RedThumb said:
Sounds interesting. I'll have to try some next year.

I don't suppose they are so cold tolerant that they could with stand winter outside can they? Are there any hot pepper plants that can (a New England winter that is)?
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I think they mean you could take dem out a lil before teh last frost date I think..:P

I just oredered mine 2 days ago..!
 
All chiles are native to the Americas....none to Bulgaria.

Bulgarian carrot is a genetic sport of a chile brought from the Americas.
 
Great sight Donnie. Sure wish my plants looked like that. Earwigs got to the leaves on mine pretty bad. Some look like they just got back from a nasty gun battle, but at least the chiles themselves are doin ok.
 
willard3 said:
All chiles are native to the Americas....none to Bulgaria.

Bulgarian carrot is a genetic sport of a chile brought from the Americas.
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;) Sure, you Americans can have that honour, Willard - but what I meant was that the "genetic sport" I dare to call Shipkas or Bulgarian Carrot has most likely arisen in Bulgaria and been grown in Bulgaria for many years, possibly generations - so it is an heirloom from Bulgaria and it has not been grown anywhere else untill quite recently...
But you may call it "American Carrot" or whatever you would like to call it...:D
 
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