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misc Pepperoncino, italian sweet varieties - what's their production like?

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I got several of these two plants. They are between 18" and 30" tall, the shorter ones are quite a bit bushier so they seem to have roughly the same amount of flowers right now. They are all COVERED in flowers. 50+ per plant.

I never picked a flower on these, thus I have 21 peppers growing between 4 plants, some pretty big suckers on the italian sweets too. They look like 6-8" long bull horn's.

Weather here has been pretty good and it's expected to stay between 20-24c with lows to 12c the next 10 days at least. I think we are firmly into summer here now. Should stay decent until sept I hope.

From a rough production perspective, am I looking at having a bunch of peppers here for real or will I likely only see a few of these flowers actually turn into peppers?

This is my first year with these varieties. I'd crap my pants if I got more then 2 dozen peppers off these 4 plants. Should I get a diaper ready?
 
lostmind said:
I got several of these two plants. They are between 18" and 30" tall, the shorter ones are quite a bit bushier so they seem to have roughly the same amount of flowers right now. They are all COVERED in flowers. 50+ per plant.

I never picked a flower on these, thus I have 21 peppers growing between 4 plants, some pretty big suckers on the italian sweets too. They look like 6-8" long bull horn's.

Weather here has been pretty good and it's expected to stay between 20-24c with lows to 12c the next 10 days at least. I think we are firmly into summer here now. Should stay decent until sept I hope.

From a rough production perspective, am I looking at having a bunch of peppers here for real or will I likely only see a few of these flowers actually turn into peppers?

This is my first year with these varieties. I'd crap my pants if I got more then 2 dozen peppers off these 4 plants. Should I get a diaper ready?
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I have one and it's growing faster than all the rest of my plants by far. It's only about 15" and is covered with buds and a few flowers. I give it another month and it should have a ton of fruit on it. Where all my other plants are just starting to produce buds and haven't flowered yet. Although I only started my plants about 2 months ago if that.
 
The Italians I had last year put out a similar number to the Greeks I still have. So YES, you should get a lot of peppers. And if you pick them all they will be back with a vengence within the week.
 
The Corno di Toro (Italian Bull/ramshorn type) peppers are especially great for grilling and sauteing. I'm growing the super shepherd this year and its starting to get productive but it was a bit of a late start
 
I'll have to keep an eye on these guys then. I really am not sure how these taste but I am hoping they are good eats. :)
 
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