review Review of Peppers Grown in 2024

NJChilehead said:
Many thanks for the feedback. I'm looking forward to trying the Padron. I am struggling to remember if I got a limited harvest from the Congo Black, maybe I'll have to grow two next year to get ample fruit for different preparations!
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Two? I had like 10 :) But then again, I don't get great sun. But to get what we do out of our garden with our tree cover is what most neighbors call insane. lol
 
NJChilehead said:
Jamaican Hot Chocolate (C. chinense): this one was from seed that I've been saving and growing over many years, but I believe that my original seed was from Tomatogrowers.com. I've grown well over 100 different types of peppers over the years, including a few other different types of chocolate and brown chinenses, and Jamaican Hot Chocolate is a staple in my garden. It's enormously productive, seems relatively disease-resistant, and produces beautiful, tasty hot berries with nice heat (est. >400-500K SHU). The taste of chocolate/brown chinenses is typically earthy-smoky-savory, but these have a hint of something else in them that balances it out and makes it a nice overall flavor. Essential for adding depth of flavor to Caribbean preparations, as well as complementing the citrusy-ness of the yellow chinenses and the savory-fruitiness of the red chinenses in sauces, pickled preparations, etc. I made a Caribbean blend jelly with these and it came out REALLY good.
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One of my faves!
 
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