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These ready to pick?

Capt Poopiepants

Capt Poopiepants

I'm brewing a Belgian Tripel Spice today (jalapeno, habanero, scotch bonnet) and really want to use my own scotch bonnets instead of buying them, and I think these are ready to pick. My brother keeps saying I need to wait until they turn red, but I don't think they are reds and there's no indication at all of any more color change, so you guys think I should pick these beauties?

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if you are claiming those are scotch bonnets, in my own experience those look like orange habs. and yes they are ready to pick
 
Well shit, I hope they're bonnets. I ordered my plants from Refining Fire Chiles, and he taped each label to the container pretty good, and I haven't mixed the tabs up so if these aren't scotch bonnets he sent me the wrong plant. Kind of a let down because all my plants from him have been healthy as hell with lots of pods, but I'm putting habs in my beer too so I can still use these. If my chocolate hab isn't really a chocolate hab, then i'll be angry.
 
Well I ate one and they're definitely habaneros, but it was by far the hottest habanero I've ever eaten. It took me completely by surprise, because it had a mild taste for about 2 seconds, then it instantly got very, very hot and built for another 5-7 minutes before peaking. It was like a quick building yellow 7 but without the awesome flavor, which sucks. I like yellow 7's because of the flavor, but i do not like these. I grew "scotch bonnets" this year because I still have 3 freezer bags of orange habs from last year, and now I have 2 more orange habanero plants covered in pods. I may end up giving these away since they're so damn hot with no flavor, but we'll see.
 
Wulf said:
Do a google image search for each.
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scrufy said:
+1 on the google images.
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I appreciate the comments, and I'm not trying to be an ass here, but the "use google" responses always piss me off, because it comes off like you're saying "of course I know the answer, but so should you, so go find out". I just googled "habanero pepper" and "scotch bonnet pepper" like you suggested and here are a few of the pictures I got...


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The one jumping rope is supposedly a habanero, and the lady is a scotch bonnet, but there is at least one bonnet and one hab in the first 3 picutures. I purchased a scotch bonnet from a vendor, it came labeled as a scotch bonnet, add I hadn't eaten one yet, so I didn't have a reason to think they weren't what I bought. I appreciate advice/corrections from all the experienced growers because I'm new to this and want to learn more but I just feel like why even respond to someone if you're going to tell them to find the answer elsewhere.
 
Capt Poopiepants said:
I appreciate the comments, and I'm not trying to be an ass here, but the "use google" responses always piss me off, because it comes off like you're saying "of course I know the answer, but so should you, so go find out".
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Actually it was "I don't know the answer, but here's my guess, and here's the basis for it".
 
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