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[Nicole]

Is it safe to say that peppers that grow "upright" (dont hang downwards) are ornimental and not edible?

 

[wayright]

All peppers are edible as far as I know and some of my favorite ones grow upright!

 

[Armadillo]

You would lose a lot of variety! Lemon drop start upright, they only hang down when the pods get bigger. Tabascos grow upright. Nepali orange, Tepin and Pequin and many many others too!

 

[blue]

even the ornamentals are edible.

 

[Matt Berry]

The thing with the ornamentals is you have to make sure they were not sprayed with a systemic pesticide. Needless to say there are a lot of peppers that grow upright and are not ornamentals. A few more not mentioned are goats weed, Thai peppers, chili de arbol, the list real goes on and on.

 

[POTAWIE]

The thing with the ornamentals is you have to make sure they were not sprayed with a systemic pesticide.

Are you talking about buying ornamental chile plants or swiping someone's peppers?

 

[Matt Berry]

I'm just saying if you planned on eating any of the ornamental peppers, that it is a good idea to see if it was treated with a systemic pesticide. Anytime a plant is considered a non food item, growers can use stronger pesticides to kill off any unwanted pests. Those pesticides could pose a health problem for someone who ate "edible" ornamental peppers, that were treated with a non edible pesticide. That is all.

There is also an ornamental that is sometimes sold as an ornamental pepper, but it is not, it is called a Jerusalem cherry, it is not edible either.