Can you pick green habaneros / are they as hot?
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Comments (5)Hi xephadoo, You will never go wrong following JohnÂs (fiedlemeisterÂs) advice but I would like to add that Orange Habaneros are quite popular and you may have some of those. This is my first year growing "Gold" (thanks to seed generously provided by John0.. No fruit yet so IÂm not sure if theyÂre golden orange or not. If you have lingering orange Hab peppers, they are probably ripe. p.s. fiedlemeister, the Gold is coming along nicely!...See MoreWhen to pick? Habaneros, Super Chilis, and Jalapenos
Comments (9)I usually wait until my habs are full color, but this year besides the usual orange habs that I grow every year, I also grew Red Savinas for the first time. While I did also let those get fully red for the most part, I was curious to see what one would taste like if eaten at "first blush". Truth be told, I had accidentally knocked a not-quite-ripe pepper off the plant and I didn't want to waste it-- it was actually my first one. I had a grill going where I was cooking chicken. I took the pepper inside and cut it up into quarters. Yeah, habs are kinda small, but Savs are larger than the standard orange jobs. They're also hotter. CONSIDERABLY hotter. Tentatively, I took a small taste of part of one of the quarters. It was a very pleasant surprise! The first flavors that hit were "fresh" and "sweet", sort of like a green bell pepper or perhaps a poblano-- soon giving way to a slight jalapeno-like note before the heat set in. Oh, the heat! It came up like a Roman candle, culminating in a burst of fire (in a good way that any pepperhead can relate to). Wow, it was delightful! I wrapped the other pieces up in a bit of tin foil and set them out on the grill with the chicken, over indirect heat from charcoal and mesquite wood. Peppers cook quickly, and the chicken was just about finished when I put the habs in, so in a few moments I took the chicken and peppers in the house and served up dinner. Now, DH isn't a chilihead to the extent that I am so he took a pass on the "H-word" peppers that night. I, on the other hand, took a larger serving of the grilled "Green Savina". I topped a few bites of chicken with the pepper-- and it was fantastic! The heat didn't disappoint (and of course, it would only get hotter as the season went along) and the other flavor notes were excellent. The mesquite smokiness gave it all a nice outdoorsy flavor. I bet that smoked/roasted "Green Savinas" would be awesome with corn, black bean and tomato. Don't be afraid to try your peppers at different ripening stages. Many peppers are very tasty when eaten green OR ripe, and even somewhere in between. I roasted a few half-ripe jalapenos for use in salsa (got 'em when they looked sort of maroon), and a few more for a steak marinade. The pepper flavors change as the peppers mature, and each stage offers a new and unique balance of flavor notes. Have fun! -Megan...See MoreHELP! My habaneros are growing but they're not hot!
Comments (14)In general, less water = hotter peppers, and more sun = hotter peppers. The converse is also true. Wet and shady will make the pods less hot. However, it doesn't sound off the cuff as though those are your issues. It could be that you're at a point in the S. African growing season when the plants would be less hot. My blazing-hot Jalapenos in August are no hotter than bell peppers in October, no heat at all. late season pods can have very different heat profiles than early/mid season pods. But really, what you have to do is find someone nearby who's growing habs, or at least peppers, and see what kind of results they're getting. Then you will able to quickly determine whether it is your plants, you, or your regional growing situation. The most important thing is not to get too emotionally attached to a plant...I recommend a cat...LOL Believe me I know the feeling. I raised 72 plants from seed in March, constantly watching over them after building a custom growing system with heating pads, timers, and so on, for them. I spent two months nursing them into big, beautiful plants ready for transplant. I had each plant numbered in a diary, with a complete growing history, and hundreds of digital photos. Then I brought in one plant from a store, and it had aphids. The entire setup got completely infested. In a panic I spray insecticide, but the wrong type or something, and it killed the plants. Whoa! Very disappointing. Well, after being really bummed out, I started over with store bought plants. Many of those didn't make it either - worms, aphids, beetles, wilt, rot, rainstorms, cold, heavy winds that blew some over, blah blah blah. Eventually it all worked out and I got many hundreds of pods this season. But along the way, I learned that they're just plants and their job is only to give you something to eat, before you throw them out at the end of the season - they're not people or pets LOL Not to be too philosophical about it, but hope that helps....See MoreIf I Plant A Habanero Next To My Banana Pepper Will I Get A Hot Banan
Comments (0)No. You will not immediately get a hot banana pepper or a mild habanero. You don't get results like that from the first generation of fruit. Here's why: Cross pollination only affects the seeds inside the banana pepper or the habanero that have been "crossed", meaning you wouldn't see the results until you saved those seeds for next year's crop. This is also called "Hybridizing". Hybridizing with different species of peppers can be relatively easy, or extremely difficult - depending on the species. The chart below shows you how different capsicum species can cross with one another. NOTE: c. pubescens will not cross with a different species. It has been reported that C. pubescens are not self-pollinating. However, JohnT and a few others have sucessfully selfed the Rocoto. C. annum C. baccutum C. chinese C. frutescen C. pubescen C. annum Prolific Sporadic Prolific Sporadic Not At All C. baccutum Sporadic Prolific Sporadic Sporadic Not At All C. chinese Prolific Sporadic Prolific Sporadic Not At All C. frutescen Sporadic Sporadic Sporadic Prolific Not At All C. pubescen Not At All Not At All Not At All Not At All Prolific...See More- 18 years ago
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