Ornamental Peppers edible?
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Wanted: Ornamental/edible Peppers
Comments (5)Alana, I have purple peppers-don't know name. The plants have purplish leaves and peppers are tiny red to start then changing to purple, very attractive ornamental plant. We just made a trade. I can send these in a plain envelope if you are interested. They should be ready soon. Sandy...See MorePepper Question for Jay (or others)
Comments (8)For a long time I didn't know for sure that ornamental peppers were edible, but then I read that they were, and I have 'sampled' them ever since. It has been a really cold winter here too and it may end up as our snowiest or second snowiest winter ever in Love County...the local paper said it was the snowiest ever but the OCS data doesn't agree. Regardless, it has been very cold. Even our warmest days have been cooler than average. We have three sunny days in a row this week. Now, if only we can get a little something accomplished before the severe T-storm/tornado type weather arrives and starts pounding on us. Y'all sound busy up there. I don't even think we've received our census form in the mail yet, but we did get the letter saying the census form was coming soon. I hoped to be planting this week, and then we got over an inch of rain at our house yesterday....just when we were almost mud-free. I'm going to try to plant tomorrow as it is just squishy, icky mud today and needs to dry out some first. Since it is too muddy to plant, I may go shopping this afternoon. I am climbing the walls from boredom. Don't work too hard! Dawn...See MoreOrnamental peppers edible??
Comments (6)hey Kim there are a few not too many yet, but yes lots of flowers!! some stressed so bad that they lost most of there leaves, but there is a bright side, the plants are starting to bud and branch out, which could mean lots of peppers!! and they will be leafy also, my soil is not the greatest i just moved to the place im at, but i improved it a little before i planted and im throwing cut grass around the plants i also have heirloom tomatos, hot peppers and sweet peppers sweets are vine sweet mini yellow bell corno de toro hots are around 52 species and rising my main favorites are CHINESE 5 COLOR DATIL AJI OMNI COLOR AJI YELLOW RED SAVINA HABANERO JAMAICAN HOT CHOCOLATE HABANERO PIRI PIRI NO PICS OF THIS YEARS HARDEN BUT IF YOU WANNA SEE A FEW PIC FROM LAST SEASON SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I WILL SEND YOU A FEW PUT CUT GRASS AROUND YOUR PLANTS, IT WILL HOLD DOWN THE MOISTURE, COMPOST AND NUTRIENTS AS IT BREAKS DOWN AND KEEPS DOWN THE WEEDS I USE A LITTLE MIRACLE GRO IN THE BEGINNING TO GIVE THEM A JUMP START HOPR THIS WILL HELP THANKS YOUR FRIEND JOE...See Moreornamental pepper plant--hot pepper?
Comments (4)All peppers are edible, if the plant has not been sprayed with pestisides. However some of the ornamental ones do not taste good, since they are grown for looks. What shape are the peppers? I have Bolivian Rainbows, which stays quite compact and peppers start purple and ripen to red through yellow and orange phases. Peppers on it are small and have a bit the conical shape. An other one which has same color peppers is Pretty Purple, but the peppers on it are totally round. Some people dry and grind ripe Bolivian Rainbow peppers to be used as seasoning. I have so many other hot peppers growing that I have not yet done that. Sometimes I have eaten the whole red Bolivian Rainbow peppers from plant at my desk. I have noticed that they are not so hot as the ones grown in garden. Pretty Purple: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/svalli/Chili/PrettyPurpleripe.jpg Bolivian Rainbow: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/svalli/Chili/BolivianRainbow.jpg (This one has been growing inside, so leaves do not have purple)...See Moreweb_of_hair
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