It looks like my Green Scorpion. They start off green and turn a mustardy/ greenish color when ripe. Mild heat with Trinidad flavor.
You should try one. They do look ripe. That will tell which one it is.

The only other one that looks similar to the Green Scorpion would be the Mustard Trinidad or Mustard Bhut and those are extreme hot. Keep that milk and yogurt by your side when eating that one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRINIDAD-SCORPION-MUSTARD-Chili-Pepper-Chilli-x-10-seeds-/111364658194

Here is a link that might be useful: Mild Green Scorpion

This post was edited by RonnyB123 on Wed, Nov 12, 14 at 12:49

The color tint of that pic looks way off: too red. Is your dirt really the color of red poster paint?

Dennis

@DM - I put red mulch in garden to contol water erosion a/ cetain bugs. That is the cause of the Red color.

@ Ronny - Initial thoughts were Mustard Bhut as well. Which based on photos I have found it appears similar in both size a/ color. Like I said they've been hanging for 3 weeks at that color. At first I just thought they were slow to change color.

Tks for assistance

Johnny

Johnny,

if there is time, maybe dry those out and add to the swap. That would be a nice variety for some of us to grow.

Ron

I'll snip em tonight a/ add to my pile.

Johnny

Johnny,

red mulch is bad buddy.

so.... what for ground cover to prevent rain erosion?

Johnny

Well, some sort of mulch, but the colored stuff is reputed to have chemicals in it - probably to delay decomposition. Pine bark is good unless there is enough rain to wash it away. You can buy the big stuff, or if you do a 5:1:1 mix you can use the large pieces you screen out.

Dennis

Agree with Deniss.

I wouldn't use artificially colored mulch around my edibles. Natural cedar maybe ok.

If you are down South, there are plenty of pine straw and pine bark. I liked pine straw. It will last a good season then mixed with soil makes good soil conditioner, especially with GA red clay

For my potted plants (peppers) I use min pine nuggets, to prevent weeds growth and splashing. Moisture retention is not a concern in our climate.

ABOUT Your mystery Pepper:

When I first saw it "BHUT" popped in my mind. Now being a newbie when it comes to SHs I maybe wrong. Another thing is that in cool weather (Early and Late season), both pod shape and color can vary.

seysonn

Johnny,

I never looked into it to see why its bad, thats why i didn't go into details. I just know one year i thought i would control the weeds and make things look pretty so i bought a truck load of red and a truck load of black. The black was dyed also, stuff did fine with the black. With the red stuff grew slow, stayed smaller, and produced half as much as normal. It was quite obvious there was something in the red my peppers didn't like. So that was the end of it, never looked into it, i just quit using it. So if you find any answers let me know also.

Your mystery pepper, how hot is it? add it to my list.. what was it supposed to be? Kinda looks like the carmel bhuts i grew this year.

Perhaps it had more to do with light absorbtion and reflection than the dye compostition. The soil would be slightly warmer with black mulch.