my bird pepper

**gogrow** · 05-19-2009, 10:02 AM

here's a pic of a pepper plant i rescued last year from my grandpa.... it is an unknown variety of bird pepper that he has been growing for about 20yrs... this lil guy was about 3in tall when i took it last year.... first pic is what it looked like in feb... next is from today, and a closeup of a full sized pepper, just has to ripen

**Twistyman** · 05-19-2009, 12:29 PM

Cool... looks good .. I grow hot peppers too...... make a pepper/ maple syrup relish.......

**pinkus** · 05-19-2009, 12:35 PM

Looks like chile piquin. I've seen it called chile petin as well. It's native in central texas. The first one I ever saw was growing by the side of my house in Austin and it lived for at least 15 years before my neighbor cut it down as a weed! time to move. I love the peppers too.

Originally Posted by gogrow

here's a pic of a pepper plant i rescued last year from my grandpa.... it is an unknown variety of bird pepper that he has been growing for about 20yrs... this lil guy was about 3in tall when i took it last year.... first pic is what it looked like in feb... next is from today, and a closeup of a full sized pepper, just has to ripen

**pinkus** · 05-19-2009, 12:38 PM

Whoops, not chile pequin~too big a pepper. Still looks like it'll sizzle :~)

**gogrow** · 05-19-2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by pinkus

Whoops, not chile pequin~too big a pepper. Still looks like it'll sizzle :~)

i tried to find out what kind it could be exactly.... then i found that there are 100's of variety of bird pepper.... there are even a few websites selling seeds for unknown varieties... but these guys are hot as hell, and mine is almost at maximum size... a bush that size will produce 100's of these little peppers, great for drying and grinding like cayenne

**Tamzi** · 05-21-2009, 06:57 AM

my first year growing peppers, i went for the standard sweet bell pepper and and tokyo cayenne pepper.

would love too find some more exotic peppers too grow than these standard types.
UK is a pain too grow in and find nice decent looking plants/versions

**Twistyman** · 05-21-2009, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by gogrow

i tried to find out what kind it could be exactly.... then i found that there are 100's of variety of bird pepper.... there are even a few websites selling seeds for unknown varieties... but these guys are hot as hell, and mine is almost at maximum size... a bush that size will produce 100's of these little peppers, great for drying and grinding like cayenne

Take out some of the seeds ... put the peppers in a processor and make a relish with some maple syrup(sterile/great shelf life) then boil..its great on hamburgers..etc..

**gogrow** · 05-23-2009, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Twistyman

Take out some of the seeds ... put the peppers in a processor and make a relish with some maple syrup(sterile/great shelf life) then boil..its great on hamburgers..etc..

i dont know about the maple syrup.... i dont really like sweets too much... but some pepper relish does sound like a good idea for this year