my bird pepper

gogrow

gogrow

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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:weed:
 

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pinkus

pinkus

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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.
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gogrow said:
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:weed:
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gogrow

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

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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

Twistyman

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gogrow said:
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
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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

gogrow

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Twistyman said:
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..
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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:weed:
 
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