my bird pepper

gogrow · May 19, 2009

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:

Twistyman · May 19, 2009

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

pinkus · May 19, 2009

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.
:peace:

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

pinkus · May 19, 2009

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

gogrow · May 19, 2009

pinkus said:
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 · May 21, 2009

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 · May 21, 2009

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

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 · May 23, 2009

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..

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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