Are these chillie peppers?

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Originally Posted by mariogolbee

Adam, they range from 1/4" to just under 5/8" so far. I see up to 8 buds and a "pepper" per node. I just looked up node so I'm not 100% sure though. That's how many are stemming off in a general area.

Thank you for all of the responses everyone.

I'll try and either find or shoot some photos later to give you an idea what I mean.

Chances are, it's in or related to the general birds eye family somewhere, but the sunburn (the black marking) of the pod is a bit odd. A lot of the birds eyes and most of the thai peppers (about 4" long, very thin peppers) don't typically sunburn.

Remember, if this just started growing on it's own, it's from a seed that was left in the garden, probably from dropped fruit that was grown the year prior, which in turn might have been sown from peppers grown the year prior. Under these home grown condtions, each of these generations is going to reduce the probability of a genetically pure seed.

Try one when it's green, is it hot or just sour and icky vegiteal tasting?

BTW, the lack of heat up here this year so far has been keeping the pepper heat levels way down.


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I see Kelly ID'd it while I was writing off and on while working. Thanks. That's one I haven't grown before.



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Mario, I'll trade you some cigars (or Mexican Coke) for a bag of plant ripened peppers.