Volcano pepper

duajones · October 7, 2009

I got the free seeds from Totally tomatoes in the spring and started one plant awhile back. I wish I had planted more as this is a nice pepper for fresh eating, pickling or roasting. Mild tasting, I had my first one a couple of days ago with a tuna fish sandwich, very good. Anyone else here grown it?

icelord · October 7, 2009

I grew it also, and was disapointed I love hot peppers and found the name to be misleading!! It was a productive plant if you like mild peppers but I for once would like to find a good HOT banana that lives up to its name!!

Dean

Blueaussi · October 7, 2009

Give Wenks Yellow a try. they had a pretty good flavor and solid heat. It's was the scraggliest plant to look at, but it produced well.

icelord · October 7, 2009

Hey Blue!! Is that a large pepper? I like peppers almost as much as tomatoes!

Dean

Blueaussi · October 8, 2009

Erm...about 3 inches or so.

And there are hotter banana peppers out there,but this is one I've grown that I thought had good taste along with the heat. Hmmm, just looked it up on Seed Savers site, and they're calling it medium hot. Maybe I'm misremembering, but it seems to me it was a little hotter than medium.

RonnyWil · October 8, 2009

I got the seeds too. I'm getting a whole lot of them. I grind them up with onions and garlic and heat it in some vinegar and salt. Makes a great hamburger relish.

duajones · October 8, 2009

I can certainly see where it would be great in a relish, one that even folks that dont like hot would enjoy. I do like a little more heat but have really enjoyed the flavor of this pepper. Again, wish I had more plants

geeboss · October 8, 2009

I also received the Volcano pepper seeds from TT and grew a plant. Pepper was hot enough for me yet with the name Volcano I was worried that it might have the fire of a habarnero. Luckly it was on par with some Jalapeno 's. Will grow again next year works well in chili and spices up spaghetti sauce nicely.

George

RJ_Hythloday · October 9, 2009

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Originally Posted by Blueaussi

...about 3 inches or so.

Do they have more girth than a jal? I'm just wondering if they'd be any easier for stuffing. I've got some mucho nacho that are rather large, but I've also had alot of small jals, great for mexican food chopped up, but not stuffable.

barkeater · October 13, 2009

frost cover 014.jpgIcelord,

I discovered a great Hot Banana pepper, actually a Hot Hungarian Wax pepper, called Inferno. Totally Tomatoes sells it and it was FANTASTIC.

Inferno was probably the highlight of my whole garden this year. I love hot peppers, especially jalapenos, and had forgotten the nice flavor of hungarian/banana peppers. It was extremely prolific and consistently hot.

icelord · October 14, 2009

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Originally Posted by barkeater

Attachment 11654Icelord,

I discovered a great Hot Banana pepper, actually a Hot Hungarian Wax pepper, called Inferno. Totally Tomatoes sells it and it was FANTASTIC.

Inferno was probably the highlight of my whole garden this year. I love hot peppers, especially jalapenos, and had forgotten the nice flavor of hungarian/banana peppers. It was extremely prolific and consistently hot.

Hey Barkeater! Thanks for the info,like I said I like hotpeppers almost as much as tomatoes. But they have to taste good, not just pain!!

Dean

Blueaussi · October 14, 2009

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Originally Posted by RJ_Hythloday

Do they have more girth than a jal? I'm just wondering if they'd be any easier for stuffing. I've got some mucho nacho that are rather large, but I've also had alot of small jals, great for mexican food chopped up, but not stuffable.

They're probably close to the same girth unless you're growing one of the really large jalapeños. The jalapeño has thicker flesh, though.

October 7, 2009	#1
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Volcano pepper I got the free seeds from Totally tomatoes in the spring and started one plant awhile back. I wish I had planted more as this is a nice pepper for fresh eating, pickling or roasting. Mild tasting, I had my first one a couple of days ago with a tuna fish sandwich, very good. Anyone else here grown it? __________________ Duane Jones

October 7, 2009	#2
icelord Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: 23463 copemish Mi 49625 Posts: 180	Volcano.... I grew it also, and was disapointed I love hot peppers and found the name to be misleading!! It was a productive plant if you like mild peppers but I for once would like to find a good HOT banana that lives up to its name!! Dean

October 7, 2009	#4
icelord Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: 23463 copemish Mi 49625 Posts: 180	Big? Hey Blue!! Is that a large pepper? I like peppers almost as much as tomatoes! Dean

October 8, 2009	#6
RonnyWil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Collierville TN Posts: 106	I got the seeds too. I'm getting a whole lot of them. I grind them up with onions and garlic and heat it in some vinegar and salt. Makes a great hamburger relish. __________________ I'm two days older than dirt and I like to play in it.

October 8, 2009	#7
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	I can certainly see where it would be great in a relish, one that even folks that dont like hot would enjoy. I do like a little more heat but have really enjoyed the flavor of this pepper. Again, wish I had more plants __________________ Duane Jones

October 7, 2009	#3
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Give Wenks Yellow a try. they had a pretty good flavor and solid heat. It's was the scraggliest plant to look at, but it produced well.

October 8, 2009	#8
geeboss Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA Z7 Posts: 524	I also received the Volcano pepper seeds from TT and grew a plant. Pepper was hot enough for me yet with the name Volcano I was worried that it might have the fire of a habarnero. Luckly it was on par with some Jalapeno 's. Will grow again next year works well in chili and spices up spaghetti sauce nicely. George

October 13, 2009	#10
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	frost cover 014.jpgIcelord, I discovered a great Hot Banana pepper, actually a Hot Hungarian Wax pepper, called Inferno. Totally Tomatoes sells it and it was FANTASTIC. Inferno was probably the highlight of my whole garden this year. I love hot peppers, especially jalapenos, and had forgotten the nice flavor of hungarian/banana peppers. It was extremely prolific and consistently hot. Last edited by barkeater; October 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM.