Prolific Pepper Recs ??

luigiwu · December 31, 2014

Are pepper plants pretty shy producers in general?

2014's non-hots were Jimmy Nardello, Chervena Chuska and they were not huge producers.
Out of my hot pepper plants: the Shi-shi-to plants were machines, INCREDIBLE and delicious! On the other hand, jalapeno and Big Jim were incredibly stingy...

So are all pepper plants more or less pretty stingy? I would like something for 2015 that is super prolific in production and not a hybrid if it possible.
Is Big Bertha where I have to go to get a productive non-hot pepper?

heirloomtomaguy · December 31, 2014

I noticed reduced production in pots however in the ground out of my 56 plants this year only 3 or 4 of them were weak producers. The other 52 were machines and are still producing peppers on a large scale as we speak.

luigiwu · December 31, 2014

That's interesting. I only garden in sub-irrigated containers so maybe I'm just out of luck...

AlittleSalt · January 1, 2015

For non-hot, Every year, our banana peppers produce a lot of peppers.
For hot, Tabasco produced hundreds of peppers per plant.

peppero · January 2, 2015

Some years are good and some not so good. Hang in,

jon

nancyruhl · January 2, 2015

For production, I have given up on the bells. In containers, I have had very good production on sweet banana peppers and Ancho/problano (which have some heat). I planted Donkey Ears last year in a not very good spot in the ground and they produced gynourmous peppers very well, even considering that many were nabbed by the resident wildlife. I am going to add them to my roof garden in containers this year to see how they fare.

ReginaAnn · January 2, 2015

Padrone peppers OVER produced last year. Seriously amazing.

Bluesman · January 2, 2015

Naga morich produced decently.

Tomato Beth · January 4, 2015

For luigiwu, last summer's cool weather in PA really did a number on my pepper plants' production. The year before when we had that run of over 100 degree heat, they produced like crazy. I hope we'll have a somewhat warmer summer this year and have better production.

For paprikas, my Feher Ozon produced decently, my Alma paprika did not. My jalapenos were kind of stingy until late in the season. Then I got a bunch of little ones. Then the frost came. Ah, well.

JJJessee · January 4, 2015

I would up the size of my containers to see if that helps. I'm mostly in-ground, but doubt if I ever had a Nardello plant yield over 1/2 a bushel per season. Bells have not been a winner for me either but I've only tried King of the North. Red Marconi set some nice, large, early fruit last year, then paused, and set a lot of late fruit, but it didn't ripen. Nagas are notorious heavy producer, super hot too. Your latitude may be an issue for the Nagas and other super hots unless get a jump on sowing, like now-early Feb, and maybe up pot to gallon size pots or better at two months so the plants are ready to rocknroll when they get outside. Just a thought.

RobinB · January 4, 2015

I also wish that I could find a bell (or at least something on the larger side) that has incredible production. It's better now that I don't grow peppers in the full sun. Summers here in Northern Nevada are triple digits and I realized that my pepper plants were suffering out there just baking in the hot sun. In the morning sun/dappled afternoon shade under trees in my yard, I get good production now with elongated conical sweet peppers and last year I tried two different Thai chilies that were very prolific. Doe Hill did okay, as did King of the North, but just okay.

sdambr · January 6, 2015

I had both Thai hot chili, and shishi-tos that were really phenomenal, had 3 rounds with loads of peppers. Loved them both.

barbamWY · January 6, 2015

Revolution bell pepper is a heavy producer for me but I have only grown it in the ground.

December 31, 2014	#1
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	Prolific Pepper Recs ?? Are pepper plants pretty shy producers in general? 2014's non-hots were Jimmy Nardello, Chervena Chuska and they were not huge producers. Out of my hot pepper plants: the Shi-shi-to plants were machines, INCREDIBLE and delicious! On the other hand, jalapeno and Big Jim were incredibly stingy... So are all pepper plants more or less pretty stingy? I would like something for 2015 that is super prolific in production and not a hybrid if it possible. Is Big Bertha where I have to go to get a productive non-hot pepper?

December 31, 2014	#2
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I noticed reduced production in pots however in the ground out of my 56 plants this year only 3 or 4 of them were weak producers. The other 52 were machines and are still producing peppers on a large scale as we speak. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

January 4, 2015	#9
Tomato Beth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: PA 6b Posts: 277	For luigiwu, last summer's cool weather in PA really did a number on my pepper plants' production. The year before when we had that run of over 100 degree heat, they produced like crazy. I hope we'll have a somewhat warmer summer this year and have better production. For paprikas, my Feher Ozon produced decently, my Alma paprika did not. My jalapenos were kind of stingy until late in the season. Then I got a bunch of little ones. Then the frost came. Ah, well. __________________ I'm a geek and a mom, and I write about it at Confessions of a Geeky Mom: http://confessionsofageekymom.com/

January 1, 2015	#4
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	For non-hot, Every year, our banana peppers produce a lot of peppers. For hot, Tabasco produced hundreds of peppers per plant.

January 2, 2015	#5
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Some years are good and some not so good. Hang in, jon

January 2, 2015	#6
nancyruhl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan Posts: 1,051	For production, I have given up on the bells. In containers, I have had very good production on sweet banana peppers and Ancho/problano (which have some heat). I planted Donkey Ears last year in a not very good spot in the ground and they produced gynourmous peppers very well, even considering that many were nabbed by the resident wildlife. I am going to add them to my roof garden in containers this year to see how they fare.

January 2, 2015	#7
ReginaAnn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Northern CA Posts: 203	Padrone peppers OVER produced last year. Seriously amazing.

January 2, 2015	#8
Bluesman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Finland Posts: 47	Naga morich produced decently.

January 4, 2015	#10
JJJessee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Abingdon, Va Posts: 184	I would up the size of my containers to see if that helps. I'm mostly in-ground, but doubt if I ever had a Nardello plant yield over 1/2 a bushel per season. Bells have not been a winner for me either but I've only tried King of the North. Red Marconi set some nice, large, early fruit last year, then paused, and set a lot of late fruit, but it didn't ripen. Nagas are notorious heavy producer, super hot too. Your latitude may be an issue for the Nagas and other super hots unless get a jump on sowing, like now-early Feb, and maybe up pot to gallon size pots or better at two months so the plants are ready to rocknroll when they get outside. Just a thought.

January 4, 2015	#11
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	I also wish that I could find a bell (or at least something on the larger side) that has incredible production. It's better now that I don't grow peppers in the full sun. Summers here in Northern Nevada are triple digits and I realized that my pepper plants were suffering out there just baking in the hot sun. In the morning sun/dappled afternoon shade under trees in my yard, I get good production now with elongated conical sweet peppers and last year I tried two different Thai chilies that were very prolific. Doe Hill did okay, as did King of the North, but just okay.

January 6, 2015	#12
sdambr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 421	I had both Thai hot chili, and shishi-tos that were really phenomenal, had 3 rounds with loads of peppers. Loved them both.

January 6, 2015	#13
barbamWY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: North West Wyoming Posts: 466	Revolution bell pepper is a heavy producer for me but I have only grown it in the ground.