Pepper id

garden patch · June 23, 2021

My neighbour asked me if anyone can identify these two pepper plants? He exchanged seeds for seeds but he doesn’t remember what type they are. Can anyone help out?

eyolf · June 23, 2021

The long purple one looks like a Thai pepper I grew once. Hot, not very flavorful in my cool climate.

The little one may have a variety name, but there are probably dozens of varieties of "Chiltepin" or "bird pepper". When I was a boy, my mom had a carefully maintained variety called "Christmas pepper" that carried peppers of many colors...including purple ones like that. They were quite hot, but didn't have much flavor otherwise.

I saved seeds from it and planted them in pots. They grew peppers too, that tasted about the same, but were not nearly as colorful. Pale green to white to a kind of yellow-brown when dry.

Eventually the original plant grew root bound and started to be unmanageable...and never came in for the winter...

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swellcat · June 24, 2021

Pretty plant—pods, blooms, and foliage—on the purple-X* one. The long-pod Silver's* looks fun, too.

*Disclaimer: Made up placeholder names for the unknowns. Common names seem to pretty much be made up, anyway . . . kind of like the points on Whose Line is it, Anyway?

garden patch · June 24, 2021

Does anyone know if they turn red when ripe? When is it a good time to harvest them?

June 23, 2021	#2
eyolf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central MN, USDA Zone 3 Posts: 303	The long purple one looks like a Thai pepper I grew once. Hot, not very flavorful in my cool climate. The little one may have a variety name, but there are probably dozens of varieties of "Chiltepin" or "bird pepper". When I was a boy, my mom had a carefully maintained variety called "Christmas pepper" that carried peppers of many colors...including purple ones like that. They were quite hot, but didn't have much flavor otherwise. I saved seeds from it and planted them in pots. They grew peppers too, that tasted about the same, but were not nearly as colorful. Pale green to white to a kind of yellow-brown when dry. Eventually the original plant grew root bound and started to be unmanageable...and never came in for the winter... Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk __________________ a day without fresh homegrown tomatoes is like... ...sigh

June 24, 2021	#3
swellcat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Cowtown, Texas – 7B/8A Posts: 192	Pretty plant—pods, blooms, and foliage—on the purple-X* one. The long-pod Silver's* looks fun, too. *Disclaimer: Made up placeholder names for the unknowns. Common names seem to pretty much be made up, anyway . . . kind of like the points on Whose Line is it, Anyway?

June 24, 2021	#4
garden patch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Toronto Posts: 89	Does anyone know if they turn red when ripe? When is it a good time to harvest them?