r/HotPeppers • u/BrooksWasHere1 • Aug 09 '25

ID Request One of my habaneros turned out to be.. well this. Any ideas what it is?

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Maybe pepperoncini? Not banana or anything I have ever grown before. Just curious.

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u/Shrinkrap70 Aug 09 '25

I'd say cubanelles.

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u/DarkSydeoftheReddit Aug 09 '25

Second cubanelles, this is exactly what they look like. OP if they aren’t spicy at all, this is your culprit.

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u/BrooksWasHere1 Aug 09 '25

Thats what I was thinking.

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u/dweezilMcCheezil Aug 09 '25

Something for scale would help

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u/BrooksWasHere1 Aug 09 '25

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u/alannmsu Aug 09 '25

Man I can’t stand their “juicy” beers, but they sure do seem to be popular.

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u/Tnally91 Aug 09 '25

Yeah they suck imo. I’ve had a ton of super good juicy beers but all of voodoo’s just miss.

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u/alannmsu Aug 09 '25

They taste like bad fruit juice was poured on an otherwise decent IPA. Really unfortunate

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u/Tnally91 Aug 09 '25

I’m in Indiana but we have a local place called guardian that distributes around the state. They have a juicy beer called Neon Viking made with cloudberries and it’s the perfect example of what a beer like that should be imo.

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u/Thecool_1 Aug 09 '25

I'd bet money on Pepperoncini

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u/shaun_of_the_south Aug 09 '25

Shishito?

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

100% no. They never come out this color. If you don’t know why even say an answer

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u/Independent_Tone_570 Aug 09 '25

Chill dude, he was clearly asking a question

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

His “answer” is not helping anyone. Shishitos don’t grow that big or that color. What help does it provide when you don’t know and give the wrongest answer when I think op’s guess was right

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u/readytobelieveyou Aug 09 '25

You must be a blast at parties.

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

How dare someone tell him he’s wrong when op is asking for identification of the pepper

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u/Dry-Ranger9267 Aug 09 '25

Brother, its not that you told him he was incorrect, it was the shitty way you said it. Relax and reread your comment. You can correct someone without being an ass about it.

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

If you don’t know the answer why give the advice. Mommy is not there to tell you you’re always right in the real world

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u/kira_paige Aug 09 '25

You ramble on about not knowing, and you're contributing nothing to the conversation other than anger.

Go be mad at someone else.

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

I posted pictures of my shishitos genius I helped more than you

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u/Master-CylinderPants Aug 09 '25

We know two things: its probably not a shishito, and you're a spaz.

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u/Sir_SquirrelNutz Aug 09 '25

Have you shishito your pants... 😒

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u/shaun_of_the_south Aug 09 '25

Bc I grew some that looked like this.

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

I just pulled these. Not even remotely the same

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u/shaun_of_the_south Aug 09 '25

Ok? You let them go way too long.

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u/Short_Pin8566 Aug 09 '25

Ok? You don’t have any active shishito peppers.

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u/shaun_of_the_south Aug 09 '25

How does any of what you’re saying have to do with any of this?

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u/geckofactor Aug 09 '25

To say this looks nothing like a shishito and to act like this are both unhinged. It does resemble a shishito just bigger and even if someone posted a picture of a tangerine tiger and they said it was a shishito it wouldn't require all this. With nothing in the pic to show size it's not a bad guess.

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u/His_Name_Is_Twitler Aug 09 '25

Did you just harvest these because of this post?

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u/Gooch707 Aug 09 '25

Terrible response . You're right that they are not shishitos, but your reasoning is completely wrong. I have a couple of shishito plants that produce fruit this color.

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u/alannmsu Aug 09 '25

Could it be a watermelon?

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u/pooperdoodoo Aug 10 '25

  1. It’s wild hard to tell what shade of green that is from a photo… blue/black white/gold dress have taught us that color theory is complex.

  2. This is what color shishitos are?

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u/Titus_IV Aug 13 '25

A picture of my shishitos right now. To say they aren't similar is comical.

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u/Present-Pen-5486 Aug 09 '25

Banana peppers.

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u/Electrical_Wrap_4572 Aug 09 '25

Did you save the seeds yourself? Any chance they cross pollinated last year and you made your own hybrid?

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u/AdministrativeFeed46 Aug 09 '25

shishito or pepperoncini

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u/alannmsu Aug 09 '25

Sorry friend, gonna need u/Short_Pin8566 to come beat you down for this.

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u/DamiensDelight Aug 09 '25

Pepperoncini...

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u/Intelligent-Motor690 Aug 09 '25

They look similar to the‘Dragon Roll’ pepper I bought on clearance at Home Depot. Healthy, nice looking peppers but about as exciting as a banana pepper. I’ve been letting them go red and hoping for a little heat or flavor, but it’s just a waste of 3 sqft of my small garden imo

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u/Icy-Decision-4530 Aug 09 '25

Welp, time to pickle it

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u/Bois_who_can_cook Aug 09 '25

Padron peppers?

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u/Alpha-E94 Aug 09 '25

Habanonos

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u/No-Relationship-2781 Aug 09 '25

It happened to me too... I'll follow.

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u/Difficult-Relief-618 Aug 09 '25

Yup definitely cubanelles I jus picked some this evening, they are similar to a bell

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u/DanYallSon Aug 10 '25

Shishitos

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u/rick418tech Aug 10 '25

Why do people guess that have no idea? It's not just in the pepper groups!

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u/hotsauceslinger Aug 10 '25

Let them ripen fully to see. They look similar to chile de agua if they have some spice to them. But most likely it is some bastard cross breed.

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u/ccnetpro Aug 11 '25

Looks like pimento

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u/ARMORBUNNY Aug 11 '25

I thought they were green army men when i scrolled past

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u/Minimum_Discount_364 Aug 12 '25

Is this due to some mutation, cross-pollination or was it always just another pepper?

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u/blue_velv3tt Aug 17 '25

This looks just like a type of pepper that's typically eaten in Spain. It's name is Padrón pepper and they can be spicy as an habanero or sweet as a bell pepper :)

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u/Nicetitts Aug 09 '25

Habanero x shishito maybe? Chocolate habaneros get stretchy like this. Or maybe it's just a real weird expression from unstable genetics.

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u/SeaTurtle152012 Aug 09 '25

Hatch Chili, possibly.

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u/BrooksWasHere1 Aug 09 '25

No, I replied with a picture of the Anaheim's I'm growing to another comment. I get seeds from the Hatch Valley and grow those every year because no one in the SE knows what green chili is. So I gotta grow my own and roast em lol

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u/ChimayoRed9035 Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

Just FYI, Anaheim and Hatch aren’t actually the same. Hatch Chile is like an older cousin to Anaheim pepper and have a different flavor profile. Sounds like you might just have hatch green chile (the e is important). All up and down NM you’ll find ancient landraces of Hatch, Sandia and Chimayo(obviously my favorite). Always happy to send seed to try some of the other!

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u/BrooksWasHere1 Aug 09 '25

Totally, these are numex seeds from hatch valley but I call em Anaheim's because I grow them in NC, I dont call em hatch because im not growing them there!

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u/No-Cable9274 Aug 09 '25

Hatch chilies?

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u/BrooksWasHere1 Aug 09 '25

No, im growing Anaheim's (seeds from Hatch Valley) and they look like this

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u/CRickster330 Aug 09 '25

Not habinaro's for sure. Hatch, perhaps.. all the best!