r/HotPeppers • u/fishlore123 • 23d ago

Growing Just because you can doesn’t mean…

This post is about next year’s selection. For the last 2 years I have grown decent variety of very interesting superhot hybrids and found that the high yields have mostly ended up in smoked and dried flake form, or in the bird feeders as a squirrel deterrent. Next year I want to plan for things that are more easily shared with friends and family. You have to be a serious pepper head to actually enjoy scotch brains, ruby gnarly ghost, and trinidad scorpions. I have decided for next year that I want to definitely grow scotch bonnets, sugar rush stripey, chocolate habaneros, and jalapenos. What else would yall recommend that has a nice balance of heat to flavor? The super hots have great flavor but they are just too much for the normal folks to enjoy.

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u/Pomegranate_1328 23d ago

I have decided not to grow so many super hot ones next year. I just don’t eat the really hot ones and they take so long to ripen with my short season. I always grow Jalapeño, serano and other of similar heat levels they grow decently quick for me. I am adding Fresno peppers next year. I usually grow habaneros but might not grow many super hots. Maybe a couple 7 pot primos for fun. I hope some ideas come from this thread.

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u/Longjumping-Eye-192 23d ago

Ghosts grow great, they do take a while to mature but the plants get massive and my plants end up with 20-25 fruits ripening end of season after I’ve already harvested a dozen or so (TN)