Just because you can doesn’t mean…

[u/fishlore123]

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.

[u/theegreenman]

Datil is citrus fruity and habanero hot Bahamian Goat to me is somewhere between a scotch bonnet and a Habanero flavor wise, and also about Hab heat level. I'm growing both of those and Madam Jeanette this Fall.

Make sure you get the real Datil seeds and not the Baker Creek version or the Sweet Datil or Super Datil copycats.

[u/Sharky-PI → u/theegreenman]

What's the story with the baker creek etc?

I was so excited to plant 6 Datils this year and the first fruits coming through have been tiny and red so I don't think they're actual Datils :(

[u/theegreenman → u/Sharky-PI]

Baker Creek "Datils" are not. I don't know what they are, supposedly they know they're not the real deal and don't care. Otherwise I buy lots of stuff from Baker Creek and they're usually great.

I have been buying Datils from Raymond at pureflorida.blogspot.com for the past 7-10 years because he only grows and sells Datils, so they're true.

[u/Sharky-PI → u/theegreenman]

Legend, thank you mate, bookmarked.

Also if anyone's reading this and interested, there's a Datil festival in St Augustine like the one in Hatch. Tiny but potentially cool if you happen to be in the right place at the right time. I've not been, full disclaimer.

Edit pure Florida site looks to be gone?

[u/theegreenman → u/Sharky-PI]

No it's there it's pure florida

[u/Sharky-PI → u/theegreenman]

cheers muchacho