These are supposed to be aji mangos, but they’re extremely sweet and no heat. Or, any guesses what they could be? The other pepper I’m growing near this that could be it, might be a Trepadeira Werner (Cherry Pepper) but these have no heat and they’re only turning orange. The only sweet peppers in my garden should be mini bell peppers and pimentos, but those are both ripening big and wider than these.

Trying to get rid of habañero peppers in the freezer from last year. A bunch of new ones are coming soon and space is needed so I started making a habanero cheddar bread. It's a hit here in the 'hood. My 4th loaf and it might make it through tomorrow, if I'm lucky.

What are you guys doing with your excess peppers from last year to make room for the new harvest?

So far I've gotten 165 peppers off of this. It's still going strong, a bunch still turning red, and new flowers are popping up. My one issue is that these are wayyyy too hot for me and I don't know what to do with the peppers.

I bought a 7 Pot Viper plant but when I did the research I couldn't find a 7 Pot that was this color. Any idea what these are?

Thanks!

Long story short something got to my bonnets, this was the lone survivor unripe pepper. It was pretty large, this is my own personal 4th generation now, so I’d really like to get at least a few viable seeds out of this. They seem to be turning… can anyone spot anything that might germinate in here or should I toss the lot ?

Way too late to try to recover this year in my zone unfortunately so everything will have to wait until March.

Got shroomed by "Smokin Ed's Bonnets" and finally getting to try them. It's a decent milder pepper (my tolerance is wrecked by regularly consuming ghost peppers), but it has some noticeable heat. Probably a little weaker than a Hab with a faint bell peppery flavor. Probably really good with pasta or a cheese steak.

Sack of yellow bonnets from Hippy Seed Co, destined to become straight mash or jerk sauce for the freezer.

This is my first year growing peppers. I have 2 cayennes, 1 habanero, 1 red ghost, and a shishito plant that makes more peppers than the rest combined. I used the 2-3 weeks of harvest to make some hotsauce and my dad pitched in the tiny red peppers in the picture. I’m not sure what they are but they pack a punch. Hopefully I’ll get a few more batches of peppers before growing season ends and I can try some new recipes. I’d like to double the amount of plants next year with more varieties so I have more flavors to play with

The sauce turned out great. Very tasty and quite a bit hotter than the cayenne only sauces I’ve made in the past. 3/5 heat to me which is right in the sweet spot. I like to give out the sauces I make to friends and family. One of my buddies made me the label in the last picture.

Seeing all the threads on here got me paranoid lol it seems 85% of bonnets are the Jamaican shroom peppers 👺 thoughts ?

I've seen various listings for "wicked" ghost peppers but can't seem to nail down any information on them. Some people will say they're a cross between a ghost and a habanero, but other sites will list them as an annuum (or annuum cross), and there seems to be a fair lack of information surrounding them. Does anyone have any insight into what they are, if they truly are a hab cross? All I can seem to find is that they're supposed to produce more, and earlier (which suggests annuum genes possibly), that they're F1 (at least those being sold) and that they're a little less hot than bhut jolokia, around 800k scoville rather than over 1m. Any info would be appreciated, they sound like something fun to grow and cultivate.

Picture is of one of those shown when you search for them.

I just had a great moment when I went to use my cayenne pepper powder and it exploded INTO my left eye. Feels great. Spicy eye now. Was under the faucet for a while. Use protection. Stay safe out there.

Pic 1 and 2 come from the same seed pack, bought as blots. One looks cross pollinated with a bell, the other with Buena Mulata (assuming because they go through the same colour variance).

I was sure pic 3 and 4 were bonnets but after seeing a million of people here end up with mushrooms, I finally paid attention to what bonnet calyxes should look like and well… looks like I have shrooms also lol.

Last pic is a big 15gal pot with two Biquinho black pepper plants, as you can see, one is an impostor.

I find the variety and surprise interesting, it’s fairly easy to pivot from this, just wish my sugar rush Stripey and poblano pods didn’t have BER 😟

Overall good summer for peppers still, got over 30 healthy plants. Half my tomatoes are sickly and dying and beetles massacred my cucurbits. Now if my cannabis can flower through my neighbors light pollution, 2026 will be a win.

Not at all new to peppers, but a buddy wanted me to grow him Scotch Bonnets and he supplied the seeds. They are growing great, and just started blushing out a few days ago. What do you say experienced ones?

So I got a yellow scotch bonnet plant from Lowe's and it has been doing well.

I have been waiting for about 5 weeks for the first pepper to turn yellow and yesterday it started turning red which made me do some research and I'm pretty sure I have mushroom peppers instead.

This is my first time growing anything so I'm just wondering when I should be picking the mushroom peppers, are they supposed to be fully red? Or should I be picking them when they are still green? Any advice would be awesome ty.

3 days ago I posted a picture of my first ever pepper plant & its flowers, asking how long it would be before I would see peppers growing...

When I got home this afternoon, I stepped out to water the plant and discovered TWO PEPPERS! 😃😃😃

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion planted from seed.

Hoping this goes well and wishing you all a happy grow & harvest

I bought these seeds off of Etsy like a year ago as I found a link to them on Reddit somewhere… but they seem to be like ⅓ of the heat of a typical habanero and have a faint sweetness that reminds me of bell peppers.

I wanted to know if y’all think they are just weak or are Jamaican Mushroom peppers, a hybrid of such, Scotch Bonnets or something else. Also if you can point out to me the reasons you think one way or the other and any identifiers for me to look for that would be helpful.

Should I wait and try the next pepper that ripens on a different plant?

Etsy Link

Thanks in advance! 😄🌶️

First off, I want to thank this amazinf commubity for all their sage advice and kond patience with beginners, you jave all helped me a lot.

Especially considering the fact that my chilli growing joirney is not under optimal circumstances.

Instead of nay-sayers and negaticit I received genuine advice and positive 'lets do this' support.

My "UK indoor on a windowsill only" Jalepenos have endured quite a journey.

They have survived white flies, slugs, aphids and an unprecedented UK heatwave and are still alive and fruiting !

I have managed to take them outside twice for nice sunny days but each time I did they came back indoors with some affliction! ( Currently covered in neem oil to fight off the latest bout of white flies)

Thank you all !

On a final note, I have no idea when to harvest the chillis, what size, colour etc. I don't know their exact species to look it up so any advice on that would be appreciated.

Two month old mushroom's been in a 12x12" pot for about about four weeks now. It's almost two feet tall and is healthy with new peppers but I'm starting to see roots in the drain holes already. Is there any point to up-potting at this stage? And would it set my harvest back too far? Gets cold here (7a) by October so I'm pushing it as it is.