Habanada - Sweet Pepper

I grew 4 plants and harvested well over a gallon of small peppers. We used them in salads (with cucumber, tomato) and found they have exceptional fruity flavor (no heat once the membrane and seeds are removed). Definitely worth growing again, and will grow more plants.

My third year growing these. Almost no care needed. Plant/Weed/Water and Wait to pick loads of flavorful peppers when ripe. These peppers have tremendous flavor. I am fooled every time I bite into one as based on the rich habanero aromas I expect a rush of heat. Only the magnificent fruity aroma of a habanero without heat. I use these in hot sauce with Sugar Rush Peach and Lemon Drop peppers. The flavor of that trio is amazing. Given the large volume at harvest I also dry a large number of them and grind into an amazingly flavorful chili powder. This is a special pepper and one that will be a standard in my garden.

Easy to grow, fun to see how they would turn out. I love the color but the taste isn't worth the effort. I chopped them up for salsa (they added a subtle smokey flavor at best) but I have to add jalapenos to get some heat. They are almost tasteless. Not really sure what the point is.

Had over 50 peppers from each plant. They were so heavily loaded I had to stake them up from falling over. Unfortunately the taste was so bland. I tried leaving them on as long as I could, picking early, grew some others in another county and had the same result. I would recommend finding another pepper if you are looking for a snacking one.

Had dozens of fruit on both plants I grew, one in the ground, one in a 1.5 gal. pot. Took a while before they ripened to orange, but there was very little flavor, tropical or otherwise, in the thin skins, either raw or roasted. Most about 1.5 inches long but about a fourth were only 1/2 inch long.