Habanada - Sweet Pepper

I like orange in the garden, the plant was pretty in the garden, very prolific. Unfortunately the peppers were eaten by pests. Lots of little holes in the peppers that didn't allow them to get ripe. I'll try to grow again, sure are pretty.

When it got hot the plant didn’t die, but didn’t grow or produce anything but one or two peppers that got bad spots before it ripened. As soon as it *stayed cool, the plant exploded and I could not hardly keep them picked. It does wonderful, but don’t write them off until after fall. Actually, even in winter they produced til the 2nd frost took them out.

Started 4 of these indoors around St. Pat’s day then set outside late May. The plants grew well and take the usual habanero-long season to bear ripe peppers, with the first one in early September. We are thrilled with these peppers as they have all the unique flavor of a habanero with no heat at all. This allows us to experiment using this unique flavor in different dishes and dial in the heat with other peppers. These peppers are wonderful eating fresh as a snack, and we enjoy the seeds and all.

Unfortunately this variety gave me nada. Literally. The plant bushed out nicely and then didn't flower or fruit! The entire LONG growing season. It was the only pepper out of 8 sweet varieties that did nothing and they were in the same bed.

An amazing little pepper with stunning flavor. The only problem I had was in germinating, but I certainly could have done a better job with that. Anyway, the one plant I did get has been all I needed. Very prolific! Beautiful green-white peppers mature into a lovely orange. I made a pepper sauce out of these and it is SO delicious on EVERYTHING. Someone asked why I would want to grow a heatless habanero. Because it is so yummy! I may make more sauce and give out as holiday gifts. I dug up the plant and put it in a pot when night temps dipped below freezing, and now it is happily growing with my lemon and banana plants under grow lights.