Habanada - Sweet Pepper

I rarely give poor reviews but since I carefully decide what to plant based upon reading reviews on this site, I had to make sure others see the challenges with this pepper. Took a long time to germinate, and so far I’ve had these planted for over 100 days and yet no fruit. Plants appeal be healthy, and I’m not giving them excessive amount of any nitrogen. They are planted next to other peppers that are fruiting. For what they are, it’s not worth it to me to continue to keep them,as space is a premium in my garden.

I have to say I was somewhat disappointed in these peppers. I grew 5 pepper varieties this year and these were by far the ones I was most excited for - but in reality they don't really taste much like habaneros. They do have a tropical fruity flavor, although like a couple other people have mentioned they have sort of a weird aftertaste. They take a long time to do everything - slow germination, slow growing, and slow ripening. The one upside there is that they do produce a lot of peppers. I do like them overall, just not as much as I thought I would.

These plants were extremely easy to grow in containers and produced heavily and consistently from early summer on--they are still setting fruit vigorously as the growing season ebbs. I grew a dozen or so varieties of pepper this year and this variety was the least attractive to aphids. In fact, they didn't have any pest or disease problems at all. However... I rated this variety highly despite disliking the actual flavor. These peppers have a persistent, clinging aftertaste that is cloying, soapy, and difficult to banish. It's the same flavor as the hot biquinho variety--which is sometimes likened to haba?ero. The mild melony flavor of a haba?ero is okay, but without the heat these peppers are one-dimensional and overwhelmingly melon-soapy.

First time grower this year. They're very pretty, waxy peppers. They took a while to ripen but now (September) they're ripening quickly. I don't feel comfortable sharing these with anyone because I have hit a few spicy seeds and don't want to make anyone mad. But other than that, they kinda just remind me of the flavor of orange bell peppers. The aftertaste lingers which is kind of cool. And it seems like your tongue wants to warn you that it's about to burn but then it just disappears- that part is really neat. Wish I had the Sherbet recipe that they mention in description. Will probably grow again just because they're so easy and taste so good in omlettes.

Tastes and smells just like a habanero, for about 5 seconds, after which it just tastes kind of bland. Good for a joke, easy to trick people with.