Habanada - Sweet Pepper

Very prolific compact plants. One plant with fruit otherwise identical to the rest had normal habanero level heat so don't eat the first few too fast or you might get a surprise. Once established the plants were vigorous for me but the seedlings were touchy compared to the six dozen other pepper plants I grew - plant a couple extra seeds.

I love these peppers, The bright orange, the great flavor. Last years crop, all three plants produced tons of chartreuse peppers that turned a tangerine orange, but two of my plants this season, from the same pack, grew peppers that are a darker green and have quite a bite even before they are mature. They won’t go to waste because I love hot peppers, but I am uncertain what these peppers are that I have growing in my garden. Should be interesting to see what color they end up.

The name is corny. Especially if you love Habaneros, and hot peppers in general and you're questioning why you would grow these. But sometimes you need a sweet pepper for certain recipes and the flavor of these is INCREDIBLE. They have grown decently for me in Florida, but I imagine these being a lot harder in northern climates. I just got my first ripe peppers of these plants and it's almost July, which is about a month later than one would expect to harvest here. Plants are prone to be small and stout, growing extremely slow with about 45 peppers per plant once they are mature. When ripe rats are attracted to the color, so use precaution if you have lots of critters in your garden. There were times where I picked them a little bit early and let them rest in the sun for a day or two. The taste is so worth it, I promise. Just baby them a little bit extra, give it some time in a greenhouse. Let it get to this color and it's going to be extremely fragrant and fruity.

While it is tempting to try some when beige, wait until the peppers are bright orange to get the full fruity effect. It has an aroma which adds to the taste. My ten plants produced HUNDREDS of tasty peppers, so many that I fed the excess to the chickens, which fought over them. They are slow to start from seed and mature later but are well worth it. Friends beg for more when they taste them.

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.