Habanada - Sweet Pepper

We planted 6 of these plants. 3 in 5 gallon pots and 3 in garden beds. The three in garden beds did not do well. But the three in the pots did amazing. They are short compact and bushy. These peppers are very long to turn orange. I believe it's one the longest peppers to reach maturity. But the wait is well worth it. The bushes loaded down. The peppers are different than anything I have eaten. They have an interesting fruity flavor mixed with a peppery flavor. Each bite has you guessing. No heat at all which I love. Once season was over in UT we decided to bring them inside and place under a UV grow light. Here it is first frost and light snow and we still have peppers. They thrive under the grow light very well. Definitely doing more next year

These peppers didn't do to well for me. I think I probably just don't know what I'm doing or it's the climate. I tried the orange suave numex last year and had about the same result. The couple peppers I tried were pretty good. tasted like a bell pepper with a little more flavor.

The flavor is hard to describe, but it's kind of fruity, and kind of flowery. Very different than any sweet pepper. They do taste like a Habanero though, and you keep expecting that horrendous heat to hit, but it never does! Grows slow and matures slower, so BE PATIENT! I didn't even have to top the plants as it grows very bushy and thick. Produces a TON of delicious, tangerine colored peppers I pickled a huge batch, mixed in with sliced Nadape?os. They're a hit! I'll be growing these every year for sure

Fantastic flavor. Hot flavor without the heat. Fruity. Some tastes almost like mango or melon. The first couple I tasted really caught me off guard. With the first bite, your mind leads you to believe it is going to be hot but the heat never comes. You even get that same sort of feeling on your lips as a habanero but it doesn't burn. Half of mine died before they made it to the garden. Probably my fault because I started them 3 months before taking them out and I did not give them any sort of fertilizer. Next year I will be giving them some half strength fish fert. after the first set of true leaves form.

I was very curious about this pepper since I had never heard of such and love the flavor of hot habaneros. Easy to germinate but very sloooooow growing in the early stages (I was hesitant to top these plants), but boy, these plants really take off and bush out when it gets very hot outside (July). Short, bushy, and prolific production from then on! I still have yet to see an orange pepper on the plant (it started production in early-mid July and is now mid-August) but even the green peppers have that oily, fruity taste just like a habanero with zero spice or heat, quite impressive! I will definitely grow these again next year.