Re:[CH] Questions from a Novice Pepper Boy
Senor Chile Monger (supervisor@scudder.sbceo.k12.ca.us)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 07:11:59 -0700
> I picked up two plants that had a tag saying
>Caribbean Red Hot Pepper at a parking lot nursery . I paid my buck took
>them home and put them in pots. Looking at the type of plants they are,
>compared to the way the other pepper plants look, they have big leaves and
>don't have the same "look" as the others. The CRHs have lettuce looking
>leaves that are sorta rough while the other plants have smooth narrower
>leaves. Anyone have any ideas?
Dan,
Your description fits that of the Habanero/Scotch Bonnet plant, very large
leaves with more of a texture. As far as when to pick, chiles can be
picked green as are most of the Jalapeņos and Serranos you see in the
produce section at the supermarket. If you let them ripen to the mature
color on the plant the flavor will fully develop.
In Chiles,
Doug
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