[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hadn’t noticed. I only grow everyday Jalapenos and usually just need one plant for Poppers and a few to add to Salsa. I like FLAVOR, versus HEAT, so mild is fine with me. ;)

But that’s for the tip for the Pepper Heads around here, LOL!

[jonrick46]

Right now I have four ghost pepper plants growing with blossoms. They have a Scoville rating of 855,000. A pinch will do for a bottle of Pace Chunky Salsa (hot). After the pinch, a thorough wash of hands is necessary. LOL!

[Qiviut]

I made a special trip to get Mucho Nacho jalapeños this spring. I don’t think that is what was actually in the pot. The plant has never gotten over 18” or so & the peppers are small.

I also bought a ‘Mammoth’ which has gotten fairly large with some nice peppers.

The ‘winner’ this year was a pepper just tagged as ‘hot pepper’. The plant is so large & heavy with peppers, it has half way knocked over a tomato cage I had set up around it! The peppers are huge with thick walls. It’s not particularly hot in general, although when I made poppers out of some if them, there were a couple of hot peppers in the batch.

Go figure on which plants turned out & which did not. At least I have peppers for jelly this year.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Diana, jalapeno poppers are great! (Chile Rellenos are great too!) I only need a mild endorphin rush!

Variety review. Pictures of Nile Radish from Bakers Creek described as a heat tolerant summer type. I started these in Early July. They grew in one of the hottest periods of the KS summer, usually 90F+. I made certain they received consistent watering. They received sun for about 7 to 8 hours a day. I was surprised that they are not pithy and were even textured! They were peppery, which you would expect from a summer variety.

Summer Garden pictures: Tomatoes, Shishito peppers, and walls of Pole Beans:

Burpee Long keeper Tomatoes in cages (indeterminate so I will probably need to "stop" them.) , cucumbers on trellises.

!! I found this discussion on long keeper tomatoes:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2245656/long-keeper-tomatoes ralleia
15 years ago

"I found the article on long keeper tomatoes: It was an Organic Gardening article Sept/Oct 1997 that rated long-keeping tomatoes on taste. "

Best overall: Dwarf gold treasure (source: Peters)
Best red (tie): Sheriff (source: Johnny's) and Winter Red (source: Burpee)
2nd best overall: Mountain Gold (source: Peters)
2nd best red: Flavor More (source: Nichols)

Comments about the Dwarf gold treasure included best tasting with "very nice flavor and tangy to boot" and the long-distance winner, with some fruits lasting and ripening into February.

The reviewers didn't have anything overly exciting to say about Mountain gold--just that it had long shelf life and had tomato flavor.

The reds had overall good flavor reviews.

Overall the reviewers marvelled at how long all these tomatoes kept while still tasting like tomatoes."