Calling All Hot Pepper Experts

lehua49

9 years ago

Aloha,

What variety of hot Pepper Plant is this? My wife they are pretty hot.

Mahalo in advance

Featured Answer

isgen

9 years ago

A node is a point along the stem where more stems/branches grow out and this is where flowers are produced and pods hang from. C.chinense peppers are known to have multiple flowers per node, typically 2-5. Most other varieties only have 1, although certain cultivars may have 2-3 if I'm not mistaken. There are seldom as many peppers on a node as there were flowers growing though.

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Comments (10)

Brennan (New Mexico 7a)
9 years ago
Looks like habaneros to me judging by the shape. Are there multiple pods per node?
lehua49
Original Author
9 years ago
Brennan,

Not sure what a node is, but there is only one per small branch. Something is eating the ends of the new branch ends it seems. Thanks for the quick response. I don't understand why the leaves look like they have chlorosis or variegated in color. Is this common for Habaneros?
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the_northeast_chileman
9 years ago
I don't understand why the leaves look like they have chlorosis or variegated in color. Is this common for Habaneros?

It's not common in any pepper.
lehua49
Original Author
9 years ago
Can anyone suggest what to do for the leaf color? Will these peppers turn color when ripe. How do I tell if the peppers are ready to be picked.?
habjolokia z 6b/7
9 years ago
If that plant is growing in a pot which it looks like it is. My guess by the stage of the plant, it's rootbound, the soil is hard and compacted and probably lacking in fertilizer. They will most likely turn red when ready to pick.
lehua49
Original Author
9 years ago
Hab,

Thanks for the helpful info. I was thinking along your comment of being root-bound. I poked a number of holes in the soil and fed a very diluted miracle gro acid fert. We will see what happens. What is the best time to re-pot? After I harvest my peppers of course. I am attached to this plant because I brought it back from the dead. It's my zombie pepper plant. Aloha
habjolokia z 6b/7
9 years ago
Do you live in Hawaii? If so, can't you grow all year round? If that's the case I would be planting in ground.

can you upload a pic of the full plant size?
lehua49
Original Author
9 years ago
Zombie Pepper (Habanero) update

This pretty near full pic. The peppers are turning red.
lehua49
Original Author
9 years ago
Habjo,

I have lived most of my adult life in Hawaii but I live in Socal now. It was in a pot when I inherited it. I just wanted to see it live and see what type of pepper plant it was. It has had a tough life since I have had it. The whole plant has been eaten by rabbits twice. Now the rabbits are gone (No I didn't shoot them but I sure would have liked to). I may plant in the ground in early spring and eventually turn it into a bonsai (root over rock maybe). I also what to learn how to prepare them for sauces or salsa. any recipes or instructions?