AngryItalian
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chilis chilis chilis!

Just got back from Chino Farms, one of our local farms here in the SD area and I picked up some chilies. Thing is that the lady at the produce stand wasn't too sure what they were called so I'm trying to ID these little guys!
Any hels would be appreciated so heres the peppers:
[img]https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/elbanfo/Plant%20Stuff/ChinoFarmChilis001.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/elbanfo/Plant%20Stuff/ChinoFarmChilis005.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/elbanfo/Plant%20Stuff/ChinoFarmChilis004.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/elbanfo/Plant%20Stuff/ChinoFarmChilis003.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/elbanfo/Plant%20Stuff/ChinoFarmChilis002.jpg[/img]
the darker one I'm almost positive is a chocolate Habanero, the others I'm not sure...

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If that is a chocolate Habanero watch out, they were tested at 301,065 Scoville Units.

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iknow I know! thanks for the warning but I've learned the hard way to be careful with habaneros of any kind! In any case the lady at he produce stand said that all these chilis are supposed to be very spicy and by the looks of it, three out of 4 of these are in the same family as the habanero

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Hey I came across this site [url]https://www.thechileman.org/index.php[/url]. It has a lot of info on peppers, here's the page for a list of habaneros [url]https://www.thechileman.org/results.php?chile=1&find=habanero&heat=Any&origin=Any&genus=Any[/url]

The one you have with the oddest shape has a similar shape to the white giant but yours is obviously not white... I'm not an expert at all maybe someone else could find some similarities.

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Looks like you guys are two peas in a pod. Or perhaps two peppercorns in a pepper. Our two pepper experts, bonus!

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ok, so the dark one I'm almost positive is a chocolate habanero
the red funky shaped one resembles either a scotch bonnet, a bishop's crown, a mushroom pepper or a red squash pepper; the yellow resembles either a fatali, a datil or a devil's tongue. The tiny yellow one I'm still clueless...

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HI there, The yellow one is called lemon drop, I'm growing them here in Spain. Watch out firey little fellows!!!!

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Welcome to the forum, Biscombe! :)

Thanks for your itip!
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thanks! 2 down 2 to go!
in any case those peppers are gonna be sauce soon: I think I'm gonna make a spicy pricky pear hot sauce with them!

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Biscombe wrote:HI there, The yellow one is called lemon drop, I'm growing them here in Spain. Watch out firey little fellows!!!!
holy junk those suckers are hot! and not to be outdone, the other 3 packed just as big of a punch!! man, I htink my sauce is gonna turn out to be ridiculously hot! ohman!!!

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heheheheh!!!! Lemon Drops are lovely chillis, one goes a long way!!! I've got a plant in the greenhouse still going for it!! they make lovely plants, perfect for containers!

If anyone out there wants one let me know!! the only problem is they may not come true because they were grown with other peppers, I need to get the hang of saving pure pepper seed!!!!

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I'm just so proud of my own attempt to grow chillis this year (last year was a disaster), yes, I finally have proper germinated chilli seeds ... I want a medal :lol:

[url]https://margeland.co.uk/blog/2007/02/25/the-chillis-are-getting-bigger/[/url]

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Marge, they look wonderful!! 8)

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Two sites that have a lot info about hot peppers.

https://www.pepperjoe.com/

https://www.ecoseeds.com/pepperpics.html

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The lemon drop suggestion might also be a Thai Sun. It's difficult to tell without a ruler but the Hot sun is also an extremely hot pepper (oh yeah baby).



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