What about those that we have decided never to grow again? For whatever reason, sometimes they taste bad, don't germinate, grow poorly... etc.
This could be good info for those planning next year's garden.

For me it's the Lombardo pepper. It's a long skinny italian pepper. It's got very little flavor, the pods get curly and the branches are viney and stretch all over my other peps. It's not hot or sweet. Of course, it produces a ton of pods.
I grew the Sigaretto di Bergamo right next to this (which is also a thin italian frying pepper) and I prefer it much more than the Lombardo.

What say you?

Bulgarian Carrot has to be up there! Thick skins, loaded with seeds, and nothing to speak of in the flavor dept.

Bell peppers - I don't like to grow them, they never seem to do well for me. But, I like them for eating fresh.

The flavor is just okay, the plants I've had were all sickly and weak, and they were so packed full of seeds that there was virtually no room for pepper flesh.

Just a waste of space, in my experience.

Tim

I won't grow them; instead, I grow pasilla and poblanos. I do, however, grow other colored bells and have pretty good success with them. They do take quite awhile to fully ripen though. Loving em in stir fry lately. I have quite a few that are ripe that I plan to make a pasta sauce with here in the next couple days.

Kevin

For cooking with what I've got, the cowhorns. Not much flavor, lots of seeds. And frankly, the cayenne has such a heavy bark .. er.. skin in relation to the innards that it's hard to use it fresh.

But the cowhorn was my first pepper (last survivor of five cowhorns) and the cayenne is so tough and full of character that I could never get rid of either one.

I am not challenging anyone, just wondering what about seeds is such a negative? When I use a pepper in a dish or cut them up and can them or grind them for powder, I don't bother removing the seeds. Is there a reason that I should?
Bruce

Yup, I will NEVER grow cayenne again!!! ;)

No fan of Jalapenos, either.

Josh

lol ;)

>"Hear, hear master gardener."

FIFY

TheMasterGardener1: 2 words -- tomato cages.

Kevin

Bonnie

My favorite was a two year old chiletepin that produced pods all year long!!
I've planted more chiletepin.

This weekend I went to a garage sale and found that the guy had tear drop shaped tenpins that he brought from Mexico. He had three gorgeous plants that were heavy producers. Naturally I had to get a handful with his permission! So next year I'll be growing a new tepin from Mexico and see how they do for me. His plant was about three feet high by two to three feet wide and was absolutely loaded!

Yes, that is a form of trellising, very good! :)

Yes, that is a form of trellising, very good! :)

Yes, that is a form of trellising. :)

I just waned to say that!?

I just got some tomato cages and they work great!

I also find very little use for most cayennes since they're not great to cook with (fresh) and I have better options for chile powder.

The flesh isn't thick enough to mask the texture of the corking that happens with many I've grown and the flavors behind the heat are done way better by many other types of peppers.

It's a neat looking little plant, though.

Anybody that wants to grow a good all-around chile(heat and EXCELLENT flavor) for drying should give chile de arboles a try. Very prolific and you can air dry them. You'll want to use a cage though for trellising. Another must for drying is guajillos. These two are extremely versatile.

Kevin

I should qualify that. It's a very pretty plant so if you are into that, it's great. On the eating side, nothing special heat or taste wise. Fruits are small, very little flesh, and full of seeds.

John