10 best varieties of bitter pepper

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Very hot peppers

Habanero orange (Habanero Orange)

Opens the rating of the best varieties of hot orange habanero peppers. In Central America, this hot pepper cultivar is the most cultivated member of the Habanero cultivar group. This is a very hot pepper, more often used as a seasoning in dried and crushed form. In terms of maturation, it belongs to mid-season. Shrub 0.7 — 0.9 m high, strongly branched, with medium-sized oblong leaves. Bouquet type of fruit formation, 4-5 pieces in a cluster. The fruits are cone-shaped, with a pointed nose, tuberous, with a wrinkled surface, up to 4 cm long and up to 2 cm in diameter, with an average weight of 40 g, on a peduncle, thin-walled, bright orange when fully ripe. The growing season from germination to maturity is 180-195 days. In the Middle lane and the Moscow region, in some years, he does not have time to give the entire crop. Preferably grown in greenhouses or under film cover. Hot Habanero Peppers are well suited for indoor growing.

Main advantages:

  • sharpness on the Scoville scale 200 — 350 thousand units
  • bright fruity aroma
  • unpretentiousness
  • abundant fruiting (800 — 900 fruits per plant in greenhouse conditions)
Minuses:
  • slows growth in adverse conditions

9.9
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

Pepper is fire! Snacks from it warm up nicely. Sharpness is always good. Only slow growth at all stages of development upsets.

Fatali white (Fatalii White)

This is a habanero from South Africa. The plant is powerful, in the greenhouse it grows up to 1.5 m in height. In containers bushes do not exceed 0.8 m, sprawling. In the Middle lane in the open field, Fatali bitter pepper will not give a good result. The vegetation period from germination to biological maturity exceeds 190 days. The variety is sensitive to the level and duration of lighting, therefore, in the autumn-winter and winter-spring periods, it requires supplementary lighting. The fruits are cylindrical, pointed, ribbed, with a slightly bumpy surface, up to 4-6 cm long, with a small number of seeds inside, fleshy, the color changes from juicy green to milky white or snow white.

Main advantages:

  • sharpness 250 — 300 thousand units
  • strong citrus aroma and taste
  • high productivity
  • good pollination
Minuses:
  • poorly adapted in the climatic zone of Central Russia

9.8
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

I grow Fatali hot peppers in a greenhouse, there is a lot of trouble with it, it requires attention, but the original taste is worth all the effort. In preparations, simply overeating.

Parsley cap (domestic selection)

Domestic variety of bitter pepper with good adaptation. Variety of medium early maturity. Suitable for open ground and film shelters. The plant forms a branched and sprawling bush 0.9-1 m high. The fruits are wide-cylindrical, with a pointed nose, similar to a cap, slightly ribbed, pale green in technical ripeness, juicy orange when fully ripe, 4-5 cm long and 4-5 cm in diameter. 3 — 4 cm, average weight 10 — 15 g, thin-walled (2 — 3 mm). Differs in plasticity in different weather conditions and does not require early January sowing for seedlings.

Main advantages:

  • adapted to the climate of the middle lane
  • unpretentious in care
  • high decorativeness
  • sharpness 200 — 250 thousand units
  • seeds available
Minuses:
  • large shrub that requires a lot of space when grown indoors

9.8
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

The variety is a close brother of Habanero, but more adapted to our climate. The fruits are beautiful and very sharp. It grows well in open ground, at the end of the season I transplant a couple of bushes into a pot and bring it home, where fruiting continues.

Varieties and hybrids of bitter pepper with good spiciness

Jalapeno morita (Jalapeno)

One of the varieties of the popular Mexican variety group for open beds, greenhouses, container and indoor cultivation. Bush up to 1 m high, strongly branched. The fruits are cone-shaped, short, with a rounded nose, smooth, 3-4 cm long and up to 2 cm in diameter, shiny, thick-walled, when ripe they turn juicy red. For culinary purposes, for fresh consumption, fruits are used in technical ripeness, with a green color. Red fruits are dried and processed. Highly appreciated by gourmets. The greatest sharpness in green fruits, as they ripen, the pungency is lost. Jalapeno bitter pepper grows without problems in the Middle lane: in the Tver and Moscow regions it ripens in the open field.

Main advantages:

  • gradual disclosure of stinginess
  • fleshy fruits with a spicy taste
  • versatility in growing methods
Minuses:
  • low productivity

9.9
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

I grow several varieties of Jalapenos from different sources. They differ in sharpness, shape and size of the fruit. Everyone likes. The peppers are small, but juicy and meaty.

flame

A good mid-early hot pepper variety for greenhouses and temporary shelters. A plant of restrained growth, no more than 0.5 m high, compact. The fruits are elongated, trunk-shaped or narrow-conical, smooth, dark red when fully ripe, weighing from 50 to 70 g, 15-20 cm long, thick-walled (4-5 mm). The spiciness is rated as medium by fans of hot pepper, and by fans as pretty decent. The variety of bitter pepper Flame is well known in the Moscow region. You can grow it at home, with additional lighting.

Main advantages:

  • comparatively large fruit
  • strong spicy aroma
  • resistance to verticillium
Minuses:
  • does not tolerate even light shading
  • susceptibility to blossom end rot and anthracnose

9.8
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

I have been growing the Flame for three years now and am satisfied with the variety. Fruits of medium size, pungent. I cook adjika from it, marinate it, make sauces and freeze it with rings.

Dragon language (in the State Register since 2000)

Domestic variety of bitter pepper of medium early ripening for open ground and film shelters. Technical ripeness occurs 105-110 days after germination. The bush is tall, up to 1 m, sprawling, with small leaves. The fruits are elongated-proboscis-shaped, flattened, slightly ribbed, with a smooth surface, fiery red in biological ripeness, thin-walled (less than 1 mm), 10-12 cm long, weighing 15-25 g. Used for making sauces, paprika, peppercorns and in conservation . Fully ripened fruits are pungent and score 7 points out of 10 in tasting, but are described as mildly spicy in technical ripeness.

Main advantages:

  • strong aroma
  • large fruits
  • unpretentiousness
Minuses:
  • average yield
  • spiciness is highly dependent on growing conditions

9.7
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

Peppercorns are really large, interesting shape. The spiciness is moderate, but it depends on taste preferences. For us, even islands.

Russian size F1

Mid-early hybrid of bitter pepper for open ground and film greenhouses. The bush is powerful, 0.8-1 m high, with large leaves. Fruits in the form of a narrowed cylinder, with a pointed and often curved nose, curved, without pronounced ribs, dark red in biological ripeness, 20-25 cm long, thick-walled, medium pungency. Bitter pepper Russian size is adapted to the Russian climate, ripens well and pleases with a stable harvest.

Main advantages:

  • large and fleshy fruits
  • heat resistance
  • resistance to common diseases
  • high yield
Minuses:
  • spiciness is highly dependent on growing conditions

9.7
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

I like it very much for its size: it’s the best for making mildly spicy pastes, seasonings and sauces.

The best semi-hot peppers with piquant heat

Bell (in the State Register since 2010)

Late-ripening variety of bitter pepper for open ground and film greenhouses. The growing season from germination to biological maturity is about 150 days. The bush is vigorous, 1.5-1.7 m high, moderately sprawling, with slightly wrinkled dark leaves. The fruits are prism-shaped, bell-shaped, smooth, greenish in technical ripeness and different shades of red in biological, weighing 70-95 g, thick-walled (4 mm). The taste is bittersweet, spicy. Hot Bell Pepper is suitable for long-term indoor cultivation. Due to the high decorativeness in the garden, it simultaneously performs an aesthetic function.

Main advantages:

  • original shape
  • delicate fruity citrus aroma
  • high decorativeness
  • shade tolerance
Minuses:
  • due to strong growth, it requires shaping: removal of vertical stepchildren and pinching

9.9
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

My favorite. Goes to adjika, salads, pickles and pickling. The plant is powerful, grows very quickly, so the place requires a decent one.

Double Abundance F1

Mid-early hybrid of bitter pepper for open ground and greenhouses. The plant is 50-60 cm high, in the greenhouse it reaches 0.8-1 m. The fruits are elongated, proboscis-shaped, 15-25 cm long, weighing 50-80 g, thick-walled, bright red in biological ripeness, with a sheen. Up to 40 large peppercorns can be collected from one bush. The taste is bittersweet, with a piquant spiciness. Used in summer salads, whole-fruit canning, pickling, and for making sauces and pastes. Hot pepper Double profusion is suitable for indoor and container growing, but is more often grown with seasonal transshipment to an open bed.

Main advantages:

  • resistance to viruses and anthracnose
  • heat resistance
  • large and fleshy fruits
  • unpretentiousness
Minuses:
  • faint aroma

9.9
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

I really like pepper. Fruitful in any weather, slugs are the least damaged. In the conditions of the Moscow region, I sow seeds for seedlings in early February — they ripen perfectly.

Hungarian yellow (in the State Register since 2009)

An early ripening variety of bitter pepper for open and protected ground. The bush is undersized, compact, with large slightly wrinkled leaves. The fruits are cone-shaped, narrow, with a smooth surface, yellowish at first, red when fully ripe, weighing 50-70 g, thick-walled (up to 4 mm). The variety is not picky about care, bears fruit well in cold summers, resists pests and diseases.

Main advantages:

  • high yield
  • cold resistance
  • precocity
  • unpretentiousness
  • large fleshy fruits
Minuses:
  • weak sharpness

9.8
/ ten
Rating

Reviews

Very productive, grows well and ripens in open ground. I use it for dressing and in salads. I was specifically looking for a variety of pepper with a pleasant spiciness to use fresh.

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