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Petronius_II · February 20, 2012

I hope y'all will keep in mind, there's still an enormous untapped potential for medium-hot and so-called ornamental peppers. (I dislike the term "ornamental" because it implies the peppers have no culinary value, which is usually far from the truth.)

The Chile Pepper Institute's selection of ornamentals is quite good, and if any part of one's projected income includes selling starter plants for transplanting, one would do well to take a look.

I'm hoping to try growing Hot Portugal for the first time this year. Found some inexpensive HP through Ebay. I think I'm going to get something like a cross between a New Mexico pod type and a "large thick cayenne" type, IOW maybe even a NM pod type that's hotter than Barker's Hot, if a bit slimmer. That would be something a lot of gardeners could, like, you know, actually cook with.

February 20, 2012	#30
Petronius_II Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Albuquerque, NM - Zone 7a Posts: 209	I hope y'all will keep in mind, there's still an enormous untapped potential for medium-hot and so-called ornamental peppers. (I dislike the term "ornamental" because it implies the peppers have no culinary value, which is usually far from the truth.) The Chile Pepper Institute's selection of ornamentals is quite good, and if any part of one's projected income includes selling starter plants for transplanting, one would do well to take a look. I'm hoping to try growing Hot Portugal for the first time this year. Found some inexpensive HP through Ebay. I think I'm going to get something like a cross between a New Mexico pod type and a "large thick cayenne" type, IOW maybe even a NM pod type that's hotter than Barker's Hot, if a bit slimmer. That would be something a lot of gardeners could, like, you know, actually cook with.