You can grow any fruits and vegetables in your summer cottage, but not all gardeners plant hot peppers. What varieties of hot peppers are best to plant to get a good harvest? When choosing a pepper, it is first of all important that it be very hot, and sometimes it can be quite difficult to find such a variety.
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Description of hot pepper varieties for open ground
Most varieties of hot peppers are suitable for cultivation both in open ground and in greenhouses and hotbeds. What varieties of pepper are suitable for open ground?
Varieties of hot pepper for planting in open ground:
- Pepper Dragon's Tongue
This hybrid is characterized by powerful spreading bushes. The yield of this variety of hot pepper is high.Stem height is from 55 to 70 cm. Ripe fruits are elongated, cone-shaped. The shade is bright red. The average weight of one fruit reaches 20-23 grams, length from 9 to 13 cm. The plant belongs to varieties with early ripening. The skin is strongly ribbed.
- Pepper Shakira
Another popular hybrid of hot peppers without the bitter taste. Shakira belongs to the first generation hybrids. The bush is quite tall and can grow from 95 to 125 cm. The leaves are small and dark green. Ripe vegetables have the standard cone shape for peppers with a pointed tip. As they ripen, they acquire a scarlet color. The weight of one ripe vegetable is from 45 to 55 g. There are a small number of seeds inside. The aroma is weak and practically unnoticeable. Good for pickling.
- Pepper Eagle Claw
A versatile hybrid with a pronounced peppery aroma. The taste is piquant, but very spicy. The plant belongs to specimens with a medium-early ripening period. Wall thickness is about 3.5 mm. The vegetables are quite large, the weight can reach from 60 to 70 grams. The hue is bright red, the shape is elongated, elongated. It has good resistance to various diseases. The bushes are small, compact, the height of the stem does not exceed 80 cm. From one square meter you can harvest up to 5 kg of crop.
- Homer's pepper
Refers to the first generation hybrids. Early ripening. Most often used for making seasonings and also for canning. Unripe peppers have a rich emerald hue; as they ripen, they acquire a scarlet color. The shape of the fruit is trunk-shaped, elongated. Ripe vegetables do not taste very spicy. The wall thickness is from 2 to 4 cm. The weight of one ripe pepper does not exceed 40 grams. The fruiting period is long.Harvesting can be done from August to October.
- Red Fat Man
Red Fatty is a hybrid with medium-early ripening vegetables. Hot peppers are suitable for growing in Russia mainly in greenhouses. This is due to the fact that this variety has a long growing season. As a rule, it is 3-4 months. In open ground, the Red Fatty variety is grown only in the southern regions. Ripe fruits are large and can reach 100 grams. The skin is smooth, not ribbed, and scarlet in color. The taste is very spicy.
- Peter's finger
This variety differs from other hybrids of hot peppers due to its unusual shape. You can compare its shape to a finger. But the most interesting thing is that this form is not the result of the activities of breeders. This variety is also called Chilly Willy. The homeland of this hybrid is America. The vegetable can grow up to 10 cm in length. The diameter is about 2.5 cm. The heat level of the pepper is not very high. Chilly Willy is a very rare and expensive variety, which is quite problematic to buy in Russia.
- Hungarian Yellow
The main advantage of the Hungarian Yellow hybrid is its resistance to low temperatures. It is classified as an early ripening plant; from the moment the seeds are sown until the peppers appear, it takes from 90 to 100 days. The bushes are small and compact. The stem does not grow more than 55 cm in height. The shape of the vegetables is trunk-shaped, elongated. Unripe vegetables are light green in color and, as they ripen, acquire a rich yellow color. Hot peppers have a spicy taste. The mass of peppers is from 40 to 55 g. When growing this plant, you need to know that it loves abundant watering, for which it is advisable to use warm water.
- Thai Dragon
Thai Dragon hot pepper is a first generation hybrid.The bushes of this plant are tall, the height can reach 1.5 meters. The plant is highly leafy, the leaves are dark green. The peppers are small, but there are a lot of them on the bush. The weight of one vegetable is about 20 grams. Up to 8 cm in length. No more than 105 days pass from the moment the seeds are sown in the soil until the first harvest is harvested. The main feature of the Thai Dragon is that it can even be grown in a pot at home. Ripe fruits taste very sharp.
- Peppers Falcon Beak
One of the hottest peppers. Unripe fruits are colored in a rich emerald hue; as they ripen, they become bright red. The shape of the fruit is cone-shaped. The peppers are small in size, growing about 29 mm in length, with wall thickness from 3 to 5 mm. Average weight - up to 10 g. Suitable for making seasonings. Due to the fact that the bushes are very compact, Falcon's Beak can be cultivated even at home.
- Miracle of the Moscow Region
Peppers Miracle of the Moscow Region are characterized by the fact that the bush is sparsely leafed and not spreading. The fruits grow singly. On average, from 14 to 20 peppers can form on one plant. Tall, the main stem can grow up to 1.5 meters. Vegetables are elongated, pointed at the bottom, drooping. The skin is glossy, without ribbing. The hue of ripe vegetables is scarlet. On average, the weight of vegetables reaches from 30 to 55 grams. The taste of peppercorns is not very spicy with a specific aroma.
- Elephant Trunk
Elephant Trunk peppers are a mid-early plant with high productivity. This variety was created by breeders from Ukraine. The bushes are low, half spreading, half standard. With technical ripeness, vegetables are light green in color, but with biological ripeness they become red. Not susceptible to diseases and easy to care for.It is recommended to grow seedlings in greenhouses and greenhouses.
- Indian elephant
Indian Elephant peppers are characterized by high yield and disease resistance. The bushes are spreading and tall. Ripe peppers taste semi-hot. Suitable for marinating. The shape is elongated, cone-shaped. On average, the weight of one vegetable does not exceed 40 grams. At technical maturity, peppercorns are emerald in color; as they ripen, they become dark red. The fruiting period begins in July and ends in mid-September. For 1 sq. m. it is recommended to cultivate no more than 4 bushes.
Reviews
Reviews of hot pepper varieties:
Ekaterina, 43 years old
“I really like to grow rare varieties of vegetables on my plot, so I have long wanted to plant Chilly Willy peppers. When I finally found this variety, I was pleasantly surprised. The peppers taste very pleasant, not too hot, but not tasteless either. I will continue to grow.”
Innocent, 67 years old
“I have been looking for the ideal variety of hot pepper for a long time. I don’t like it too spicy, I wanted something moderately spicy. The real find was the Homer hybrid. It was very easy to grow and the harvest was plentiful. Now I always plant this particular pepper.”
