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Old February 18, 2016   #1
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just wondering if the giant marconi (pretty much all sweet peppers) do they all pretty much taste the same, kinda like a bell pepper taste,? thanks----tom
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Old February 18, 2016   #2
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To me marconis taste more like a sweet pepper than a bell pepper, more like a gypsy pepper.
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Old February 18, 2016   #3
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It's a sweet pepper as long as you let them turn fully red.
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I find that the varieties I have tried tend to vary not much in regard to flavor, but more about traits like size, wall thickness, and water content. The Marconi is a frying pepper, anyway, so the one you like the most may depend on what you're frying with it.

I like Corno di Toro red & yellow. They make a nice pair in the garden. Giant Marconi is ok, but I find the walls of it to be a little thinner.
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so would they be good raw in salads?---stuffed and baked?---or chopped up in salsa (fresh and canned)? thanks----tom
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They're not bad raw. The lower water content makes them hold up better when cooked, compared to bells.
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I like the Marconi peppers but Corno di Toro is much more productive for me and produce earlier.
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Encore, by tasting like a bell pepper, do you mean a typical green one? I always assumed that the reds and other colors would have that green bell pepper taste. Then one day I bought a red one and fried it and poured it over a chicken breast. I couldn't believe how sweet-savory and good the red one was. Now I never buy the greens. If I could I'd grow Lipstick and Carmin.
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Encore, by tasting like a bell pepper, do you mean a typical green one? I always assumed that the reds and other colors would have that green bell pepper taste. Then one day I bought a red one and fried it and poured it over a chicken breast. I couldn't believe how sweet-savory and good the red one was. Now I never buy the greens. If I could I'd grow Lipstick and Carmin.
I agree Deborah, I have only bought orange or red bell peppers for a few years now. When they are on sale, I eat at least one every day. I always put red bell pepper in my pasta sauce. It gives the sauce an extra flavor.
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yes the green ones, I grew green-red-yellow- and orange bells last year, so was wondering, what Marconi tasted like green and red.----tom (grew all the colors to make my salsa look nicer lol but they took too long to change colors, )----tom
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The giant Marconi I grew years ago seemed to take a long time to ripen. Once it is
fully grown, and the green starts to lighten, you can add 3 more weeks for it to turn
red.
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King Arthur Hybrid is the only pepper I grow.It tastes good, goes from green to red easier than any other variety I ever tried.Just as productive as any bell pepper you will grow and it is also very early (I started seeds March 1st and got the first pepper on June 18th and more soon after that.) I picked the last 6 a week before Christmas without covering or anything.But it was unusually warm last fall.The seeds are kind of expensive but worth it IMO

Tried Giant Marconi once, not all that impressed with it.

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I find that the varieties I have tried tend to vary not much in regard to flavor, but more about traits like size, wall thickness, and water content. The Marconi is a frying pepper, anyway, so the one you like the most may depend on what you're frying with it.

I like Corno di Toro red & yellow. They make a nice pair in the garden. Giant Marconi is ok, but I find the walls of it to be a little thinner.

C_R, was the giant marconi you tried the AAS 2001 Giant Marconi hybrid pepper? I've grown super sized marconi peppers but I''m not certain of they were the true hybrid variety. It wouldn't surprise me that you didn't like the taste if they weren't the totally wonderful op version.

I was searching a few sites tonight and the majority of sellers that carry the AAS hybrid version are selling treated seeds. I wonder whey this variety is almost always treated. Any thoughts?

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It was in a family garden. I think the seed came from Johnny's. The peppers were huge and it was a good producer. Although bells are the worst about being difficult, our other peppers still vary a lot with the weather each year, so one year might not be enough to judge it fairly.
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I don't see it at Johnny's, so maybe I'll try a single plant if I see it at a local retail outlet. It'll be my "splurge" since we don't have to chase after Sungold anymore.

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