Dwarf (hot) pepper plant?

luigiwu · January 25, 2015

Is there a thai bird chili or some hot chili where theplant will be small enough for a windowsill? I suppose I can also keep pruning the plant to keep it small (bonsai?) Anyway wanted to know if anyone was aware of a variety that would fit the bill.

Would love to have a constant supply of chilis year around!

Worth1 · January 25, 2015

Browse through this selection some of the plants stay fairly small.

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/Ornamental/products/52/

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/BULGARI...ductinfo/9022/

Worth

Blueaussi · January 25, 2015

Go to http://www.chileplants.com/ and check out the search menu on the left. About three quarters of the way down, there is a "height" search tab.

Starlight · February 7, 2015

The smallest Thai I know of is Thai Hot Ornamental. It is a very hot Pequin type. It gets about 12-18" tall with upright pods.

The Thai Hot Dragon, Thai Yellow and Thai Red all range from 18-24".

Blueaussi · February 8, 2015

Oh yeah, I meant to come back and post this. FataliiSeeds lists pepper varieties that he thinks make good bonsai plants.

http://fataliiseeds.net/search?query=bonsai

pdxwindjammer · February 9, 2015

I grew Zimbabwe Bird pepper last year for the first time and it was a small compact plant with probably 100 peppers to each plant. The ones that grow erect.

sdambr · February 9, 2015

I have been growing the Thai Chili plants 12-18", they are very small plants with about 1 1/2" peppers. They grow upright and are very tasty, hot but not like the super hots. Produces loads of chili in the summer, I do overwinter them and do not get any peppers in the winter on the window sill. But have more than we can eat from the summer. I have seeds if you need some, just pm me.

Starlight · February 10, 2015

I grew the Zimbabwe Bird this past season too. It was loaded with some of the tiniest peppers I ever saw. I grew it because the name intrigued me. My plant didn't get very tall. For such little peppers to me they were very hot. Hotter than the Thai.

sdambr · February 10, 2015

There are 2 plants in this pot.

swamper · February 11, 2015

Demon or patuljak are the smallest I've seen. If you choose one with low days to maturity you're more likely to get a plant that will flower and fruit in low light conditions on a winter windowsill. Dip your plant in soapy water if aphids appear. Here's a seed source.

www.rainbowchiliseeds.com/catalog/c13_p1.html

Gardeneer · February 26, 2015

I know two vars that are dwarf ornamental:
== Sangria : starts as purple, then orange then read.

== NuMex Twilight: Also stars as purple then turns red.

I am growing Black Pearl which also is supposed to be dwarf.

January 25, 2015	#1
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	Dwarf (hot) pepper plant? Is there a thai bird chili or some hot chili where theplant will be small enough for a windowsill? I suppose I can also keep pruning the plant to keep it small (bonsai?) Anyway wanted to know if anyone was aware of a variety that would fit the bill. Would love to have a constant supply of chilis year around! __________________ Subirrigated Container gardening (RGGS) in NY, Zone 7!

January 25, 2015	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Browse through this selection some of the plants stay fairly small. http://www.tomatogrowers.com/Ornamental/products/52/ http://www.tomatogrowers.com/BULGARI...ductinfo/9022/ Worth Last edited by Worth1; January 25, 2015 at 03:17 PM.

January 25, 2015	#3
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Go to http://www.chileplants.com/ and check out the search menu on the left. About three quarters of the way down, there is a "height" search tab.

February 7, 2015	#4
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	The smallest Thai I know of is Thai Hot Ornamental. It is a very hot Pequin type. It gets about 12-18" tall with upright pods. The Thai Hot Dragon, Thai Yellow and Thai Red all range from 18-24".

February 8, 2015	#5
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Oh yeah, I meant to come back and post this. FataliiSeeds lists pepper varieties that he thinks make good bonsai plants. http://fataliiseeds.net/search?query=bonsai

February 9, 2015	#6
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	I grew Zimbabwe Bird pepper last year for the first time and it was a small compact plant with probably 100 peppers to each plant. The ones that grow erect.

February 9, 2015	#7
sdambr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 421	I have been growing the Thai Chili plants 12-18", they are very small plants with about 1 1/2" peppers. They grow upright and are very tasty, hot but not like the super hots. Produces loads of chili in the summer, I do overwinter them and do not get any peppers in the winter on the window sill. But have more than we can eat from the summer. I have seeds if you need some, just pm me.

February 10, 2015	#8
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	I grew the Zimbabwe Bird this past season too. It was loaded with some of the tiniest peppers I ever saw. I grew it because the name intrigued me. My plant didn't get very tall. For such little peppers to me they were very hot. Hotter than the Thai.

February 11, 2015	#10
swamper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: CT Posts: 219	Demon or patuljak are the smallest I've seen. If you choose one with low days to maturity you're more likely to get a plant that will flower and fruit in low light conditions on a winter windowsill. Dip your plant in soapy water if aphids appear. Here's a seed source. www.rainbowchiliseeds.com/catalog/c13_p1.html

February 26, 2015	#11
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,914	I know two vars that are dwarf ornamental: == Sangria : starts as purple, then orange then read. == NuMex Twilight: Also stars as purple then turns red. I am growing Black Pearl which also is supposed to be dwarf.