Your favorite fresh pepper for heat and flavor. - Page 3

sprtsguy76 · July 3, 2013

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Originally Posted by montanamato

Fresno is better than Serrano or Jalapeno for me in both fresh salsa and raw....

Tell me more about the fresno pepper please? Does it look and taste like a serrano? What do like better about it? I got some seeds in a trade awhile ago of them but never tried growing them.

Damon

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Mojave · July 5, 2013

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Originally Posted by sprtsguy76

Tell me more about the fresno pepper please? Does it look and taste like a serrano? What do like better about it? I got some seeds in a trade awhile ago of them but never tried growing them.

Damon

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Fresnos are more like a pointy thin skinned jalapeno than a serrano. They are about as hot and sometimes hotter than jalapenos. The peppers grow upward, are prolific, ripen to a beautiful red and are wonderful pickled.

Here's one of mine:

sprtsguy76 · July 5, 2013

Hmmm they look good enough to grow. Thanks for the picture.

Damon

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montanamato · July 7, 2013

I like the flavor of Fresnos better than Serranos or Jalapenos....they are particularily nice in a salsa....Make beautiful container plants too.

pdxwindjammer · September 4, 2013

My two favorite hot ones that I can grow in Portland, OR are Hot Lemon Pepper, which may be the same as Aji Lemon and Chinese Five Color. The Chinese Five Color are beautiful with upright peppers that are perfect as an ornamental border!

A friend recommended Fresno peppers so I am definitely going to try them next year.

Hot Yellow Wax are dependable and prolific and I use them in everything! Good flavor, thick walled with a hint of heat. Gret for casseroles, sautéing and even eating fresh.

Doug9345 · September 4, 2013

I've come to like Manzano peppers. They are hot and have a good flavor. Instead of being C. Chinese thery're C. pubescens and you can see the hairiness of the pepper even when they are small. The seeds are black instead of the normal yellow-tan and slow growing.

ChilliJez · September 7, 2013

My favourites are also C. pubescens - Manzano, Rocoto varieties.
Of these Rocoto Yellow would probably be my favourite. They are thick fleshed and quite hot, very flavoursome and just so good at bringing a salsa to life.

In our short, cool growing season they're only really worthwhile in their second year but then can be quite productive. In very warm climates they can be difficult too but I really don't have that problem.

Anyway, having no pubescens plants this year I'm finding that I miss them most.

July 5, 2013	#33
sprtsguy76 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Clara CA Posts: 1,125	Hmmm they look good enough to grow. Thanks for the picture. Damon Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

July 7, 2013	#34
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	I like the flavor of Fresnos better than Serranos or Jalapenos....they are particularily nice in a salsa....Make beautiful container plants too.

September 4, 2013	#35
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	My two favorite hot ones that I can grow in Portland, OR are Hot Lemon Pepper, which may be the same as Aji Lemon and Chinese Five Color. The Chinese Five Color are beautiful with upright peppers that are perfect as an ornamental border! A friend recommended Fresno peppers so I am definitely going to try them next year. Hot Yellow Wax are dependable and prolific and I use them in everything! Good flavor, thick walled with a hint of heat. Gret for casseroles, sautéing and even eating fresh.

September 4, 2013	#36
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	I've come to like Manzano peppers. They are hot and have a good flavor. Instead of being C. Chinese thery're C. pubescens and you can see the hairiness of the pepper even when they are small. The seeds are black instead of the normal yellow-tan and slow growing.

September 7, 2013	#37
ChilliJez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 57	My favourites are also C. pubescens - Manzano, Rocoto varieties. Of these Rocoto Yellow would probably be my favourite. They are thick fleshed and quite hot, very flavoursome and just so good at bringing a salsa to life. In our short, cool growing season they're only really worthwhile in their second year but then can be quite productive. In very warm climates they can be difficult too but I really don't have that problem. Anyway, having no pubescens plants this year I'm finding that I miss them most.