Anyone ever heard of or grown Aji Amarillo peppers?

[HotPepperQueen]

Last summer a very interesting man at the farmer's market gave me a blocky jalapeño type pepper for free after I bought some carrots and dill. I tried it and it was amazing. It had a jalapeno flavor but much fruitier, almost orangey, and a little more spicy. I had never heard of it and became immediately obsessed. I was able to find seeds online of what looked kind of like the one I was given and am hoping for the best because it was NOT easy to find. I finally located them at Trade Winds Fruit. All I know is that Aji Amarillos originated from Peru and there are a few different varieties. They start green and take awhile to mature to yellow/dark orange.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

They sound vaguely familiar to me but I can't remember much about them except for the name.

Great now this is going to bug me for the rest of the day...

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Sandhill Preservation Center offers them, that's all that I've been able to figure out.

 

[journey11]

It would be worthwhile to save a few seeds from the pepper you have if they look mature enough. Peppers don't cross all that easily unless they're right on top of each other and odds are good yours were grown in a larger patch anyway. I got my Hungarian Hot Wax pepper seeds that way and they came out true.

 

[thistlebloom]

Sandhill Preservation Center offers them, that's all that I've been able to figure out.

I think I also saw them on Reimers site.

 

[digitS']

I know someone who grows varieties with similar names. There is a message in your inbox, HPQ.

Is there a chance that Lemon Drops are the same?

Steve

 

[897tgigvib]

Yes! I have grown them.

The ones I had were called Aji Yellow.

Yellow means Amarillo. They were one of my favorite Peppers to grow.

They do Perennialize. The plants grow tall and upright. A single stake will be helpful, but the branches become good and stout. Without the stake and some string around every foot or so you risk a branch breaking off at a joint.

Mine tended toward golden orange more than yellow.

Flavorful hot I'd call it. Picked small they are not as hot and have more of that nice green flavor.

They really are a Pepper that looks and uses very similar to a Jalapeno, except that they get 3 times as big.

But I'm pretty sure they are not Capsicum Annuum.

Very enjoyable to grow! Keep a couple of them in 5 gallon containers, and next fall have a place in the house for them all winter. They'll plug along. Watch for molds and mildews, rarely water them in winter, keep them in a sunny window, cut back the small growth that dies back, and come next growing season take them back outside. They will grow bigger than the year before, and produce nice long Aji Peppers!

 

[HotPepperQueen]

Very good info! Thank you! I'll have to keep this in mind when it gets closer to planting season.

Yes! I have grown them.

The ones I had were called Aji Yellow.

Yellow means Amarillo. They were one of my favorite Peppers to grow.

They do Perennialize. The plants grow tall and upright. A single stake will be helpful, but the branches become good and stout. Without the stake and some string around every foot or so you risk a branch breaking off at a joint.

Mine tended toward golden orange more than yellow.

Flavorful hot I'd call it. Picked small they are not as hot and have more of that nice green flavor.

They really are a Pepper that looks and uses very similar to a Jalapeno, except that they get 3 times as big.

But I'm pretty sure they are not Capsicum Annuum.

Very enjoyable to grow! Keep a couple of them in 5 gallon containers, and next fall have a place in the house for them all winter. They'll plug along. Watch for molds and mildews, rarely water them in winter, keep them in a sunny window, cut back the small growth that dies back, and come next growing season take them back outside. They will grow bigger than the year before, and produce nice long Aji Peppers!

 

[897tgigvib]

Aji can stand being seeded inside even as early as January. They take awhile to start producing. Plant them now if possible.

My Monzano Rocottas I seeded in November!

 

[HotPepperQueen]

Yep I planted them about a week ago along with my orange habaneros. Hoping for the best!