Favorite peppers

[journey11]

I've grown the OP Marconi and they really didn't do well for me compared to the hybrid I bought the year before. Those went bonkers, were completely loaded, we were eating them red and green, they were delicious sliced fresh with dip or cooked in dishes and we were giving them away left and right by the bagful. Some things I will tolerate a little lower production for the quality fruit or the purpose of saving seed, but these I recommend you get a hybrid. It's a good multi-purpose pepper too.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i admit, i grow hot & sweet peppers, but not for me to eat. i can't seem to eat the sweet ones without feeling heartburn. the hots i can tolerate if there is something else added in what i'm eating to offset them-i don't get heartburn from the hot peppers for some reason.

i have grown in the past a lot of different hot peppers for my dh who uses them to make extremely hot pepper jelly. some years they do great for us, other years not so well. and i've grown some green sweet bell peppers that go to my mom for her to use. those have also been hit or miss due to cooler than average seasons.

 

[so lucky]

@journey11, could it have been the weather or some other factor that affected the production of your OP Marconi? I have had really good luck with the OP Marconi. They really outdid themselves last year.

 

[journey11]

@journey11, could it have been the weather or some other factor that affected the production of your OP Marconi? I have had really good luck with the OP Marconi. They really outdid themselves last year.

These were some I had bought from Baker Creek. I don't know if the weather would have had anything to do with it, since we've had ample rainfall each summer for a few years now. These were scrawny plants, barely set any peppers and what they did set were much smaller. The hybrid ones were HUGE peppers completely covering small, compact plants. They were very lush and disease resistant plants. Of course, with the heirloom marconis, there could be a lot of variance and maybe they crossed out with something else or were poorly selected. All I know is that the ones I got from Jung Seed won't disappoint.