Pepper - Fish
I got these seeds from Bunny Hop Seeds, Trade Winds Fruit, and from various trades. Fish peppers are unique, offering both strong ornamental value, and desirable peppers. The plants grow to 24 inches tall and have variegated foliage, offering cream splashes on green, sometimes even solid cream leaves show up! The peppers start out cream colored, then become light and dark green (striped), turning to orange with dark brown stripes, before finally maturing to solid red pepper about 3 inches long. The peppers can be eaten at all stages, but do tend to get hotter the longer they are on the plant. The cream colored immature peppers were originally used in the white sauce put over seafood. It very nearly went extinct at one point except for a chance seed trade that allowed someone to grow it out and share seeds. Now it is pretty easily found in commercial sources. They are a hot pepper with a wide range, from 5,000 to 30,000 Scoville units.
Use this pepper for cooking! Originally used for crab and fish sauces, don't let that stop you from trying it in other recipes. This pepper doesn't seem to have any reviews indicating it should be eaten fresh, but in several it is specifically referred to as a cooking pepper.
I did find several reviews of this pepper stating that it can be slow to grow initially, and should be started indoors well in advance of planting out (earlier even than other pepper varieties). That said, once it gets going, hold on to your hat! This pepper is productive! It can be grown in a container, so feel free to overwinter it indoors too! Makes an excellent edible landscape element.
80 days to maturity
Use this pepper for cooking! Originally used for crab and fish sauces, don't let that stop you from trying it in other recipes. This pepper doesn't seem to have any reviews indicating it should be eaten fresh, but in several it is specifically referred to as a cooking pepper.
I did find several reviews of this pepper stating that it can be slow to grow initially, and should be started indoors well in advance of planting out (earlier even than other pepper varieties). That said, once it gets going, hold on to your hat! This pepper is productive! It can be grown in a container, so feel free to overwinter it indoors too! Makes an excellent edible landscape element.
80 days to maturity