Varieties of hot pepper for open ground: description with photo

You can grow any fruits and vegetables in your summer cottage, but not all gardeners plant hot peppers. What varieties of hot peppers are best planted in order to get a good harvest? When choosing a pepper, it is first of all important that it be very hot, and sometimes, finding such a variety can be quite difficult.

Description of hot pepper varieties for open ground

Most varieties of hot peppers are suitable for growing in the open field, as well as in greenhouses and hotbeds. What varieties of peppers are suitable for open ground?

Hot pepper varieties for planting outdoors:

Pepper Dragon Tongue

This hybrid is characterized by powerful sprawling bushes. The yield of this variety of hot pepper is high. Stem height from 55 to 70 cm. Ripe fruits of an elongated conical shape. The shade is bright red. The weight of one fruit on average reaches 20-23 g, the length is from 9 to 13 cm. The plant belongs to varieties with an early ripening period. The skin is heavily ribbed.

Pepper Shakira

Another popular hot pepper hybrid with no bitter aftertaste. Shakira belongs to the hybrids of the first generation. The bush is quite tall and can grow from 95 to 125 cm. The leaves are small, dark green in color. Ripe vegetables are standard for peppers, cone-shaped with a pointed tip. As they mature, they become scarlet in color. The weight of one mature vegetable is from 45 to 55 gr. Small amount of seeds inside.The aroma is weak, practically not felt. Good for pickling.

Eagle Claw Pepper

Versatile hybrid with a pronounced peppery aroma. It tastes spicy, but very spicy. The plant belongs to specimens with a medium-early ripening period. The wall thickness is about 3.5 mm. Vegetables are quite large, weight can reach from 60 to 70 grams. The shade is bright red, the shape is elongated, elongated. It has good resistance to various diseases. The bushes are small, compact, the stem does not exceed 80 cm in height. Up to 5 kg of crop can be harvested from one square meter.

Homer's Pepper

Refers to first generation hybrids. Early ripe. Most often used for cooking seasonings, as well as for canning.The immature peppers are a rich emerald hue, becoming scarlet as they ripen. The shape of the fruit is trunk-shaped, elongated. Ripe vegetables don't taste very spicy. The wall thickness is from 2 to 4 cm. The mass of one ripe pepper does not exceed 40 g. The fruiting period is long. You can harvest from August to October.

Red Fat

Red Fat Man refers to hybrids with a medium early ripening period of vegetables. For cultivation in Russia, hot pepper is suitable mainly in greenhouses. This is due to the fact that this variety has a long growing season. As a rule, it is 3-4 months. In open ground, the Red Tolstyak variety is grown only in the southern regions. Ripe fruits are large and can reach 100 gr. The skin is smooth, not ribbed, scarlet. Tastes very spicy.

Peter's Finger

This variety differs from other hot pepper hybrids in its unusual shape. You can compare its shape with a finger. But the most interesting thing is that such a form is not the result of the activities of breeders. This variety is also called Chilly Willy. The birthplace of this hybrid is America. In length, the vegetable can grow up to 10 cm. The diameter is about 2.5 cm. The level of hot pepper is not very high. Chilli Willy is a very rare and expensive variety, which is quite problematic to buy in Russia.

Hungarian Yellow

The main advantage of the Hungarian Yellow hybrid is resistance to low temperatures. It belongs to the early ripe ones, from the moment of sowing the seeds to the appearance of peppers, it takes from 90 to 100 days. Bushes are small and compact. The stem does not grow more than 55 cm in height.The shape of vegetables is trunk-shaped, elongated. Unripe vegetables of a light green shade, as they ripen, acquire a rich yellow color. The taste of hot peppers is spicy. The mass of peppers is from 40 to 55 gr. When growing this plant, you need to know that it likes abundant watering, for which it is desirable to use warm water.

Thai Dragon

Bitter pepper Thai Dragon belongs to the hybrids of the first generation. The bushes of this plant are tall, the height can reach 1.5 meters. The plant is strongly leafy, the leaves are dark green. The peppers are small, but there are many of them on the bush. The mass of one vegetable is about 20 gr. Up to 8 cm in length. No more than 105 days pass from the moment the seeds are sown in the soil until the first harvest. The main feature of the Thai Dragon is that it can be grown even in a pot at home. Ripe fruits taste very sharp.

Falcon Beak Peppers

One of the hottest peppers. Unripe fruits are painted in a rich emerald hue, as they ripen, they become bright red. The shape of the fruit is cone-shaped. Peppers are small in size, grow about 29 mm in length, wall thickness is from 3 to 5 mm. Average weight - up to 10 gr. Suitable for seasoning. Due to the fact that the bushes are very compact, the Falcon's Beak can be cultivated even at home.

Miracle of the Moscow Region

Peppers The Miracle of the Moscow Region is characterized by the fact that the bush has few leaves, not sprawling. The fruits grow singly. On average, from 14 to 20 peppers can form on one plant. Tall, main stem can grow up to 1.5 meters. Vegetables are elongated, pointed towards the bottom, drooping.The skin is glossy, without ribbing. The shade of ripe vegetables is scarlet. On average, the mass of vegetables reaches from 30 to 55 grams. The taste of peppercorns is not very spicy with a specific aroma.

Elephant Trunk

Elephant Trunk Peppers is a medium early plant with a high yield. This variety was created by breeders from Ukraine. The bushes are low, semi-spreading, half standard. With technical ripeness, vegetables are light green in color, and with biological ripeness they turn red. It is not susceptible to diseases and unpretentious in care. It is recommended to grow seedlings in greenhouses and hotbeds.

Indian Elephant

Peppers Indian Elephant is characterized by high yield and disease resistance. Bushes are spreading, high. The taste of ripe peppers is semi-sharp.Suitable for pickling. The shape is elongated, cone-shaped. On average, the weight of one vegetable does not exceed 40 grams. In technical maturity, the peppercorns are emerald in color, as they ripen, they become dark red. The fruiting period begins in July and ends in mid-September. For 1 sq. m. it is recommended to cultivate no more than 4 bushes.

Reviews

Reviews on varieties of bitter pepper:

Ekaterina, 43

“I really like to grow rare varieties of vegetables on my plot, so I have long wanted to plant a Chilly Willy pepper. When I finally found this variety, I was pleasantly surprised. The peppers taste very pleasant, not too spicy, but not tasteless either. I will grow more.”

Innokenty, 67 years old

“For a long time I was looking for a variety of hot pepper that is ideal for me. I don't like too spicy, I wanted something moderately spicy. The real find was the Homer hybrid. It was very easy to grow, and the harvest was plentiful. Now I always plant this particular pepper.”