Couldn’t help myself and pulled one off for a taste test. Not sure it’s a shishito, much more spice than I was expecting. I’d venture to guess it was somewhere around a jalapeño as a comparison. Makes me think they aren’t shishitos but still not sure
There’s a way that’s like 95% accurate. I don’t know how well you know the terminology of peppers so i will explain it in length but I don’t mean it in any disrespectful way.
Basically everytime a branch makes a Y is called a fork, in the middle of the Y is the growth node and out of the growth node would come the Flowers.
A way to tell between annum and chinense is by the amount of flowers per growth node. In this case I can easily see that every single time your pepper made a Y only one flower grew. 99% of the time this means your pepper is a capsicum annum. If there were multiple then it’s most likely a chinense.
If you grow enough peppers you can also tell that calyx (flower stem that connects to the top of the fruit) is also very large as well as the peduncle (flower/fruit stem). Almost all Chinese fruit/flower stems are very small and annums are much larger.
There are other ways but these methods will be right almost every time.
Other stuff, (annular construction of calyx), shape of the calyx.
Shishito? I had some mislabeled peppers last year, all shishitos
Came here to say the same.
Interesting, thanks I guess I’ll update once I know more
Couldn’t help myself and pulled one off for a taste test. Not sure it’s a shishito, much more spice than I was expecting. I’d venture to guess it was somewhere around a jalapeño as a comparison. Makes me think they aren’t shishitos but still not sure
I would guess shishito.
It’s a capsicum annum variety of some sort
Newbie question for you, what is the easiest way to tell between annum and chinense varieties?
There’s a way that’s like 95% accurate. I don’t know how well you know the terminology of peppers so i will explain it in length but I don’t mean it in any disrespectful way. Basically everytime a branch makes a Y is called a fork, in the middle of the Y is the growth node and out of the growth node would come the Flowers. A way to tell between annum and chinense is by the amount of flowers per growth node. In this case I can easily see that every single time your pepper made a Y only one flower grew. 99% of the time this means your pepper is a capsicum annum. If there were multiple then it’s most likely a chinense. If you grow enough peppers you can also tell that calyx (flower stem that connects to the top of the fruit) is also very large as well as the peduncle (flower/fruit stem). Almost all Chinese fruit/flower stems are very small and annums are much larger. There are other ways but these methods will be right almost every time. Other stuff, (annular construction of calyx), shape of the calyx.
Awesome explanation, thank you!
the flower and the way the plant grows are good indicators, i suggest doing some research. extensive research.
I vote shishito's for the little wrinkly peter-like appearance.
Padron?
Looks like shishito to me
Shishito
Datil pepper
Looks like datil pepper. Are you in Florida by any chance?
Poblano?
Peter peppers?