Mid-Atlantic Gardening: 2007 Success- Share yours, 0 by wind

wind wrote:
I had success planting chiltepin peppers in a pot rather than directly in the veggie garden or in a raised bed.

They need such a long growing season which we cut it so close here in zone 6b. I have them on the porch now in a pot and they are ripening now. I pick the red ones as they ripen. I plan on bringing the pot in when a frost is predicted if that occurs before they all ripen.

These peppers are great. They are small spheres the size of a tiny pea. They last so long when dried because they are so HOT!!! They hold their heat too. I had some for years stored dried and they were just as hot 3 years later!!!

I'm going to plant the tepin peppers in a pot next yr for the same reason. Both these hot little peppers are great for culinary use.