New Pepper Varieties
There are several new disease resistant varieties of pepper available to home gardeners. UT Assistant Professor of Horticulture Natalie Bumgarner talks about some of the ones she has successfully grown in her vegetable trials.
Black spot is a common pepper disease which can reduce yields. Luckily there are several cultivars which are black spot resistant. For bell peppers, Natalie likes Alliance, Red Knight, Mecate, and Big Bertha (which does not have black spot resistance but still performed well). Italian roasting or bullhorn peppers have an elongated shape; good choices here include Carmen, Mama Mia Giallo, Corno di Toro, and Cornito Giallo. For Jalapeno hot peppers, Natalie recommends Emerald Fire and Spicy Slice. For novelty peppers she recommends Mad Hatter and Candy Cane. Many ornamental peppers are hot but are not that great tasting. Lately there are several ornamental peppers that are more mild and better tasting that have come on the market like Pretty N Sweet.
You can see All-American Selection Pepper winners at the AAS website
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Black spot is a common pepper disease which can reduce yields. Luckily there are several cultivars which are black spot resistant. For bell peppers, Natalie likes Alliance, Red Knight, Mecate, and Big Bertha (which does not have black spot resistance but still performed well). Italian roasting or bullhorn peppers have an elongated shape; good choices here include Carmen, Mama Mia Giallo, Corno di Toro, and Cornito Giallo. For Jalapeno hot peppers, Natalie recommends Emerald Fire and Spicy Slice. For novelty peppers she recommends Mad Hatter and Candy Cane. Many ornamental peppers are hot but are not that great tasting. Lately there are several ornamental peppers that are more mild and better tasting that have come on the market like Pretty N Sweet.
You can see All-American Selection Pepper winners at the AAS website
Related Videos:
Planting Peppers
Growing Peppers
Related Resources:
Growing Peppers in the Home Garden
Growing peppers in home gardens
Home Garden Peppers