While it’s getting easier to find a variety of fresh and dried peppers at the grocery store, it’s much more fun and ...

Are you looking to get the biggest harvest from your small garden? Choosing the right peppers cultivars will make the most ...

Peppers are the perfect summer crop. They’re relatively easy to grow and come in a variety of sizes and flavors, from the classic sweet bell pepper to hot chilies. Great in salads, stews, and ...

That pepper was then accidentally crossed during a pepper variety trial at Oregon State. The resulting cross had desirable characteristics around color, shape, pungency and time to ripen.

Travel & Outdoors How To Grow Hot Peppers At Home Growing your own jalapeños, habaneros, and other varieties is the hottest thing (literally). Here are tips from true "pepper heads." ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Bred and perfected over the course of two decades, two new pepper varieties, sans heat, will soon be available to grow.“Notta Hotta” and “Mild Thing” are habanero ...

Pepper plants will tell you when to harvest them. "Good signs of readiness for harvesting peppers is that they look glossy and have reached their mature size and deep color," says Johnsen.

Both peppers are fruity, with a hint of lingering spice on the tongue. Myers said, to put them in perspective, these peppers rank at about 500 to 1,000 on the Scoville heat scale . Regular ...

So the pungency level of a different chili pepper variety is based on genetics, but also the environment. When we did vats of salsa, we wanted to have it mild, medium, or hot.