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Originally Posted by smallblueplanet 
we found Cubanelle, Topepo Rosso and Hot Portugal did really well, ie more than one pepper every month or plant! 
and Hanoi Red cos they seem prolific and hottish to dry and save for the rest of the year.
Cubanelle is a type of sweet pepper (more often found abroad) its early, prolific and long fruiting - oh and they taste and smell like real peppers! Topepo Rosso we only grew last year but they were fairly prolific and like small blocky sweet peppers - very tasty. When we've tried to grow sweet peppers (like the ones you see in the supermarket) before you often seem only to get one or two fruits per plant, not good when they're taking up room in the greenhouse. Hot Portugal were prolific, big, hottish and easy to grow. Attachment 3642 - wish these were mine! |
Hmmm...Hanoi Red must be originally from Vietnam. Sorry, do you still want my Fuego, sounds like it can do the flamenco or even tango
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How many variety of sweet peppers did you grow before stumbling upon Hot Portugal as the best one that is closer to standard supermarket looking peppers? The sweet peppers in most gardening books usually look rubbish (not even close to 'basic range' of supermarket pepper) so I imagined that is as best as it gets in UK climate
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Are the 3 peppers you mentioned your best recommendations although I don't mind the compromise of having smaller chilli-looking sweet pepper. The one and only sweet pepper seeds I've got is California Wonder (as common as Aubergine BB) and the name makes me uneasy, as we all know California is mostly sunny. I bought it last year before I got into variety researching.
Re the picture, yeah you can buy the peppers in kilo in countries like that, so cheap you don't really need to grow them yourself or get your gardener to grow all your wonderful stuffs and give away all the excess to village people.