*Grins* to you, Rick.........
The Scorpion pepper seeds came from a pepper that a friend of our brought back from Ohio. She is an avid chilihead, and likes it much hotter than me. However, since she brought me the pepper, I thought, why not. We'll see if they work out (hasn't sprouted yet) The 7 Pod seeds were a bonus 'gift' in a seed order that I had made recently, so again, why not? I will likely simply dry and powder the pepper, and use it (sparingly) in a blend of spices. Tepin I know is hot, but I am willing to try it. The little Thais are usually as hot as we like it, as they provide a lot of heat, but still have a lot of flavor. There comes a point when a pepper is more heat than flavor.
'Aji' simply means 'pepper' down in South America, so there are a lot of varieties of Aji.
Last season, I ran across a gentleman that was selling a lot of varieties of peppers at the farmers market, something that has been a long time coming to this area, as people here are slow to welcome new things.
One of the varieties he was selling some would classify as an ornamental; 'Black Prince'. It is a small plant, growing no more than a foot in height, and grew thumbnail sized hot pepper, about equivalent to the Thai. Quite tasty!
Because our season is shorter, I am not able to grow several varieties. I did try the Manzano Rocoto, and Tabasco, but they need a longer season.
