Thank you for this timely video. I was wondering when to pick my sweet banana. I love them with scrambled eggs. If anyone has any other uses, I'm all ears. Thank you for the pickled pepper recipe.
Fully ripened sweet, red banana peppers added a really good flavor when mixed with a mix of jalapeños, Serranos and cayenne peppers I used to make some hot sauce last year. I think some carrots may have also been in that batch. I made a note that sweet peppers like those make a really flavorful hot sauce, that you can make as hot as your liking. I’ll try that scrambled egg addition!
That’s what I like using mine in as well, I think I may make some scrambled eggs and banana pepper in just a bit. I do like to throw a bit of mozzarella cheese on top at the end and letting it melt in.
Perfect timing! Just made a batch of pickled bananas and pepperoncini this weekend. You guys are the inspiration for my venture into peppers this year. Loving the black fabric grow bags you suggested.
With the banana peppers I grow they will turn orange long before they start to soften. Green/yellow softer peppers usually means they are not quite ripe yet. From my experiences.
favorite banana pepper , hot anaheim hybrid just enuff heat, and grows well in southwestern ontario -perfect for sub sandwiches,burgers,and hot dogs, going to try your pickling recipe,thanks for the video.
awesome, ever since Bick's moved from Canada to the US they taste like crap, about 6-7 years ago, finally realized why not do it my self, thanks for the tips, will start these in the late fall here in Canada
So excited to watch this! My hot banana peppers are doing so good this year and there’s like 25 banana peppers and I’ve already picked like 10 huge peppers from the plant!
Just pulled a couple yesterday. Issue we have is that they still have that "green" flavor. Also, anytime we can ours they get really mushy. I think we need to add a 1/4 or 1/8 tsp of calcium chloride (aka pickle crisp, but a lot cheaper).
Interesting, I’d give them more time on the plant in your case. We do quick-pickling, and usually eat them pretty fast, for longer term canning the calcium chloride is a good idea
@@PepperGeek Ours aren't pressure canned, but they are put in a simmer water bath for 10 minutes per instruction. I've never used calcium chloride, and just learned about it last year (too late). We keep them for a very long time since its just three of us, and I'm the primary consumer...I had 2 dozen 8oz jars last year plus a dozen pepperoncino's, and another dozen jalapeño. All off of a total of 8 plants. We had a good year. LOL.
I’ve just started growing banana peppers this year, i’m terrified that I’ve been picking them a little early. However, they’ve been getting so large and some of them start getting real brown at the bottom of them that I’m afraid if I don’t pick them that they’re going bad. I guess I’ll wait a little longer and hope I haven’t picked them all too early.
Hey, this is sort of a random question unrelated to this video but how come peppers are never found to be a blue color. Similar to a cobalt blue. I know that that’s one of the 3 main colors in the color spectrum but for some reason there’s a ton of red and yellow but no fully blue peppers? I just always thought it would be pretty cool to see a light fully blue pepper but it seems that will never happen at all from what I’ve researched.
Great question. Blue peppers don't exist (to my knowledge..). I'm no expert on this, but I believe the reason is that blue pigments are not very dominant, and so other pigments/anthocyanins in the plant will overtake. So you'll see purples, reds, yellows, but blue never comes through as the winner. I'm sure it's possible with food dye or something, but no natural varieties that I know if. Maybe one day!
@@PepperGeek thank you for the response. Also, a side note, my first plant I ever got was a banana pepper plant about 3 years ago because I was curious on what a red banana pepper would taste like of all reasons lol. This particular plant helped me get into gardening and build a massive obsession over plants with about 100+ varieties currently and a lot of pepper variety’s as well! I’ll follow you on my personal account on instagram so you can see a bit of what I got if you were curious.
It's incredible, just this morning I noticed that one of my banana peppers was starting to turn orange and I was confused because I thought they'd stay yellow and now this video comes out. Thank you so much!
This may be the "year of the hot banana pepper" for me. My four plants are producing really well. I even have one in a pot that was suffering from poor drainage that is still putting out some nice looking fruit. Now that I fixed the issue (soil was too dense), hopefully it will do even better. Looking forward to some pickled banana peppers...
Great timing, I have one sweet banana plant that I rescued off the discount rack at Lowes in the spring. It's got four nice peppers on it that just turned yellow in the past week. Thanks for the tips.
It's funny how some will malign plants from box stores and super markets. To date, two of the best producing pepper plants I've ever had came from Home Depot. In my current garden, my two Jalapenos from Hannaford's (grocery store here in the north east) look way better than the three I got from a nursery.
My banana pepper plant has produced many peppers but are a fraction of that size. Probably many factors but I’m still enjoying eating them. At least now I know for next year I want to try again.
I just moved to Oklahoma and am having the hardest time growing peppers, it’s been way too hot here (95-110 degree days) and all my flowers keep falling off. 💔 I don’t know what to do.
You’re probably going to need to water them deeply every morning early in the morning, maybe even a little bit at night if it’s really drying out too fast. And maybe you’ll need to offer your peppers shade with shade cloth or something in the early afternoon when the suns at it’s hottest, if you are going to have to water them everyday don’t forget to keep up on the fertilizing too, do it more often but at weaker concentrations so you don’t stress your plant too much
If your night time temperatures doesn’t get below 75, then you will probably just have to wait before you can get production. This is a common problem for me for the hottest parts of the summer. You could try a shade cloth as well if they are in direct sun all day.
My plant in a small planter is so small and the peppers are like 2 inches long, there’s lots on the plant but it seems like the plant won’t be able to hold them all.. should I pick a few off early? And would fertilizer help
lmao... i just wrecked a few banana peppers picking them, twisting and janking em. i should have seen this first. literately, 15 minutes ago lol. live and learn, not really salty. ty for ur knowledge.
My banana pepper plant looks otherwise healthy, but It has never flowered or fruited. Is there something I should do? The jalapeno next to it is hugely productive.
maybe not enuff sun, for peppers to fully blossom,or lack of minerals in soil, xertain fertilizers encourage flower growth....also those sweet peppers may cross pollenate with the jalapenos ...my 2nd year jala grow better when not in a full sun location,,,
I thought the Hungarian Hot was going to be mild like banana peppers. I just knew the 'hot' was probably exaggerated. I was surprised when I bit into it. LOL.
That's what I'm growing this year for the first time. I planted a little late so mine are just now starting to develop peppers. Does it still have the banana pepper flavor, just with added heat?
So, I'm curious to know what to do with the peppers that I harvest and want to keep for adding to eggs or my salads. Mine become soft when left out on counter and also if I place in fridge. How do I keep em crunchy?
@@MB-co6qj lol obvious answer. I was thinking when would be the earliest to pick them for seeds so that I don't need to leave them on the plant too long to encourage more production.
This is the most clear explanation I've seen. Looks like I was picking way too soon last summer. Some are almost ready this summer to pick and pickle. Thank you!
I have noticed that my sweet banana peppers start off a lighter green that gets even lighter before turning yellow, while my hot banana peppers start off as darker green buds (slightly lighter than my jalapeños), but never quite get to a yellow color. They seem to remain light green. 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
I planted a banana pepper plant a couple weeks ago and it hasn't stretched or really changed at all, but it looks it's starting to bud and begin fruiting. If I pick the little buds off, will it start to stretch it's legs and bush out a bit? I'm asking because the plants is maybe 7-8 inches tall.
I definitely have to watch it cuz I got seven of them and now it's a total green plant I hope you have an answer as to why I'm not seeing any more banana peppers I'm not done I want more LOL
Hi, to clarify regarding hot banana peppers you mentioned letting them fully ripen for the most heat and flavour (starting at 3:00). Does that mean letting them turn to orange/red? Or just monitor their growth until they stop and pick them then? Thanks!
I’m sure you’ve probably got an answer by now but he means letting them turn that Orange and red color. That’s full maturity. When yellow/lime green they are mature enough to consume but not 100% matured hence the coloring. Hope this helps.
My favorite variety are the ones that Subway uses on their subs. I have no clue what they are but they’re what got me to like them. We bought two starts of the Supreme Banana Sweet Pepper. I got one pepper on each plant that I just picked after watching this video. They stopped growing at 4” long. One was perfectly straight and the other curved to the right! Lol
Thank you for this timely video. I was wondering when to pick my sweet banana. I love them with scrambled eggs. If anyone has any other uses, I'm all ears. Thank you for the pickled pepper recipe.
Fully ripened sweet, red banana peppers added a really good flavor when mixed with a mix of jalapeños, Serranos and cayenne peppers I used to make some hot sauce last year. I think some carrots may have also been in that batch. I made a note that sweet peppers like those make a really flavorful hot sauce, that you can make as hot as your liking.
I’ll try that scrambled egg addition!
@@ttb1513 I'll try this hot pepper addition, and also a little jalapeño to the eggs.😄
That’s what I like using mine in as well, I think I may make some scrambled eggs and banana pepper in just a bit. I do like to throw a bit of mozzarella cheese on top at the end and letting it melt in.
I dehydrated and ground some. Also made jalapeño poppers but with banana peppers and they were also good.
Also made a pepper relish
Perfect timing! Just made a batch of pickled bananas and pepperoncini this weekend. You guys are the inspiration for my venture into peppers this year. Loving the black fabric grow bags you suggested.
Nice! Thanks for that, I'm glad you decided to give peppers a shot ☺️
With the banana peppers I grow they will turn orange long before they start to soften. Green/yellow softer peppers usually means they are not quite ripe yet. From my experiences.
Thank you for sharing! Definitely the best pickling I have seen today. I never done this but you explained so well , I will do this. Thank you again.
favorite banana pepper , hot anaheim hybrid just enuff heat, and grows well in southwestern ontario -perfect for sub sandwiches,burgers,and hot dogs, going to try your pickling recipe,thanks for the video.
awesome, ever since Bick's moved from Canada to the US they taste like crap, about 6-7 years ago, finally realized why not do it my self, thanks for the tips, will start these in the late fall here in Canada
Thanks y’all
Near perfect timing!
Many thanks
So excited to watch this! My hot banana peppers are doing so good this year and there’s like 25 banana peppers and I’ve already picked like 10 huge peppers from the plant!
Do you spray something to prevent fruit fly coming?
The Banana Pepper. That's a new one for me!
Just pulled a couple yesterday. Issue we have is that they still have that "green" flavor. Also, anytime we can ours they get really mushy. I think we need to add a 1/4 or 1/8 tsp of calcium chloride (aka pickle crisp, but a lot cheaper).
Interesting, I’d give them more time on the plant in your case. We do quick-pickling, and usually eat them pretty fast, for longer term canning the calcium chloride is a good idea
@@PepperGeek Ours aren't pressure canned, but they are put in a simmer water bath for 10 minutes per instruction. I've never used calcium chloride, and just learned about it last year (too late). We keep them for a very long time since its just three of us, and I'm the primary consumer...I had 2 dozen 8oz jars last year plus a dozen pepperoncino's, and another dozen jalapeño. All off of a total of 8 plants. We had a good year. LOL.
We have both kinds of banana peppers... hot AND cold!
"We have both kinds of music here... Country AND Western!"
I’ve just started growing banana peppers this year, i’m terrified that I’ve been picking them a little early. However, they’ve been getting so large and some of them start getting real brown at the bottom of them that I’m afraid if I don’t pick them that they’re going bad. I guess I’ll wait a little longer and hope I haven’t picked them all too early.
Great advice.👍😆🌿
Nice pepper :)
How do you harvest seeds of the banana pepper for the next planting?
Should we wait until red for seed saving?
Thank you!!
Anything I can do to get mine straight like that? All mine are curled like a U. Is that just how they grow ??
hi, i grew several sweet banana peppers, mine turned from green to orange, they never turned the yellow color,, thoughts?
Thank you! I'm growing alot and I'm some of the ones I'm picking are real bitter (un ripe? ).
I would give them a week or so longer in that case, let the flavors develop a bit more!
If I harvest seed from the biggest heirloom pepper each year. Will the resulting seeds grow bigger peppers?
Hey, this is sort of a random question unrelated to this video but how come peppers are never found to be a blue color. Similar to a cobalt blue. I know that that’s one of the 3 main colors in the color spectrum but for some reason there’s a ton of red and yellow but no fully blue peppers? I just always thought it would be pretty cool to see a light fully blue pepper but it seems that will never happen at all from what I’ve researched.
Great question. Blue peppers don't exist (to my knowledge..). I'm no expert on this, but I believe the reason is that blue pigments are not very dominant, and so other pigments/anthocyanins in the plant will overtake. So you'll see purples, reds, yellows, but blue never comes through as the winner. I'm sure it's possible with food dye or something, but no natural varieties that I know if. Maybe one day!
@@PepperGeek thank you for the response. Also, a side note, my first plant I ever got was a banana pepper plant about 3 years ago because I was curious on what a red banana pepper would taste like of all reasons lol. This particular plant helped me get into gardening and build a massive obsession over plants with about 100+ varieties currently and a lot of pepper variety’s as well! I’ll follow you on my personal account on instagram so you can see a bit of what I got if you were curious.
When is the best time to pick the peppers if you want to seed save your sweet banana pepper seeds for next year?
Let them get completely ripe red.
My banana peppers have been prolific this year, but they aren't long and banana-y. They're shorter and more girthy. I think it's fine, but is it?
What does the F1 stand for?
First filial generation
I’m growing hot banana peppers right now
By F1,Can you reseed from this pepper?
I am growing sweet banana peppers. They are supposed to be sweet, but they become very hot and spicy. How & why?
I have been told that sweet and hot peppers cross-pollinate in the same garden, turning the sweet hot.
I love the porn pepper channel . Excellent.
It's incredible, just this morning I noticed that one of my banana peppers was starting to turn orange and I was confused because I thought they'd stay yellow and now this video comes out. Thank you so much!
A surprise to me also LOL
This may be the "year of the hot banana pepper" for me. My four plants are producing really well. I even have one in a pot that was suffering from poor drainage that is still putting out some nice looking fruit. Now that I fixed the issue (soil was too dense), hopefully it will do even better.
Looking forward to some pickled banana peppers...
My 3 Hungarian hot wax banana are hanging in there, but man are they taking their sweet time.
Subs with banana peppers are bussin
Those are really good deep fried. Then let seat for 2-4 minutes and add light salt. Enjoy with some rice and meat.
Great timing, I have one sweet banana plant that I rescued off the discount rack at Lowes in the spring. It's got four nice peppers on it that just turned yellow in the past week. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks! Glad you saved the plant and it is producing for you!
It's funny how some will malign plants from box stores and super markets. To date, two of the best producing pepper plants I've ever had came from Home Depot. In my current garden, my two Jalapenos from Hannaford's (grocery store here in the north east) look way better than the three I got from a nursery.
My banana pepper plant has produced many peppers but are a fraction of that size. Probably many factors but I’m still enjoying eating them. At least now I know for next year I want to try again.
It could just be the variety you are growing! This type is known for having huge peppers
I love all of your pepper tip videos! Banana peppers are great no matter what type they are!
Im growing something that resembles a banana pepper. Called a "Georgia flame". I absolutely love them, makes the best stuffed peppers.
This may be a dumb question byt I only have 3 banana pepper plants is it okay to freeze the peppers untill i get enough to pickle?
Freezing will take the crisp out of the peppers, so I wouldn’t recommend that. You can quick pickle in smaller batches
I have learned so much from your channel. I appreciate you making all these videos.
Thank you :) we’re having a lot of fun doing what we’re doing
I just moved to Oklahoma and am having the hardest time growing peppers, it’s been way too hot here (95-110 degree days) and all my flowers keep falling off. 💔 I don’t know what to do.
You’re probably going to need to water them deeply every morning early in the morning, maybe even a little bit at night if it’s really drying out too fast. And maybe you’ll need to offer your peppers shade with shade cloth or something in the early afternoon when the suns at it’s hottest, if you are going to have to water them everyday don’t forget to keep up on the fertilizing too, do it more often but at weaker concentrations so you don’t stress your plant too much
If your night time temperatures doesn’t get below 75, then you will probably just have to wait before you can get production. This is a common problem for me for the hottest parts of the summer. You could try a shade cloth as well if they are in direct sun all day.
Why are some of my sweet banana peppers, turning, pale or white?
Why are some of my sweet banana peppers turning white?
My 12-month-old baby stands on his wobbly legs and reaches up to carefully pick the banana peppers! He gnaws them but doesn't eat them so far.
Haha, gotta get them started early. Maybe at 3 years he can try something a little spicy 😄
My plant in a small planter is so small and the peppers are like 2 inches long, there’s lots on the plant but it seems like the plant won’t be able to hold them all.. should I pick a few off early? And would fertilizer help
lmao... i just wrecked a few banana peppers picking them, twisting and janking em. i should have seen this first. literately, 15 minutes ago lol. live and learn, not really salty. ty for ur knowledge.
My banana plant is growing up, don't think it's one but it looks like it 🤣
Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful knowledge where can I find the recipe for the pickled banana peppers
I'm not sire if mind I just pick is green will that kill me I'm eating it
I am eating it right now I have tue sweet banna peper
They’re edible anytime, but better flavor when they turn pale yellow
@@PepperGeek ok thank you
They're also great fermented.
My banana pepper plant looks otherwise healthy, but It has never flowered or fruited. Is there something I should do? The jalapeno next to it is hugely productive.
maybe not enuff sun, for peppers to fully blossom,or lack of minerals in soil, xertain fertilizers encourage flower growth....also those sweet peppers may cross pollenate with the jalapenos ...my 2nd year jala grow better when not in a full sun location,,,
I thought the Hungarian Hot was going to be mild like banana peppers. I just knew the 'hot' was probably exaggerated. I was surprised when I bit into it. LOL.
That's what I'm growing this year for the first time. I planted a little late so mine are just now starting to develop peppers. Does it still have the banana pepper flavor, just with added heat?
So, I'm curious to know what to do with the peppers that I harvest and want to keep for adding to eggs or my salads. Mine become soft when left out on counter and also if I place in fridge. How do I keep em crunchy?
I would like to know that as well
Maybe I’m picking them too early because they do not get that big! Mine still taste good though.
Each variety is different, some bananas are smaller than other types. This one is called “goddess”
Thanks for sharing
Holy moly! I know the camera adds 10lbs but I didnt know that was true for peppers!!
Hehe 😆
I’m growing both and absolutely swimming in banana peppers. I enjoy the spicy and my wife and kids enjoy the sweet.
When is the best time to pick a banana pepper for mature seeds to grow next season?
Best time is always the last stage/colour, so red with this one (and most other peppers) :)
@@MB-co6qj lol obvious answer. I was thinking when would be the earliest to pick them for seeds so that I don't need to leave them on the plant too long to encourage more production.
Lmmfao. I think i did something wrong because my banana peppers are 1/4 that size. Lol
Some varieties are smaller than others, this one is called “goddess” and the pods can grow as long as 9”
Could be Hungarian wax peppers. Like banana but smaller.
This is the most clear explanation I've seen. Looks like I was picking way too soon last summer. Some are almost ready this summer to pick and pickle. Thank you!
I have noticed that my sweet banana peppers start off a lighter green that gets even lighter before turning yellow, while my hot banana peppers start off as darker green buds (slightly lighter than my jalapeños), but never quite get to a yellow color. They seem to remain light green. 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
Hi , my chilli plants are dead .. for root COMPLETE . How can prevent that ...plz reply
Are hot pepper plants perennials?
Yep
I planted a banana pepper plant a couple weeks ago and it hasn't stretched or really changed at all, but it looks it's starting to bud and begin fruiting. If I pick the little buds off, will it start to stretch it's legs and bush out a bit? I'm asking because the plants is maybe 7-8 inches tall.
Thank you for the information! It is very easy to understand and helpful!!!
Thank you for this video. I saw a pack of whole banana peppers at the grocery and they were green.
I definitely have to watch it cuz I got seven of them and now it's a total green plant I hope you have an answer as to why I'm not seeing any more banana peppers I'm not done I want more LOL
I didn’t even intend to plant them. I bought bell
Pepper mix and these grew instead
Thanks for the info. We totally were pulling entirely to early.
My banana pepper only has 3 peppers on them 😢 and they are curling
lada solok nih
So sad I can’t get this variety in the UK :(
Grilled Stuffed Banana Peppers
Thank you for the tips!
Hi, to clarify regarding hot banana peppers you mentioned letting them fully ripen for the most heat and flavour (starting at 3:00). Does that mean letting them turn to orange/red? Or just monitor their growth until they stop and pick them then? Thanks!
I’m sure you’ve probably got an answer by now but he means letting them turn that Orange and red color. That’s full maturity. When yellow/lime green they are mature enough to consume but not 100% matured hence the coloring. Hope this helps.
Very helpful thank you!
My favorite variety are the ones that Subway uses on their subs. I have no clue what they are but they’re what got me to like them.
We bought two starts of the Supreme Banana Sweet Pepper. I got one pepper on each plant that I just picked after watching this video. They stopped growing at 4” long. One was perfectly straight and the other curved to the right! Lol
The right turn is caused by peyronie’s disease.
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Hey, thanks