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'Super Chile' Peppers
 
Sub-Category: Hot
 
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Description: Hybrid hot/ornamental pepper. Short spreading plants bear 2 1/2-by 1/2-inch, upright, super-hot, pointed, light-green fruit maturing to orange and then to red. All-American Selection 1988. Also known as Super Chili.
AAS Winner in the year 1988
Days To Maturity: 50-75
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Overall: (4.8 Stars)Overall
Taste: (4.8 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.5 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.8 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 11/01/2007 by Black Thumb - An intermediate gardener

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Saratoga, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is the best plant for early production with a great yield. While it is among the first to produce in the summer it is also about the last to fruit in fall (along with Thai Dragon). Super Chile is also great for container culture.
 

Reviewed on 02/15/2007 by Lewis - An intermediate gardener

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Cumberland, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is an absolutely excellent super hot chile pepper! I grew this variety to dry the pods because I love spicy chili in the winter. The 4 plants I grew produced so many chile's I had to pull the plants and not use all they gave. In addition to excellent heat production, these plants were beautiful while they grew (with their variety of greens, oranges, and reds). I would compare their heat to the seeds you can get a pizza places to shake on your pizza (maybe a little hotter).
 

Reviewed on 12/04/2006 by pepperhead212 - An experienced gardener

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Gloucester, New Jersey, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

One of the most versatile chiles in my garden, and one of the first I will recommend to somebody with a small area wanting to grow one for multiple uses. It is good fresh green and red, and dried red. It is hotter than serranos, and can replace these green, and it can be used in Thai dishes as a milder but good tasting replacement for Thai dragons and the like. Though a small plant, it is very productive, and is the first plant to produce in my garden every year, and one of the last to stop.
 

Reviewed on 07/25/2006 by plainsman - An experienced gardener

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Washington, Nebraska, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Short wide plants with a pretty abundant crop of peppers. These are pretty hot, a lot more heat than a Jalapeno. These are good as pickled peppers. Similiar to Tobasco variety.
 




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