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Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program
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'Padrone' Peppers |
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Sweet
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Spanish frying pepper that's sweet when young, becoming spicy with maturity. Plants bear 2- by 3-inch, thin-skinned, green fruit.
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Days To Maturity: |
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Seed Sources: |
Thompson & Morgan US Seed Co. - updated in 2011
Underwood Gardens - updated in 2011
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Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (5.0 Stars)
Yield: (4.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 1
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 02/17/2016 by
loki
- An experienced gardener
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Cache, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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This is a famous pepper from Spain. My source spells it without the e. Anyway, I had some at a Tapas Bar - simply fried in a bit of olive oil with sea salt. Fantastic. The plants do very well here. They keep producing and producing. The description is rather misleading - most of these are never really spicy, but every once and awhile there is a hot one. That's one reason they are so beloved. Red, they make great pepper flakes or paprika. The flesh is too thin for them to make great roasted peppers, however. These are very much like the Japanese Shashito. I had them side by side and they were remarkably alike in flavor. Padron tend to be a little larger in diameter. |
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