I bought two pepper plants this summer, both of which must have been
mislabeled, as they are most certainly not bell peppers. One plant is smaller,
with small (2") pointy peppers that are turning fire engine red from green.
They are super hot. The peppers grow in an upright direction (point to the
stars) if you know what I mean. There's 100 or so on this small bush.

The second plant is larger than the first, with the same type of leaves. The
peppers on this plant are long and thin and beginning to curl (the average
pepper is 6" long), and are dark green. They don't seem as hot as the first.

I know my basic peppers (bell, jalapeno, habenero, bannana, etc.) but have no
idea what these critters are. If they sound familiar to you, I'd like to know
when to harvest and what to use them for (cooking fresh and green or drying,
crushing and using later). Your help is appreciated.

Bob

Hi !
For your first plant it sounds like your pepper plant could be super chili.
They start out green, point upwards, then turn red.
The second plant could be Japanese hotclaw, having said that though, some
chili pepper's do curl. I have long, thin cayenne pepper's, some of them
curled up.
If i could see photo's, i'd know for sure.
PEPPERGIRL
Please feel free to check out my website.
http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/
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I bought two pepper plants this summer, both of which must have been
mislabeled, as they are most certainly not bell peppers. One plant is
smaller,
with small (2") pointy peppers that are turning fire engine red from
green.
They are super hot. The peppers grow in an upright direction (point to
the
stars) if you know what I mean. There's 100 or so on this small bush.

The second plant is larger than the first, with the same type of leaves.
The
peppers on this plant are long and thin and beginning to curl (the average
pepper is 6" long), and are dark green. They don't seem as hot as the
first.

I know my basic peppers (bell, jalapeno, habenero, bannana, etc.) but have
no
idea what these critters are. If they sound familiar to you, I'd like to
know
when to harvest and what to use them for (cooking fresh and green or
drying,
crushing and using later). Your help is appreciated.

Bob