Re: 2011 Peppers! Wha'cha growin'?!

**rowena___.** 3/29/2011, 2:36 pm

elliephant wrote:I grew sweet bell peppers in the same box with an Anaheim and a hot banana last year. All varieties tasted as they ought.

same for me, all mine were as expected. i save seed year to year as well so if there is cross-pollination going on, it is not having any effect.

FarmerValerie 3/29/2011, 2:46 pm

I wonder if a trelis full of vines in between hot and sweet would help, just a thought.

We have
Tequilla Sunrise (my fav)
Orange Bell
Yellow Bell
Golden Marconi
Some fancy bells I cannot remember
Sweet Banana

Hot
Black Hungarian
Tam Jalepeno
Tabasco
Aneheim
and another I cannot remember

killjug 3/29/2011, 3:42 pm

Im doing

Banana Sweet *
Cherry Sweet
Ancho *
Hobanero
Jalapeno Hot *
Bell Pepper
Golden Greek Pep Hot
Big Bomb Hot
Hot Banana
Anahiem Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Asparagus Beans
Serrona Pepper

ashort 3/29/2011, 4:14 pm

This is the first year for gardening for me, so excuse my ignorance, but do peppers need support like staking or cages? If so what does everyone use?

yosoypanadero 3/29/2011, 4:20 pm

For extra support on the bigger bell varieties, just stake it to a piece of wood or bamboo or if you really want you can try a trellis. I would just tie it up to some wood or use a cage but they are pretty strong suckers. The smaller, hot varieties will not get too tall at all so they probably won't need much support. The peppers will grow little trunks over time too like a tree, so that leads me to believe they can be pretty sturdy on their own....

The Cat's Other Mother 3/29/2011, 4:56 pm

I couldn't make up my mind on what varieties, so I ordered Guneys 'Hot Pepper Mix' and their 'Sweet Bell mix'. I have twenty mystery seedlings that could potentially turn out to be:

Red, yellow, purple and gold bells, Jalapeno, Serrano, Hungarian Hot Wax, Anaheim, Cayenne.

I have a feeling that I'm going to wind up with way more peppers than I could ever use. Very Happy

**Furbalsmom** 3/29/2011, 6:08 pm

Here in the land of fog, rain and cool temperatures,(avg mid 60's to mid 70's in high summer) the Extension Service says don't even bother to grow peppers.

Every once in a while we actually have a warm summer here. I think the last one was 2004. Sooooooooooo, I might get lucky and here is what I am trying this year.

MULATO-ANAHAEIM- HOT

EARLY JALAPENO - HOT

KUNG PAO - HOT

GYPSY - SWEET

BANANA - SWEET

CAL WONDER - SWEET BELL

PERUVIAN AJI AMARILLO - HOT

RED MUSHROOM HOT

I really thought I had 10 varieties started from seed, but this is all that is on my spread sheet. I guess I should go back to my seedling station and see what I acutally have. Seedlings, Seedlings everywhere, but well labeled.

The Cats Other Mother wrote:I have a feeling that I'm going to wind up with way more peppers than I could ever use.

I just hope I can end up with enough for a big pot of Green Pork Chili and a couple of jars of pickled peppers.

Lavender Debs 3/29/2011, 7:05 pm

Furbalsmom wrote:Here in the land of fog, rain and cool temperatures,(avg mid 60's to mid 70's in high summer) the Extension Service says don't even bother to grow peppers......snip.....

Every once in a while we actually have a warm summer here. I just hope I can end up with enough for a big pot of Green Pork Chili and a couple of jars of pickled peppers.

I should send you a package of Czech Black peppers (Uprising Seed). Last year the only Tomatoes that I was able to pick red were Siltz....as you well know it was an exceptionally chilly summer BUT I got a nice harvest of black jalapeno type peppers from this plant. I'm putting in 5 of them this year. Gypsy didn't give me but one pepper out of the same garden. However I did just read that they turn red when they are fully ripe. I did not see any of those last year. Not real hot but you can tell they have jalapenos in the woodpile (so to speak).
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2011 Peppers! Wha'cha growin'?! - Page 2 August12

This was August 15 and was probably the biggest pepper that day. I think I got just under a dozen from this plant. We went on vacation a couple of days later and came back to a heavily loaded, very pretty pepper plant.

hartge01 3/30/2011, 3:10 pm

This is my first year also, I am planting green and red ones. Laughing

westie42 3/30/2011, 6:37 pm

Probably not the thing to say in here but in the past I have always put smaller tomato cages around my peppers just for the mechanical protection from me walking around nocking branches and peppers off the plants. I grow a bunch of kids but particularly love Trinidad Perfume a small yellow variety that sounds like a hot one but has NO heat. It is a long season 80-90 day variety. It is absolutely awesome in salads and stir fry with a unique flavor like no other I have tried. A picture and seeds can be found at http://www.tomatogrowers.com/cgi-bin/search.pl

westie42 3/30/2011, 6:40 pm

Probably not the thing to say in here but in the past I have always put smaller tomato cages around my peppers just for the mechanical protection from me walking around nocking branches and peppers off the plants. I grow a bunch of kids but particularly love Trinidad Perfume a small yellow variety that sounds like a hot one but has NO heat. It is a long season 80-90 day variety. It is absolutely awesome in salads and stir fry with a unique flavor like no other I have tried. A picture, description and seeds can be found at http://www.tomatogrowers.com/cgi-bin/search.pl

westie42 3/30/2011, 6:49 pm

Well that was a total bust try Trinidad Perfume here http://www.tomatogrowers.com/hot5.htm

Ha-v-v 3/30/2011, 8:34 pm

So far Habanero, large cayenne, red bell, green bell and yellow bell. So two hot, 4 sweet. More to come Smile

Ha-v-v

elliephant 3/30/2011, 8:43 pm

westie42 wrote:Well that was a total bust try Trinidad Perfume here [url=http://www.tomatogrowers.com/hot5.htm

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Cool! Sounds like something to put on my wish list for fall!

kilda 4/20/2011, 8:47 pm

I'm doing 3 kinds of sweet peppers this year - Flavorburst, Giant Marconi, and Bananarama. They're all in the same box - this is the first I've heard that it can affect flavor. Hopefully it won't have any effect - guess we'll see.

clfraser 4/20/2011, 10:45 pm

I am growing orange bell, green bell, TAM Jalepeno and sweet banana. The bell peppers and jalepeno finally appear to be making some kind of progress. The sweet banana look exactly the same as when I planted them. I really don't care for bell pepper but I wanted to try to grow it. I like to cook with hot peppers and eat banana peppers so I hope those work out. I plan to do more hot peppers later.

**camprn** 4/20/2011, 10:53 pm

Serranos and poblanos again
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**walshevak** 4/20/2011, 10:56 pm

cayenne, jalepeno and golden habenero. I was at a shop yesterday and the guy was showing me an indoor gardening set up with a chocolate habenero growing in it. I told him I had started goldens, he offered to trade seeds with me. So it looks like I may try a chocolate habenero as well.

and a variety of colors of bells.

Kay

dizzygardener 4/21/2011, 9:55 am

Camprn,

I LOVE pablanos! They are probably one of my favorites. Unfortunately, I'm not growing them this year. I couldn't find a local source for the seeds.

I was really trying to buy locally, but this is not working out for me. Next year I'm going to hit the seed catalogs for sure...

RBSB 4/21/2011, 10:26 am

regular old green bell peppers Very Happy

jalapenos
habaneros
hot bananas

first time planting anything at all.....

**Furbalsmom** 4/21/2011, 3:27 pm

Lavender Debs sent me some Czech Black seeds, a jalepeno type with deep purple fruit, and I now have 8 little seedlings popping up in my vermiculite.

Lavender Debs wrote:I should send you a package of Czech Black peppers (Uprising Seed). Last year the only Tomatoes that I was able to pick red were Siltz....as you well know it was an exceptionally chilly summer BUT I got a nice harvest of black jalapeno type peppers from this plant. I'm putting in 5 of them this year. Gypsy didn't give me but one pepper out of the same garden. However I did just read that they turn red when they are fully ripe. I did not see any of those last year. Not real hot but you can tell they have jalapenos in the woodpile (so to speak).

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This was August 15 and was probably the biggest pepper that day. I think I got just under a dozen from this plant. We went on vacation a couple of days later and came back to a heavily loaded, very pretty pepper plant.

I have hope for peppers this summer.

Smartchick 4/21/2011, 5:25 pm

Well, I'm a little scared to post in this thread as when the tomato one started out I was only planning to grow 2 plants of tomatoes. I now have 6 kinds growing and ready for transplant in a couple of weeks. Razz

Right now I'm just planning to grow 1 plant of Mirasol as I got some free seeds from Wintersown and I figured, why not and 1 jalapeno plant. But after reading this thread, I'm sure that will mutliply just like the tomatoes....

CarolynPhillips 4/21/2011, 9:56 pm

Hot Cowhorn for husband
Early Jalapeno for husband
Fooled You Jalapeno= for me
Red Beauty Bell
Purple Beauty Bell
Golden Calwonder Bell
California Wonder Bell
Super Heavyweight Bell
Big Bertha Bell
Sweet Banana

I can't eat hot peppers= I don't like the pain.

CarolynPhillips 4/21/2011, 10:01 pm

Pablanos= I have searched for the seed and cannot find any..
Pablanos? they are all hot right?

beautiful pepper pics everyone.

**camprn** 4/21/2011, 10:12 pm

CarolynPhillips wrote:Pablanos= I have searched for the seed and cannot find any..
Pablanos? they are all hot right?

beautiful pepper pics everyone.

Try ancho Poblano or ancho peppers

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