bell peppers

[canesisters]

Cane', Major has been doing some major babying of those babies.

What you gotta do to maintain your gardening composure is take those kind of things into account.

Yes, that and do this very careful analysis: see, there's a chickweed plant very close to that middle pepper plant. Then, about 10" away from it, about 8 o'clock, there's a quack grass seedling. Just a few inches up is a dead nettle. You can even give special names that are just your own to identify weeds in another gardener's pictures. Yes, it all helps with gardening composure.

Steve

Thank you Steve
(still not speaking to Major)

<pout>

 

[Jared77]

The real question is what variety and color? Since your already doing well with them. Just be warned if you r next post has pictures of green tomatoes or watermelons you had better katie-bar-the-door cause you'll be the center of a full on revolt

 

[majorcatfish]

my only tomato and yes it's green.
it's a dixie golden giant "yellow" from tomato growers supply


the peppers all from tomato growers supply and all hybirds
red, yellow, green, purple..
and heres a baby purple bell


bring it on we have trained rabbits patrolling the fence line 7/24

 

[Jared77]

I just saw the writing on the wall and thought to warn you. I'm doing a small batch of container grown Early Girls (which I still don't have anything set up for I'm still painting at the new house grrr) and a handful of jack o lantern type pumpkins crawling up the engineered drain field at the new house so I'm jealous of EVERYBODY this year!

By the way when I saw the purple bell picture I thought to ask.....is that one of the purple outer skinned varieties but green flesh? Or more like chocolates that are have a rich color throughout? I haven't had either but am very curious on what you think of them as far as taste. Given your culinary experiences I'm really curious about your opinion as things progress down there.

 

[majorcatfish]

hum that's is going to be a whole new thread and worthwhile at that...

all bell peppers while in their" immature" growth will have a green bell pepper taste.
as they mature they will take on a sweet taste no matter what color they are.

after taking a lot of input going to cull all but 1 of each of my bells,so they grow large, and throughout the season going to do a photo shot of their progress from now till mature and give a weekly report on them.

 

[baymule]

Major, those are some major-lee bee-yoo-tee-full bell peppers!!!

Canesisters, would this be a bad time to let it be known that I have 3 bell pepper plants, red, yellow and orange from last year that are loaded with big, medium, small bells and still flowering like crazy? And yes, a couple of them have ripened and we ate them.

 

[the1honeycomb]

Major - you've got peppers??!?!?!?? I am not reading any more of your posts!

My bell peppers were a few inches tall and had 4 leaves when they went out mid-April. They've still got 4 leaves and are a few inches tall.....



<grumbling about stupid cool weather and going to look for pea seeds.....>

LOL

he has been showing me his asparagus I may go to his house and try to get some tips!!

 

[canesisters]

Major, those are some major-lee bee-yoo-tee-full bell peppers!!!

Canesisters, would this be a bad time to let it be known that I have 3 bell pepper plants, red, yellow and orange from last year that are loaded with big, medium, small bells and still flowering like crazy? And yes, a couple of them have ripened and we ate them.

Oh I see how it is - gang up on the newbie

Just wait - when 'The garden formerly know as Mt. Rotmore' warms up I'm gonna have peppers and tomatoes that will make a compost pile proud!
I'll just go sit in the chicken coop for a while, at least they don't need for the soil to get warm before they grow.

 

[MontyJ]

I'm where you are Cane. My peppers are still in the hoop house. I was considering planting out on the 18th...I say was. The extended forcast is calling for 36 Monday morning. It should warm up enough to plant out on the 18th, but I will have to keep the frost protection handy.

 

[majorcatfish]

The real question is what variety and color? Since your already doing well with them. Just be warned if you r next post has pictures of green tomatoes or watermelons you had better katie-bar-the-door cause you'll be the center of a full on revolt

to answer your question fully on what type they are
purchased all of them from tomato growers supply
red ...red beauty hybrid
green...revolution hybrid
yellow...early sunsation hybrid
purple..tequila hybrid

the dw makes a killer 3-bean salad
we are down to our last 4 pints.