i have a few thousand seeds so plenty to share around. most will go for the seed swap in late winter - they were a popular item last year.
These seeds were from West Coast Seeds flowerbug. Have you been working on developing your Beaver Dam seeds?did i send those to you?
they've been superb the past several years for me growing in mostly clay soil in full sun. i ate three of them the other day by cutting them up (removing the seed cores to be saved) into chunks, microwaving for some time to soften them up a little and then i let them cool off and added cottage cheese and some garlic salt. perfect level of heat for me (not too wild), flavor has been excellent.
i will be growing some more for next year.
This year I am trying to harvest poblano seeds separately from each of several robust plants, which makes for a more complex pepper project in the long run. I often start out well-organized, and then as the season wears on plants tend to get all muddled up despite my best intentions. Labeling is going much better for me now than it did in the past, which helps a lot.not specifically, i just harvest seeds and dry them from the pods. i don't have any large spaces isolated enough to consider trying to isolate or develop new ones. as it went just the other day i discarded some seeds from a pepper that i otherwise would have saved because it was a thick walled green pepper, the flavor was ok, so why not? well, for me why not now comes down to, i just don't need any more projects and every time i take on something new that means eventually something else is going to fall out the other end...
I tried three of those jalapeno varieties with great results. They were hotter than I expected.Recently I swapped seeds with another enthusiastic gardener in our area, and she gifted me seeds of three kinds of peppers that are all new to me: Marconi, Sheep Nose, and Arapaho. Today I will start pre-sprouting them-- but she also brought me seedlings of each variety, which is amazing. I ordered a couple of other new varieties this year, including Pumpkin Spice Jalapeno. It is from a breeding project that began in 1995 at New Mexico State University; this cross has a bell pepper and a jalapeno pepper as its parents.
Does anyone else have exciting developments on the pepper front for 2024??
And, it was –– that is, the year for peppers in the greenhouse. Unfortunately, jalapeños went outside. But, there were limits on room. So, the jalapeño harvest was limited and now we have purchased those peppers twice from the store.
.Which jalapeno varieties were they, HeartSong111?
Oops, it didn't link back like I thought: Lemon Spice, Pumpkin Spice and Orange Spice (from Baker Creek).And, it was –– that is, the year for peppers in the greenhouse. Unfortunately, jalapeños went outside. But, there were limits on room. So, the jalapeño harvest was limited and now we have purchased those peppers twice from the store.
The sweet peppers in the greenhouse have survived the mid- low-20f temperatures with no heat on, so far. Something unfortunate here is that my simple trellis didn't work very well for those heavy bells and a couple of branches broke from the weight. I should have some different way to hold them because they grow tall enough, they must lean away from the sloping south wall. Maybe some kind of netting with wide enough openings that a bell can be pulled through
Which jalapeno varieties were they, HeartSong111?
Steve
