Peppers for our seed orders

[seedcorn]

For me the most frustrating things about peppers is I do a terrible job of starting them and you can't buy but common pepper plants around here. Unless I pay $1/plant....don't want them that bad....I know, I'M CHEAP.

 

[ducks4you]

You're right, but when you got to the grocery store to buy them, it's STILL more economical to buy a few plants at the outrageous price.

 

[Texan]

I am fairly fortunate to have a long growing season here. I pretty much failed at pepper growing last season with the exception of banana peppers. Those were the only ones that I actually stuck in the garden. The bells and the jalapenos I had in a container and I think the contain was to small. I dunno.

This year I am going to try and grow 100 pepper plants of different varities, all of them in the garden.

I have several different seed types on the way already. I am eggcited. I will be starting them indoors as well.

 

[wifezilla]

I had good luck with Hungarian Hot Wax pepper.

I have a jalapeno plant I brought inside in fall that is flowering like mad right now. Can't complain about a bumper crop

I also planted a pepper plant that makes the hottest, tiniest peppers I ever had. I mean you can get a serious burn from just touching one. I don't have the name handy, but they are round, turn red when ripe and are slightly larger than a BB

 

[digitS']

Seems like there's one called a "bird pepper" - maybe some of those are smaller than bb's.

Banana peppers did real good for me in the garden. They're beautiful, also. I cannot understand why DW doesn't appreciate them more :/.

. . . What's the difference between the bells and the non-bells? I love sweet peppers raw and in salads, and I love the bells for stuffed peppers.

Well, I kind of think that there's not much more than a "lobe" of difference. Still and yet, bell peppers often have only 3 rather than 4 lobes. Anaheims are mildly spicy at maturity. Italian Sweets are supposed to be sweet with no heat.

HERE'S another idea: A real find for me in 'o9 was the Fushimi pepper. It is a little, skinny sweet pepper from Japan. I think the pepperoncini pepper may be about the same but I've only had those pickled and out of a jar .

Fushimi was quick, sweet and wonderful in stir-fries .

Steve

 

[wifezilla]

Found the name!

Chilitepin Peppers!

These things are nuclear!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltepin_pepper