Peppers

[catjac1975]

I have a bumper crop of peppers. Giant Big Berthas and more. I kept passing by these skinning red peppers thinking they were full of heat and not really liking fire in my food. I decided to taste them and they are sweet. Looked at the tag and they are seed sent to me by Hotpepperqueen called Fushimi. Long skinny sweet peppers. I can't wait to roast them. Put them in my pasta sauce last night! Thanks Queen!
My Anchos are supposed to be mildly hot but have no heat. I don't really mind.
And Queen, you send me Floradade tomato seeds, too. They must have 50 lbs. of perfect tomatoes on each plant.Thanks!

 

[catjac1975]

 

[digitS']

I've grown Fushimi, Cat'! It was delicious in stir-fry.

I've read that many non-hot peppers can be a little hot if the weather is stressful for the plants. Seemed to be true with Fushimi. Hot or sweet, they should dry well. I should grow them again for smoking. That smoked paprika in the soopermarket is really expensive!

Great gardening success! (50 lbs. of perfect tomatoes on each plant??!)

Steve

 

[Lavender2]

Great harvest @catjac1975 ! Thanks for the info, Fushimi sounds like one I would like to try.

Big Bertha has done well for me this year also, others have been slow to ripen. Bell Boy has been pretty good, and I have jalapenos coming on faster than I can can them!

 

[catjac1975]

I've grown Fushimi, Cat'! It was delicious in stir-fry.

I've read that many non-hot peppers can be a little hot if the weather is stressful for the plants. Seemed to be true with Fushimi. Hot or sweet, they should dry well. I should grow them again for smoking. That smoked paprika in the soopermarket is really expensive!

Great gardening success! (50 lbs. of perfect tomatoes on each plant??!)

Steve

I don't know about each plant. I have 20 or so varieties. My favorite is Oxheart. Huge, meaty and sweet. I have made so much sauce I don't know is I can face any more picking.I have a friend who comes to pick but, I don;t see a dent in the harvest. I think I may take a day off from sauce. Made stuffed peppers with the big berthas last night. soooo good.

 

[seedcorn]

My peppers have been disappointing. Bananas are doing well. Green peppers-terrible, more plants than peppers. Jalapeño really slow, my dependable gypsies are bad, and pablanos almost non existant.

 

[thistlebloom]

My peppers have been disappointing. Bananas are doing well. Green peppers-terrible, more plants than peppers. Jalapeño really slow, my dependable gypsies are bad, and pablanos almost non existant.

@seedcorn you have amazing garden abilities. I bet you're the only gardener in Indiana who can grow bananas! I salute you!

 

[seedcorn]

@seedcorn you have amazing garden abilities. I bet you're the only gardener in Indiana who can grow bananas! I salute you!

Comedian! World is full of comedians! I expected this from southerner or adopted southerner but YOU? Et tu brute?

 

[thistlebloom]

sorry...

 

[digitS']

Something I'm getting in the pepper patch this year is *ripe* peppers!

Now, if the plants had a few more leaves so many of them would not be sun scalded ... If they had a few more leaves that would mean that the plants had grown a little more and maybe they would have a few more peppers! I feel like I'm throwing away half the crop.

As far as I can tell, it's all my fault. This hot summer after a slightly warmer than usual June was something I could have taken advantage of. Instead, I went the lazy route of not taking the flowers off the plants when they were set out. Mistake.

I did leave Carmen alone to see if she would ripen a nice carmine red and, she does! 2 previous years I harvested all the Carmen with the other Italian Sweets ... green. Of course, those peppers are ripening red this year, too!

Steve