Great thread!. As much as I love tomatoes, I can't imagine gardening without peppers. And in late autumns such as this one--I haven't had a frost here yet in my part of southern Missouri, my pepper plants always seem to produce better than my tomato plants.
Blueaussi, I haven't grown any of the baccatum varieties before. Can you recommend a good commercial seed source for these, or is it best to request a private trade if I figure out which varieties I would like to try?
Paprika, I met the ghost of Montezuma myself while eating hot peppers in Mexico, some years back.
Two of my favorite mildly hot peppers are the Chimayo Chile, and the Ancho/Poblano, both fairly easy-to-find C. Annums. The Ancho/Poblano plants love hot summers, and the Chimayo Chile comes on strong in the fall when the weather cools off a bit. Each has a very distinctive flavor, and both are greatly enhanced by roasting.
Stuart
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