Thank you. I think I have finally gotten my mix of sweet varieties determined. The ones in the pic outperformed my hybrid bells. I'm grateful for the bell seeds I received in swaps, but I think I will just stop growing bells altogether. They are too prone to sun scald, especially if the plants fall over.
Another pepper lesson that I am taking from this year is that timing of transplant is crucial. Once a pepper plant blooms in the pot, it's never going to be as big of a plant, compared to if it had been planted in the garden earlier. I have some plants that are the same varieties in the same spot, but the plants are a fraction of the size they should be. They still yield ok, but the plants are tiny.
Peppers are virtually impossible to sell at my market in late summer, because everyone has them. But, like tomatoes, if I have something no one else is selling, then I can sell a few of them. I tried to get $3 for a quart box, but they don't really move unless they are $2.
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