Salsa Ingredients

[Mantis]

Good one Fusion LOL. I have two young daughters so some searingly hot peppers in the patch might be in order
Failing that there is always a baseball bat

[Grub]

Hey Mantis,

I had a nice load of Jalapenos and then after that scorching 46C day all the tips were burnt and, even though it's reshooted, the leaves are kind of gnarled and not a lot of good growth.

Habernero, the orange bomb, is on the other hand loaded. Gosh they are hot. Golly I love that taste and flavour. Good website there and will look for another recipe for this evening, perhaps using cherry tomatoes.

Can't wait to try some others now. The Rocotos sounds great, even if they are smaller bells than I previously thought. Thanks JT

[Mantis]

Hi Grub
How big do the Jalapenos get?? I have quite a few on but the biggest so far is only about 2 inches long.
Been tempted to try a Habernero but not sure if I could stand the heat. Jalapenos might do me I think
Come winter when they shut down I am going to dig them and put them in largish pots in the greenhouse. Hopefully I will get some earlier ones in there next summer.

[Catntree]

A couple others, along the lines of Jalapeno, that I enjoy growing are : Fresno- a red with heat of jalapeno and a bit more sweetness/fruitiness, and Santa Fe Grande- yellow; maybe a bit milder than jalapeno....both nicely productive, here.

[Grub]

Manto,
Mine turned from green to red when they were about three inches long, so you probably haven't got that long to wait. But I notice the bought ones for Mex. foods that are pickled in a jar are always green so maybe if they don't ripen, which I'm sure they will, you can harvest them green.

The habs are so very hot. They are dangerous. But the smell is wild and the taste is great. So thanks Cat for the heads-up on some other milder but flavourful types to grow. I think one needs a big mix of peppers as they do tomatoes At least that's my argument

[Mantis]

Grub
Sounds like I could pick a couple now then, thanks.
Perused tomatogrowers list of peppers last night and 6 have been ordered
Ther are :

Anaheim
Garden Salsa Hyrid
Mariachi Hybrid
NuMex Big Jim
Tam Jalapeno
Sonora

Selected for different heats mainly, so I can figure out the amount of heat I prefer. Should be fun.

[Grub]

They sound great,Manto.

How about I pick six of mine including sweet peppers, bearing in mind the hots can't be madly hot, and we swap and compare notes?

Grub

[Mantis]

Consider it done. This is getting as bad as the tomato maddness

[Grub]

Okay, I'll try and buy some of those large Italian frying types, I have Chinese Giant (red), and will order some more. Are you waiting for next season or going greenhouse? I have some new ones coming by mail in a few weeks I hope. One including Fish.

[Mantis]

I reckon I might try sowing them and letting them overwinter in smallish pots in the GH. Then pot them onto bigger pots in late winter.
I'll send off seeds of my 6 when they arrive.

[Grub]

Ditto on the seed swap here. I might try and grow them through winter as well. But no green house, so in a warm spot

[Mantis]

My goodness , the memory is failing. I knew I had bought a couple of sweet bell types from TGS a couple of years ago, so I checked the seed drawer. There are 7 of them, and a Jalapeno from Mr Fothergills that I haven't tried that is supposed to be very hot.
They are:

Red Beauty Hybrid
Ariane
Orange Sun
Early Sunsation Hybrid
Chocolate Beauty Hybrid
Purple Beauty
Corno Di Toro Red.

Grew Corno Di Toro last year and they gave me some really nice 6 - 8 inch long peppers, but they have no heat. Didn't grow them this year . Are these the Italian frying ones you were thinking of Grub? If so , I still have over 20 seeds.

[cdntomato]

Grub and Mantis, send me your snail addies. I will send you a selection of seasoning peppers. These are chinense peppers (habenero-types) with all the hab intense flavour but little to none of the heat. Use on their own or with habs to maintain the hab flavour without making a recipe too hot to handle.

Jennifer, a big fan of this unsung pepper group

[Grub]

Hi Jen,
Thanks for the offer they sound really great. I'll email you right away.

Manto,
I just did a pepper stocktake.

Besides the hot orange one I have growing, the Habernero and the Jalapeno, and these aforementioned varieties:

Capsicum annum Grif 1598 01 SD ex-China
Capsicum annum PI 159231 01 SD ex-USA

C.pubescens Dwarf Orange Manzana
C.pubescens Yellow Rocoto
C.pubescens PI 585274 USDA Ecuador (her fave!!!)
C.pubescens Red Rocoto
C.pubescens PI 585275 Ecuador

I also have:
Kogsolai, a seemingly longish red, from Rosco in New Zealand
Marconi, a sweet red peppper 12in long from Tony in Orlando
Capsicum annum, Sweet Chocolate, ex-Diggers
Capsicum Chinese giant.

Capsicum annum PI 109252 01 SD - Turkey
Capsicum annum PI 178847 01 SD - Turkey.

So that's about 15 types, which warrants a dedicated Pepper Seed Box.

Cheers, Grub.

[Mantis]

Well gosh darnoodley.
Grub you are right into this pepper thing eh.
I feel the water under me getting deeper and think I need to do some serious googling.
Mantis *flailing arms about trying to stay afloat*