2007 Pepper Garden ?

[daylilydude]

We have one for tomatoes so why not one for peppers ?
Which ones are you planting for Spring 2007 ? Me i'm gonna try :

Fish
Fluorescent Purple
Peruvian Orange
Thai Orange
Aji Omnicolor
Congo Trinadad Cross
Georgia Flame
Hot Tunis
Purple Ecuadorian
Kaleidoscope
Brazilian Multicolor Acorn
Brazilian Red Pumpkin
Criolla Sella
Purple Peruvian
Mirasol
Dragons Claw
Santa Fe Grande
Sweet Banana
Purple Ornamental ?

Now it's my first try at these peppers also so i have 1 question ? How far apart do you plant peppers so that you have a better chance at them NOT cross pollinating? I would like to save seed for trading!

[montanamato]

You should have a very colorful garden.

Peppers cross MUCH easier than tomaotes....If you are not planning on caging or bagging blossoms , you should probably only try saved seeds for your own use...

My very, old copy of Seed to Seed reccomends 500' distance for seed purity....

Jeanne

[DavidinCT]

Planting Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian Frying Pepper ( SSE carries them). As this will be my first garden in CT after decades of living in the south and the Nardello family grew them for over a century not far from me, I figure even I won't be able to botch them up. Hoping a local heirloom might get a pizza or two or three in trade from the Sicilian restaurant down the street.

[shelleybean]

I think I've come to my final decisions on peppers. I only have room for two of each.

Melrose-frying, I'm looking forward to this one.
Sweet Red Cherry-I usually grow these to go with sweet pickled cucumbers. I like them on sandwiches and hamburgers.
Red Cheese-the past couple of years I've grown Sheepnose but when I put an order together this year, it wasn't an order option, so I'm trying Red Cheese in its place. I'm expecting something very similar to the Sheepnose, only with larger fruit.
Serrano-almost everyone has grown this one. I prefer it to jalapeno. I think jalapeno can be a "flat" kind of heat. There's a subtle fruity flavor to the serrano, it's a bit more complex--more layers, but still not too hot for us.

[shelleybean]

Oh, Richard, I forgot to tell you that I grew that Purple Peruvian about ten years ago. Very pretty and hotter than we expected. I think we thought it would be about 5000 Scovilles, similar to a jalapeno, but it was much hotter for us. I don't know what your source says in terms of heat, but that's what our taste buds said. Hope you enjoy it!

[feldon30]

* Ancho/Poblano
* California Wonder
* Jimmy Nardello
* Red Sheepnose Pimiento
* Sweet Banana
* Tangerine Pimiento

Nothing hot for me.

[Colorado_west]

=New Mexico chili
=California chili
=Ancho chili
=Guayjillo chili
=New Mexico chili (hot)
=Puya chili
=Serrano
=Habanero
=Cayenne
=Jalapeno
=Anaheim
=Chile de Arbor
=Paprika (hot)
=Hot cherry
=

=Calfornia wonder red
=Californis wonder yellow
=Pimento L
=Sheepnose
=Colored bells
=Long red
=Large long red
=Cubenella
=Marconi red
=Sweet cherry

At this time that is my list. Long red came in the Pimento L seed and then it crossed it looks like with a bell. Nice big long sweet pepper . Had to be that or pimento as did not have other peppers. I have not ordered any seeds yet.

[Colorado_west]

I forgot to add
=hot banana
=sweet banana

[montanamato]

Subject to change:

Aji Benito
Apple
Cappia
Croatian Long thin sweet red
Chervena Chuska
Chinese Giant
Etna
Earlired
Franks
Fresno
Fish
Georgescu Chocolate
Greek Long Red
Gabriel's Red Bell
Gabriel's Yellow Bell
Inca Red Drop
Neopolitan
Orange Rocoto
Paprika Kalosca Sweet spice
Pimento L
Purple Jalapeno
Red Belgian
Rooster Spur
San Salvatore Calabrese
Serrano
Trinity Red
Vanity Yellow

Jeanne

[wilderness1989]

Where did you get the Greek Long Red seeds? Can you tell me about them?
Thanks,
John Gray

Originally Posted by montanamato

Subject to change:

Aji Benito
Apple
Cappia
Croatian Long thin sweet red
Chervena Chuska
Chinese Giant
Etna
Earlired
Franks
Fresno
Fish
Georgescu Chocolate
Greek Long Red
Gabriel's Red Bell
Gabriel's Yellow Bell
Inca Red Drop
Neopolitan
Orange Rocoto
Paprika Kalosca Sweet spice
Pimento L
Purple Jalapeno
Red Belgian
Rooster Spur
San Salvatore Calabrese
Serrano
Trinity Red
Vanity Yellow

Jeanne

[montanamato]

They came from a trade.

Jeanne

[wilderness1989]

Jeanne ( I PMed you) the reason I asked about these seeds is that I planted a hybrid pepper this year called CARMEN from Tomato Growers in FL. They are the best sweet pepper I've ever grown. Wanted an open pollinated variety that is as good or better. I purchased a long red Greek Pepper seed on ebay that the seller said he brought back from Greece while visiting relatives there, if I remember right they had been in the family for years and are sweet and good. I would be interested in trading seeds next fall if either of our varieties turn out worth doing so.
Thanks,
John Gray in Illinois

Originally Posted by montanamato

They came from a trade.

Jeanne

[velikipop]

I will be growing:

Red Savina
Naga Morich
Fish
Chocolate Habanero
Black Congo Habanero
Fatalii
Ivory Habanero
Gold Bullet Habanero
Pico di gallo
Red Jalapeno
Purple Jalapeno
Somborka
Plamena
Elephant's Ear
Big Jim
Joe E. Parker
Aji Limon
Thomas Jefferson Cayenne

[darlochileman]

Hi Everyone,

Heres what I will be growing in 2007 in the chilehouse, the out house, the garden and anywhere else I can cram a few plants in:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y2qvow

The 3 main themes are:

- Pubescens
- Wild Species (Exile, Eximium, Glapogense etc)
- Super hot varieties

You can create your own growing lists on www.thechileman.org

Mark

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by darlochileman

You can create your own growing lists on www.thechileman.org

Mark

Interesting site. Thanks. See there is a difficult to find wild species, Capsicum galapagoense, "native to the Galapagos Islands of Isabela and Santa Cruz . . ."

With the current tomato Sara's galapagos it could be the start of a singular salsa...