2015 Pepper list

[peppero]

karen have you grown the Feher Ozon before? If so, what was the flavor like?

I would appreciate your experiences with them.

jon

[drew51]

Feher Ozon to me has always been for paprika, but you can use them any other way really. A sweet mild heat pepper. If I need fresh peppers I use my paprika peppers, but mostly grow for powder.

[jmsieglaff]

Karen,

Have you grown King of the North for long? I never had great sweet bell production until I tried those a few years ago I've been very happy with them.

My pepper list is fairly small:

King of the North (sweet)
Yummy (small orange, yellow, and red sweets)
Experiment Bell (sweet)
Fish Pepper (hot)
Serrano (hot)
Aji Amarillo (hot)

[KarenO]

I should have mentioned all of these are new to me. I participated in the pepper side of the MMMM swap and got a bunch of new seeds. I wish I could grow them all but cannot. These are the ones I decided to try this year so I have no experience with any of them really.
Sweet apple and red ruffled are two cheese peppers I bought from Tatiana's. The others are from the swap. (Thank you to all who sent in pepper seed!)
KO

[pondgardener]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

pondgardener, I like your signature

My wife and I really like Jalapenos, but we usually have to peel them because the skin is so thick. It's good to read there are some thinner skinned Jalapeno varieties.

Well, when I mentioned thin-walled varieties, i was referring to the thickness of the wall and not the thickness of the skin. I like the thick-walled ones because there is more of the pepper to use after removing stems and seeds. I have never removed the skin from jalapenoes...now the chiles like Big Jim and others...those are the ones that require peeling after roasting and a thicker skin is desirable.

[rockyonekc]

Here's a list of the plants I have started. So far. Most of the seeds came from Baker's Creek and Sustainable Seed Co.

Arroz Con Polo
Cayenne Sweet
Corno Di Toro Rosso
Criolla De Cocina
Giant Acanagua
Jimmy Nardello
Melrose
Mulato Isleno
NuMex Joe E Parker
Pasilla Bajio
Red Marconi
Shi shi to
Sweet Apple*
Sweet Jalapeno

* buying Sweet Apple from the guy I get my tomatoes from. I grew it last year and loved the crisp sweet flavor.

I'm ashamed to admit I'm growing more varieties of peppers than tomatoes again this year. I'll save seeds this time.

This is the arroz con polo in a raingutter bucket. It seemed to like that spot. This is a sweet pepper with great flavor for seasoning dishes. One of the standouts from my garden last year.

[roper2008]

This is what I'm growing.

Sweet & Mild-

Melrose
Chervena Chushka
Scentesi Pincos
Jimmy Nardello
Tolli's Sweet Italian
Big Bertha PS
Criolla De Cocina
Peperoncini
Shi Shi to
Pasilla Bajio
Legacy
Big Jim (world record long one)
Aji Amarillo
Fushimi

Hot-

Biker Billy F1
Large Orange Thai
Colima Jalapeno
Dulce Jalapeno
Santa Fe Grande
Lemon Drop
Aji Pineapple
Santaka
Rezha
Trinidad Scorpion Cardi
Red Habanero
Chocolate Halbanero
Birgits Locoto

Beautiful pepper there rockonekc. Never heard of that one.

[DAC596]

Mine are in 5 gal. wooden pots on my deck.

CHARLSTON CAYENNE
POINSETTIA PEPPER
MARTIN'S CARROT (MILD)
CONQUISTADORE (SWEET)

TOMATOES:
SUMMER GOLD
DWARF BUSH TOMATO (RED)

[roper2008]

Karen, the Tsholala Orange is hot, but not a super hot..

[Zeedman]

Aji Dulce
Beaver Dam
Feher Ozon
Greygo
Hot Purple
Italian Cheese
Jalapeno, Early
Jigsaw
Korean Dark Green
Manganjii
Melrose
Paprika, Pusztagold
PI 315008
Pimento, Parker Heirloom
Pizza

The majority of those are sweet or only moderately hot. I plan on growing a couple of the hotter habanero-types, but other than the PI 315008, haven't chosen varieties yet. I'll need to decide this week, since I need to start those soon. I'll probably add either Orange Bell, King of the North, or Chocolate Bell to the list.

[jmsieglaff]

Originally Posted by Zeedman

Aji Dulce
Beaver Dam
Feher Ozon
Greygo
Hot Purple
Italian Cheese
Jalapeno, Early
Jigsaw
Korean Dark Green
Manganjii
Melrose
Paprika, Pusztagold
PI 315008
Pimento, Parker Heirloom
Pizza

The majority of those are sweet or only moderately hot. I plan on growing a couple of the hotter habanero-types, but other than the PI 315008, haven't chosen varieties yet. I'll need to decide this week, since I need to start those soon. I'll probably add either Orange Bell, King of the North, or Chocolate Bell to the list.

How is the production on the Beaver Dam pepper? Assuming you've grown it before. I've been quite happy with King of the North.

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by joseph

My pepper list is simple:

Joseph's Sweet Peppers.

They are my own landrace variety. I've been working on them for 6 generations.

Without reading any replies or whatever after this... Cool Joseph . My gardening interests are to respect and grow the older varieties, open mindedly try new varieties, and to do exactly as you have... grow something different. If and when you introduce this variety publicly, I will be more than interested in buying some seeds.

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by pondgardener

Well, when I mentioned thin-walled varieties, i was referring to the thickness of the wall and not the thickness of the skin. I like the thick-walled ones because there is more of the pepper to use after removing stems and seeds. I have never removed the skin from jalapenoes...now the chiles like Big Jim and others...those are the ones that require peeling after roasting and a thicker skin is desirable.

I did miss that about the wall instead of the skin. I peel thick skinned peppers because I lost my teeth at 40. Ten years ago. Even after spending $6,000 on dentures - I can't wear them. I cannot breathe with them in.

[KarenO]

Originally Posted by roper2008

Karen, the Tsholala Orange is hot, but not a super hot..

Good I read 100,000 SU, plenty hot for this chicken.
Might make some gopher killer from them

Karen

[Zeedman]

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

How is the production on the Beaver Dam pepper? Assuming you've grown it before. I've been quite happy with King of the North.

Beaver Dam has been highly productive, a heavy set of large peppers on a surprisingly small plant. They ripen very early, so I get a good crop even in cool years... like last year. The walls are as thick as bells. It is my main pepper for canned salsa.

I saw King of the North in another garden last year, and while the peppers were fairly small, most of them had ripened. I prefer the larger bells I mentioned above for their flavor, but they are temperamental in bad years. Most years I don't grow bells at all; other thick-walled, non-bell sweet peppers are more reliable... such as Greygo and Elephant Ear (Greygo, when ripe, is delicious eaten out of hand). Melrose, Pusztagold, and Parker Heirloom are all non-bell sweet peppers that I observed when I visited SSE last year, this will be my first year growing those.