Sweet Preferences, Bell vs. Non-Bell

obispo45 · June 6, 2007

Just dawned on me a couple days back that the majority of my sweet pepper plants this year will produce bell shaped fruits. By and large I'm a fan of OP'ed cultivars particularly tomatoes and chile peppers. Last couple years for a variety of reasons, reasons which are unknown to this pepper person I have gone the way of hybrids for my sweet stuff. Selected some great cultivars this year and all are, at this early stage, looking good and strong....particularly Mavras, Tawny Port, Islander, Hershey and Tequila. Sweet Spot, one of my few non-bell sweets is equally impressive. Carmen, a slow starter for me last year is doing the same again....but it was a very strong finisher last year so I'll relax for a while longer.

What I'm trying to say or ask remains a mystery

...LOL!! Don't really know if I'm seeking out the taste. Don't really know if I'm after the higher yielding ones. What I do know(perhaps one of only a handful of things I'm certain about...LOL) is that I'm having a blast and few garden plants are as pretty as a pepper plant loaded with blossoms and ripening fruits. Just don't know how I wound up with a bunch of bells when I've always been partial to the non-bell shaped ones. Grown plenty of OP'ed sweets in both forms and been happy and well fed the vast majority of the time. What are other folks growing this season? What do you prefer? Any recommendations? Tomatoes are far and away my fave crop but peppers are my fave to grow.

June 6, 2007	#1
obispo45 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SE Minnesota Zone 4.51a Posts: 139	Sweet Preferences, Bell vs. Non-Bell Just dawned on me a couple days back that the majority of my sweet pepper plants this year will produce bell shaped fruits. By and large I'm a fan of OP'ed cultivars particularly tomatoes and chile peppers. Last couple years for a variety of reasons, reasons which are unknown to this pepper person I have gone the way of hybrids for my sweet stuff. Selected some great cultivars this year and all are, at this early stage, looking good and strong....particularly Mavras, Tawny Port, Islander, Hershey and Tequila. Sweet Spot, one of my few non-bell sweets is equally impressive. Carmen, a slow starter for me last year is doing the same again....but it was a very strong finisher last year so I'll relax for a while longer. What I'm trying to say or ask remains a mystery...LOL!! Don't really know if I'm seeking out the taste. Don't really know if I'm after the higher yielding ones. What I do know(perhaps one of only a handful of things I'm certain about...LOL) is that I'm having a blast and few garden plants are as pretty as a pepper plant loaded with blossoms and ripening fruits. Just don't know how I wound up with a bunch of bells when I've always been partial to the non-bell shaped ones. Grown plenty of OP'ed sweets in both forms and been happy and well fed the vast majority of the time. What are other folks growing this season? What do you prefer? Any recommendations? Tomatoes are far and away my fave crop but peppers are my fave to grow.