looking for peperoni di senise

lurley · March 6, 2011

Does anyone know where I could order seeds for peperoni di senise? I ordered some dried ones from dipalo selects over two months ago but still haven't gotten them, something about them being stuck in Basilicata. I was going to pull seeds out of the dried peppers and plant them which worked for me for pepperoncini calabrese. Or if anyone has any of these pepper seeds to share I would be really grateful. My trade list is posted in the want section, where this pepper is on my list along with a few other things.
Thanks for any help

peppero · February 3, 2012

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Originally Posted by lurley

Does anyone know where I could order seeds for peperoni di senise? I ordered some dried ones from dipalo selects over two months ago but still haven't gotten them, something about them being stuck in Basilicata. I was going to pull seeds out of the dried peppers and plant them which worked for me for pepperoncini calabrese. Or if anyone has any of these pepper seeds to share I would be really grateful. My trade list is posted in the want section, where this pepper is on my list along with a few other things.
Thanks for any help

lurley did you ever get the peperoni di senise pepper seeds? if not, i have some. peppero

cornbreadlouie · February 4, 2012

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Originally Posted by peppero

lurley did you ever get the peperoni di senise pepper seeds? if not, i have some. peppero

Hopefully he did because if not, there's no way the bank is going to refund him his money.

Even though that's not funny.

I plan to grow this pepper out this season! I have high hopes, since its native habitat supposedly has a similar Mediterranean climate as me. We'll see! I want to fry some up real bad.

Father'sDaughter · February 4, 2012

Seeds from Italy carries a variety called Peperone Rosso Dolce da (sweet red peppers for hanging). I'm wondering how close this is to the Peperoni di Senise. Since the di Senise name is now regionally protected, is it possible that the seeds are being sold under a different name?

I've never grown di Senise, but I will be growing the da Appendere and attempting to dry them this year. I'd love to compare notes at the end of the season with anyone growing the di Senise.

lurley · February 4, 2012

Yes I did get some of the senise seeds to grow last year, and saved some for this year, but so far, my germination rate is only about 40% and I don't know why. I have saved pepper seeds for years in the same way, my only guess is maybe too much sunshine while the seeds were drying? Anyway, I do have some germination and will be growing them again this year. Di Palo was never able to deliver, and just cancelled my order so I was never charged. If you go to the website" calabria from scratch " and search peperoni de senise you will see several photos of the plants and of the ripe peppers drying. I hope to grow enough of these peppers this year, and if germination is good this time, I will send them to a seed company to offer for sale since it seems no one in the U.S. is offering them.

Petronius_II · February 4, 2012

There's also this interesting pepper from Campania, right next door to Basilicata:

http://www.gourmetseed.com/product/P...riariello.html

Note: I referenced gourmetseed.com rather than Italian Seed and Tool because they're basically the same company, but GS's website has all the same stuff as IS&T plus a lot of other items. Their Italian seeds are almost all directly from Bavicchi, or grown out from Bavicchi stock.

Parenthetical to the above, vis-a-vis tomatoes, I wish I had the wherewithal to do a side-by-side comparison between Red Pear Franchi and Bavicchi's Red Pear Abruzzese. If anybody here has actually done this, I'd love to hear about it.

March 6, 2011	#1
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	looking for peperoni di senise Does anyone know where I could order seeds for peperoni di senise? I ordered some dried ones from dipalo selects over two months ago but still haven't gotten them, something about them being stuck in Basilicata. I was going to pull seeds out of the dried peppers and plant them which worked for me for pepperoncini calabrese. Or if anyone has any of these pepper seeds to share I would be really grateful. My trade list is posted in the want section, where this pepper is on my list along with a few other things. Thanks for any help

February 4, 2012	#4
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Seeds from Italy carries a variety called Peperone Rosso Dolce da (sweet red peppers for hanging). I'm wondering how close this is to the Peperoni di Senise. Since the di Senise name is now regionally protected, is it possible that the seeds are being sold under a different name? I've never grown di Senise, but I will be growing the da Appendere and attempting to dry them this year. I'd love to compare notes at the end of the season with anyone growing the di Senise.

February 4, 2012	#6
Petronius_II Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Albuquerque, NM - Zone 7a Posts: 209	There's also this interesting pepper from Campania, right next door to Basilicata: http://www.gourmetseed.com/product/P...riariello.html Note: I referenced gourmetseed.com rather than Italian Seed and Tool because they're basically the same company, but GS's website has all the same stuff as IS&T plus a lot of other items. Their Italian seeds are almost all directly from Bavicchi, or grown out from Bavicchi stock. Parenthetical to the above, vis-a-vis tomatoes, I wish I had the wherewithal to do a side-by-side comparison between Red Pear Franchi and Bavicchi's Red Pear Abruzzese. If anybody here has actually done this, I'd love to hear about it.