It seems to be a great pepper year

[Cole_Robbie]

My mom and stepdad had a good crop of late peppers. Lunch box mix from Johnny's is on the left. Of the bells, Flavorburst F1 has been a favorite and certainly wins the orange bell spot on the pepper team.

[swellcat]

Man, that's pretty. Makes me hungry, and I'm already eating.

[Worth1]

I think I have discovered the secret to growing giant bell peppers.
Not for sure yet.
Worth

[dmforcier]

Steroids?

[roper2008]

That picture looks to pretty to be real I almost bought some of the lunchbox peppers from Johnny's.

[pmcgrady]

Lunchbox looks like the mighty minis I grew from saved seed from store bought peppers. My peppers are at the end of the cycle, first frost expected this weekend. I have so many left I don't know what to do with them all.

[Cole_Robbie]

Thanks. Crunch Sweet Orange is still sweeter than the lunch box hybrids, but I haven't found OP equivalent peppers that size in red or yellow.

[lexxluthor]

Cole I have to agree with you on the crunch sweet orange. That was one of the first peppers that I have grown from seeds that I received from the Garden Web member. This is on my list for next year and it is truly a gem that not many have heard of but I passed many along the way and some friends still grow it yearly and still rave about it.

[Cole_Robbie]

The CSO leaves my fingers sticky when I cut into it.

Ajvarski Sweet amd Sweetest Pepper were my best reds this year. My girlfriend told me that she did not like peppers, then I roasted a few from the garden on the grill....and now she likes peppers. She has had a garden all her life, but never tasted varieties like that.

[clkeiper]

where do you get crunch sweet orange? I have one pepper someone sold at a farmers market that is one of the sweetest orange peppers I have ever had but he couldn't tell me what it was.... *eye roll here* like I was going to come to his market and set up next to him and take all his pepper customers. this a pendant pepper thin walled about 4-5 inches long.

[Cole_Robbie]

Mine came from a friend doing a seed swap on a pepper forum. I'm sure I will have seed available. I'm way behind in regard my seeds and have been putting it off until cold weather arrives.

[Worth1]

Is all this home grown stuff as good as store bought grown by professionals?
Worth

[Cole_Robbie]

One customer did ask me if there was something wrong with the bell peppers that were not all one color.

"No ma'am. That's just how peppers ripen."

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

One customer did ask me if there was something wrong with the bell peppers that were not all one color.

"No ma'am. That's just how peppers ripen."

I cant count how many times I have told people that same thing.
Something I think should be taught in kindergarten.
I honestly think if more information was taught about agriculture in school to everyone we would all be better off in the long run.

Worth

[clkeiper]

I had a friend complain to me all peppers are mismarked when they get them. they never have red or yellow or orange peppers. they all come green on their plants.