Main Round of Peppers started for 2011

Fusion_power · February 5, 2011

I will start some more sweet bell peppers in 2 weeks but this is my main go round. This represents about 15,000 pepper seedlings.

aconcagua
Alma Paprika
Ariane
B.C. small orange bell
Bhut Jolokia
cayenne
chapeau de frade
chinese giant
Chocolate Habanero
cowhorn
Declaration
early jalapeno
Fooled You
Franks
giant marconi
Golden Cayenne
Island Sunset
jalapeno M
Lemme's Italian
Numex Big Jim
numex chili
Orange Bell
Pearl
pepperoncini
poblano L
purple cayenne
purple jalapeno
purple robe
Purple Serrano
Red Savina
Super Chili
sweet banana
sweet rainbow
Tam Jalapeno
Trinidad Douglah
Trinidad Seasoning
Zavory

DarJones - who is tired of planting peppers and sneezing over the hot ones.

sfmathews · February 6, 2011

Wow, great list. Wow, you got a Douglah on there. Yikes! I also started some of the Bishops Hat based on your recommendation. Looking forward to trying them.

b54red · February 7, 2011

If I grew that many peppers I wouldn't have any room for tomatoes so I'm only growing about 10 different varieties of sweet and hot peppers. Socrates will get several spots because it only takes a few plants of it to give us plenty of bell peppers for the year. I still like to grow some others just because I am paranoid about trusting just one variety to provide me with what I consider a necessity in the garden.

salix · February 8, 2011

b54red - may I ask the source of your Socrates pepper seed? I have seen it mentioned several times, always with good comments regarding production and taste. Have not been able to find seed up here or my usual U.S.A. sources.

ireilly · February 8, 2011

Not sure where b54red got it but this is the only place I've noticed it.

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/LQpeppers.htm

Looks like a really big bell pepper.

PS, just noticed I pasted in the large quantities page, there is another page for smaller lots.

Walter

salix · February 8, 2011

Walter, thank you for the information. I feel another large seed order is on the way...

b54red · February 10, 2011

I've bought all of my Socrates seed from Tomato Growers Supply and they have performed fantastic every year so far. I always grow several other bells but usually they disappoint in one way or another.

There is one other bell that I really love and it is a grow out from a hybrid called Early Thickset. It makes a medium to small bell pepper that is the sweetest I have ever tasted and it has very thick walls and is quite a producer as well. I also grow yellow or gold bell peppers for the look they give in salads but I have yet to find a gold with the sweetness of a good red bell pepper.

February 5, 2011	#1
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,251	Main Round of Peppers started for 2011 I will start some more sweet bell peppers in 2 weeks but this is my main go round. This represents about 15,000 pepper seedlings. aconcagua Alma Paprika Ariane B.C. small orange bell Bhut Jolokia cayenne chapeau de frade chinese giant Chocolate Habanero cowhorn Declaration early jalapeno Fooled You Franks giant marconi Golden Cayenne Island Sunset jalapeno M Lemme's Italian Numex Big Jim numex chili Orange Bell Pearl pepperoncini poblano L purple cayenne purple jalapeno purple robe Purple Serrano Red Savina Super Chili sweet banana sweet rainbow Tam Jalapeno Trinidad Douglah Trinidad Seasoning Zavory DarJones - who is tired of planting peppers and sneezing over the hot ones.

February 6, 2011	#2
sfmathews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 398	Wow, great list. Wow, you got a Douglah on there. Yikes! I also started some of the Bishops Hat based on your recommendation. Looking forward to trying them.

February 7, 2011	#3
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	If I grew that many peppers I wouldn't have any room for tomatoes so I'm only growing about 10 different varieties of sweet and hot peppers. Socrates will get several spots because it only takes a few plants of it to give us plenty of bell peppers for the year. I still like to grow some others just because I am paranoid about trusting just one variety to provide me with what I consider a necessity in the garden.

February 8, 2011	#4
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	b54red - may I ask the source of your Socrates pepper seed? I have seen it mentioned several times, always with good comments regarding production and taste. Have not been able to find seed up here or my usual U.S.A. sources.

February 8, 2011	#5
ireilly Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 344	Not sure where b54red got it but this is the only place I've noticed it. http://www.tomatogrowers.com/LQpeppers.htm Looks like a really big bell pepper. PS, just noticed I pasted in the large quantities page, there is another page for smaller lots. Walter

February 10, 2011	#7
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I've bought all of my Socrates seed from Tomato Growers Supply and they have performed fantastic every year so far. I always grow several other bells but usually they disappoint in one way or another. There is one other bell that I really love and it is a grow out from a hybrid called Early Thickset. It makes a medium to small bell pepper that is the sweetest I have ever tasted and it has very thick walls and is quite a producer as well. I also grow yellow or gold bell peppers for the look they give in salads but I have yet to find a gold with the sweetness of a good red bell pepper.