Early Start on peppers.

KLorentz · January 22, 2011

Well we decided to do an early planting of peppers.Since some bells and all the hot peppers that went out last year where late getting to the garden we did not want to take any chances.So here is some of what we have going.Just a few seeds of each.

Jalapeño

Bhut Jalokia

Habenero

Thai Hot

Thai Orange

Yellow Seven Pod

Aci Sivri

Brown Seven Pod

King Arthur Bell

Un-named Bell

Guajillo

Zavory

Large Red Cherry Hot

Serrano

and at my nieces request some sage.Don't know why but there it is

Anyway only planted a few seeds of each.Also have one Bhut and a couple chocolate Habs held over from last year in bad need of re-potting so I will be taking care of that too.We are off and running now with peppers and sage

Kevin

RinTinTin · January 22, 2011

Have you tried Jimmy Nardello's? It is a sweet Italian that is great in salads, and superb grilled/roasted (maybe with some onion & italian sausage?). Mine were very productive last year.

roper2008 · January 22, 2011

The nardello is a great pepper. For flavor and sweetness it's the
best.

Stepheninky · January 22, 2011

Started seeds for
Big Bertha PS
Giant Aconcagua Sweet Pepper
Chinese Giant
Giant Marconi
Corno di Toro

And the one I am most excited about trying
Sweet Pickle - Multi colored ornamental sweet pepper.

rnewste · January 22, 2011

I also got caught "late" with my Pepper seedlings last year. This time around, I started the Peppers on Dec 6, and the tomatoes 30 days later. Seems to have been a good plan. All of the seedlings look to be the same height today.

This year I'm growing:

Big Bertha
Colossal
Early Thickset
Parks Yellow
Parks Orange
Parks Purple
NuMex Big Jim
NuMex Joe Parker

Last year, I planted 6 Pepper plants per EarthTainer which turned out to be far too crowded:

Now, I will plant 4 Peppers per 'Tainer max and I think the size of the individual Peppers will be larger, given some elbow room to develop.

Raybo

KLorentz · January 23, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by RinTinTin

Have you tried Jimmy Nardello's? It is a sweet Italian that is great in salads, and superb grilled/roasted (maybe with some onion & italian sausage?). Mine were very productive last year.

Have not tried it yet but have heard good things about it.Will have to keep this one in mind.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stepheninky

Started seeds for
Big Bertha PS
Giant Aconcagua Sweet Pepper
Chinese Giant
Giant Marconi
Corno di Toro

And the one I am most excited about trying
Sweet Pickle - Multi colored ornamental sweet pepper.

Some good peppers there.Have not heard of sweet pickle.You should keep us posted on your progress.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rnewste

I also got caught "late" with my Pepper seedlings last year. This time around, I started the Peppers on Dec 6, and the tomatoes 30 days later. Seems to have been a good plan. All of the seedlings look to be the same height today.

This year I'm growing:

Big Bertha
Colossal
Early Thickset
Parks Yellow
Parks Orange
Parks Purple
NuMex Big Jim
NuMex Joe Parker

Last year, I planted 6 Pepper plants per EarthTainer which turned out to be far too crowded:

Now, I will plant 4 Peppers per 'Tainer max and I think the size of the individual Peppers will be larger, given some elbow room to develop.

Raybo

Big Bertha is one of my favorite bells.Yeah 6 plants per eathtainer seems a little crowded.But still what you have on the plants in your pic look nice.I am sure they tasted good too.

Kevin

sprtsguy76 · January 23, 2011

Jimmy Nardello's is a must in my garden!! Tried it for the first time last year and couldn't believe how tasty it was with a unique sweetness.

Damon

rnewste · January 23, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by sprtsguy76

Jimmy Nardello's is a must in my garden!! Tried it for the first time last year and couldn't believe how tasty it was with a unique sweetness.

Damon

Hey Damon, Are you starting an extra of it????

Hint, hint........

Raybo

montanamato · January 23, 2011

I am starting next week, my list is very close to Full moon's...

Must haves for me each year;

Georgescu Chocolate
Melrose
Jimmy Nardello
Tollie's
Lemme's
Frank's
Alcalde
Velarde
Greek Long Red
Petit Marseillais
Trinity Red
Doe Hill Golden Bell
Alma Paprika
And an assortment of thin skinned peppers for drying.

Jeanne

DanishGardener · January 23, 2011

I will only be growing a few chilies this year. Not because I don't like them, but we just don't use nearly as many chilies as I would like to grow. It will also give me some more space in the greenhouse for the tomatoes

So this year I have limited my list to these:

*Fatalii (2-3 plants)
*Jamaican Hot Chocolate (1 plant)
*Yellow chili I found growing on the Island of Crete (Greece) last year (1-2 plants)

roper2008 · January 23, 2011

I'm sure you'll get bigger peppers in your earthtainer if you put
4 plants. For my quadrato asti giallo I'm going to put 2 in one
of my earthboxes, to see if I get larger peppers.
Those big bertha's look good. I'm going to have to try that one.
What kind of fertilizer do you use raybo? I have garden-tone, tomato-tone,
dymanite mater magic, bone meal, composted cow manure, epsom salt and
fish & seaweed emulsion and dolmonite lime.

wmontanez · January 23, 2011

That is a nice list there Kevin

I also starting earlier than last year due to lack of production on my hot chilies.
But I was very happy with peppers because I succesfully grew them from seed the first time in 2010.
This year started on Dec 25th, Jan 1 and Jan 15 last batch

Alma Paprika
Buran
Ajices Dulce
Ancho
Jalapeño
Serrano Tampiqueno
Hungarian Sweet Banana
Bhut jolokia from bangladesh

Thanks to the generosity of Tomatovillians also:

Peppadew
Malaqueta
Guajillo
Mareko Fana (Berbere Pepper)
Dolce di Minervino

Other early starts onions:
Ringmaster
Morada de Amposta

Most of them are seedlings now, some are still germinating.

sprtsguy76 · January 23, 2011

Raybo- If I have any extra Jimmy Nardello, I'll save you a couple.

Damon

roper2008 · January 23, 2011

Where do you order the Big Bertha's from? Anyone.

Stepheninky · January 23, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by roper2008

Where do you order the Big Bertha's from? Anyone.

www.parkseed.com/gardening/PD/5644/
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/sweet.htm
http://www.jungseed.com/dp.asp?pID=0...+Pepper+Plants
http://henryfields.com/product.asp?p...cd2=1295816484

Are just a few of the better known seed sites that have them though lots carry them.

Segenta Seed is the distributor of the Hybrid seed as far as I know

January 22, 2011	#1
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Early Start on peppers. Well we decided to do an early planting of peppers.Since some bells and all the hot peppers that went out last year where late getting to the garden we did not want to take any chances.So here is some of what we have going.Just a few seeds of each. Jalapeño Bhut Jalokia Habenero Thai Hot Thai Orange Yellow Seven Pod Aci Sivri Brown Seven Pod King Arthur Bell Un-named Bell Guajillo Zavory Large Red Cherry Hot Serrano and at my nieces request some sage.Don't know why but there it is Anyway only planted a few seeds of each.Also have one Bhut and a couple chocolate Habs held over from last year in bad need of re-potting so I will be taking care of that too.We are off and running now with peppers and sage Kevin

January 23, 2011	#12
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	That is a nice list there Kevin I also starting earlier than last year due to lack of production on my hot chilies. But I was very happy with peppers because I succesfully grew them from seed the first time in 2010. This year started on Dec 25th, Jan 1 and Jan 15 last batch Alma Paprika Buran Ajices Dulce Ancho Jalapeño Serrano Tampiqueno Hungarian Sweet Banana Bhut jolokia from bangladesh Thanks to the generosity of Tomatovillians also: Peppadew Malaqueta Guajillo Mareko Fana (Berbere Pepper) Dolce di Minervino Other early starts onions: Ringmaster Morada de Amposta Most of them are seedlings now, some are still germinating. __________________ Wendy

January 22, 2011	#2
RinTinTin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 581	Have you tried Jimmy Nardello's? It is a sweet Italian that is great in salads, and superb grilled/roasted (maybe with some onion & italian sausage?). Mine were very productive last year.

January 22, 2011	#3
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	The nardello is a great pepper. For flavor and sweetness it's the best.

January 22, 2011	#4
Stepheninky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 682	Started seeds for Big Bertha PS Giant Aconcagua Sweet Pepper Chinese Giant Giant Marconi Corno di Toro And the one I am most excited about trying Sweet Pickle - Multi colored ornamental sweet pepper.

January 22, 2011	#5
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	I also got caught "late" with my Pepper seedlings last year. This time around, I started the Peppers on Dec 6, and the tomatoes 30 days later. Seems to have been a good plan. All of the seedlings look to be the same height today. This year I'm growing: Big Bertha Colossal Early Thickset Parks Yellow Parks Orange Parks Purple NuMex Big Jim NuMex Joe Parker Last year, I planted 6 Pepper plants per EarthTainer which turned out to be far too crowded: Now, I will plant 4 Peppers per 'Tainer max and I think the size of the individual Peppers will be larger, given some elbow room to develop. Raybo

January 23, 2011	#7
sprtsguy76 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Clara CA Posts: 1,125	Jimmy Nardello's is a must in my garden!! Tried it for the first time last year and couldn't believe how tasty it was with a unique sweetness. Damon

January 23, 2011	#9
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	I am starting next week, my list is very close to Full moon's... Must haves for me each year; Georgescu Chocolate Melrose Jimmy Nardello Tollie's Lemme's Frank's Alcalde Velarde Greek Long Red Petit Marseillais Trinity Red Doe Hill Golden Bell Alma Paprika And an assortment of thin skinned peppers for drying. Jeanne

January 23, 2011	#10
DanishGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 328	I will only be growing a few chilies this year. Not because I don't like them, but we just don't use nearly as many chilies as I would like to grow. It will also give me some more space in the greenhouse for the tomatoes So this year I have limited my list to these: Fatalii (2-3 plants) Jamaican Hot Chocolate (1 plant) *Yellow chili I found growing on the Island of Crete (Greece) last year (1-2 plants)