My pepper 2013 season has begun! - Page 2

Tania · January 29, 2013

Good luck to you too!!!

I hope you will never see aphids on your pepper plants. These are nasty. The rest is all do-able!

Tracydr · January 29, 2013

Tania, I do a similar idea, in reverse. I start peppers after tomatoes, set them out late knowing they can survive our summers more easily than tomatoes. So, basically, I'm growing them from seed in Feb, set out April-May, fruiting in Sept-Dec.
I may or may not get them to survive outside for winter.
The idea is to start earlier, set outside at with enough time to fruit. It wouldn't be easy here to grow peppers on a tomato schedule, either. They stop fruiting all summer, anyway. If I start too early, I have huge plants indoors and nowhere to put them.

Tania · January 30, 2013

Tracy,

It is so interesting how different it is in different geographical regions! Yours is challenging in a very different way.

My challenge is to get pepper plants to grow as large as possible before July when they'll start blooming and setting fruit. But it is too cold here before July and very little sunshine. September is already too cool, and October is the end of the season.

So I try to start them earlier.

So far it is looking good - as I did not bring my 2012 pepper plants inside the house (only a few are in the basement), the new pepper seedlings are growing well and have not got any aphids. I hope they'll stay healthy!

I have these little things growing so far:

De Bresse
Scotch Bonnet Red
Aji Red
Trinidad Scorpion
Orchid (Aji Flor)
Grandpa's Siberian Home
Manzano (Rocoto) Yellow
Bhavnagari Long

And I started these on Jan 25:
Hot:
Cayenne Large Red Thick
Conquistador
Cserko
Docturne
Faludi
Japanese Shi-s-h-i-t-ou
Navaho
Pelso
Petit Marseillais
Purple Jalapeno
Salsa
Sigaretta Di Bergamo
Sucette de Provence

Sweet:
Ta Tong
Super Sheperd
Golden Treasure
Mauve Lilac
Alla's Yellow
Zolotoy Dozhd
Mamontenok
Sibirskiy Knyaz
Buran
Chinese Giant
Earliest Red Sweet
Karmen
Liebesapfel
Shchyogol
Sweet Apple
Sweet Cayenne
Sweet Tooth
Tolli's Sweet
Zolotistyi

Tracydr · January 30, 2013

Tania, do you eat all those peppers or just grow for seed?
I need to make a pepper seed order for me.

Tania · January 30, 2013

Tracy, I do both - eat them (I love hot peppers, and my DH loves stuffed sweet peppers) and save seeds (if everything goes well). Lots of hot peppers end up in adjika sauce or ketchup.

I do not grow too many pepper plants - only somewhere around 300-600.

delltraveller · January 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by Tania

I do not grow too many pepper plants - only somewhere around 300-600.

That's right, she doesn't grow too many pepper plants---ONLY 300-600!!!

Tania · January 30, 2013

well... compared to tomatoes, I mean

I feel that my poor peppers do not get as much love from me as my tomatoes do. So I decided to do things a bit differently this year, start my peppers now, give them lots of attention. And start tomatoes later this year - in late February.

I hope it will work and I finally will get a huge pepper crop like I had in 2009-2010 (and never since)

Crandrew · January 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by Tracydr

Tania, I do a similar idea, in reverse. I start peppers after tomatoes, set them out late knowing they can survive our summers more easily than tomatoes. So, basically, I'm growing them from seed in Feb, set out April-May, fruiting in Sept-Dec.
I may or may not get them to survive outside for winter.
The idea is to start earlier, set outside at with enough time to fruit. It wouldn't be easy here to grow peppers on a tomato schedule, either. They stop fruiting all summer, anyway. If I start too early, I have huge plants indoors and nowhere to put them.

This thread has me thoroughly confused, not hard to do

Last year I germinated my hot peppers in April and they were potted up outside by mid May.
I was harvesting red chilis , thai hot, aji crystal and a few others by Aug 3 but by mid Aug it was in full swing. The temps average between 65-75 for Apr-Jul so I thought that since the temps stay low I needed to plant later. But you folks are up in BC which i would assume would be colder later and earlier so how do you start them in December and not have them go into hibernate mode out in the cold weather.

Tania · January 30, 2013

They do not go into hibernation because the seedlings are growing under lights indoors.

We do not get 65-72F temps until early July. It stays around 52-56F in spring, so the plants need to be inside.

Crandrew · January 30, 2013

Ok, thats what I was missing. Thanks for the clarification, Tania.

Tania · January 30, 2013

Crandrew, you have such nice summer temps, that explains why your peppers are growing so quickly!

Mine are always struggling with cold weather, and grow slowly, even if they are under plastic. But I am not giving up

Crandrew · January 31, 2013

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Originally Posted by Tania

Crandrew, you have such nice summer temps, that explains why your peppers are growing so quickly!

Mine are always struggling with cold weather, and grow slowly, even if they are under plastic. But I am not giving up

And I would NEVER expect you to give up

keep up the good work. Im looking forward to watching the progress.

P.S. I appreciate the "google noob" emoticon.

armac · January 31, 2013

I have superhots growing in the ground right now. Our climate is quite different.

pdxwindjammer · February 7, 2013

I was just thinking that I need to get my peppers started earlier this year! Looks like I will be doing that over the next few days! Or maybe starting them tonight even.

shelleybean · February 8, 2013

I'm not starting my pepper seeds until next week but this is putting me in the mood for it! I will have:

Serrano
Hot Cherry
TAM Jalapeño
Poblano
Sweet Banana
Ashe County Pimento
Doe Hill
Golden Treasure

this year. Can't wait to get started!

January 29, 2013	#16
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Good luck to you too!!! I hope you will never see aphids on your pepper plants. These are nasty. The rest is all do-able! __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

January 30, 2013	#18
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Tracy, It is so interesting how different it is in different geographical regions! Yours is challenging in a very different way. My challenge is to get pepper plants to grow as large as possible before July when they'll start blooming and setting fruit. But it is too cold here before July and very little sunshine. September is already too cool, and October is the end of the season. So I try to start them earlier. So far it is looking good - as I did not bring my 2012 pepper plants inside the house (only a few are in the basement), the new pepper seedlings are growing well and have not got any aphids. I hope they'll stay healthy! I have these little things growing so far: De Bresse Scotch Bonnet Red Aji Red Trinidad Scorpion Orchid (Aji Flor) Grandpa's Siberian Home Manzano (Rocoto) Yellow Bhavnagari Long And I started these on Jan 25: Hot: Cayenne Large Red Thick Conquistador Cserko Docturne Faludi Japanese Shi-s-h-i-t-ou Navaho Pelso Petit Marseillais Purple Jalapeno Salsa Sigaretta Di Bergamo Sucette de Provence Sweet: Ta Tong Super Sheperd Golden Treasure Mauve Lilac Alla's Yellow Zolotoy Dozhd Mamontenok Sibirskiy Knyaz Buran Chinese Giant Earliest Red Sweet Karmen Liebesapfel Shchyogol Sweet Apple Sweet Cayenne Sweet Tooth Tolli's Sweet Zolotistyi __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase Last edited by Tania; January 30, 2013 at 12:04 AM.

January 30, 2013	#20
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Tracy, I do both - eat them (I love hot peppers, and my DH loves stuffed sweet peppers) and save seeds (if everything goes well). Lots of hot peppers end up in adjika sauce or ketchup. I do not grow too many pepper plants - only somewhere around 300-600. __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

January 30, 2013	#22
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	well... compared to tomatoes, I mean I feel that my poor peppers do not get as much love from me as my tomatoes do. So I decided to do things a bit differently this year, start my peppers now, give them lots of attention. And start tomatoes later this year - in late February. I hope it will work and I finally will get a huge pepper crop like I had in 2009-2010 (and never since) __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase Last edited by Tania; January 30, 2013 at 01:09 PM.

January 30, 2013	#24
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	They do not go into hibernation because the seedlings are growing under lights indoors. We do not get 65-72F temps until early July. It stays around 52-56F in spring, so the plants need to be inside. __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

January 29, 2013	#17
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Tania, I do a similar idea, in reverse. I start peppers after tomatoes, set them out late knowing they can survive our summers more easily than tomatoes. So, basically, I'm growing them from seed in Feb, set out April-May, fruiting in Sept-Dec. I may or may not get them to survive outside for winter. The idea is to start earlier, set outside at with enough time to fruit. It wouldn't be easy here to grow peppers on a tomato schedule, either. They stop fruiting all summer, anyway. If I start too early, I have huge plants indoors and nowhere to put them.

January 30, 2013	#25
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	Ok, thats what I was missing. Thanks for the clarification, Tania.

January 31, 2013	#28
armac Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 24	I have superhots growing in the ground right now. Our climate is quite different.

February 7, 2013	#29
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	I was just thinking that I need to get my peppers started earlier this year! Looks like I will be doing that over the next few days! Or maybe starting them tonight even.

February 8, 2013	#30
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	I'm not starting my pepper seeds until next week but this is putting me in the mood for it! I will have: Serrano Hot Cherry TAM Jalapeño Poblano Sweet Banana Ashe County Pimento Doe Hill Golden Treasure this year. Can't wait to get started! __________________ Michele