This year's pepper plantings - pictures added June 26

[nctomatoman]

More progress on Sunday May 23 - added to the list below.

Sweet Peppers that went into pots today:

Hershey F1, Jimmy Nardello, Lipstick, Orange Bell, Purple Beauty, Super Shepherd, Super Stuff, Chervena, Chocolate Bell F5, Amethyst (Islander F5, lavender to red), Fire Opal (Islander F5, lavender to golden yellow).

Experimental Sweet Peppers:

Islander growout selection 2.2 (three plants), Islander growout selection 6.1 (three plants), Islander growout selection 6.2 (three plants), Islander growout selection 8.2 (three palnts), Yellow Bell F2 (two plants). I am comparing what I get in the various Islander plants with Amethyst and Fire Opal to see if there is work left to do.

Hot peppers:

Fish, NuMex Heritage 6-4, Purple Flash, Golden Habanero, Ghost, Datil, Jamaican Hot chocolate, Spectral, Bolivian Rainbow, Peter, Gemstone, Peruvian Purple, Datil cross (purplish stem), Orange Sun cross (purplish stem and foliage), Hot Paper Lantern, Little Nubian, Bulgarian Carrot, Facing Heaven, Pretty in Purple, Billy Goat, Filius Blue, Chinese Five Color, Vietnamese Multicolor, Trifetti, Datil cross (green stem), Not Jalapeno (Chinense foliage - prob. a stray seed but we shall see), Variegata, Golden Nugget and Golden Cayenne.. This growout, which is pretty extensive, allows me to check the purity of many of my ornamental hots and save fresh seed. Since they are all in pots, I can move them about to provide color here and there.

Tomorrow, I will get to the real experimental hots in small half gallon pots just to see some ripe fruit - I will be growing out different looking seedlings from each of last year's hot peppers - from plant numbers 1, 4a, 5, 10a, Deck 10, 12, 18, 24, 29, 37, 38, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 54, 55 and 58. Many of these are variations of the Black Pearl line that people helped me with last year, as well as the line that gave me Gemstone. I am never sure what I am looking for until I see it!