Recommend some peppers? Small nonlethal hot, and early, productive sweet?

OneDahlia · October 12, 2011

This was my first year with a sunny garden space, and I grew about 15 pepper plants. It was my biggest and most successful pepper patch to date (they liked the sun), but still a disappointing yield for the amount of space they took. I was thinking of cutting way back on peppers next year because of that, but after reading a little on this subforum, maybe I need to try some different ones instead.

Want to recommend some new varieties for me?

I'd like to grow a very productive sweet pepper for cooking, a small productive sweet pepper for my little boy to pick and eat raw (he likes red and yellow peppers, the sweeter the better), and one or two varieties of hot pepper for my husband. He likes medium heat in a flavorful small pepper. I'd also like to try making hot sauce, so maybe I need a bigger hot pepper too. I rarely eat hot peppers, so this makes it a bit harder to know what to grow.

This year I grew:

Sweet:
Jupiter -- supposed to be relatively high-yielding and early, but they weren't for me
Doe Hill -- my son liked them and they were very cute but slow to ripen
Mini bell (bought as plants) -- son liked them and they were more productive and ripened earlier
Cubanelle (I think -- bought as plants) -- I liked these for cooking and they're probably the fastest growing and most productive sweet peppers I've grown so far. Also the little worms didn't bother these like they did the bell peppers.

Hot:
Red cherry -- we liked them, made nice "jalapeno poppers"

Ordono -- husband liked them but thought they were too little
Serrano -- his favorite hot so far. I think he liked the flavor, the heat level, the size and the thick walls. He's happy with this, but with all the love of hot peppers I'm seeing here, I think maybe we should try another variety or two.

So I had been thinking of just growing cubanelle, mini bell, serrano and red cherry next year, but would love to hear other suggestions. OP would be great, but I'm fine with hybrid peppers too. From a little reading, it seems that options for sweet might be Carmen, Jimmy Nardello, Lipstick or Atris? No idea on the hot!

October 12, 2011	#1
OneDahlia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: 7a NO. VA. Posts: 202	Recommend some peppers? Small nonlethal hot, and early, productive sweet? This was my first year with a sunny garden space, and I grew about 15 pepper plants. It was my biggest and most successful pepper patch to date (they liked the sun), but still a disappointing yield for the amount of space they took. I was thinking of cutting way back on peppers next year because of that, but after reading a little on this subforum, maybe I need to try some different ones instead. Want to recommend some new varieties for me? I'd like to grow a very productive sweet pepper for cooking, a small productive sweet pepper for my little boy to pick and eat raw (he likes red and yellow peppers, the sweeter the better), and one or two varieties of hot pepper for my husband. He likes medium heat in a flavorful small pepper. I'd also like to try making hot sauce, so maybe I need a bigger hot pepper too. I rarely eat hot peppers, so this makes it a bit harder to know what to grow. This year I grew: Sweet: Jupiter -- supposed to be relatively high-yielding and early, but they weren't for me Doe Hill -- my son liked them and they were very cute but slow to ripen Mini bell (bought as plants) -- son liked them and they were more productive and ripened earlier Cubanelle (I think -- bought as plants) -- I liked these for cooking and they're probably the fastest growing and most productive sweet peppers I've grown so far. Also the little worms didn't bother these like they did the bell peppers. Hot: Red cherry -- we liked them, made nice "jalapeno poppers" Ordono -- husband liked them but thought they were too little Serrano -- his favorite hot so far. I think he liked the flavor, the heat level, the size and the thick walls. He's happy with this, but with all the love of hot peppers I'm seeing here, I think maybe we should try another variety or two. So I had been thinking of just growing cubanelle, mini bell, serrano and red cherry next year, but would love to hear other suggestions. OP would be great, but I'm fine with hybrid peppers too. From a little reading, it seems that options for sweet might be Carmen, Jimmy Nardello, Lipstick or Atris? No idea on the hot! Last edited by OneDahlia; October 12, 2011 at 05:50 AM.