Started seed today, 2011 here we come!

[Fusion_power]

I started 39 varieties of tomato and 12 of pepper today with intent to have seedlings ready by 2011/01/15 or thereabouts.


|Manapal |Cuostralee |Kellogg's Breakfast |Cayenne

|Marianna's Peace |Druzba |Big Beef X EPB |Orange Bell

|Opalka |Earl's Faux |Daniels |Early Jalapeno

|Picardy |Gary O'Sena |Anna Russian |Numex Chili

|Red Brandywine |Green Zebra |Atkinson |Cowhorn

|Strawberry Margarita |Heidi |Aunt Gertie's Gold |Chinese Giant

|Taps / Roma |J.D.'s Special |Amish Paste |Bhut Jolokia

|Tropic |KBX & Yoders |Black From Tula |Chapeau de Frade

|Black Cherry |Kosovo |Bloody Butcher |Sweet Banana

|Camp Joy |Lillian's yellow |Box Car Willie |Red Savina

|Sungold |Liz Birt |Brandywine |Purple Jalapeno

|Galina/Coyote |Lucky Cross |Cherokee Purple |Lemme's Italian



DarJones

[Mischka]

That's a good selection of varieties, Darrel.

For those looking to order plants from him, here's the link, which can also be found on our list of recommended sources:

http://www.selectedplants.com/

[Lee]

On the first day of Christmas Darrel sent to me
A Earl's Faux tomato seedling!
On the second day of Christmas Darrel sent to me
2 Liz Bert's and A Earl's Faux tomato seedling!
.....



Lee

P.S. Glad to see Cuostralee is on there!

[mdvpc]

Darrel

Looks very good. How many plants will you start this go-around?

[DuckCreekFarms]

Darrell

Is your place open to the public? I need to go to Cullman, AL to pick up some sweetpotatoes in the near future, Or when I can get a chance. I would love to come by (if I have time) and see your operation.

gary
www.duckcreekfarms.com

[b54red]

Darrel let me know if you have any luck with Marianna's Peace. I have had good luck with it but never when planted early.
You must be counting on us having a much shorter and milder winter than last year since you are starting so early.
I live a couple of hundred miles south of you and will only start a few peppers in late December and will wait til January to start any tomatoes. My greenhouse is unheated and I usually wait til late March to set out my first plants into the garden.

[Fusion_power]

Thank you for posting the link Mischka.

Duck, Just call me the day before to be sure I will be home. My greenhouse is not fancy. I just run it to maximize the number of plants that can be cycled through in the time available.

B54, I ship seedlings to Florida and South Texas starting in Mid-January and going through Mid-March. Sometime about the end of February I will start my main round of seedlings with about 30,000 followed by another 30,000 3 or 4 weeks later. As for Marianna's Peace, I have a LONG history with it dating back to 2002/2003 when I produced about 30,000 seed from 3 plants. It is a very productive variety if given the right incentives (a few cubic yards of rabbit manure!) to grow.

This particular round is for very early sales and should give about 3,000 plants. For the year, I hope to go from about 45,000 plants in 2010 up to about 70,000 for 2011. There is a big reason for increasing the quantity, I will be supplying a local seed store with at least 30,000 plants this year.

DarJones

[Tormato]

Darrel,

I noticed Bhut Jolokia on your list.
What are your plans for that one?

[whistler]

Originally Posted by Tormato

Darrel,

I noticed Bhut Jolokia on your list.
What are your plans for that one?

And where did you get your seed? The online sites where I found seed were quite expensive

[Fusion_power]

I grow Bhut Jolokia mostly for seed, but if you are interested, it makes a nice hot sauce. My original seed came from a dedicated chilihead who was interested in some tomatoes that I had. Are they hot? They are WAY TOO HOT to even consider putting one in your mouth.

A local friend of mine knew a mexican guy who likes hot peppers. The mexican guy was often seen munching on habaneros with his lunch. My friend wanted to take him a really hot pepper so he grew one of my Bhut's. A few month later, he came in and told me that he carried a brown bag of them to the mexican guy and told him they were too hot to eat. The mexican guy just smiled and pulled one out of the bag and crunched it in one bite grinning as he chewed. Then he got a funny look on his face and started looking agitated. He made a mad dash up 2 flights of stairs to the nearest water fountain. When he came back down, he looked at my friend and said "Those are some HOT peppers!".

For those chili neos, NEVER drink water when you have had a too hot pepper. Milk or melted butter or even vegetable oil will help. Water just spreads it around and makes it worse.

I'm not sure yet, but think Sandhill Preservation will have Bhut seed listed for 2011.

DarJones

[mdvpc]

NMSU Chile Pepper Institute has seed:

http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/.../bhut_jolokia/

They have a minimum order of 14.00 I think.

[PaulF]

And just think D., we have not even had our first snow here yet; tomorrow I hear winter is coming. 60 degrees outside right now with -20 windchill predicted for Sunday. I need to move south for the winter.

[Bama mater]

Darrel, Will you be starting any Purple Haze this year?

[Fusion_power]

Bama, I have about 150 seed of Purple Haze so the answer is yes, I plan to have plants.

DarJones

[Bama mater]

Great, I'll need a six pack about mid April.