First year growing peppers from seed. - Page 2

bitterwort · March 4, 2014

Drew, Pimenta da Neyde makes a nice ornamental addition to flower pots and flower beds. You should probably sow a few more just to make sure you have enough. ;-)

FILMNET · March 4, 2014

There is a ton of recipes now here is the website and a ton of recipes, I pickles them with the same stuff on the one with are sell in stores.

FILMNET · March 4, 2014

http://www.peppadewfresh.com/Recipe_folder/Recipes.asp

drew51 · March 4, 2014

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Originally Posted by bitterwort

Drew, Pimenta da Neyde makes a nice ornamental addition to flower pots and flower beds. You should probably sow a few more just to make sure you have enough. ;-)

I'm trying to germinate a Purple Flash to go next to it, or maybe the Black Pearl between the purples!

drew51 · March 4, 2014

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Originally Posted by FILMNET

http://www.peppadewfresh.com/Recipe_folder/Recipes.asp

Wow! Awesome! I should sow a few more of these plants! Thanks a lot! Yeah i was thinking of pickling, and maybe throw a few Santa Fe Grande's in there.
That is an amazing link, appreciate it! Wow, I have a lot of cooking to do, first though I have to keep this puppy alive!!

drew51 · March 6, 2014

A few updates to grow list
Aji Lemon Drop Pepper
Uyababa Pepper - I had a hard time with this one. Seeds sent to me didn't want to germinate but the seeds from "Seeds For Africa" germinated! Yeah!

I have a few other germinating, mostly I germinated so many for practice. Seems all is working fairly well. Some didn't come up, but germination rates are pretty good 9 out of 10 on average. Part of it is having nice fresh seeds, as time goes by, just getting older seeds to germinate may be an issue.
A few I have multiple plants, as I want to make sure to get some fruit. They are small and fragile, hard to say what will make it to finish at this point.
Looking forward to starting tomatoes soon! Maybe in a week.

Father'sDaughter · March 6, 2014

I grew Lemon Drop last year and got good production on my one plant. I dried and ground them into powder. It's too hot for me, but my husband loves it. It's much hotter than the red cayennes I grow.

Worth1 · March 6, 2014

It should be against the law to call a hot pepper lemon drop.

Worth

drew51 · March 6, 2014

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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

I grew Lemon Drop last year and got good production on my one plant. I dried and ground them into powder. It's too hot for me, but my husband loves it. It's much hotter than the red cayennes I grow.

Did they stay yellow or darken a bit?
I planted two seeds, and neither came up, so I added 4 more, and now three have sprouted! I have way too many hots. I do use hot spices, just not that often. Next year a lot more mild peppers will be grown. This year is more of an experiment. I want to try a lot of new recipes and such. Somehow I have to find room for all these peppers. I want to grow a lot of tomatoes too!
I will always grow some hots, I want to try a lot and see which ones work for me, that are easy to grow, have the taste I'm looking for etc. For example I don't like the taste of habaneros, scotch bonnets are closely related, I like them a lot! So even hots vary a lot in taste, at least to me. I didn't grow any bonnets as I know I like them. Looking for other hots. I'll grow bonnets next year.

I heard Lemon Drops are good producers and grow well, so they sound like good candidates. Plus I tend to like the yellows better.

Father'sDaughter · March 7, 2014

They did darken a bit and the powder is probably more of a mustard yellow rather than the bright yellow of the fresh peppers. I grew them in a five gallons grow bag and the plant was very compact and bushy. It set late compared to the red cayenne, but once it did, it really loaded up. I started two this year, but only one will get planted out.

drew51 · March 7, 2014

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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

They did darken a bit and the powder is probably more of a mustard yellow rather than the bright yellow of the fresh peppers. I grew them in a five gallons grow bag and the plant was very compact and bushy. It set late compared to the red cayenne, but once it did, it really loaded up. I started two this year, but only one will get planted out.

Thanks for the info, the 4th seed popped out today, so 4 plants now. I may experiment with this one, top one, not another. Use different fertilizer or growing medium, see if I can discover anything.

Here's a recipe for sauce...

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2...ce-recipe.html

Father'sDaughter · March 7, 2014

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Originally Posted by drew51

Thanks for the info, the 4th seed popped out today, so 4 plants now. I may experiment with this one, top one, not another. Use different fertilizer or growing medium, see if I can discover anything.

Here's a recipe for sauce...

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2...ce-recipe.html

Thanks for the recipe. I may just have to put out both plants...!

drew51 · March 18, 2014

A photo from 5 days ago, the peppers soon need to be repotted again argh!

ScottinAtlanta · March 18, 2014

Why repot? They look perfectly Ok to me in those pots. I normally grow to 6 inches high in an 8 ounce dixie cup.

drew51 · March 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta

Why repot? They look perfectly Ok to me in those pots. I normally grow to 6 inches high in an 8 ounce dixie cup.

Well not yet, the photo is a week old. Some are getting tall.

March 4, 2014	#16
bitterwort Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MN Zone4b Posts: 292	Drew, Pimenta da Neyde makes a nice ornamental addition to flower pots and flower beds. You should probably sow a few more just to make sure you have enough. ;-) __________________ Bitterwort

March 4, 2014	#17
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	There is a ton of recipes now here is the website and a ton of recipes, I pickles them with the same stuff on the one with are sell in stores. Last edited by FILMNET; March 4, 2014 at 07:49 AM.

March 6, 2014	#21
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	A few updates to grow list Aji Lemon Drop Pepper Uyababa Pepper - I had a hard time with this one. Seeds sent to me didn't want to germinate but the seeds from "Seeds For Africa" germinated! Yeah! I have a few other germinating, mostly I germinated so many for practice. Seems all is working fairly well. Some didn't come up, but germination rates are pretty good 9 out of 10 on average. Part of it is having nice fresh seeds, as time goes by, just getting older seeds to germinate may be an issue. A few I have multiple plants, as I want to make sure to get some fruit. They are small and fragile, hard to say what will make it to finish at this point. Looking forward to starting tomatoes soon! Maybe in a week.

March 6, 2014	#22
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	I grew Lemon Drop last year and got good production on my one plant. I dried and ground them into powder. It's too hot for me, but my husband loves it. It's much hotter than the red cayennes I grow.

March 6, 2014	#23
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	It should be against the law to call a hot pepper lemon drop. Worth

March 7, 2014	#25
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	They did darken a bit and the powder is probably more of a mustard yellow rather than the bright yellow of the fresh peppers. I grew them in a five gallons grow bag and the plant was very compact and bushy. It set late compared to the red cayenne, but once it did, it really loaded up. I started two this year, but only one will get planted out.

March 18, 2014	#28
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	A photo from 5 days ago, the peppers soon need to be repotted again argh!

March 18, 2014	#29
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Why repot? They look perfectly Ok to me in those pots. I normally grow to 6 inches high in an 8 ounce dixie cup.