Rosefriend
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 20, 2014 8:32:57 GMT -5
If I have put this in the wrong place please shift it somewhere else..
Sorry if I am in danger of teaching grandmothers to suck eggs...peppers are perennials and I normally sow my peppers/chillies in August/September and overwinter them in the house, get them in the GH asap and I usually get the first peppers/chillies, with luck, in April/May/June.
I sow again in January and then I tend to get those in August/September/October - all depending on weather. Actually I am only a few months a year without fresh produce - over the winter months I raid the freezer..
I am in Zone6/7 and like most of you each year is different...whatever we do, the weather does rule us all I suppose.
This year I totally forgot to sow in summer so will start in January again.. When does everyone start their peppers and chillies??
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Post by daylilydude on Oct 20, 2014 9:21:15 GMT -5
Rosefriend, I try and start my pepper seeds in late January or early to mid Febuary to try and get a good plant before I transplant them in the garden right around late April...ish.
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Post by stratcat on Oct 21, 2014 0:07:13 GMT -5
I like to start my peppers in late March to set out at the beginning of June. Lately, we've often had cool snaps at the end of May/early June and I'm not in a hurry to shock my plants. I'm known to carry them back in the house on the cool nights.
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Post by paulf on Oct 21, 2014 9:35:19 GMT -5
Pepper seeds are put in the growing medium in late January or early February with higher than normal heat under the trays. This for planting outside in late April or early May depending on outside soil temperatures and weather forecast. Here peppers need extra time to give fruit plenty of chance to mature.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 21, 2014 10:35:21 GMT -5
I'm in a warmer zone than everyone else who responded. I usually start peppers in late December and set them out in mid-March to early April - whenever the 10-day forecast shows that the nights will stay above 50F.
But based on my experience last year with NuMex Orange Suave (a very low-heat habanero), if I grow any more habaneros or other super-hots I will probably start them in mid-late January and not plant them out until the nights are consistently 60F+ - probably late April. The super-hots don't seem to tolerate any cool weather at all. This spring my NuMex Orange Suave plants sulked and looked on the brink of death for a few weeks after planting, but then when the nights warmed up, they took off growing.
I normally pick my first jalepenos at the green, full-sized stage in mid-May, and I usually get my first ripe bell peppers at the very end of May or in early June.
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I really like your idea of sowing in the summer and overwintering plants indoors...if I could figure out a space under my grow lights for the plants, I would try that.
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One thing I mean to try next year is a second sowing of at least a few bell peppers in June for an August planting. Disease pressures are high here during our hot, humid, rainy summers. Sometimes I lose my pepper plants, or they get Septoria infections. Septoria-infested plants often stay alive and continue to fruit, but the fruit rots just as it starts to ripen. (Ick!) I could pick the peppers green, but I like ripe bells. One way to deal with Septoria is to replace infected plants with clean transplants in August - there is enough time here to get a fall crop before frost.
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Rosefriend
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 22, 2014 11:43:23 GMT -5
I'm in a warmer zone than everyone else who responded. I usually start peppers in late December and set them out in mid-March to early April - whenever the 10-day forecast shows that the nights will stay above 50F. But based on my experience last year with NuMex Orange Suave (a very low-heat habanero), if I grow any more habaneros or other super-hots I will probably start them in mid-late January and not plant them out until the nights are consistently 60F+ - probably late April. The super-hots don't seem to tolerate any cool weather at all. This spring my NuMex Orange Suave plants sulked and looked on the brink of death for a few weeks after planting, but then when the nights warmed up, they took off growing. I normally pick my first jalepenos at the green, full-sized stage in mid-May, and I usually get my first ripe bell peppers at the very end of May or in early June. _____________ I really like your idea of sowing in the summer and overwintering plants indoors...if I could figure out a space under my grow lights for the plants, I would try that.
_____________One thing I mean to try next year is a second sowing of at least a few bell peppers in June for an August planting. Disease pressures are high here during our hot, humid, rainy summers. Sometimes I lose my pepper plants, or they get Septoria infections. Septoria-infested plants often stay alive and continue to fruit, but the fruit rots just as it starts to ripen. (Ick!) I could pick the peppers green, but I like ripe bells. One way to deal with Septoria is to replace infected plants with clean transplants in August - there is enough time here to get a fall crop before frost. It does mean a double harvest basically - trouble is, as you so rightly say, where to overwinter them, light, etc etc.. I always hope that we do not get visitors in the winter months as my plants are all in the guest bedroom!!
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 25, 2014 14:04:53 GMT -5
I am going to start Peppers and Chillies in the new year and am trying to make some sort of list as to what I want to grow - space is at a premium really...
I won these in a Compy, not sure which to grow - have any of you any experience with:
Hot Pepper Chenzo F1 Cherry Bomb Demon Red Hungarian Wax Chilli Ancho
I have checked them out with Google but it is always better to find someone that has grown them??
Thanks.
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Post by spacecase0 on Nov 25, 2014 23:41:53 GMT -5
I plant in December and just overwinter plants in pots if possible I had a 5 year old pepper plant at one time, it was a person that killed it (neighbor), and not old age
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 26, 2014 12:55:33 GMT -5
I plant in December and just overwinter plants in pots if possible I had a 5 year old pepper plant at one time, it was a person that killed it (neighbor), and not old age 5 years - how big was it then spacecase0 or did you keep pruning it back??
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Post by stratcat on Nov 26, 2014 13:26:40 GMT -5
Hi, Rosefriend. I grew Cherry Bomb F1 pepper once. My bass player gave me a plant and I saved all the fruit for him and he used them in pickling. It was a nice specimen plant. I just like to grow stuff.
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 26, 2014 13:43:41 GMT -5
Hi, Rosefriend. I grew Cherry Bomb F1 pepper once. My bass player gave me a plant and I saved all the fruit for him and he used them in pickling. It was a nice specimen plant. I just like to grow stuff. Sounds worth growing stratcat - I have to admit that I am the same - I do give loads away and grow far more than I can use, - one of the most wonderful things for me is to smell the first true tomato leaves, followed by the fruit and the first ripe pepper!!
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Post by spacecase0 on Nov 26, 2014 16:19:48 GMT -5
I plant in December and just overwinter plants in pots if possible I had a 5 year old pepper plant at one time, it was a person that killed it (neighbor), and not old age 5 years - how big was it then spacecase0 or did you keep pruning it back?? it never did get very big, 18 inches tall or so... I never pruned it at all, but it died back a bit each winter on it's own
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Post by tomato on Nov 26, 2014 23:36:44 GMT -5
Ancho is a medium size pepper plant that makes a nice culinary pepper. If you have a chance, get some Chapeau de Frade seed and see what you think. It is a very flavorful hot pepper with an interesting true bell shape.
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 27, 2014 7:14:16 GMT -5
Ancho is a medium size pepper plant that makes a nice culinary pepper. If you have a chance, get some Chapeau de Frade seed and see what you think. It is a very flavorful hot pepper with an interesting true bell shape. Thanks for that tomato, I'll add Ancho to my list as well. Chapeau de Frade is Bishop's Hat isn't it - how hot is that then? I know some of you ( daylilydude, w8in4dave, Penny) know Pfarmer Phil - he and Laura sent me some Bhut Jolokia years ago, - he said it would be OK - not too eat too much in one go, otherwise it was a great chilli. He still chuckles about it - I have nightmares about it!! Huh - I grew it and ate it and thought I was gasping my last, - I was ready to meet my maker!! Penny said this spring that Carolina Reaper has taken over from the Bhut's as being even hotter....I don't intend to even touch the seeds!!! So, tomato - just how hot is Chapeau de Frade...hot hot or just hot and tasty...hot(ish) and tasty I can cope with?? Aji Limon makes a good addition to a meal if I watch just how much I use...
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Post by swamper on Nov 27, 2014 8:49:51 GMT -5
Cherry Bomb Demon Red Hungarian Wax Chilli Chery Bomb f1 is a very productive hot red cherry pepper. it ripens fairly quickly to red which is good for short season areas. Demon f1 is a miniature dwarf (short pepper thai type) that is very good for growing in a container and bringing indoors in fall. the plant is one of the smallest you will find so it's more an ornamental than a production variety Hungarian Wax is one of the easiest heaviest yielding chili peppers you can grow. Sometimes the first peppers formed are runty, I'd pick those off early and throw in a stir fry to let the larger heavier fruits develop. They also will ripen red-orange very quickly. Although the meat can be fairly mild, full ripened fruits might surprise you with a rich sweet heat.
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 27, 2014 12:19:52 GMT -5
Cherry Bomb Demon Red Hungarian Wax Chilli Chery Bomb f1 is a very productive hot red cherry pepper. it ripens fairly quickly to red which is good for short season areas. Demon f1 is a miniature dwarf (short pepper thai type) that is very good for growing in a container and bringing indoors in fall. the plant is one of the smallest you will find so it's more an ornamental than a production variety Hungarian Wax is one of the easiest heaviest yielding chili peppers you can grow. Sometimes the first peppers formed are runty, I'd pick those off early and throw in a stir fry to let the larger heavier fruits develop. They also will ripen red-orange very quickly. Although the meat can be fairly mild, full ripened fruits might surprise you with a rich sweet heat. Great info swamper, thanks. The Hungarian Wax sounds good and an interesting one to grow - I can see that once again I am going to grow far more than I ought. Good that Demon is a small one at least.. I took the last of my mini peppers off the plants 10 days or so ago and hoped that they would ripen...they have - I am so pleased as I need some seeds off them. I have been growing them for years and they are so lovely and small,tasty too...
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Post by stratcat on Nov 27, 2014 14:10:23 GMT -5
I ordered a Bhut Jolokia plant in 2OO8 and took a fruit to show my neighbors. From a little bite off the end, my eye instantly started to leak and I had to walk home to get a drink. Didn't even bite into any seeds or placenta!
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 28, 2014 2:28:20 GMT -5
I ordered a Bhut Jolokia plant in 2OO8 and took a fruit to show my neighbors. From a little bite off the end, my eye instantly started to leak and I had to walk home to get a drink. Didn't even bite into any seeds or placenta! A friend of mine in the UK asked me for a fruit as he loved to make hot chillies but also had a friend that claimed to be able to eat the hottest chilli...Bhut Jolokia was his downfall. The last time I heard even two year after eating the meal (my friend did add the seeds!!)he couldn't even go near the mildest chill without feeling ill.... I love chillies but these firey one don't even taste of anything to me - they are just pure heat - not for me!!
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