Sweet Pepper Lovers!!!

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-07-2011, 03:50 PM

We have a Hot Pepper thread, but this one is for SWEET pepper freaks!

Last night I sowed some seeds for a unique & beautiful sweet pepper variety called "Purple Beauty". It's a compact plant and the fruits are 4 lobed...large & blocky.

Although these picture are not my own, here's how they'll look...

You can let the fruits ripen to a deep burgundy for more flavor and nutrition...

Another sweet type I love that I sowed today is called "Tennessee Cheese". The fruits are as sweet as candy. I'll show it later.

Here's one of my "Gypsy" sweet pepper fruits. It's a great type for indoors and it's cool-resistent, producing fruits when most varieties have stopped...

Feel free to post your sweet peppers or discuss them here also...

: )

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-07-2011, 06:06 PM

I sowed some Jimmy Nardello sweet pepper seeds the other night also. They're a cool pepper because they look like long red cayenne, but are in fact sweet!

Not my pic but here's how they'll look. I've grown them before, and they're a sweet Italian frying pepper...

: )

sandy0225 · 03-09-2011, 03:39 PM

growing aji dulce this year. I got the seeds from a friend in Puerto rico. Also doing cubanelle, sweet red cherry pepper, zavory (looks like habanero but no heat), several bells in every color. LOVE peppers....

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-09-2011, 07:13 PM

Someone sent me seeds for those last season too but not from Puerto Rico ...I thought they were ripping hot. I think I'll sow them now that you've revealed they are sweet.

Still waiting for the "purple beauty" seeds to pop...

: )

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-10-2011, 04:18 PM

The beginnings of sweet Jimmy Nardello...

: )

Jananas Bananas · 03-10-2011, 05:20 PM

Here's some I am sowing now. (not in the AeroGarden unfortunately - I don't have any more room - I can see why they get more than one)

Unfortunately they aren't named, but aren't they beautiful?

~JaNan

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-10-2011, 05:28 PM

JaNan, that white one!!!

If you end up with a white variety, you gotta save seeds!

Those are very pretty. I have mixes too but never seem to sow them. I've never seen ones like that though. Did you just get those seeds this season? They look like they'll be very ornamentally beautiful.

Thanks for sharing.

: )

Jananas Bananas · 03-10-2011, 05:49 PM

I know Sherry I think that white one is very pretty and the nearly black one right next to it, AND the purple speckled one in the upper right corner! I will save seeds if I get anything really good, I promise!

They are all supposed to be sweet bell peppers. ~J

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-10-2011, 05:59 PM

Yeah, those are all so pretty JaNan. Can't wait to see what you end up with. How exciting!

I know there's a white habanero, but I've never seen a white bell!

You'll have to sow every seed, to make sure you end up with the colors you want. Hopefully there weren't 50 seeds in the packet!

Good luck with them JaNan...peppers are so fun and easy to grow.

: )

Scuba_Dave · 03-10-2011, 06:07 PM

My wife & I only like sweet peppers
I have planted 4 different seed packs this year
Peppers for me seem to take 4 weeks to germinate
I started them around Feb 12th...just starting to sprout
I do start my seeds out in the sunroom, temp does dip to mid-50's at nite with the house heat set to 62

I'll have to start them earlier next year
Last year I started them in mid March...we only had one pepper last year

With more storm windows on the greenhouse this year I am hoping to start seeds in Jan next year & start moving things to the greenhouse in Feb

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-10-2011, 06:15 PM

You could also try purchasing a heat mat, Dave. They work wonderfully in helping pepper seeds and many others come up in no time flat.

I have several.

: )

Jananas Bananas · 03-10-2011, 06:20 PM

It's an 800mg packet. Looks like over a hundred or so.

The seeds are different colors too. Most are the usual creamy gold color, but there are different shades of that and a couple that have a greenish tint and a couple really dark ones. I'll probably try starting the differently colored ones first. ~J

Scuba_Dave · 03-10-2011, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady

You could also try purchasing a heat mat, Dave. They work wonderfully in helping pepper seeds and many others come up in no time flat.
I have several.
: )

Yeah I'm trying to avoid any extra expenses right now
I thought it might be heat related
Right now there isn't any specific heaters for the sunroom, it's just wide open to the kitchen which has a big radiator
Eventually I want to use a solar panel to heat the greenhouse & the sunroom....possibly the whole house

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-10-2011, 10:25 PM

Dave, the top of the fridge can be warm like a heatmat and it's free!

Try to put your pots in a warm spot so you won't have to wait quite so long for things to come up. 4 weeks is a long time to wait.

Covering your pots over with pastic may help speed germination also.

: )

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-10-2011, 10:26 PM

Oh sorry JaNan...that was too funny when I read "100 seeds" You'll be lucky if you have room
for 10!

Hope you get the colors you like.

: )

Scuba_Dave · 03-10-2011, 11:00 PM

Kitchen is the wife's domain, off limits
Top of the fridge is for my cookies
I'm lucky I get to take over part of the sunroom
I thought of near a radiator...but do not have one in a good location that I can use

This year I started the pepper seeds 4 weeks earlier then last year
Last year I had 200 tomato seedlings, I expect the same number this year
Out of that I'd say I get 100 good plants
The others produce some fruit, but not a huge amount

I have 4 different pepper seed packets
I expect to have a lot of pepper plants this year
I'm converting another ~15'x24' area to a garden
Not sure of the exact measurements yet

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-11-2011, 02:05 AM

Well it's good that you start them extra early Dave, to make up for all the time you have to wait. I guess they'll come up sometime or another anyway, so if they're planted early, it won't really matter.

I'm hoping for some more spouts soon. I even sowed a few more Gypsy pepper seeds because they grow so wonderfully indoors.

I also recently sowed some of Pepper Joe's Alma Paprika seeds...which are a sweet & spicy pepper.

Another type I have is called 'Fruit Basket', and it's a wonderful hanging basket pepper plant that produces medium size fruits that ripen to orange. The fruits are sweet with a slight peppery flavor to them (peppery as in salt and pepper). They're kind of unique and the plant itself trails, making it ideal for a hanging basket.

: )

Jananas Bananas · 03-11-2011, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady

Oh sorry JaNan...that was too funny when I read "100 seeds" You'll be lucky if you have room
for 10!

Hope you get the colors you like.

: )

I put a few on top of a couple of the AG pods this morning. Since I had them out choosing seeds I counted them for you Sherry. There are 105!

I will start some outside in my raised garden bed too. I will probably be getting that ready today. ~JaNan

The Hollyberry Lady · 03-11-2011, 08:33 PM

Omg, JaNan!

You still won't have sown them all in 10 years! Better keep the seeds in the fridge to preserve them.

Here's the beginnings of my "purple beauty" sweet pepper seeds germinating in the aero~garden. Took them 4 days...

Yippppeeeeee!!!

: )

Jananas Bananas · 03-11-2011, 09:33 PM

I know, but hey it keeps me entertained.

Yep, they are so fat they look like they are going to explode!

I see that little grow tail!!!

I need to go look at mine since I put them on the pods this morning. They may be fat by now. ~J

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