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Hey Gardners-- Peppers

Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by Grizzly Adam, Dec 21, 2013.

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  1. swags

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    we grew a new pepper this year, a cherry pepper. I loved them! smaller round version of a jalapeno. Sweet with a little spice to it. You should try those next year.
     
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    California Wonder is a very good Green Bell Pepper nice size and flavor. Its grows well here in Indiana.

    My wife fixes stuffed green peppers. I love them So I plant lots of green peppers.
     
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    I like going to this site Grizzly..

    http://www.pepperjoe.com/

    Plant a bunch of Habanero and Scotch Bonnet every year :) I dont like spicy stuff myself but its funny as all get out watching the guys at work trying to see who can eat the most at one sitting o_O :D I dont water them and they are grown in a sunny garden..

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    I went to raised beds about 10 years ago. It takes a lot of organics to keep the soil producing. It loses its density and growing ability over the course of a season. Turns to dust. Finally ended up with blossom end rot on tomatoes and peppers. Going to composted manure did the trick. Every year. Lots of it. The raised beds look nice. Ironically, I think they're more maintenance than when the garden was down on the ground.

    Been growing a variety of peppers, mostly hot. Favorites have been habaneros. But, this year I'm trying the Carolina Reaper. Looking forward to starting those seeds here in a few weeks.
     
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    I got some ground scorpion pepper stuff here last month. Its a good bit hitter than the ghost pepper stuff I already had. We're fgoing to raised beds since we don't have the ground to plant in. Our drains and stuff is in the way.
     
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  6. Grizzly Adam

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    So many peppers so little space! We need to set up a seed exchange, quite a few mentioned were ones I wanted to try but I hate ordering from seed companies because of the high shipping costs. Got a good variety from TSC, Walmart, Menards and Bomgaars this year, though.
     
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    I don't raise any from seeds, don't have a green house and the cost of plants makes it hard to justify the time and money to plant seeds
     
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    Good idea. I have participated in one before and it worked out great. Maybe a separate seed exchange thread?
     
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