Peppers for 2007 ?

[daylilydude]

I'm new here and i hope i'm putting this in the right forum? So what peppers are on your grow list for this year ? I think i'm going with :
Fish
Peruvian Purple (Boston your gonna love these hint,hint ;) )
Peruvian Orange
Thai Orange
Aji Omnicolor
Congo Trinadad
Purple Equadorian
Kalidascope
Brazilian Multicolor
Brazilian Red Pumpkin
Figi Embers
Serrano purple
Dragons Claw
Peri Peri
Star Burst
Florescent Purple
Santa Fe Grande
Mirasol
Scotch Bonnett
and a Ornamental Pepper (that i got from a Secret Santa)

How's that for a list for a person that has never grown peppers from seed.Wish me luck because if everything goes right and i do well there will be pepper seeds to share :D ! Any and all advice is welcomed ? And PLEASE if i have put this in the wrong forum would one of the wonderful moderaters please move it!

[aberration]

Wow. That's a lot of peppers!

I'm going with two tried-and-true varieties that did well last year: Fish and Charleston Belle. And I'm trying the infamous Datil this year as well.

That covers my hot and sweet pepper needs... I might throw in a mild Ancho or two to cover the middle ground if I can find space. I just have a little community garden plot, so I can't go crazy.

[daylilydude]

Yep aberration i even tilled up and composted a new section of my yard for this pepper bed :). But if you think thats alot of peppers you should see my tomato list! If you all are intrested in seeing that list just let me know i can start a new thread with that.

[zebraman]

Hey Daylilydude;If you plan on saving and Trading Seeds you will have to build Isolation cages for each variety of pepper that you are growing,otherwise they will All be crossed.1x2 inch wood-mitred box covered in Remay.-

[oldgaredneck]

Z Man is correct! Peppers will cross pollinate like "bunnies" if not isolated!:D

[daylilydude]

Thanks zebraman and oldgaredneck i have a bunch of tully bags i'm also gonna use them on my maters to.:D

[goldpearl]

Isn't there a trick to growing peppers from seed? I read somewhere to soak them in vinegar to break the seed coat prior to planting. Any body else heard this?
I love peppers but sometimes end up buying plants since they take so long to get big enough to produce from seed. Mine usually start producing in the fall, which in Texas lasts about a month, kinda like spring! I'll start them earlier this year and order some more plants just to be sure!

[Rockhound]

Never heard of vinegar soak, I would say use bottom heat for all pepper seed, and never water from the top.

[walleye]

Bottom heat is good.

Here is a trick I use on my older seeds (the ones you sometimes keep by mistake for one year too long, then none of them seem to sprout). Soak a paper towel in water. Put several seeds in the towel, then fold it over the seeds. Place the wet towel in a plastic bag and lay the bag somewhere on your heat source (providing it is safe to do so). Open the bag and check the towel every couple days. Usually within a week they will start sprouting, if the seeds are still good. I put (2) of the sprouting seeds into moistened seed starting mix and keep the heat on. Within a few days at least one of them will be up and on its way.

There are probably better methods, but this one saved my pepper starting season last year.

[cloacina]

Hello, daylilydude,
Can you describe your favorites and why you're growing these varieties? Is it taste, color, heat? I'd like to try an ancho-like pepper - not too hot, and maybe one other if you can persuade me by description. Anyone have a recommendation for hot & humid Texas?

[cReAtIoN gRoAnS]

Hmmm....I never had a problem with top watering before. Rockhound, what were the negatives that you experienced from this???? It would be interesting to know.

Chad

[GeorgeSims]

I started my Jimmy Nardellos right alongside the tomatoes, in the pantry, under regular florescent lights. Didn't do ANYTHING special.

[strong eagle]

For anyone interested in a mildly hot, but very showy and interesting Pepper, try the "Balloon" pepper. I had a plant given to me by chad, at last Spring's Baker Creek festival. I installed it in my "Observation" plot, next to my gaqrden workbench and watched it grow and produce all Summer. It turned into a beautifull, 4 foot tall, 5 foot wide plant, but the astounding thing was that it went on producing thru 3 frosts! Strong