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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Ivory') |
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60-80 days. Hybrid. Supposed to be a pale yellow/ivory color. 2021: Planted 1 purchased start. Mine never made it past green. We got a few thin-walled, small green peppers off this plant. I think I'm done growing bell peppers. They never amount to much and they're so cheap and good in the store right now. |
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Jalapeno Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Jalafuego') |
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70 days. Hybrid. SHU: 40-60K. I've grown these for several years now. I prefer the larger size of these as well as the little bit more heat they give you. 2023: 2 plants from seed - I usually do better with these! SE end. 2021: 2 plants from seed. We've got tons of jalapenos this year! Nice big plump ones. 2020: 6 plants from seed. We got a lot of peppers off each plant, but we need more plants next year. 2019: 1 plant from seed. Need more. 2018: These did well and we got quite a few peppers in a bad pepper year. 2017: These are great! They did well and we got a lot of nice big, hot peppers. |
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Jalapeno Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Jalapeno') |
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70-75 days. SHU: 2500-8000 2022: No peppers from seed this year. Planted 6 generic Jalapeno starts SW corner. They did just fine, but I prefer the larger cultivars when I can find them. |
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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Karma') |
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68 days. Hybrid Green to red bell pepper 2021: Bought a start. It put out some small peppers. They didn't have any size to them and were kind of twisted, but the walls were medium thick. |
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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'King Arthur') |
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59-79 days. (green to red) Hybrid 2022: 4 plants from starts. Planted out from GH June 6, NW end. These are doing pretty well! I picked my first small, green pepper on July 7. It had nice walls for a small one, and was quite tasty. This one did the best of any of the bells. None had any size to them though. |
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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'King of the North') |
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60 days Green, 70-80 Red. OP These are supposed to be bred to turn red in a northern, short-season climate. 2021: 1 tiny plant from seed - I bought a start instead. These did turn red earlier than any others, but they didn't have any size to them. None of the bells did this year. 2019: I've got one plant from 2018 seed. 2018: A few plants from seed. The peppers were unimpressive this year. |
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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Lilac') |
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70 days. Hybrid. Bell pepper. Yellow to purple to red. 2010: We got some peppers off these and they were purple. They were pretty thin-walled and we weren't overly impressed. |
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| Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Long Red Cayenne') |
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70 days. Heirloom. SHU: 30K-50K Hot Pinetree seeds sells as Cayenne-Long. Supposed to be 6" long, ours average around 3". 2020: Good germination, I only kept one plant. It produced enough to keep us in cayennes for a couple years. They're dried in a jar. |
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| Hot Banana Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Mexican Sunset') |
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62 days. Hybrid. SHU: 9-10K Supposed to be sunset colors of yellow, orange, red. Like most wax peppers... 2021: 1 plant from seed. I didn't even plant it apparently. Must have been too small to bother with. |
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Anaheim Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Numex Big Jim') |
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75-80 days. OP. SHU: 2,500-3,000. An anaheim with a little kick, like a mild jalapeno. Supposed to get really big and be perfect for chile rellenos. 2023: 2 plants from seed. Planted out really late, NE end. 2018: We had one plant of these - a purchased start. We lost the tags and didn't know what it was until I found the map after we had picked everything. We put them in our salsa. I think I'll try them again from seed. |
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Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Orange Sun') |
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81 days. OP Green to orange bell. I've had pretty good luck with these in the past - one of the bigger, thicker walled ones for me. Nice yellow to orange colors. 2019: Planted some seed from 2018. They came up, but damped off. No plants. 2018: From seed. These did the best of the bells. 2017: These didn't get real big, but they had decent walls and tasted good. |
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Chili Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Poblano') |
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80 days. Heirloom. SHU: 1K - 1500 Also sold as 'Ancho'. These are the best for rellenos. I think I do much better if I can find starts. Trouble is, you can't find them for sale until May and I'd like to have them getting big in the greenhouse earlier. Sometimes I can find them in a gallon pot and they really do well then. 2023: 3 plants from seed. SE end. 2021: Ended up with 6 plants in the garden. A mixture of purchased starts and some from seed, I think most of them were the ones I bought as starts because they were larger. At any rate, I ended up with a ton of poblanos, but they weren't very big. We made some good rellenos out of them! 2020: 3 plants from seed. They did OK. 2019: 2 plants from seed. Did OK. 2018: 2 purchased plants. We got quite a few peppers this year. |
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Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Purple Cayenne') |
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70 days. OP. SHU: 40K A little smaller, purple cayenne with purple flowers and a little bit more bite. I've grown these several times with success. They're pretty. |
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| Jalapeno Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Raider') |
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70-75 days. SHU: 2500-8000 2022: Bought a start and planted 1 of these in the SW corner. All the jalapenos produced well this year. |
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| Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Red Hot Cherry') |
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77 days. Heirloom. SHU: 2500-5K 2" round red pepper for pickling. Not too hot. I like them best as refrigerator pickles to keep them crisp. Greg doesn't like them. 2021: Planted 1 plant from old seed. It's got some peppers, but not enough to pickle yet, so I threw them in the salsa. 2018. I planted one plant this year and it produced enough attractive red cherry peppers to pickle up in 2 pint jars. I just did them in the frig instead of canning. Greg thinks they're too sweet. I like them. |
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| Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Red Rocket') |
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55 days green 75 days red. OP. SHU: 30-50K 5-6" Cayenne. 2019: Grew from a purchased start. It was a bad pepper year, but we got a small jar full of nice plump cayennes from this plant. |
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| Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Romanian Sweet') |
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80 days. Heirloom. A kind of tapered, as opposed to blocky sweet pepper. 2020: I got 2 plants from last year's seed. They did OK. 2019: I'm trying these this year for sweet peppers since my bells are hit and miss. Yellow to orange large sweet pepper with thick walls. We'll see... |
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Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Serrano') |
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75 days. Heirloom. SHU: 10-23K. These small peppers are usually picked green, they get hotter when red. Heat falls between a jalapeno and a habanero. 2023: 2 plants from seed. SE end. 2022: Bought 3 starts, planted in SW corner. We got a lot of peppers off these this year. They had good size to them and are good in the hot sauce. 2021: 2 plants from seed put out a ton of peppers. We picked them all late in the season - green and red. They really added to our hot sauce pepper weight. 2018: Bought starts and they had a lot of small peppers. |
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Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Super Chili') |
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60-75 days green, 85 days red/orange. Hybrid. SHU: 40-50K 2023: 6 plants from seed. In grow bags NE end. |
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Banana Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Sweet Banana') |
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72 days. Heirloom. SHU: 100-500 6" long hungarian type peppers with a slightly sweet, slightly hot flavor. Nice added to salsa or for snacking on. We've had good luck with these from seed. |
