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I've got maybe 5 to 10 seeds of each of these sweet & hot peppers if anyone fancies trying a few?

Anaheim
Ancho 101
Apple Sweet
Cubanelle
Fresno (thanks to unconcerned - I think)
Hot Portugal
Jalapeno
Pepperoncini
Pimento
Purple Jalapeno (thanks to unconcerned - I think)
Red Cheese (AKA Tennessee Cheese)
Santa Fe Grande (thanks to unconcerned - I think)
Yellow scotch bonnet (thanks to sewer rat)


We only ever grow a couple of each so the seeds will go off before I could use them all....

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I'd love a couple of the Purple Jalapeno - I'll send you a PM

la la la - I can't hear you.......

Oh, go on then!

Do you think that I have a couple of the jalapeno, then I can join in the chilli growing competition!

Will send you a pm.

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Hazel
www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com
update Thu 28/08/2008......Disaster Strikes!......

Hazel you will repent of your awful obsession? Nah me neither, of course you can have some seeds!!!!!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I'd love to try some, thanks. Any variety will do, as I don't know enough about them to know the difference! I'll PM you my address.

I'd love to try Red Cheese Manda. I'll pm my address. Let me know if you'd like anything for a swap or if you'd like a SAE send me your address.

Cheers,

Flum

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vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated Aug 29th 2008

If I could have some scotch bonnet I'd really appreciate it.

Are you after anything in return?

I'd better not! Just pm me your address.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

A great big thanks Manda received seeds today. Going to try some in my new electric propagator,
cheers Helen

Don't get too carried away too soon helly, remember they'll all grow up and need somewhere warm and light - hope you've a big kitchen table!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Got mine too, Manda. Thanks. Trying to forget about my seeds for AT LEAST another month though. I have a greenhouse but it's unheated. I do need a bit of space in my kitchen and dining room for their original purposes!

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vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated Aug 29th 2008

Me too, I think that should be another NY Resolution. Its just sooo much fun seeing those little seedlings popping up in the heated prop!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Hi SBP
I would love to give Pimento a try if they are still available. Will PM my address.

Kirsty

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updated 14 May 2008

Think that might be the last of the pepper seeds - I'll check and let you know kirsty b.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

SBP,

I'm not familiar with chilli variety as I am with tomato but I reckon it can become addictive. I gather that you'll be growing all the listed chilli this year and save the seeds from harvest...I might be interested in 2009 . Would you be interested in my one & only chilli called Fuego F1 from T&M?

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veg4681 or can I call you Ami?!

I'm trying to be sensible with the varieties we grow (fat chance!) and so it'll probably be the ones that are 'doers', with an experiment or two!

So in the greenhouse borders we found Cubanelle, Topepo Rosso and Hot Portugal did really well, ie more than one pepper every month or plant! Jalapeno because we like them pickled and Hanoi Red cos they seem prolific and hottish to dry and save for the rest of the year.

Cubanelle is a type of sweet pepper (more often found abroad) its early, prolific and long fruiting - oh and they taste and smell like real peppers! Topepo Rosso we only grew last year but they were fairly prolific and like small blocky sweet peppers - very tasty. When we've tried to grow sweet peppers (like the ones you see in the supermarket) before you often seem only to get one or two fruits per plant, not good when they're taking up room in the greenhouse. Hot Portugal were prolific, big, hottish and easy to grow.

Never tried saving seeds as we only use 1 or 2 seeds per year and so there's normally plenty in a pkt. That's why I've swopped away some pepper seeds, they'll only be wasted, I can't use them all. (But there'll probably still be some spares. )

- wish these were mine!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Hmmm...Hanoi Red must be originally from Vietnam. Sorry, do you still want my Fuego, sounds like it can do the flamenco or even tango .

How many variety of sweet peppers did you grow before stumbling upon Hot Portugal as the best one that is closer to standard supermarket looking peppers? The sweet peppers in most gardening books usually look rubbish (not even close to 'basic range' of supermarket pepper) so I imagined that is as best as it gets in UK climate .

Are the 3 peppers you mentioned your best recommendations although I don't mind the compromise of having smaller chilli-looking sweet pepper. The one and only sweet pepper seeds I've got is California Wonder (as common as Aubergine BB) and the name makes me uneasy, as we all know California is mostly sunny. I bought it last year before I got into variety researching.

Re the picture, yeah you can buy the peppers in kilo in countries like that, so cheap you don't really need to grow them yourself or get your gardener to grow all your wonderful stuffs and give away all the excess to village people.

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No but thanks for the offer. - edit oh hang on while I google! - googled, they look very similar to Hot Portugal (which are an OP), so back to 'no thanks'. Ah the Hot Portugal is hot, they look like bigger/fatter (5"-6" or more) cayenne-lookee-like.

The Topepo Rosso is sweet, thick-skinned flesh and blocky, its also quite prolific. They're like half-sized versions of 'supermarket' peppers. We have been growing peppers for quite a few seasons and this is the best in terms of taste and quantity we've yet grown.

We tried them (Cal Won.) season before last, got 3 or 4 from the whole plant, okay taste, nowhere near as good as Topepo Rosso. The 4 I mentioned we will grow this season. The Cubanelle are green 'versions' of the red peppers in the picture - you often see them described as 'frying peppers'. I think they are a better variety (but probably have the same 'roots') as 'giant aconcagua' which we grew a couple of seasons ago.

Will probably also grow a 'red cheese', an 'apple sweet' and some others in pots to see how they taste and how many you get, before we allow them space (from the limited space) in the greenhouse border. Got to fit the aubergines & tomatoes & a cuke in there too!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Hi again Manda,

Do you still have sweet pepper seeds esp. your recommended ones Cubanelle, Topepo, Red Cheese, Apple Sweet. I'm having second thoughts about California Wonder (shall I bin it ?). Like you say, not enough fruits to justify growing. I don't mind smaller fruiting, odd shape, ugly looking, unconventional looking sweet peppers so long they're prolific harvest.

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I'll have to go count my seeds - just a minute......

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I keep doing that - it's all that stops me from sowing them too soon!

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vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated Aug 29th 2008

Lol! Its lucky I've soo many fingers and thumbs!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."