So I have put in stakes and laid out my pepper planting bed so that I know where to put my plants. And how many will fit. The verdict is 40 peppers in that bed. I should think that might keep me in peppers for the season.

Sandy since you are repotting your pepper plants and have 60 to go yet they must get pretty big by the time you plant them out.


Mine are not really that big but are big enough to get planted out next week.

My peppers are still all under the lights downstairs. Looking great (although those darned ghost peppers are still kinda small). WAY too cold/rainy to even think about moving these outdoors to harden off.

mom2goldens said:My peppers are still all under the lights downstairs. Looking great (although those darned ghost peppers are still kinda small). WAY too cold/rainy to even think about moving these outdoors to harden off.

I had thought I wanted to maybe plant out this weekend. But the predicted low for Monday night is not good so most likely I will wait. Unless things change.

"Peppers here badly need up potting!
They are flowering in the cell pack!
It is still too cool at night to get them outdoors here."

Whoa -- when did you start your peppers, Caroline? Mine are really in need of potting up too, but definitely not to the point of flowering. I really hope the weather starts warming up a bit soon, though!

"Sandy since you are repotting your pepper plants and have 60 to go yet they must get pretty big by the time you plant them out. "

Rita, they get to a pretty good size, maybe just starting to flower; but this year they're really crowded in the flat, because I started multiple seeds in each cell due to my "greenhouse transition" thing. (So, in one 48-cell flat I was attempting to grow about 100 plants.) And, I thought there was more room for seedlings in the hoop house than has turned out to be the case . But, things are starting to come together; I need to start planting my onion seedlings to free up some room!

Oh boy 100 in a 48 so twice as many as should be. I am learning that twice as many doesn't necessarily work out that well.

These were sown on March 15 under lights.
Meant to pot them up earlier, but life gets in the way sometimes!

I had purple peppers from my garden in my lunch salad. Delicious!

LizDTM said:I had purple peppers from my garden in my lunch salad. Delicious!

Your garden is producing hurray!!

Oh yes, lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes so far!

LizDTM said:Oh yes, lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes so far!

My Blight Buster green bell type pepper plants are so tiny. Maybe an inch and a half high!! So today at the nursery I bought a four pack of a red bell called Baron. Claims to be very early and productive. We will see.

As soon as it warms up some I will plant my peppers in ground. I have plenty of those Japanese types.

I guess next year I will have to expand on my peppers grown myself from seed. The selection of types that I am interested in growing are pretty scarce as plants. Can't find them. Very disappointing.

The local Nursery did say lots more veggies coming in for this weekend so I will go back and check on Friday.

I was looking for Italian Frying types but not Cubanelle.

Meantime my plants that I grew myself are larger than the cellpack of 4 Baron Peppers that I bought yesterday.

I will look for seeds again come Fall.

Depending on how you plan to use them: Melrose is an old timer that is excellent very early to ripen and productive. Strictly a frying pepper tho as the pods are small.

Giant Marconi is also tasty,and very productive. It is also huge and can be be used as a stuffer.



In between are the Bull's Horn types. This is Italia, but this year I am trialing Golden Horn.

Those are so pretty, Dill!

Is anyone trying the new variety from Johnny's called 'Escamillo'?
It's the new yellow partner to their 'Carmen'. I've always loved 'Carmen' so I'd like to try this one, too. They ran out of seed pretty quickly this year, so I'll try to get some next year.

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/veg...

Danita said:Those are so pretty, Dill!

Is anyone trying the new variety from Johnny's called 'Escamillo'?
It's the new yellow partner to their 'Carmen'. I've always loved 'Carmen' so I'd like to try this one, too. They ran out of seed pretty quickly this year, so I'll try to get some next year.

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/veg...

Oh both those look great!!

farmerdill said:Depending on how you plan to use them: Melrose is an old timer that is excellent very early to ripen and productive. Strictly a frying pepper tho as the pods are small.

• Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Melrose')
• Uploaded by farmerdill

Giant Marconi is also tasty,and very productive. It is also huge and can be be used as a stuffer.

• Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Giant Marconi')
• Uploaded by farmerdill

In between are the Bull's Horn types. This is Italia, but this year I am trialing Golden Horn.

• Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Italia')
• Uploaded by farmerdill

Those pictures are making me so hungry for peppers!!

I don't stuff them. I either cut them up for salads or eating raw as snack. Or I used them for cooking but not stuffed peppers. So I really prefer the frying types.

Maybe I will get lucky and find some this weekend. Those all look divine!!

What is the difference in the "frying type" peppers and regular bell peppers? (other than shape, I mean)

Weedwhacker said:What is the difference in the "frying type" peppers and regular bell peppers? (other than shape, I mean)

Shape and maybe thicker or thinner walls?

farmerdill said:Depending on how you plan to use them: Melrose is an old timer that is excellent very early to ripen and productive. Strictly a frying pepper tho as the pods are small.

• Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Melrose')
• Uploaded by farmerdill

Giant Marconi is also tasty,and very productive. It is also huge and can be be used as a stuffer.

• Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Giant Marconi')
• Uploaded by farmerdill

In between are the Bull's Horn types. This is Italia, but this year I am trialing Golden Horn.

• Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Italia')
• Uploaded by farmerdill

Now I have to go and rethink my peppers for the year, thanks Dillard... HAHA

BTW, that's a good lookin Kentucky Wheel Plow you got there, I'm jealous!!