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Post by hortusbrambonii on Dec 21, 2012 13:46:58 GMT -5
Which peppers (sweet, I've been growing a hot pepper that went well without name for years and I don't even use that much chilipepper) do you people recommend for outside growing in a Northern place?
'King of the North' seems like a good candidate. Does anyone know about sweet chocolate bell?
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Post by ferdzy on Dec 21, 2012 15:20:27 GMT -5
I grew Sweet Chocolate here in Ontario last year. It did okay even though we crowded it badly.
I prefer non-bell peppers (bell peppers give me indigestion) so my favourite sweet peppers are Alma paprika, Doe Hill, Sweet Banana and Cubanelle. These are all tried and true in my area, which has fairly hot but short summers; they can be planted out in late May, it doesn't usually get above the mid 20's before July, and by the end of August it's cooling off a bit again. (Usually). On the other hand, July is usually pretty hot with temps in the low 30's and no rain to speak of.
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 21, 2012 15:34:05 GMT -5
I'm still on this quest. I tried to grow sweet chocolate but I must have had bum seeds as I got poor/no germination (and I'm good with germinating the ol' pepper seed). I've heard good things. Mini bells, especially chocolate mini bells have done well for me. King of the north did well this year but it was hot. Jimmy nardello produced well but the taste wasn't that great, not sure why as it gets lots of great press. Orange cal did poorly for me this year. Sure it produced peppers but they weren't anything to write home about. Mind you, it was a drought year so maybe normally they are super duper. Lipsticks okay but mine aren't as big as I've seen. Padron - sometimes hot, sometimes not: I didn't always feel like discovering if they were hot or not. Some more suggestions from reputable companies (both are for long season, low sun but there is often translation to short season, high sun) www.realseeds.co.uk/sweetpeppers.htmlwww.saltspringseeds.com/catalog/index.cfm?categoryid=16
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 21, 2012 15:34:47 GMT -5
Forgot:
Apple: Meh
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Post by iva on Dec 22, 2012 9:11:53 GMT -5
Telsing, you've seen big Lipsticks? As far as I know, Lipstick is supposed to be a smallish red pepper, hence the name. It has never been larger for me than 10cm, but I love it and grow it every year. It has really thick flesh, crunchy, dense and sweet and it produces really well, and my garden (not climate) is known for being really bad for growing peppers... Another great one is Friariello (di Napoli), a super productive and early frying pepper. Also, let's not forget about ALL Mini bells, great production, taste and great color diversity in those. But my favorites must be the Mini Chimes Yellow and Orange, super sweet snack peppers, like a cross between a mini bell and some banana peppers. Smaller than 10cm and elongated, super productive and extra sweet, and let's not forget early
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Post by bunkie on Dec 22, 2012 12:05:53 GMT -5
no on the Apple tesling? it is very prolific here and very tasty...sometimes called Pimento.
also, our King of the North was hot this year too?! must've ben a seed mixup.
also have grown these and they've done very well... California Wonder, Yankee, Purple Beauty, Melrose, Red Cherry, Stocy Red Roaster, and Joeline's Red Italian.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 22, 2012 21:47:13 GMT -5
King of the North always made it for me and my friends, though I am staying away of bells as much as I can and have been doing so for years.
Doe Hill is perfect, so is Alma Paprika, I have a triumvirate, and TOPEPO ROSSO is the number 3. Absolutely exquisite taste, productive, the best red roaster I have seen, beats the crap off the supposedly roasting peppers, a name for ''too thinned fleshed''...
Alma Paprika is the best pizza pepper I have tasted...The teenagers in my neck of the woods would love my pizza and its ''special'' taste...read Alma...with only a small pinch of heat...
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Post by canadamike on Dec 22, 2012 21:53:01 GMT -5
King of the North always made it for me and my friends, though I am staying away of bells as much as I can and have been doing so for years.
Doe Hill is perfect, so is Alma Paprika, I have a triumvirate, and TOPEPO ROSSO is the number 3. Absolutely exquisite taste, productive, the best red roaster I have seen, beats the crap off the supposedly roasting peppers, a name for ''too thinned fleshed''...
Alma Paprika is the best pizza pepper I have tasted...The teenagers in my neck of the woods would love my pizza and its ''special'' taste...read Alma...with only a small pinch of heat...
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Post by MikeH on Dec 23, 2012 2:35:36 GMT -5
We only grow one pepper - King of the North. So far it has done well for us, regardless of weather.
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 23, 2012 9:32:26 GMT -5
Apple just never shone in my garden but then that could just be my cultivation techniques or conditions. I've heard good things about the purple one too.
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Post by ed50 on Dec 26, 2012 7:37:00 GMT -5
I got this year good results with Barancio, Toreador, Corno di Toro Red, Sweet Choco (don't know if it's the same as Sweet Chocolate Bell) and Red Marconi. I had a lot of sweet peppers from all of them but they didn't get ripe all of them when we had our first frost (end of october) but I put them inside so a lot of them still got ripe.
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Post by catherinenm on Dec 26, 2012 11:37:12 GMT -5
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Post by swamper on Jan 11, 2013 21:20:46 GMT -5
I like north star f1, chablis f1, (and mariachi f1 if you don't mind a little heat), yummy f1 is tasty for salads, and lipstick is also a nice sweet red pepper as are most of the goat horn types. whitney is like chablis but a little larger. i haven't had great yield from apple and it seems to take forever to ripen red.
I'm not crazy about king of the north, alma paprika, franks, healthy, or doe hill.
stokes had a smallish bell pepper called ultraset that was a lot like north star that seemed to be true to it's name, it set a lot of fruit. wish it was still around. i just ordered tinker bell from them...
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Post by wmontanez on Jan 27, 2013 15:46:29 GMT -5
I had good results with King of the North (bell) and Buran (thin walls) Alma paprika are good but small. I am in Z5 42N for reference.
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Post by remy on Feb 2, 2013 22:41:35 GMT -5
The quickest to mature to red sweet pepper that's I've grown is Frank's. It is also very productive. It is an elongated pepper sort of like a cubanelle. Remy
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