2025 Peppers Started

[karstopography]

Golden Cal Wonder x 3
Gatherer’s Gold x 3
Megatron Jalapeño x 3
Giant Aconcagua x 2
Shishito x 2
Padron
Jalapeño Lemon Spice
Mulato Isleno
PASILLA BAJIO
Guajillo

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Weather is looking especially conducive for rapid pepper seed germination for the remainder of 2024.

[karstopography]

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Six more peppers started this morning. Ausilio, Bridge to Paris, Corno di Toro, Dulce Mediterraneo, Big Jim, Hatch Mild.

[Paulf]

First week of winter mean we get to hear about the southerners beginning to garden. Where I am it will be two and a half months. Next week I will begin the planning process; what you guys grow I will not be able to because of the climate but it sure is fun to watch. Good Luck!

[GoDawgs]

@karstopography, I'm also trying that Bridge to Paris I got in the MMMM. Always something new to try!

[karstopography]

First week of winter mean we get to hear about the southerners beginning to garden. Where I am it will be two and a half months. Next week I will begin the planning process; what you guys grow I will not be able to because of the climate but it sure is fun to watch. Good Luck!

I’ve still got a couple of megatron jalapeños out in the garden laden with peppers, some now red. I could have left some of the other peppers in, it’s been so mild, but decided the real estate was better utilized growing something else.

This coming season I want more sweet roasting or frying types. With hot peppers, a little goes a long way, except jalapeños, those seem to be very useful.

[Yak54]

Here in N.E. Ohio I don’t start pepper seeds till April 12th or so and put plants out in the garden around June 10th. Amazing how much difference in climate we have.

[Paulf]

Pepper growing for me is an adventure. Even though it has been a fifty year journey every year is an experimental trip. Starting a couple weeks earlier than tomatoes gets me good sized plants. Then they go out to the garden about the same time as tomatoes. Peppers then don’t do much for several weeks. So this year the peppers are staying indoors under the lights for at least two weeks so maybe the soil heats up a little more. Maybe then they start growing better. We shall see.

[greenthumbomaha]

Pepper growing for me is an adventure. Even though it has been a fifty year journey every year is an experimental trip. Starting a couple weeks earlier than tomatoes gets me good sized plants. Then they go out to the garden about the same time as tomatoes. Peppers then don’t do much for several weeks. So this year the peppers are staying indoors under the lights for at least two weeks so maybe the soil heats up a little more. Maybe then they start growing better. We shall see.

Paul, I used to grow transplants in deep six packs with the hope of potting each up into 4 inch pot. I have a random collection, but last year I made several trips to Mulhalls for 29 cent 4" round pots. I got the idea of the larger pot from watching Karen Oliver. I had really good results from the beginning both inground and in raised beds. All the non stop sun was just a cherry on top.

- Lisa

[Paulf]

So maybe an extra potting up into a larger pot will help? I will give it a try...certainly I am open to anything.

[karstopography]

Growing peppers is a learning experience. Which ones do we like and which ones do well? I’m still working on having both of those attributes line up. I’ve grown plenty that thrive, but we don’t like particularly or have much of a need for. I’ve also grown quite a few that taste good, but maybe are on the lower margins for vigor and production.

Maybe one of these years I’ll put together the perfect pepper grow list, but I’m not even close yet.

[AZGardener]

I'm starting peppers this weekend with tomatoes a week or so later. This year flew by, hard to believe it's seed starting time already.

[karstopography]

I was just looking at the longer range forecasts for when to start the tomatoes. Might do a batch right around New Year’s Day and then another a week or so later.

[Yak54]

So maybe an extra potting up into a larger pot will help? I will give it a try...certainly I am open to anything.

I transplant my seedling plants into 4” pots for about 4 wks before they go into my 7 gal. grow bags with great results. And don’t leave them out till night time temps are 55 deg. Works much better than when I used to put them out earlier with cooler temps.

[Yak54]

I placed my pepper seed order today from Sandia Seed Company for my 2025 pepper list and one variety from Seed Savers Exchange.

[Yak54]

Received my pepper seeds in the mail today from Sandia. 6 days is pretty quick especially considering one of those days is a Sunday. Pretty good service I’d say.

[karstopography]

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So, every pepper variety has at least one seed that’s germinated and up through the soil. Some have been slow to wake up, but things have been extra cool around here and it’s been a challenge to find some warm enough spot to get these going.

I’ll try to keep these in the warmest available place for a few days and then do my best running them in the low to mid 50s once they get a true leaf or two. I think it helps with yield potential later.

Everyone got a good drink yesterday out in the sun.

BTW, I accidentally knocked over my six cell tray from about 5 feet off the floor and thd tray of potting mix, soilless starter and seeds basically exploded all over the floor inside the house. Glad the wife was away. I got the mess all cleaned up, but whatever was in that tray is a jumble now. Stuff happens.

[GoDawgs]

Were you able to salvage and repot the babies?

[karstopography]

Were you able to salvage and repot the babies?

I swept it all up and put the soil and seeds and whatever had germinated in the six pack container. I have not sorted through the mess. I got super busy yesterday I kind of forgot about it. I would not know what is what, but maybe I could proceed as anyway. This was the six varieties I seeded on the 25th or 26th , a day or two later than the other peppers. Four are sweet non bells, two Anaheim types.

[Paulf]

In-between watching our granddaughter playing in a hockey tournament in Fargo(championship game at 1:30 pm today) my future peppers order will look like this:

Earlier
Golden Summit
Aconcagua
Cubanelle
Kapiya
Pointy Kaibi #7
Toyozhini
Italian Sweet Frying
Jimmy Nardello

plus a third year of using seeds from a store bought package of red, yellow and orange snacking peppers...they were the best pepper of the year in '24.

[bower]

I have a question about overwintering peppers.
My two biggest plants of Tres Long des Landes came into the greenhouse with many peppers still. Although it was cool they still ripened some of those, but eventually they wilted and stayed droopy, and I took the other peppers off.
The plants though are still in the greenhouse.
I know the air there will drop below freezing at some point but the soil will not freeze. My rosemary plant survives it, in the same size of container. So the plan is to prune back (and I'm not sure how much) and see if they make it.
Any thoughts about that?
How hard do you prune overwintering peppers?