Re: [CH] I told my wife I wasn't the only one!
Matt Prerost (mprerost@mindspring.com)
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:17:28 -0500
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:22:10 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello fellow Chile Heads.
>
>I am new to the list and I'm thrilled to find a group such as this.
Welcome to the list.
>I have been growing peppers for several years now. I grow 26 varieties
>in the ground and pots, a total of 120 plants this year. Alot for
>personal use and also I sell to our downtown market.
>
>I live in London, Ontario, Canada and have had pretty good luck with most
>varieties that I've tried. Always looking for new ones to try!
>Suggestions anyone?
Well I like have been growing some "Red Hot Cherry Peppers" from bonie
plants. They are hotter than a jalapeno. They are usually red before
I have any big green jalapenos so I have some red peppers to put in my
salsa and chilli along with the fresh green jalapenos. One plant puts
out lots of peppers.
>A suggestion for Matt. One of my cayenne plants had a major branch
>break off a week or so back with about 30 flowers on it. I cut the end
>of the stem and put it in a mason jar with water and a little miracle
>grow. Today I checked it and there are three peppers on it and more
>setting fruit. I have it in a south window inside the house. Maybe it
>will save your peppers.
>
>> I was wondering If any one had any ideas on what to do with the 30+
>> green peppers I have now? Should I pick them off the plant? Maybe
>> hang them in my garage and hope they will get red?
Well it is a little too late to try that. And I am not sure how well
it would have worked considering that the 3 branches that broke off
was thicker than a pencil and around 90% of the plant. What I ended
up doing is a little experimenting. I figured if putting tomatoes in
a paper bag ripens them, it would probably due the same to the
peppers. A third of them have turned red. I left some in my garage
and they are all still green. The only thing I have noticed is that
they (Jamaican Red) are not hot at all. I am talking bell pepper
heat. They were supposed to be somewhere close to the hab from what I
read here and on the web. They defiantly look like them just no heat.
I still have one plant left and am hoping that they well be hotter.
If not, I probably won't grow them next season..
Matt