best, best peppers...

[T-lady]

I've had quite a good year with peppers both sweet and chilli. I've grown ...

Sweet Banana - still ripening, but lots of fruit 1st one just about to be ready
Sweet California Wonder - well, they're ok but a bit on the small size
Chilli Cayenne - long, slim, scary hot lookin' beasts! Loads of them
Chilli Fresno - lovely crop of chillis, lots of red ones, great taste
Chilli Jalapeno - quite prolific and lovely flavour. No contestants for the Chilliman challenge though!
Chilli Joes Long Cayenne - sh*t kicking!
Sweet King of the North - good volume but size smallish - just turning red
Sweet Lipstick - wonderful, can't recommend highly enough!
Sweet Nardello - absolute star, enormous crop, ripening well
Chilli Pretty In Purple - went in late and have only tiny little purple chillis
Chilli Red cherry - prolific but slow to ripen (they were last year too)
Sweet Torro Rosso - THE BEST, GROW IT ALWAYS!
Chilli Winks Yellow Hot - wonderful find, prolific, quick to ripen and EVIL


(think I might have overdone it - chilli chutney anyone?)

[deezyb]

I've managed to cut a few chillies - but not much considering I've got 10 plants! peppers are a def no no! fairly disappointed really! however,there is always next year!

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[realfood]

It helps if you choose a quick maturing variety, like the ones that I mentioned previously.
My Gypsy are now ready to harvest, with about 10 big peppers per plant.
Yes, you can keep peppers over the Winter as most are perennials, but are usually grown as annuals so that heat is not needed over the Winter. Last year, I potted up 2 plants of King of the North that had been growing outside. If you grow them as a perennial, it is best to choose plants that still look healthy and are stocky at the end of their first season. They will survive indoors on a windowsill but growth will virtually stop, as there is a limited amount of light over winter. In February and March growth will restart with new flower buds forming. Move them back to the greenhouse in May if warm enough. They have grown another good crop this year which was earlier than that from peppers germinated in February.

[Two_Sheds]

I've had quite a good year with peppers both sweet and chilli. I've grown ...

Sweet Banana - still ripening, but lots of fruit 1st one just about to be ready
Sweet California Wonder - well, they're ok but a bit on the small size
Chilli Cayenne - long, slim, scary hot lookin' beasts! Loads of them
Chilli Fresno - lovely crop of chillis, lots of red ones, great taste
Chilli Jalapeno - quite prolific and lovely flavour. No contestants for the Chilliman challenge though!
Chilli Joes Long Cayenne - sh*t kicking!
Sweet King of the North - good volume but size smallish - just turning red
Sweet Lipstick - wonderful, can't recommend highly enough!
Sweet Nardello - absolute star, enormous crop, ripening well
Chilli Pretty In Purple - went in late and have only tiny little purple chillis
Chilli Red cherry - prolific but slow to ripen (they were last year too)
Sweet Torro Rosso - THE BEST, GROW IT ALWAYS!
Chilli Winks Yellow Hot - wonderful find, prolific, quick to ripen and EVIL


(think I might have overdone it - chilli chutney anyone?)

Brilliant post. I'm adding a few of these to my 09 Wish List. xx