Peppers for the frozen North

[sewer rat]

Evening all
Need your assistance to identify two varieties of sweet peppers (bell type) that will grow up here in what is a relatively short season. Any and all suggestions welcome but in a bit of a hurry for this info
I know you won't let me down - you never have in the past

[bramble]

Have you posted a picture of the peppers or have we to guess, or are you asking us to suggest two peppers that will grow up north.
Sorry if i misunderstood the question.

[rustylady]

Whichever variety you decide to grow they will need to be germinated indoors (I use a heated propagator) and grown on under cover until after the last frosts. Do you have a greenhouse, or you hoping to grow them outside?

[Nicos]

you could try e-mailing this bloke in Auzzie land...he may know!?

john@thechilliman.biz (www.thechilliman.biz/)

have you looked at some of the other chilli sites rat?
( I know they are not chillies as such....)

[sewer rat]

Hi
Bramble - I need your assistance to find me two varieties that I can grow up here -must be of the sweet bell type, not chillies - already have them Nicos
Rustylady - they will be germinated in heated propogator then housed in polytunnel.
Another thing - what size of final pot would I be looking at ?

[WiZeR]

have u thought about grow lights to get your seedlings up and strong early in the season?

[shirlthegirl43]

I grew a bell pepper in a 10 litre pot last year. I just gave it tomato feed every couple of days to make sure it had enough nutrient. It was growing great until my tomato plant fell on it and snapped it

[deb of the wych]

never tried them but looking on the seedfest site and searching the internet
they recommend Hungarian Sweet Wax Pepper as a short season pepper.
http://www.seedfest.co.uk/seeds/pepp...eet/sweet.html
picture of pepper
http://www.southernexposure.com/prod...ods/46125.html

but I thought this might also be of some use
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/documen...BulletinHI.pdf

hope it helps
Deb

[Sue]

Sewer rat
Have you tried Real Seeds?
They say their seeds are "really in a different league from the ones normally sold to home gardeners, the best of the best, will flourish undercover anywhere in the country" They are based in Wales so would have difficult growing conditions too.
They have Yankee Bell Green Bell Pepper
Sweet Chocolate Pepper
Antoi Romanov Pale Yellow Wax Pepper
Lipstick Sweet Conical Red Pepper
Napia Early Pointy Red Pepper
Sunnybrook
contact info@realseeds.co.uk

best wishes
Sue

[Berr]

Hi S.R.,

For years I grew sweet peppers in the greenhouse- big crops- never failed. I started them early with bottom heat, used thimble pots (a fad of mine then). You don't want to, finally, overpot them. They do well in 10" pots on the staging. I'm growing them in polytunnel for first time this year. I'm trying Cubanelle (from Wallis Seeds. I know Tucker do them too.). It's supposed to have a unique flavour. I grew several different cvs. in the past and there was no problem with any of them here in central Scotland. I remember liking Redskin and Bell Boy, both available anywhere. In my experience they do well anywhere tomatoes do well. They're not miffy like aubergines.

Good luck,

Berr.

[SueA]

Hi Rat, good luck with the new venture by the way it sounds as though it's going great guns already. I think Alice grew some nice peppers in Scotland last year but don't know which variety they were & she's not as high up as you are.

[Nicos]

Hey SueA- where is your new badge???....they making you earn it???
I could put some words in for you to delete....******- there you go!!

[SueA]

Hi Nicos, didn't know it was official yet, I'm still waiting for my learner's badge, instruction manual & supply of peasticks!

[Mrs Dobby]

Hi SueA, LJ posted it on the vine, so its deffo official, must be Ben or Adam that havent got round to popping your Moderator Badge on yet!

[Alice]

Hi SueA, congratulations but please don't do the pea sticks. More than enough of that going about already !

Hi Rat, saw your question about peppers. Sorry I can't recommend a variety to you, but I grew lovely bell peppers last year and seems Berr did too, so geographical location is not a problem. Just get them started early and hope for sunshine.
Sorry this is the only pic I have on this computer showing peppers beside my butternut squash. They were quite small but very prolific. Ate them green all summer, then they ripened beautifully on the plant at the end of the season.
Good luck with the project.