Sweet Peppers

[maverick451]

Just wondering if any folks on here grow sweet peppers? if so any tips? which varieties are best?

Last year I tried a few with mixed success but I did put them outside, best was probably Gypsy but would like to try others.

[Thelma Sanders]

Someone on here put seeds for Mila's Bulgarian, into the seed swap - thank you whoever you are It is a lovely pointy pepper and quite early to ripen- I save seed every year now!
Also grow Doux d' Espagne aka Spanish Mammoth Pepper a Heritage variety, which is bigger but later to ripen - I save seeds for this one as well.

I start seeds of inside in the warm, and grow them on until it's warm enough to move them to the greenhouse, or inside for a bit longer if they are going out on the plot. Only the greenhouse ones have fruited reliably over the last few year tbh.

[cariann88]

I once grew corno do tori pepper. Grew well and produce some nice big long peppers.

[bramble]

To be honest, I have never had very good results from sweet peppers. Now I only grow chillies.

[greenishfing]

I have grown lots of different varieties in the past but last year I grew Gypsy in the greenhouse and had the best crop ever.



Most of them actually ripened on the plants as well.

[maverick451]

To be honest, I have never had very good results from sweet peppers. Now I only grow chillies.

Same here unfortunately

I did grow a variety of pepper from real seeds last season called sweet aji which was a chilli without the heat, I was a bit late sowing so didnt get too many but it has kept really well through the winter so this year hopefully better, it was definately a stronger healthier plant than the other pepper varities.

Im also going to try the new midas variety from suttons which is a cross between a sweet pepper and a habernero.

[maverick451]

I have grown lots of different varieties in the past but last year I grew Gypsy in the greenhouse and had the best crop ever.

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Most of them actually ripened on the plants as well.

Blimey what healthy pepper plants, excellent work! any tips?

[Scoot]

I grew 2 sweet bell peppers plants last year and I grew them on my window sill all year. I sowed them very late, end if April but with them been inside, I still got some peppers off them. I have over wintered one and I accidentally snapped the other. This year, depending on how the summer is, if it's warm the ones I've sowed for this year will be in the growhouse if not I'll keep them inside again. I enjoyed having them inside last year, rotating between the front window in the morning and the back window from mid afternoon, so I might just do it again.

[jonny the plant pot]

I grew these last year not sure what type they were but they did take some growing .
Need lots of heat going to grow sweet marconi this year and start them on the heated tray.

[starloc]

I have tried for years in the UK and Bulgaria and had no luck, First lot died again last year, Then last year i bought some plants in June from B&Q
end of june I planted them in holes in the garden, and got peppers , red bell pepper, green long ones and yellow bell peppers ,didnt do anything other than tie the plants each to a 2inch square pole an stick a gallon of water on each every dayplaned them right down so first leavess were under the soil
I presume its the heat that made it work

[sparrow100]

I had lots of (black) sweet peppers on Tsygansky Baron plants last year - thin walled but really prolific. Lipstick peppers tasted amazing, but had very few fruit. Am going to try harder with them this year, and try Thelma's Mila pepper too. I grow achocha to sub for green peppers in recipes as the taste and texture is similar when they are bigger, and they are definitely reliable!

[Lisasbolt]

I have a very unfair advantage as i live in the perfect place for peppers and everyone grows them.

Italian peppers seem to be very good at handling the colder weather as i still have them producing in the PT, lots of them (we have had a couple of nights just above freezing)

You could try the smaller plants with small fruit like minimix.

I also love gypsy and good old classic california wonderful.

Good luck

[Mr Bones]

I find the long peppers more successful than the bell type. Bullhorn do well as do Rokita (Rokita's labelled as hot but have never found them to be, they have good flavour though). Some of the best I've grown were from seed saved out of peppers bought in the supermarket.
I start them off by chitting the seeds on kitchen roll then grow them on on a windowsill. Once warm enough they're moved to the greenhouse, some stay there but others go down the lotty to grow in a sheltered spot.

[kathyd]

I grew one called King of the North last year - a red blocky one which they say is specially chosen to grow in cooler climates. I grow them in the polytunnel (our climate is very similar to the UK), and I have to say that last year they did really well. They got to a decent size, and most of them ripened or largely ripened before the end of the season. So I'm doing them again this year . The year before I grew a pack of mixed colours - blocky again - but almost all the ones that grew where white! Year before that the same thing, but lots of black - which seemed hot rather than sweet. My Corno di Toro were also looking good until the cat overturned the seedlings for the second time and I kind of gave up on them at that point, apart from one yellow one which did survive and didn't do too badly - not as good as kingy though .

[Thelma Sanders]

After buying a bag of snack peppers from the supermarket, which were lovely - I've just ordered a pack of Johnson's Lunchbox Mixed to try this year LOL