re: Anyone else thinking about the vegetable garden already?

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A friend of mine swears by serranos.

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Just got off the phone with a friend who works in a nursery. He also suggested serranos. He said there are some varieties of jalapenos that bring very little heat. He thinks I got some that were not properly labeled.

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Put me down for a few of each of these RC gems

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I'm going to have to do late night stakeouts to keep you out of my peppers.

Didn't you do Ghost Chiles last year?

You make me wanna go plant a garden with those pics

How tall is the pole from the ground?

6/8 ft...something like that. They grow up the strings nicely. Enthusiastic climbers.

I'm going to try that. Thanks.

Beautiful peppers.

Do you string the reds on a thread and hang them strung up dried?

Do you have any problems with cross pollination having so many growing in the same garden?

My experience is always finding a supposed sweet pepper being fiery hot because I planted it too close to a hot variety and the bees crossed them for me into a big banana pepper sized and very hot pepper.

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Anyone else thinking about the vegetable garden already?
Beautiful peppers.

Do you string the reds on a thread and hang them strung up dried?

Do you have any problems with cross pollination having so many growing in the same garden?

My experience is always finding a supposed sweet pepper being fiery hot because I planted it too close to a hot variety and the bees crossed them for me into a big banana pepper sized and very hot pepper.

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Thanks. I dry them, but I use a dehydrator. I think the humidity here would prevent proper drying without them molding/rotting. I've never had any cross pollination issues. My understanding is that is only an issue if you turn around and replant seeds from the garden. So far all my sweets are sweet and hots are hot. I use a raised bed, so everything is pretty close together.

Planted 40 tomato plants last week. Doing well so far.