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Re: Peppers, hot only, please

Where are you? I'm in Tacoma and last year I grew some HOT cayenne and
jalapenos. This year I'm growing anchos, habaneros, jalapenos and some thai
hot chiles as well as more cayenne. The best thing I did for the hot
peppers last year was to grow them under little greenhouses that I made out
of wire fencing and plastic (recycled from a bag over a mattress) that I
left on until the flowers started flowering. If the day was really hot I
would lift the edges of the plastic to let air in. I had a lot of peppers
too -- too many actually. I froze some, dried some, strung some up into
long ropes that now hang in my kitchen.

I've had more problems getting sweet bell peppers than I have getting hot
peppers. If you plan on starting now, I'd go to a good nursery and buy some
starts. It's much too late to start any peppers from seed unless you plan
on potting them up and growing them inside or moving to a greenhouse.

>Anyone know of some good HOT peppers that will grow in the Pacific
>Northwest? I'd really like to find something. I grew a banana pepper once,
>but it did only grow one pepper. Not very exciting.



Natalie McNair-Huff
Gardening Organically in Tacoma, WA Sunset zone 5; USDA Zone 7/8
Publisher/Editor Mac Net Journal http://www.blol.com/web_mnj/

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