With so many sweet peppers out there, how do you decide on which ones to grow? Well, we just keep trying new ones and taking note of the "keepers." As with all our veggies, we prefer heirloom varieties, orange picnic peppers are the one exception (so far).
Our peppers did really well this year; too bad they all started coming in as we were packing to go overseas though (blarg). When we left our plants were absolutely covered, hopefully our renter is a pepper person. Here's a brief review of the four main ones we grew this year... Violet Sparkle: a beautiful purple when immature but it ripens to red (and they aren’t tasty when they are purple so it’s best to wait). Small plants, medium productivity, smallish fruit. They definitely have ornamental value and would be a great potted, patio, pepper, but after growing these for 2 summers I think I’m ready to move on. Jimmy Nardello Italian: long and skinny, the first pepper to be harvested in my garden. Super productive and delicious. Their skinny size means they aren't suitable for stuffing or perhaps some other cooking/preserving applications, but we love them fresh and raw in a variety of dishes. I’ll be growing these again for sure! Ajvarski: hailing from Macedonia these are the BEST. Put them on your list! I got the seed from @bakercreekseeds. Large, pointed, and deep red. Extremely productive plants do need some support but they are worth it, they’re delicious! They’re the type of pepper that when you harvest, you end up muttering to yourself, “damn, that’s a beautiful pepper.” And then you harvest the next one and mutter, “damn, now THAT’S a beautiful pepper;” then the next one and the next one and so on and so on... Orange Picnic: not pictured but needs to be mentioned because they are my non-veggie-loving-daughter’s fav. This is the only pepper she will eat straight off the plant. Incredibly sweet, a lovely orange color, and a nice smallish size for snacking. Seeds from @highmowingorganicseeds. What were your favorite peppers of the season? Any sweet ones I should try next year? (We don’t grow spicy because we don't eat spicy
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