Joanne wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:34:00 GMT, "Lorenzo L. Love"
wrote:


I grow Jingle Bell peppers too. I have limited space for a garden and
the miniature plants in pots can be put on fence posts, street curbs,
sidewalks and so forth to make more room. Plus, I can get produce much
earlier by using miniatures and starting them a couple months earlier
and hauling them outside every moring and back inside every night. With
maybe 50 pots and baskets, that takes a while every day but its worth it
for me. I grow full sized plants too in what garden space I do have.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove



I have thought about growing Jingle Bell peppers. Do they taste good?
How small are they? How small is the plant?

I've seen them in Johnny's Seeds (I think) but the exchange rate has
always put me off. Maybe I should order them now, for next year, while
our dollar is strong.


jcm

Toronto, Canada
Canadian zone 5b, U.S. zone is apparently 4b
Thanks to global warming it's bloody hot here!

If you like green bell peppers, they're not for you. A little bitter
when green. But let them get fully red and they're delicious! And they
riped to red much faster then standard sized bells. I have some turning
red now and it will be August before my standard bells are red. They
also keep on producing more fruit all summer. The fruit being so small,
about walnut sized, is thin walled compared to standard bells, so they
are good for drying. The plants get about 12 to 15 inches high, I grow
them in 6" pots. The only problem I have is sun scald. The little plants
don't have the foliage to shade the fruit and the fruit gets first black
marks then dead spots. But being in pots, I can move them. Once the
fruit sets I put them in shader spots or in blocks so one plant shades
the next.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

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security may come at a substantial price in freedom, that law and order
can be a doublethink version of oppression, that individual liberties
surrendered for whatever good reason are freedom lost."
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When last we left our heros, on Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:37:17 GMT,
"Lorenzo L. Love" scribbled:

Joanne wrote:

I have thought about growing Jingle Bell peppers. Do they taste good?
How small are they? How small is the plant?

If you like green bell peppers, they're not for you. A little bitter
when green. But let them get fully red and they're delicious! And they
riped to red much faster then standard sized bells.

Hmmm, I found them to be rather tasteless and not worth the
trouble. And yes, I did let them ripen. It seems to me that there
are better choices for small, early and/or prolific sweet
peppers. I grew mine in hanging baskets, and they were
hardy plants that produced a lot of peppers, I just didn't find
the taste to be worth the trouble.


Pam, who picked 5 ripe Pimento De Chiero peppers yesterday.
They're hot, but really have good flavor, compliment bean dishes
nicely.
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:27:44 -0400, Pam Rudd
wrote:

When last we left our heros, on Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:37:17 GMT,
"Lorenzo L. Love" scribbled:

If you like green bell peppers, they're not for you. A little bitter
when green. But let them get fully red and they're delicious! And they
riped to red much faster then standard sized bells.
Snip

Hmmm, I found them to be rather tasteless and not worth the
trouble. And yes, I did let them ripen. It seems to me that there
are better choices for small, early and/or prolific sweet
peppers. I grew mine in hanging baskets, and they were
hardy plants that produced a lot of peppers, I just didn't find
the taste to be worth the trouble.

Thanks Lorenzo and Pam! I may give them a try next year out of
curiousity, it can't hurt.

jcm

Toronto, Canada
Canadian zone 5b, U.S. zone is apparently 4b

I'm just trying to find my way amongst the forest of diverse information.

Thanks to global warming it's bloody hot here!