Growing Bell Peppers
Hi everyone! I'm new to the group, and well, new to Google groups.
I'm having a lot of fun, finding that these groups are very imformative and easy to use. I am starting a Bell Pepper patch for this year's garden. I've started the seeds indoors (Karma - Red, Golden Summer - Yellow, Valencia (Orange) and Peppper Parks Whopper), but I don't have much expereince in caring for the plants once they get planted outside. Can anyone point me to a good website with some good 'growing' and 'care for' instructions? I'm mostly looking for watering, fertilizing, and staking tips and just over all 'caring for the plant' tips. Also, is anyone famillar with the Karma Red Bell Pepper? I live in the mid-west... What kind of a yield can I expect to see from one plant and is this the best kind of Red bell to grow or is there a better kind? I've listed the four varieties that I'm growing (Red, Yellow, Orange and Green). It's not too late for me to start different kinds -- are the the best varieties of bells to grow? Thanks!! |
Growing Bell Peppers
On 16 Mar 2006 14:30:05 -0800 in .com singingdolphin81 wrote:
Hi everyone! I'm new to the group, and well, new to Google groups. I'm having a lot of fun, finding that these groups are very imformative and easy to use. It's USENET that you are broadcasting this too, and Google is a quite horrid interface to it. I am starting a Bell Pepper patch for this year's garden. I've started the seeds indoors (Karma - Red, Golden Summer - Yellow, Valencia (Orange) and Peppper Parks Whopper), but I don't have much expereince in caring for the plants once they get planted outside. Can anyone point me to a good website with some good 'growing' and 'care for' instructions? I'm mostly looking for watering, fertilizing, and staking tips and just over all 'caring for the plant' tips. I grow in pots on the deck and tend more towards hot peppers. Not much fertilizer, and I'm downright stingy on the watering on hot peppers. Never grown anything that required staking, but pop tends to use short fence wire tomato cages occasionally. Also, is anyone famillar with the Karma Red Bell Pepper? I live in the mid-west... What kind of a yield can I expect to see from one plant and is this the best kind of Red bell to grow or is there a better kind? I've listed the four varieties that I'm growing (Red, Yellow, Orange and Green). It's not too late for me to start different kinds -- are the the best varieties of bells to grow? Be ye warned this newsgroup is targetted for folks around Research Triangle Park, NC. -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil |
Growing Bell Peppers
The weather here in the Triangle area of North Carolina
(Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) is probably quite different from yours in the Midwest. I suggest you Google for "growing bell peppers" and [your state] which should turn up info for your area. Look especially for a state university in your area. BTW, most people use Google groups to find archived posts about a particular topic, rather than as a method of posting. You might consider simply subscribing to particular newsgroup(s) of interest to you. Anne in Raleigh, NC "singingdolphin81" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone! I'm new to the group, and well, new to Google groups. I'm having a lot of fun, finding that these groups are very imformative and easy to use. I am starting a Bell Pepper patch for this year's garden. I've started the seeds indoors (Karma - Red, Golden Summer - Yellow, Valencia (Orange) and Peppper Parks Whopper), but I don't have much expereince in caring for the plants once they get planted outside. Can anyone point me to a good website with some good 'growing' and 'care for' instructions? I'm mostly looking for watering, fertilizing, and staking tips and just over all 'caring for the plant' tips. Also, is anyone famillar with the Karma Red Bell Pepper? I live in the mid-west... What kind of a yield can I expect to see from one plant and is this the best kind of Red bell to grow or is there a better kind? I've listed the four varieties that I'm growing (Red, Yellow, Orange and Green). It's not too late for me to start different kinds -- are the the best varieties of bells to grow? Thanks!! |
Growing Bell Peppers
I grow in pots on the deck and tend more towards hot peppers.
Same here, containers in the back yard. Not much fertilizer, and I'm downright stingy on the watering on hot peppers. For hot peppers, being stingy on the water makes them hotter. -jav |
Growing Bell Peppers
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:06:46 -0500 in Javier wrote:
I grow in pots on the deck and tend more towards hot peppers. Same here, containers in the back yard. Not much fertilizer, and I'm downright stingy on the watering on hot peppers. For hot peppers, being stingy on the water makes them hotter. Exactly. -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil |
Growing Bell Peppers
Interesting subject.
We grow a variety of peppers in pots on our deck each year. For whatever reason the larger varieties seem to do poorly. We've had bountiful harvests of Jalapenos, Thai, and Cheyenne peppers. Fair harvests of medium sized kinds like Banana and Anaheim. The large peppers we've tried, Bell and Poblano don't grow very well. The plants seem healthy but the peppers show up late and grow slowly. We get only a few bell peppers per plant by the end of the growing year. These are about half the size of the ones stores sell, and they're hotter. I've read that peppers can become cross pollinated from other varieties nearby. I wonder if our bell peppers get spicy for this reason, and if it can affect their growth? -dreq |
Growing Bell Peppers
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:50:05 GMT in et Derek Mark Edding wrote:
I've read that peppers can become cross pollinated from other varieties nearby. I wonder if our bell peppers get spicy for this reason, and if it can affect their growth? Dunno, I do know that the ball hot peppers (Thick skinned, slightly warm fruit that are on par with a small bell pepper) crossed with my thai type hot peppers and I have little marble sized and shaped peppers on one plant. Going to see if I can get this to come back on the next generation as they are awfully cute. -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil |
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