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This blog is essentially my documenting (photo and textual) of my pepper crops this year. My intent is to use this for documenting varieties and materials I used, growth progress, dates, problems encountered, pepper humor and funny news stories (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_chili_grenades), and (hopefully) peppers yielded.



I hope you enjoy this blog as much as I've enjoyed putting it together. Feel free to comment, share stories, or give advice. This will be my first time experimenting with the Chinese Capsicum family of peppers so I'm looking forward to seeing the potential results!



Thanks for dropping by and sorry if you thought this blog would be more entertaining ;)



Thursday, March 25, 2010

Some Basic Information... (Varieties)

First and foremost I have decided to attempt to grow 19 varieties of peppers. I suppose the first question would be “Why?” And to be honest? I’m not exactly sure, it just sounded like a fun thing to do. And furthermore, I know a few really good people (Rob and Jilly) who will eat and actually make use of most of these (respectively) so they will most likely not go to waste. I suppose the question then became “Why not?”

After much searching and debating on the internet I ran into a place that sold organic "Fire Chiles" (http://myorganicseeds.auctivacommerce.com/Chile-Pepper-Seeds-C149695.aspx) I should say that the guy who runs this place only answers the phone on the weekend, and is a tad bit eccentric... (http://refiningfirechiles.com/) He's a good guy though and gave me the basics on pretty much all I would need.

At any rate, the second site I ordered a few varieties from, the more traditional ones at least, was here (http://www.botanicalinterests.com/) your typical internet seed shop with limited stock. I think what I really wanted the most here was the two peppers the first site was out of, and finally the Pepperoncini.

Full list follows:
*(Refiningfirechilies.com)
Bhut Jolokia
Big Sun or Yellow Sun Habanero
Antillais Caribbean Habanero
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
Jamaican Chocolate Habanero
Trinidad 7 Pot Hot Pepper
Trinidad Red Hot Cherry Pepper
Trinidad Yellow 7 Pod
Naga Morich Pepper
Congo Red Trinidad Habanero
Safi Red Scotch Habanero
Scotch Bonnet Hot Pepper
Organic Heirloom Sweet Chocolate Bell Pepper
Fatalii Hot Pepper
Mulato Isleno Pepper
Red Rocoto Hot Pepper
*(BotanicalInterests.com)
Sweet Italian Marconi
Pasilla Bajio
Pepperoncini Greek

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