I am interested in growing some peppers this season and came here to find some help. Im looking for the best place to buy seeds for delivery in the US more specifically Florida. Also looking for a couple varieties. Good strong hearty growers that do well in large pots and can handle Florida heat and climate. I want one that has very mild spice like maybe 1000-1500 scoville that I can eat fresh or in a salad or grilled. Also looking for a sweet pepper variety for the same reasons. Preferably something with a fairly thick flesh and good size like that of a bell pepper. Maybe some place that sells a beginner package of several varieties maybe? Thanks!
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Uncle Eckley
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Recommend WhiteHotPeppers.com Check the Vendor Vault forum. 
i don't think there are many in the 1k range.
it is either sweet very little heat (sounds like you want a bell pepper there. any variety is fine)
or jalapeno level heat 3k+
maybe one of the larger numex variety would be good(like hatch green chiles)
i have mulato isleno which is a poblano type it is large and not too hot imo
i have biquinho it is small but very productive
could also just order some plants. tricked you, habanada, brazilian starfish might be interesting to you.
it is either sweet very little heat (sounds like you want a bell pepper there. any variety is fine)
or jalapeno level heat 3k+
maybe one of the larger numex variety would be good(like hatch green chiles)
i have mulato isleno which is a poblano type it is large and not too hot imo
i have biquinho it is small but very productive
could also just order some plants. tricked you, habanada, brazilian starfish might be interesting to you.
midwestchilehead
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Try some New Mexico varieties. There are many that are in the mild ranges that you are looking for, including the NuMex 6-4 and Joe E. Parker varieties.
Pasillas are close to that heat level and have some good flavor to them.
Thanks everyone. White hot peppers has a great website and Im looking through it thanks. Also looking at Trents post as well thank you. Juanitos thanks for the suggestion. I just bought one packet of your second suggestion. Looks like a cool plant. Midwestchilehead, Edmick and mbgardener thank you I will look into those.
chrisw said:
For a mild pepper to put on salads, something like Aji Fantasy might be a good choice. It is quite sweet tasting and typically about half as hot as a Jalapeno or even less. A very mild pepper.
For a large bell type pepper, I think Tekne Dolmasi is really good. It is a Turkish stuffing pepper. Sweet, and gets even sweeter when cooked. It makes really tasty stuffed peppers. Trent has seeds on his site: https://lawrenceproduce.com/collections/seeds/products/seeds-tekne-dolmasi
Here are some other fine seed vendors that I can recommend, listed in alphabetical order:
Hippy Seed Co.: https://thehippyseedcompany.com/shop/
Midwest Chileheads: https://www.midwestchileheads.com/
Pepperlover: https://pepperlover.com/
Peppers by Mail: http://www.peppersbymail.com/product-category/seeds/
White Hot Peppers: https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/collections/all-pepper-seeds
You can find more good seed vendors here in the Vendor Vault as well.
chrisw said:
It is hard to be sure whether you will like a particular variety until you actually try it. You can read the description on the vendors site to try and get an impression of what it is like. You can find pod reviews for many varieties on YouTube. And you can look up comments here on THP as well. Then pick the varieties that appeal to you the most and grow them out. Figuring out which varietes you like the most is kind of a trial and error process. The key is just to enjoy the process of discovery!
BlackFatalii said:
For a mild pepper to put on salads, something like Aji Fantasy might be a good choice. It is quite sweet tasting and typically about half as hot as a Jalapeno or even less. A very mild pepper.
For a large bell type pepper, I think Tekne Dolmasi is really good. It is a Turkish stuffing pepper. Sweet, and gets even sweeter when cooked. It makes really tasty stuffed peppers. Trent has seeds on his site: https://lawrenceproduce.com/collections/seeds/products/seeds-tekne-dolmasi
Here are some other fine seed vendors that I can recommend, listed in alphabetical order:
Hippy Seed Co.: https://thehippyseedcompany.com/shop/
Midwest Chileheads: https://www.midwestchileheads.com/
Pepperlover: https://pepperlover.com/
Peppers by Mail: http://www.peppersbymail.com/product-category/seeds/
White Hot Peppers: https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/collections/all-pepper-seeds
You can find more good seed vendors here in the Vendor Vault as well.
It is hard to be sure whether you will like a particular variety until you actually try it. You can read the description on the vendors site to try and get an impression of what it is like. You can find pod reviews for many varieties on YouTube. And you can look up comments here on THP as well. Then pick the varieties that appeal to you the most and grow them out. Figuring out which varietes you like the most is kind of a trial and error process. The key is just to enjoy the process of discovery!
Wow thanks so much for the great info I will look into all this great info. Thanks so much!!
I recently got six varieties from WHP and got like 5 free seed packs of different varieties, even some I had waffled on getting
What part of Florida bro? Im in south Florida and had to use 40% shade clothe last year so the peppers didnt fry
What part of Florida bro? Im in south Florida and had to use 40% shade clothe last year so the peppers didnt fry
MarcV
Extreme Member
How about the Antep Aci Dolma? Haven't tried it myself but sounds promising...
https://www.superhotchiles.com/product/antep-aci-dolma-pepper-10-seeds/
https://www.superhotchiles.com/product/antep-aci-dolma-pepper-10-seeds/
Ah cape canaveral, very nice.chrisw said:
So I ordered Mulato isleno from juanitos and from WHP I got monkey face red and yellow, habanada and cap 455. Im thinking I still would like to try aji fantasy from recommendations above and maybe something else but that should be enough to fill the patio/garden. Unless there is a must have variety Im leaving out? You all rock. Thanks so much.