bell pepper seeds?
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First, green bell peppers = unripe bell peppers. So the seeds from the green ones have a lower chance of viability. The others will have a better chance. Whether they grow into sweet bell peppers depends on if they were grown around other bell peppers or hot peppers. They could be a cross, but most likely will yield something similar to the pepper you got the seed from.
If you want green bell peppers, just pick them early....but I don't know why anyone would do that, they taste so much sweeter ripe.
If you want green bell peppers, just pick them early....but I don't know why anyone would do that, they taste so much sweeter ripe.
Omri said:
915river said:Yes they are Omri I had last year Red beauty & Golden summer they was loaded heavy with bell peppers.Both very good sweet variety.
BrianS said:Yeah mine were very very productive last year
My experience is that they are as productive, gram wise, as any pepper I have grown.
Mike
wordwiz said:
QFT.
You may get lower #'s, but by overall weight my bells were my biggest producers. Thick juicy walls weigh a bunch.
I need to grow some again this year, nothing beats eating a bell pepper like an apple when it's straight off the plant.
Plus, you can let them ripen until they just start to soften and are crazy sweet....Mmmmm
drmax said:
Yeah, dry them out on a paper towel. Should only take a day or two. Then plant them.
I've never planted them without drying them, I imagine they'd probably still sprout though.
Here are a couple guides for you:
http://www.thechileman.org/guide_home.php
Omri said:
I find them to be about even with other chile plants. if you're talking about number of pods, well of course bells won't have as many pods because of their size vs other chiles that have smaller pods. the plant can only hold so many pods.
of the bells my favorite are the yellows & oranges, nice & sweet!
red is good but not like the yellow/orange. purple is nothing more than a green tasting bell IMO (since they are green except the outside color) but they are more prolific from what I've seen than the normal green bells & purples ripen faster than the others IMO.
In my experience the smaller, light-weighted chiles still produce A LOT more in terms of weight, not just numbers. yes bells weight a lot, but the plant is kind of limited in number of pods, when chiles seem to spread and produce a lot more. especially some of the smaller Annuums and Chinenses.
There's no need to dry the seeds.
915river @ The pictures aren't working.
There's no need to dry the seeds.
915river @ The pictures aren't working.
Doe Hill Bell is one of the most productive peppers I've ever grown.
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~Pepperjack
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~Pepperjack
I grew 4 different bell types. I got 5 bell peppers in total none even a 3rd the size of store bought. 
My 2 hab's produced over 30 pods.
Of course, that was really my first year growing. I hope to have more success all around this time. Especially as I eat bell peppers daily!
I'm growing some sweeter italian varieties that aren't bells in the hopes that they will be good producers.
My 2 hab's produced over 30 pods.
Of course, that was really my first year growing. I hope to have more success all around this time. Especially as I eat bell peppers daily!
I'm growing some sweeter italian varieties that aren't bells in the hopes that they will be good producers.
Being that far up nort maybe start them earlier indoors!
maybe start them earlier indoors!
