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I used to be active on the pepper and tomato forums on GW. I agree that it went downhill once Houzz took over. I got my butt chewed out by the self-appointed matriarch of the tomato forum because I expressed interest in getting seeds for some tomatoes. I was used to the friendly sharing nature...
Hi macmex,
In your last post you said:
One or two folk from The Hot Pepper Forum had sent me pepper seeds as we corresponded about Chile Rayado. I can't recall the name of one of those varieties, and don't have my records on hand at the moment, but I want to say it was something like Luisa...
I need to grow Piment D'Espelette again. The seeds you sent me did very well. Interested to see you’re growing Gochugaru and Rayado. I’m still eating Kimchi from a batch I made two years ago. The stuff lasts forever and we love it on a grilled cheese sandwich. I’m trying Chile Rayado for the...
Hope you’re successful Marc. That is a pretty pepper. Just planted seeds for Jeromin and a couple of Hungarian paprika varieties. I grew Jeromin from the seeds you sent me a couple of years ago.
I have grown some of the traditional Hungarian paprika varieties such as Szegedi 20 and Szegedi 80. These are used for commercial paprika production. There are a few varieties used for Spanish paprika production, but it is very difficult to get seeds for them.