Hi everyone!
I have seen similar topics on this forum before, but I wanted to get some input on my specific case.
I live in the Harrisburg, PA area (Zone 6b I think?), and I am growing from seed. This is my first year growing hot peppers. I ordered my seeds from Pepper Joe's website in May, and had the seeds planted around mid-May. I went a little overboard on the planting, and had germination rates above 50% (except for the chocolate hab, which was 0%), and now have over 120 seedlings growing. Although some are tomatoes, most are peppers. Of the peppers, some are 2-4 inches tall already with 3-5 sets of leaves, but others still have not grown the first set of true leaves.
My question is this: Will I have time left in the season (first frost is early October I think) to get a harvest from my plants? I have multiple varieties of jalapenos, ornamentals, bell peppers, cayennes, habaneros, and superhots.
From the information I found on this site, I'm thinking that I should be OK for the jalapenos and cayennes, but I might be too late to get much from the habaneros and superhots. I figure I have room to overwinter about 10 plants, so I'm thinking about doing this with some of the habs and superhots.
My pepper grow list is as follows (all from Pepper Joe):
Butch T trinidad scorpion
Giant ghost pepper
Yellow bhut jolokia
White habanero
Chocolate habanero (planted, but nothing sprouted)
Golden habanero
Scotch bonnet
Cayenne
Charleston pepper
Firecracker chile
Kung pao pepper
Black jalapeno
Purple jalapeno
Peter pepper
Caloro
Filius blue
Chocolate bell
Santa fe grande (free seeds)
Hungarian hot wax (free seeds)
Let me know what you think. All input is appreciated.
Thanks!
I have seen similar topics on this forum before, but I wanted to get some input on my specific case.
I live in the Harrisburg, PA area (Zone 6b I think?), and I am growing from seed. This is my first year growing hot peppers. I ordered my seeds from Pepper Joe's website in May, and had the seeds planted around mid-May. I went a little overboard on the planting, and had germination rates above 50% (except for the chocolate hab, which was 0%), and now have over 120 seedlings growing. Although some are tomatoes, most are peppers. Of the peppers, some are 2-4 inches tall already with 3-5 sets of leaves, but others still have not grown the first set of true leaves.
My question is this: Will I have time left in the season (first frost is early October I think) to get a harvest from my plants? I have multiple varieties of jalapenos, ornamentals, bell peppers, cayennes, habaneros, and superhots.
From the information I found on this site, I'm thinking that I should be OK for the jalapenos and cayennes, but I might be too late to get much from the habaneros and superhots. I figure I have room to overwinter about 10 plants, so I'm thinking about doing this with some of the habs and superhots.
My pepper grow list is as follows (all from Pepper Joe):
Butch T trinidad scorpion
Giant ghost pepper
Yellow bhut jolokia
White habanero
Chocolate habanero (planted, but nothing sprouted)
Golden habanero
Scotch bonnet
Cayenne
Charleston pepper
Firecracker chile
Kung pao pepper
Black jalapeno
Purple jalapeno
Peter pepper
Caloro
Filius blue
Chocolate bell
Santa fe grande (free seeds)
Hungarian hot wax (free seeds)
Let me know what you think. All input is appreciated.
Thanks!