european newbie

the666bbq

the666bbq

hi,

I'm redoing my firstyear as a newbie - starting of the seeds to medium height plants is no problem. Last year my first daughter got born in mid summer and my veg-garden got less attention than it should.
This year I hope to have good results on my dozen or so pepper varieties in our moderate European climate (Global warming seems to be peaking especially over Belgium though).
 
the varieties growing so far are some aji's (red, yellow), purple tiger, banana, rocoto (red,..), habanero, cayenne, jalapeno, tabasco, thai bangkok .. it's a hot pepper collection I got from ebay. This year I swapped some seeds with other enthusiast (a sideeffect of this amusing hobby) so my collection for next year will be bigger (growing still). But I think I'm going to focus on the milder chilis (jalapenos and similar strengths) since I'm a newbie still tastebuts as well...

I had only one tepin and one orange habanero started of but a slug/snail thought they needed trimming - I hope it burned a slow death from the inside out.
 
the666bbq said:
the varieties growing so far are some aji's (red, yellow), purple tiger, banana, rocoto (red,..), habanero, cayenne, jalapeno, tabasco, thai bangkok .. it's a hot pepper collection I got from ebay. This year I swapped some seeds with other enthusiast (a sideeffect of this amusing hobby) so my collection for next year will be bigger (growing still). But I think I'm going to focus on the milder chilis (jalapenos and similar strengths) since I'm a newbie still tastebuts as well...
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I like the milder chiles, too. I do grow the really hot ones, but I use the more moderate peppers more for cooking and eating. One habanero plant goes a long way with me, and there will be no videos on youtube of me eating a Bhut Jolokia, not for twenty dollars, not for two hundred dollars.
 
btw I'm seeing the first flowers on my cayennes, jalapeno and purple tigers zo I'm doing better than last year - no births planned this summer so yummy let's eat peppers ;-)
 
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