Just located your forum while searching for information about my 'mystery' pepper plants. This is my second year of gardening and I have expanded my pepper growing because I was unable to find Scotch Bonnets last year and instead made sauce from habaneros. Turned out okay, but not the same. I also wanted to roast some peppers and make powder. This year I picked up various pepper starter plants at one location, and four Scotch Bonnets from another. All of my plants except one are in 3-5 gallon pots. My raised bed is for several varieties of eggplant, tomatoes and tomatillos. The peppers did not do so well in it last year, mainly due to shade created by the tomato plants.
The group of ten peppers was almost completely mislabeled and so I have a fun mess. Delicious peppers for the most part, but I'm having to figure this out as they mature, tasting some when yellow or green because I initially had no idea what color they should ultimately be. Kind of fun! Fortunately the Shishitos and the Scotch Bonnets were accurately labeled and are doing great - some of the peppers (Jamaican Red) are already turning red. Through no fault of my own I have luckily pruned correctly (read your pruning and topping guide) and hoping to not only get a good harvest, but to learn through this forum how to keep them alive in my garage during the wet season.
I've enjoyed browsing your forum all morning and I'm finding that I've made a lot of mistakes and should have located you back in April.
The group of ten peppers was almost completely mislabeled and so I have a fun mess. Delicious peppers for the most part, but I'm having to figure this out as they mature, tasting some when yellow or green because I initially had no idea what color they should ultimately be. Kind of fun! Fortunately the Shishitos and the Scotch Bonnets were accurately labeled and are doing great - some of the peppers (Jamaican Red) are already turning red. Through no fault of my own I have luckily pruned correctly (read your pruning and topping guide) and hoping to not only get a good harvest, but to learn through this forum how to keep them alive in my garage during the wet season.
I've enjoyed browsing your forum all morning and I'm finding that I've made a lot of mistakes and should have located you back in April.
to the THP forums from SC!! Nice to have you aboard!
Can't go wrong with either of those! Best of growing the rest of this season.
I tried them for the first time just 2 months or so ago- I instantly fell in love! If you haven't seen it already, here's the thread that was giving the Shishitos all the praise they deserve - 