I've Finally Started My Chile Pepper Garden!

Scott Roberts April 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm food Digg this ArticleDigg Share via FacebookShare    

I Finally Started My Chile Pepper Garden for 2010Yep, after taking a break last year from any type of gardening, I've planted my chile pepper seeds last night and hope to have some good pods ready to pick by late summer/early fall.

What did I plant this time? In the past I've had tremendous success with cayennes, jalapenos and orange habaneros, moderate results with fresnos and de arbols, but very spotty success with bhuts. I'm trying most of these again with a few new ones. Here's a rundown of the capsicum varieties:

 • Jalapeno
 • Cayenne
 • 7 Pot
 • Trinidad Scorpion
 • Orange Habanero
 • Red Savina Habanero
 • Poblano
 • Japones
 • Bhut Jolokia
 • Fresno

Unlike a few years ago when I started reporting about my first experience growing the bhut jolokia and then dropped the ball, I'll try to document the entire process a little better this time.

For 2010, I bought one of those Jiffy greenhouse trays with the peat pellets. Yeah, that totally goes against my previous advice of not using peat, but I've heard from several people who have claimed to have gotten fantastic germination using it, so I'll take my chances with peat this year.

Each row contains one type of pepper, with several pellets each. I'll post an update when they've finally germinated.





     Comments
Comment Tom
2010-04-28 13:18:16
Nice! I have tons of seeds that are just sitting on my desk, but only a small Bhut plant on my window sill that I actually have growing...I would love to get a real pepper garden going someday.
Comment Chileman
2010-04-28 19:49:57
Good job, Scott. You've got a nice variety of peppers goin' on there.
Comment Nick1987
2010-04-29 18:27:47
Very nice. You gonna share these with all your readers when the peppers finally grow? ;)
Comment Sandi
2010-04-30 13:42:58
Very nice. I'm surprised you didn't start your seeds earlier. You have nicer weather than us.
We have more Jolokia than anything else. I've been transplanting everything into bigger pots this past week. Gotta keep 'em growing until I'm sure the last frost has past. We just had a frost here a few days ago.
Looking forward to seeing and reading more!
Comment Scott Roberts
2010-04-30 23:13:30
Sandi, yeah I've been putting it off forever. I figured I would plant these before it was too late!
Comment MicheleNorthrup
2010-05-02 09:28:29
Sooooo awesome! Can't wait to see what comes from this.
Comment Shawn Mundell
2010-05-02 20:24:37
That's a nice variety. Where do you get your seeds?
Comment Scott Roberts
2010-05-03 21:01:38
Shawn, various sources including packets from stores to growers who have shipped seeds to me. A lot are leftovers from last year.

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