Any recommendations for peppers to grow in SoCal and for beginners ? dont know shit about peppers but i want more things to grow lol
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Truly, throw down some seeds that seem basic:
Jalapeños, Fresno, Poblano, a Hatch varietal, or, if your into heat, habañero.
The most incredible thing the first time I ate a homegrown pepper, the thing that struck me the most was: “This is a fucking jalapeño?!”
It was unlike any jalapeño I ever had from the store.
So grow something you know. The seeds are cheap, and I guarantee it’ll blow your away.
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My favorites last season were the Zapotec Jalapenos, really vigorous plant and fantastic flavor
Got mine from Baker seed company although you can find them many places
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wonderful, i was gonna ask where to grab some next so thats perfect 
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I scanned through the last year of this thread, and I didn’t see anyone mention my favorite, the sugar rush peach.
If you like the fruity taste of a really unique, tropical pepper…this one is for you! They’re fairly prolific, grow reasonably easily, and do really nicely on cannabis fertilizer runoff (lol).
I was able to get a bumper crop last year from about 20 plants that I grew in solo cups; at the end of the season, I did hard prune, and then kept them inside. They’re back outside now and getting ready to put some into my planters.
Seriously delicious eating, and one of the most uniquer pepper flavors I’ve ever encountered in many years of growing plants from seed.
Heat is “close to a Jalapeno” but some are more mild. I also had a couple of plants that were much hotter, more in line with a habanero, so there’s some variability to be found if you’re looking to make crosses. One or two of the plants had fruits so mild you could eat them like snacking peppers, barely the kick of Frank’s Red Hot sauce, those were my favorite as they’re best when eaten fresh and ripe.
Lovely plants, all the heat I need for ‘normal foods’ with a few standouts that are crowd pleasers for the heat-freaks.
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Sugar rush peach is a favorite of my wife’s. It is a delicious pepper. But yeah, one will be mild as can be, and the next will take your head off haha. Could select for a narrower range of heats if you felt like spending a coupla few seasons selecting for it.
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Bout time!
These are the same seeds I sent out to every body. My “share” was maybe 20% larger than everyone else’s, I dropped them all on this Applebee’s seed tray. First one came up end of last week. They’re harder starting than the other citron seeds I started this year, idk why. I tried to do a better job with the seeds I did in this batch, knowing I was sending them out. That’s probably why they’re being more complainy haha. But they do start, hope they just keep popping steady from here out.
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Sunk poblano, cayenne, Zapotec, grande jala, orange jala, lemon jala
And @cannabissequoia gift peppers👍
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Ever run into those strain names that sound plain icky? Sugar Rush Peach is basically the polar opposite. Spring has sprung, but the peps aren’t allowed to leave the house yet. I’m tremendously excited to see fruit this year.
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You guys really inspired me to grow out some different pepper varieties this year! I’m more into mild and sweet peppers myself but all the power to you super hot lovers
I ordered a bunch of seeds from this site pepper joes before looking around and seeing reviews bomb them for never sending out the right seeds. Wonderful. What sites are you guys using for your mild pepper purchases?
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My favorite seed banks for veggie seeds are High Mowing seeds, Johnny’s selected seed, Baker Creek, Botanical Interests, and Burpee.
They all have a decent range of sweet peppers.
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Great minds think alike (no offense haha). I started some chilis last weekend too. Thanks again @cannabissequoia 
Normally I start them way early and end up with monster plants angry with me for still being in solos at the end of May haha.
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Here’s a good place for pepper seeds man, https://bohicapepperhut.com/ I’ve ordered a few from the guy and I think he isolates his plants with bug netting so he might have what ur after.
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Same here, I over do it, too early, and suffer the consequences 
This time i am trying to not do any transplanting. Not sure how that will go, but cell to ground sounds like alot less work, for probably similar results. I have been doing mass tom rows for almost 20 years now. I am always transplanting, just forever, so this time they may go out small and early, we will see,
good luck with your stuff, it’s a fine time of year…
ttyl, time to get dirty 
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Not hot at all neverless very delish…shishito peppers, my new strain that I’m gonna grow out in my garden this year…
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I love shishitos 
gonna put some in the garden this year 
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“Usually!”
Shishitos are Russian roulette peppers… sometime you get a burner!
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Gonna be introducing this strain in the small town I live in…I know for a fact they will all love it…you can get them on eBay folks.
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That’s quite ok, if I can handle a little bit of Carolina Reapers, I can handle Shishito peppers with heat…
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Yeah, that statement was less for you, and more for folks who feel betrayed in the future by your assertion that they aren’t hot at all! 
I’ve got 2 bhut jolokia running, 2 Mango Habs, 2 7-pot Douglahs, and seedlings of 4 aji varieties (gold, dulce, omnicolor, fantasy), this year.
Range from less than 1,000 SHU all the way to 1,000,000 plus!
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