It turns out these things are delicious.
A bit of heat but it doesn’t last long and l can hang.
Wife puts some into the finedene sauce and it’s damn good. Been growing them awhile and finally tried some
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Just wanted to share some cool pics from a few years ago.
This is one of my favorite ornamental varieties, Calico. Variegated purple, white, green with little purple fruits. They are edible (don’t eat any from the nursery, as ornamentals they may be treated with non human friendly products). I find they have a very hot taste and are astringent, so not very good to eat, but not the worst. They are pretty though!
This is the flower of a black hungarian… Another pretty pepper plant.
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That’s a beautiful pic
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What is finedene you ask?
A delicious multi purpose concoction used for marinating and topping your meal.
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I know this is the hot pepper thread… but im a wuss. I got some "marshmallow " seeds with a seed order, I have no interest in growing them but would be willing to trade for some kind of sweet pepper that isn’t grocery store bell pepper or nadapeno
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@cannabissequoia ’s Hawaiian x Ghost! Finally got around to transplanting this to her final home. She kept dropping leaves like crazy prior to being moved outside and neglected for a week…but it should be smooth sailing now 
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Nice job, looks great. Mine are still in pots, and small, still winter here 
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Yeah it is! I felt bad about not getting mine transplanted up, but we’re still hitting the 40s at night, so I feel less bad haha.
I did actually pot them up yesterday though. Maybe the middle of June I’ll get them outside.
Pre transplant, I think these are Ring of Fire and Hot Paper Lantern
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Ooo, those look nice…jelly belly, mine are sad, but alive…summers coming, someday… It’s everything else that’s really bumming. I get tired of watering, so i tend to plant non pepper stuff very early. This year, some stuff dont like it…for sure, oh tender sativa plants dont like freezin temps and howlin winds, who knew…
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Post transplant. The plants from above, plus some Hot Lemon and the Hawaiian heirloom from cannabissequoia. You can some citrons that I haven’t yet reported also, bottom left.
Also, all these plants where way past the plucking out stage, we cut the medium into cubes with plants in them, then dropped them into a cup of coco. Also, my wife did all the work here, I just supported the operation by moving and watering after she transplanted them. I’ll call that “logistics” haha. But seriously, she did all the real work.
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They’ll pick back up I bet. Chilis are crazy durable. As for the everything else, if you planted tons, and a couple make it through, those are the ones to save seeds from haha.
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Yes, way overplanted, i cull hard, and wind up with just a few to jar up. The tomato patch, aint thrilled, but they are durable, and anything is better than standing around watering little pots all morning. It’s fine, but a true time drain.
Things look good tho, buckwheat, clover, and a bunch of other bennys coming up, will throw a pic at some point. Thinking about an outdoor thread, but I’m not liking showing my intimates that I am trying so hard to hide 
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If you can get them, I recommend Marconi or giant Marconi peppers. They are an italian sweet pepper, about the size and shape of a poblano, but much better tasting. Let them ripen to red and use them like bells, or stuff them. Really good pepper.
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Theres a few i want to try, ill add those to the list too!
This is my second year growing Ajvarski Sweet peppers.
If you’ve never done it, I’d put in a vote for it. They have a super thick skin but it’s not tough. It’s got the best flavor of bell peppers I’ve had. They weigh a ton too. It’s crazy how dense the peppers are.
Unfortunately, I just sowed the last of my pack ha ha.
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I think I’ve got some blossom end rot starting on one of my peppers. These things are finicky compared to weed lol
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Blossom end rot is pretty common in tomatoes and peppers. For me, it usually grows itself out. Early season I always lose a handful of the first tomatoes the BER. It’s just how it always goes. If you frequent any gardening forums, every single time this happens someone comments on their ability to provide calcium and it fixes itself. Adding calcium won’t fix anything unless you’ve already been underfeeding calcium.
It’s caused by low transpiration through the skin of the fruit which makes it difficult to get calcium to the tip of the fruit. If it’s terribly hot and humid, the chances go up.
I ignore it every year and it always passes. I’ve grown to accept that 90% of the suggestions on the internet are absolute trash. There’s always suggestions of grinding up tums or putting egg shells on the soil when it happens and people SWEAR it helps. Needless to say, the time it takes for those things to break down to be plant available is much longer than the time the plant recovers in. People like to feel like they are doing something more than they like to be right.
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You may try to water in some soluble gypsum for the blossom end rot. We used to get ber on both peppers and maters, but not a hint since we’ve been adding in gypsum. Funny thing is, it’s worked for everyone I know that uses it. Course, I’m just an internet trash talker who SWEARS by it, and doesn’t lose any fruits, lol!
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I’ve only ever had BER once and I have very high humidity at the end of the season. I amend my beds regularly with homemade compost that has a fair amount of eggshells, and I use cal-mag sometimes.
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