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TomNJ · March 25, 2017

For hots I have six Serrano, which are used mainly in my bottled hot sauce, and three Cayenne Ring of Fire because they are early and red in time for salsa canning. I also tried a few hot pepper seeds that followed me home from a Persian restaurant in Vienna, but they did not germinate

For sweets I like large thick-walled bell types that reliably turn red in August. I have been planting Red Beauty and King Arthur which perform well, but are hybrids so I have to buy seed each year. This year I substituted Ozark Giant for the King Arthur to see if this open pollinated variety turns red in time. I have six of each under lights.

I cut back on peppers this year since I still have 25 half-pints of my hot sauce in the cellar from my 2016 harvest, and a freezer full of sweet peppers. One 50' row should fulfill my needs this year.

TomNJ/VA

March 25, 2017	#12
TomNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Floyd VA Posts: 767	For hots I have six Serrano, which are used mainly in my bottled hot sauce, and three Cayenne Ring of Fire because they are early and red in time for salsa canning. I also tried a few hot pepper seeds that followed me home from a Persian restaurant in Vienna, but they did not germinate For sweets I like large thick-walled bell types that reliably turn red in August. I have been planting Red Beauty and King Arthur which perform well, but are hybrids so I have to buy seed each year. This year I substituted Ozark Giant for the King Arthur to see if this open pollinated variety turns red in time. I have six of each under lights. I cut back on peppers this year since I still have 25 half-pints of my hot sauce in the cellar from my 2016 harvest, and a freezer full of sweet peppers. One 50' row should fulfill my needs this year. TomNJ/VA