For the past couple of years I have been blogging about the tomato and pepper varieties I’m growing for the year and every year I seem to grow a little more of them. Last year it was 22 tomato varieties and 12 pepper varieties. This year I’m also doing 22 tomato varieties but will be growing 13 pepper varieties. I will be putting 3 determinates in the greenhouse, 2 determinates in containers and 1 will go into a hanging basket which is a first for me. The rest will fill up one of my raised garden beds. The Sungold and black cherry are the only two I’ve grown before. The rest are new for me this year and mostly came from seed swaps.
Tomatoes
Cherry/Small
Black Cherry – Indeterminate – 65 days – saved seed
Brad’s Atomic Grape – Indeterminate – unk days – Wild Boar Farms *new*
Glacier – Determinate – 55 days – seedswap with gratefulseedsaver
Isis Candy Cherry – Indeterminate – 70 days – seedswap with Lisa Russell
Minibel – Dwarf – 65 days – Baker Creek Seeds
Napa Rose – Indeterminate – unk days – Wild Boar Farms *new*
Purple Calabash Cherry – Indeterminate – unk days – seed swap with LL Mcbee
Wapsipinicon Peach – Indeterminate – 80 days – seed swap with Lisa Russell
Sungold (German dehybridized) – Indeterminate – 70 days – saved seed
Medium
Ace-55 – Determinate – 80 days – @urbanorganicgardener
Fertunia – Semi-determinate – unk days – Italian tomato seed swap with @themoderndaysettler
Goose Creek – Indeterminate – 75 days – saved seen from Heirloom Tomato Festival
Greek Pinks – Semi-det – unk days – Italian tomato seed swap with @themoderndaysettler
San Marzano – Indeterminate – 80 days – seed swap with @thegreenspatula
Striped Red Cavern – Indeterminate – 80 days – seed swap with LL Mcbee
Beefsteak/Large
Aunt Ruby’s German Green – Indeterminate – 85 days – seed swap with homegrowngourmet
Azoychka – Indeterminate – 70 days – seed swap with @carmelbellafarm
Black Krim – Indeterminate – 80 days – seed swap with LL Mcbee
Chocolate Stripes – Indeterminate – 80 days – seed swap with LL Mcbee
Gold Medal – Indeterminate – 80 days – seed swap with gratefulseedsaver
Paul Robeson – Indeterminate – 85 days – therustedgarden
Sweet Tangerine – Determinate – 68 days – Hybrid variety seed swap with LL Mcbee
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2016 Pepper Harvest |
Peppers
Super Hot ( > 600,000 scoville )
Carolina Reaper – 2.2 mill scoville – seedswap with Jay-rseyshoreGardener
Jay’s Peach Ghost Scorpion – 750k scoville) – seedswap with Jay-rseyshoreGardener
Hot ( 10,000 – 600,000 scoville )
Aji Lemon (lemon drop) – 50k scoville – seedswap with Sander van Laarhoven
Brazilian Starfish – 20k scoville – seedswap with Backyardeden
Chocolate Habanero – 400k scoville – seedswap with LL Mcbee
El Oro De Ecuador – 40k scoville – seed swap with Christopher Brandsdal
Sugar Rush Peach – 100k scoville – seedswap with Jay-rseyshoreGardener
Mild/Medium ( < 10,000 scoville )
Cajun Bell – 500 scoville – seedswap with Anita Browne-Kauzlarich
Italian Long Hot – 1k scoville – seedswap with Jay-rseyshoreGardener
Orange Jalapeno – 5k scoville – seedswap with Sander van Laarhoven
Bell ( 0 scoville )
Orange Bell – seed swap with Kathy Pinkas
Purple Beauty Bell – Baker Creek Seeds
Yellow Bell – Big Family Homestead
Check out my Youtube videos to see how I started my tomato and pepper seeds.