Daniel. Yes I agree the weather is wacky we had temps 85’ yeasterday it broke the record for the hottest temp in April. Speaking of hot you are gonna have so nice hot peppers to harvest. Makes my mouth water ..I’m thinkin chese stuffed rellenos.
@Pacnorwest this year I'm growing Poblano and Anaheim pepper plants, for the first time ever, to see how they grow and produce. So maybe there will be Chili Rellenos! There's still a lot of garden work to do, to get the new beds ready, and I'm not ready to do it. We'll see what happens over the next few weeks. I may have to compromise on the rotations, so I can plant in last year's beds before the newest ones are ready. Varieties: Two types of hybrid Jalapeno. Hybrid Cayenne. Two types of Serrano. Thai Tabasco. Banana. Mini Bell peppers King of the North red bell pepper. Yellow Monster bell pepper. Some for fresh use. Many for sauces to use all year long. I might overwinter more next year, depending on what happens. I'll need to feed special treats to the garden gnomes for good luck.
Daniel if you’re growing chilli peppers then they will be great, just like everything else you grow in your garden.
The Overwintered pepper plants are officially over the winter now, and into the Spring. They are all planted, along with new seedlings to serve as comparisons. Jalapeño. Serrano. Tabasco. Thai. Cayenne. There were several times that I thought the Cayenne was dead, and maybe the Thai as well. Most have much more extensive root systems, compared to the seedlings. The Cayenne seem to have fewer roots than it did last fall, so I'm still not sure about that one.
You got them in!! Well done, you. They really did come through the winter well. Yes mate, you did good.
OK, here's the final update on overwintered chili pepper plants. Some did great, and some did not do as well as newly started ones. First the great ones. This Thai pepper rebounded and produced a lot of chili peppers. A lot more than the new seedling I started this year. The overwintered Tabasco pepper plants were also much more productive, compared to new ones. The overwintered Jalapeño pepper produced the first (small) pepper in my garden. But the plant remained small, all summer long, and new plants were much more productive. The Serrano pepper (no picture ) barely grew. The new Serrano pepper plants were very prolific. The Cayenne pepper produced well, but about the same as new ones. So, it was a fun experiment. It took a lot of effort to overwinter chili pepper plants. Some did well, some did OK but in some cases, new plants grew and produced better. I won't try overwintering them this winter. Even though I enjoyed it, I think I can do as well or better, using freshly started plants in the Spring.
This was a great posting from start to finish. I wonder when we will plant more peppers. We checked yesterday and still have enough for 3-5 years the Bride estimates. We had such a massively successful season a coupla years ago and they are so hot that we only need a few flakes for food. Value for money, I’d say. Anyhow, I hope I can remember this posting when I do try and hold my plants over. Thanks for this posting.
@Sjoerd, I did learn something useful. This year I tried some new (to me) hybrid varieties of Serrano and Jalapeño peppers. They were so much more productive, and the chilis were very big and flavorful. I'm usually kind of biased in the direction of, heirloom is better. But next year for chilis, I'll grow those hybrids again. I think chili peppers, they are too tropical for my climate, so the hybrids give them an extra boost. The Thai peppers were so pretty, on very small plants. I might grow them next year as ornamentals.
Daniel that was a good experiment, I've tried it with Carolina reaper and some of the other very hot chillies, for me it was best to start fresh every year.
