What Is Your Favorite Sweet Pepper?

[Inflorescence]

I can’t believe this is happening to me, but I am needing assistance in choosing a good sweet pepper variety, like bell pepper type usage. I have like 50 different tomato varieties, but only one sweet pepper.

Any suggestions? What is your favorite sweet pepper?

 

[wyanokie]

@Inflorescence I really like Jimmy Nardello's! It's a delicious and really sweet pepper. It has the shape of a long hot (a frying type), but it's sweet. I definitely recommend it!

Not sure what your pepper growing background is, but there are 5 species that are considered domesticated for agricultural and home growing. Capsicum baccatum is a species that is more rarely grown, but there are some REALLY delicious, very sweet peppers that are relatively low on the Scoville scale. Not sure if you'd be interested in pursuing those to experiment with, or if you just wanted to stick to the strictly sweet types like bells. If you are interested in C. baccatum, let me know and I will see what I can dig up for you.

 

[Inflorescence]

@Inflorescence I really like Jimmy Nardello's! It's a delicious and really sweet pepper. It has the shape of a long hot (a frying type), but it's sweet. I definitely recommend it!

Not sure what your pepper growing background is, but there are 5 species that are considered domesticated for agricultural and home growing. Capsicum baccatum is a species that is more rarely grown, but there are some REALLY delicious, very sweet peppers that are relatively low on the Scoville scale. Not sure if you'd be interested in pursuing those to experiment with, or if you just wanted to stick to the strictly sweet types like bells. If you are interested in C. baccatum, let me know and I will see what I can dig up for you.

My pepper growing background is weak, haha. I was trying to get into it last year, but it was a complete failure because something ate my starts overnight after I put them in the vegetable bed. I was so upset. But I am determined this year to have some successes and am doing a whole bed of peppers with protection from whatever critter liked them so much.

I am definitely going to look into that species, it sounds interesting! Which ones do you think are worth getting?

 

[Figgin' A]

King of the North, Keystone Giant, Lesya, Ajvarski, Corno Di Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Orange Bull, etc. I grow 2-3 dozen varieties each year, some go, new ones come, but these seem to stay year over year. I also grow an unknown variety from a farmer's market... the peppers are green with red, yellow and orange patches, they have very thick walls and are incredibly juicy, perfect for salads.

 

[Greatlakemay]

@Inflorescence I really like Jimmy Nardello's! It's a delicious and really sweet pepper. It has the shape of a long hot (a frying type), but it's sweet. I definitely recommend it!

Not sure what your pepper growing background is, but there are 5 species that are considered domesticated for agricultural and home growing. Capsicum baccatum is a species that is more rarely grown, but there are some REALLY delicious, very sweet peppers that are relatively low on the Scoville scale. Not sure if you'd be interested in pursuing those to experiment with, or if you just wanted to stick to the strictly sweet types like bells. If you are interested in C. baccatum, let me know and I will see what I can dig up for you.

I really like Jimmy, too!

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

Last year I planted peppers for the first time. I planted King
Of The North pepper. They didn’t really grow well. They started out ok but when they reached the size of a cherry pepper they just stopped growing. Only thing I could think of was the long running heat wave and drought. My husband said a lot of his customers also said their peppers didn’t do well either. If I decide to grow them again this year I’m not starting them from seed, I’ll buy the plants already started.

 

[TorontoJoe]

@Inflorescence I really like Jimmy Nardello's! It's a delicious and really sweet pepper. It has the shape of a long hot (a frying type), but it's sweet. I definitely recommend it!

Not sure what your pepper growing background is, but there are 5 species that are considered domesticated for agricultural and home growing. Capsicum baccatum is a species that is more rarely grown, but there are some REALLY delicious, very sweet peppers that are relatively low on the Scoville scale. Not sure if you'd be interested in pursuing those to experiment with, or if you just wanted to stick to the strictly sweet types like bells. If you are interested in C. baccatum, let me know and I will see what I can dig up for you.

Jimmy Nardello was also going to be my first pick.... I wish it was thicker walled but it grows in such abundance and is very disease free for an old heirloom

I also love Chocolate Bell and Shephard. Super sweet!

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

I can’t believe this is happening to me, but I am needing assistance in choosing a good sweet pepper variety, like bell pepper type usage. I have like 50 different tomato varieties, but only one sweet pepper.

Any suggestions? What is your favorite sweet pepper?

Are you going to create a landrace sweet pepper?

 

[TorontoJoe]

King of the North, Keystone Giant, Lesya, Ajvarski, Corno Di Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Orange Bull, etc. I grow 2-3 dozen varieties each year, some go, new ones come, but these seem to stay year over year. I also grow an unknown variety from a farmer's market... the peppers are green with red, yellow and orange patches, they have very thick walls and are incredibly juicy, perfect for salads.

Are the red ones there Giant Lesya? Never heard of it. How would that compare to something like a Shephard? A good, big sweet pepper is important for me. I make and can a sauce/paste from them as a key ingredient to many salame

 

[Inflorescence]

Are you going to create a landrace sweet pepper?

Yes.

 

[Figgin' A]

Are the red ones there Giant Lesya? Never heard of it. How would that compare to something like a Shephard? A good, big sweet pepper is important for me. I make and can a sauce/paste from them as a key ingredient to many salame

No, these are Ajvarski, a variety from Macedonia. Large! 7-9 inches long. These are great for eating fresh in salads or grilled... so aromatic, the whole neighborhood knows when you are grilling them. They also make Ajvar pepper sauce from them in the Balkans.

 

[Inflorescence]

No, these are Ajvarski, a variety from Macedonia. Large! 7-9 inches long. These are great for eating fresh in salads or grilled... so aromatic, the whole neighborhood knows when you are grilling them. They also make Ajvar pepper sauce from them in the Balkans.

I heard somone else on YT really like them as well. They sound really good!

 

[TorontoJoe]

No, these are Ajvarski, a variety from Macedonia. Large! 7-9 inches long. These are great for eating fresh in salads or grilled... so aromatic, the whole neighborhood knows when you are grilling them. They also make Ajvar pepper sauce from them in the Balkans.

I'm completely unfamiliar with them. I may need to hit you up for some seeds

 

[Figgin' A]

I heard somone else on YT really like them as well. They sound really good!

My wife's favorite. She makes me plant 6-8 plants of it every season.

 

[Figgin' A]

Jimmy Nardello was also going to be my first pick.... I wish it was thicker walled but it grows in such abundance and is very disease free for an old heirloom

I also love Chocolate Bell and Shephard. Super sweet!

I ditched JN after growing it for two seasons... Believe it or not, mine were hot. Like good jalapeno hot. What gives? I may have got seeds that were cross-pollinated with some hot peppers or something. Got seeds from someone on Kijiji. I should have known better. The fam didn't like it. Only later did I learn that JN was supposed to be sweet. It looked proper but didn't taste right.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I ditched JN after growing it for two seasons... Believe it or not, mine were hot. Like good jalapeno hot. What gives? I may have got seeds that were cross-pollinated with some hot peppers or something. Got seeds from someone on Kijiji. I should have known better. The fam didn't like it. Only later did I learn that JN was supposed to be sweet. It looked proper but didn't taste right.

My JN are super sweet but I think they have a gene that presents itself once in a while. I would say 1 out of every 100 of mine have a hint of spice... I'll get you some of my seeds if you want to give them a try....

I know this thread is about sweet peppers but one of my favorite spicy peppers is this heirloom I got from an old guy from Puglia. Not crazy hot... but super fruity and my most productive pepper hands down. Every plant produces tons of these beautiful, comically long pods. I grow more of this than any other pepper

 

[Figgin' A]

My JN are super sweet but I think they have a gene that presents itself once in a while. I would say 1 out of every 100 of mine have a hint of spice... I'll get you some of my seeds if you want to give them a try....

I know this thread is about sweet peppers but one of my favorite spicy peppers is this heirloom I got from an old guy from Puglia. Not crazy hot... but super fruity and my most productive pepper hands down. Every plant produces tons of these beautiful, comically long pods. I grow more of this than any other pepper

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Nice! It reminds me of Python, an Eastern European variety. Mine's also very productive, especially if I grow it in a separate pot, but it's sweet, without a hint of spiciness.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Nice! It reminds me of Python, an Eastern European variety. Mine's also very productive, especially if I grow it in a separate pot, but it's sweet, without a hint of spiciness.

We totally need to do a seed swap!

 

[Greatlakemay]

No, these are Ajvarski, a variety from Macedonia. Large! 7-9 inches long. These are great for eating fresh in salads or grilled... so aromatic, the whole neighborhood knows when you are grilling them.

You made me want try it this season. Will order some from rareseeds.
Ordered. Love rareseeds, good germination and free shipping!

 

[BNaula1]

Not sure if most of you would consider it a sweet pepper haha but Anaheim did the best for me last year. Was able to get a few pounds off a single plant all summer, very productive and no issues. Second would probably be banana peppers, those also did just as good for me but they started off a bit slow!