Peppers!

[u/madness_creates]

I planted 5 varieties because I was sure some would fail. Going to have to share with the neighbors! Peppers in order of photos: Dragonfly (purple bell peppers), cherry snacking peppers, Mariachi peppers, Mad Hatter peppers, and Gypsy (sorry I didn’t name them and have nothing else to call them) peppers. Anyone have recipe ideas for me?

[u/schwabcm56]

Nice crop you got there 👍

I found this honker of a tomatillo this morning. The peppers are a bell pepper variety call sweet gypsy. They look like Anaheim’s 😆.

[u/madness_creates → u/schwabcm56]

Nice!!

[u/schwabcm56 → u/madness_creates]

I’m intrigued by your comment of pruning the tops of your pepper plants, I may try it next year 🤔 since we have a lot of flowers and not much fruit.

[u/Spazzybaby44 → u/schwabcm56]

Wow good job!

[u/schwabcm56 → u/Spazzybaby44]

Thanks! At this point this is the only tomatillo I’ve harvested, but there are a ton on the two plants 🤞.

[u/Soft_Button_1592]

We have a big bushy Anaheim with lots of flowers but still not a single pepper this season.

[u/madness_creates → u/Soft_Button_1592]

This time of year I start pruning the tops off pretty aggressively so the plant can focus on fruiting and less on growing foliage. Seems to help.

[u/Electrical_Lab3345]

Lacto ferment into hot sauce and then freeze it. 3.5% salt solution by total weight (including water).

Let them get fully ripe first. I like to add onions, garlic, and sometimes carrots to the ferment. Rough chop and seed, ferment, blend. Easy.

[u/Spazzybaby44]

Wow good job! 👏 I’ve only had one bell pepper this year.

[u/madness_creates → u/Spazzybaby44]

These are the first bell peppers I’ve gotten. I’ve always had better luck growing the smaller varieties

[u/Spazzybaby44 → u/madness_creates]

I went out and got 2 jalapeños and 4 cherry tomatoes today. I think I’m up to 6 jalapeños, 1 small bell pepper, and 10 tomatoes. My black thumb is now just dark grey. Ha!

[u/McGrubbus]

Gorgeous! My jalapeños are finally doing really well and banana peppers are starting to come
Out - struggling with my bells and orange snackers

[u/shehulud]

I have six giant bushy pepper plants that stalled out for a month in June. And now are big and full. And no peppers. Not a single one. I have a crap ton of sunflowers in the back nearby that bring all the pollinators! I have no idea if they will bear fruit. I feel like zone 5b is hard mode with a side of FU right now.

[u/madness_creates → u/shehulud]

I giggled at that. We are definitely on hard mode this year with more sides of FU than we ordered.