Hello,
having managed to get my hands on a couple of these precious seeds I was wondering how to sow them to give them the best start in life..any tips?
cheers
I planted mine in a heated propogrator, 100% germination in about a week! I am already dreaming of stuffing the little darlings with cheese!!!
Hope yours do as well as mine are doing .....
Hi - what type of seeds are they? I've done some research on this & there are quite a few "peppadew-type" seeds available to buy so I was just wondering which are the most similar.
Thanks very much.
T.
Mine were home saved ones that I got from a swap on this site ......
OK you've got my attention what are they and where can we get the seeds ? Pleeeease ;D
Right I've "googled" and found they are a type of pepper but couldn't find anyone selling seeds ?
Apparently the "real" ones are trademarked - I've managed to find various similar ones (I think!) called variations of Red Cherry, Ciliegia Piccante, Peperoncino etc etc.
I just wondered which seeds others had used so that I didn't buy something completely wrong!
Quote from: Teej on March 19, 2009, 14:05:32
Apparently the "real" ones are trademarked - I've managed to find various similar ones (I think!) called variations of Red Cherry, Ciliegia Piccante, Peperoncino etc etc.
I just wondered which seeds others had used so that I didn't buy something completely wrong!
None of the varieties you mention are particularly like Peppadew
TM are supposed to be; although the first two are a similar shape they are both hot without much/any sweetness (Ciliega Piccante's other name is Satan's Kiss but they get milder with cooking) and I don't think that Peperoncino is an actual variety of pepper, more a general term meaning "little pepper". In contrast Peppadew are meant to be sweet but still have some heat to them.
I've never actually tried one but would guess it's like a Mini Red Bell with some heat.
PS Some people use the term pepperdew to avoid the TM issue
Oh right, thanks for that! Saved me buying the wrong thing then - I was just going by what others had said on t'internet & which peppers looked like they'd do the trick.
Think I'll have to give up then - I've probably got too many others planted anyway!
Sorry for the wrong info Mowhay. :-[
Teej, don't worry that's not a problem, shame we couldn't find some seeds but as usual "the greenhouse is full" so in a way it's better we failed. :)
Gives us a year to find some for next time! ;D