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  • Hot Pepper, Red Cherry Hot

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Red Cherry Hot – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. A delightful, gorgeous red, round, 1-2 in. pepper. Large enough to stuff. Makes delicious pickled peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 70

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  • Hot Pepper, Cayenne Long Red Slim

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Cayenne Long Red Slim – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Cayenne is an ancient pepper introduced into the US before 1827. 20-30 in. plants produce an abundance of 4-6 in. long, slender red peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 80

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  • Hot Pepper, Habanero

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Habanero – Capsicum Chinense FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Believed to have originated in Cuba because ‘habanero’ means Havana, the 20-30 in. plants produce prolifically 1-2 in. fruit which ripens from green to reddish orange. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Hungarian Yellow Wax Hot

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Hungarian Yellow Wax Hot – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Commonly known as Hot Banana Pepper, this is a Hungarian heirloom. 30 in. plants produce a profusion of yellow, mildly hot, banana-shaped peppers. Does well in cool climates. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Black Pearl

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Black Pearl – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Black Pearl is not an heirloom, but it will become one. Introduced in 2006, it immediately received an All-America award. The 18 in. black-leaved plants produce round black peppers hotter than jalapenos. Exquisite plant. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Herb, Oregano Italian

    Jan 24, 2017

    HERB, Italian Oregano – Origanum vulgare FULL SUN Native to the Mediterranean and central Asia, Oregano has been cultivated for thousands of years. For centuries it was cultivated for medicinal applications believed to soothe cuts and bites. The 1-2 ft. plants were brought to the US in the 1600s by colonists. Today it is primarily used in tomato sauces, but it also pairs well with eggs, cheese, peppers, potatoes poultry and pork. Plant as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring after the danger of frost has passed. Do not cover seed. Press seed into the soil surface. Rows should be 12 in. apart. When seedlings are 2 in. high, thin, leaving 6 in. between plants. Harvest throughout the season by cutting stems off

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  • The Pepper

    Mar 02, 2016 Categories: Growing Instructions

    The Pepper - A Little History and Some Growing Instructions Sweet and hot peppers are indigenous to Central and South America. They have been cultivated since prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found chili peppers at sites dating to 7000 BC. The Aztecs, Incans and Mayans all cultivated peppers. The Aztecs had at least seven different words for hot peppers. We derive the term chili pepper from some of the Aztec words for hot pepper. The Incas used peppers as a form of currency. Columbus named the peppers he saw growing in the West Indies, pimiento, because he thought they were the pimienta, spice pepper, grown in the East Indies. He was painfully surprised to find out that the West Indian peppers were incredibly hot. On his several voyages to

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