I'm doing tater cages.

I'm also going to do peas. Never grown peas before. Just like anything new, I'll find out!

As usual, I have more new stuff than repeats! The two I am looking forward to the most are the hottest: Bhut Jalokia and Naga Dorsett. And I have 9(!) people lined up to try them - they think I'm nuts, but have to try the world's hottest just once!

Dave

I'm trying Cherokee Purples for the first time this year. The seedlings I've started are doing well.

Hey Pepperhead.. I want to try Thai Dragon.
Do you raise yours from seed? How hot are they compared to Cayennes, Lemon Hot Peppers? I'm thinking the Thai Dragon is a lot hotter than the aforementioned. I'm looking for something to make DS happy.

Going to plant red sunflowers. Last year, a farm I pass each day had a 6'x12' bed planted along the road fence. It was beautiful with the morning sun shining through the petals.

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Originally posted by wasrabbity:
Hey Pepperhead.. I want to try Thai Dragon.
Do you raise yours from seed? How hot are they compared to Cayennes, Lemon Hot Peppers? I'm thinking the Thai Dragon is a lot hotter than the aforementioned. I'm looking for something to make DS happy.

I raise them from seed, which I used to get from Pinetree Gardens, but they stopped carrying them and I haven't found the same thing since. This year I got them from two seed companies: tradewindsfruit and terratime. Time will tell if they are the same. The original one I grew was a hybrid - I found out when the seeds wouldn't germinate (the last year I got it from pinetree - wonder if that had something to do with it), and I tried to grow some from the dried peppers in my pantry. They grew great, but totally different peppers, so they must have been hybrids.

BTW, one of my favorites from terratime is that Hanoi Market - an orange pepper, about 2 1/2-3" long x 5/8", with about 50-60k heat, and fantastic flavor - very much like Bulgarian carrot, if you have ever grown that. It's a little late, about early-mid-Aug when it starts ripening, but great in any fresh salsas, guacamole, and SE Asian table sauces. If any others look interesting, contact me - I may have grown them! The Dutch and Fresno from tradewinds are two new ones for me, as well as their horned melon. Anybody ever grow this oddball before?

The TDs are not excessively hot - about 85k - and have the best flavor of any of this type of pepper I have grown, as well as being good green, red, and dried. It was also the earliest, along with the superchili, of all of my peppers every year, both getting a full grown green, and first ripe. You see why I'm trying to find them - I really like them!

My fingers are crossed...

Dave

Hmmm, joining in late here. I've been traveling way too much and haven't been around.

New for us this year:

Black Valentine Bush Bean
Lincoln Shell Peas
General Lee Cuke
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin
Spaghetti Squash
Mokum Carrot
Lincoln Leeks
Candy Onion from seed
Walla Walla from seed
Space Spinach
Pieracicaba Broccoli
King of the North Pepper
Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Pepper
Rutgers Tomato
Black Cherry Tomato
Heinz 2653 Paste Tomato
Hog Heart Paste Tomato

PepperHead: Burpee has Thai Dragon seed. I was thinking of ordering some from there. I know Burpee isn't organic but I have always had great success with their seeds.

Darn Coco,

I was hoping to have fun with the moon and stars watermelon, with their speckled leaves and pretty melons. Well, I won't give up hope. Yep, the sugar babies do good here for me, but I wanted to try something else. No room for both. Thanks for commenting. I'll try not to get too dissappointed if I get nothing, since I've been prewarned!

I'm trying acouple types of sweet potatoes. My daughter will actually eat them!

to Doverduo I've tried russian banana and rose finn fingrlings. Russian banana is more productive,rose finn is prettier;. Both are bigger plants than I expected and need more room than regular potatoes. silly me I expected small potatoes to have a small plant. They were DELICIOUS, especially roasted with chicken

playtime, thanks for the reply. I ordered Russian Banana, more productive is what I need for my restaurant customer. So maybe I got lucky there. More room,ok. Thanks again.

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Originally posted by wasrabbity:
PepperHead: Burpee has Thai Dragon seed. I was thinking of ordering some from there. I know Burpee isn't organic but I have always had great success with their seeds.

This is where I ordered them from last season, thinking they would be more dependable, and I got two different types of peppers, neither of which was the original TD. So much for dependability. I even called them about it, and they sent me a credit, which I didn't use, because I didn't order from them this year.

Dave

Dave,
I looked through my catalogs & some online, but only found Thai Hot names, no Thai Dragon.

Tomato Grower's Supply lists a Thai Hot Ornamental that says it is edible, but HOT! One-half to one inch red fruit that is held upright on the plant. The regular Thai Hot looks like they are upright too, up to 3 inch fruits.

But I am sure you have searched everywhere for them?

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Originally posted by beansprout56:
Dave,
I looked through my catalogs & some online, but only found Thai Hot names, no Thai Dragon.

Tomato Grower's Supply lists a Thai Hot Ornamental that says it is edible, but HOT! One-half to one inch red fruit that is held upright on the plant. The regular Thai Hot looks like they are upright too, up to 3 inch fruits.

But I am sure you have searched everywhere for them?

Here are the two I posted up above that I ordered them from: terratime and tradewindsfruit .

All of the Thai hots I have grown (and there have been a lot!) have been good, but not TDs - either much smaller plants and peppers, much later producing, much lower procuction, etc. Yet they are all the same name! It's like ordering a generic "habanero".

Dave