Pepper Talk while I work (The Varieties I'm growing this year)

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[@kjjohnson83]

"Death Spiral Ghost Pepper Monster Truck" 🤣🤣🤣

[@helenmcmillin]

That, along with “I’m not your girl.” needs to be a t-shirt.

[@sandrainontario6710]

COMMENT HERE NEEDS TO BE DELETED

[@kjjohnson83]

@@sandrainontario6710 I reported both of them.

[@weirdheathersgarden]

I was so excited by death spiral chillis before I realise she was joking....😭. Epic name tho 😂

[@willwatkins6922]

@Jesiah Ayden ?

[@devynrowe7492]

I would buy a cookbook from you even if the measurements aren’t exact. The knowledge of how to use and preserve the actual things you grow is priceless and so many cookbooks out there are lacking a homesteaders perspective.

[@sonyastice489]

Yes! That's what I want too! All the things Jess talks about cooking sound so good! Please make a seasonal cookbook!

[@BeautyNookbyLauren]

Same!!!

[@12kurban]

I second this!!!

[@haywardurbangarden7153]

Me too! I can grow stuff but I struggle with what to make with it!

[@makenzieengel1495]

Yes please!!!

[@michaelguillemette5013]

Hey Jess, you forgot to add one of your favorite tools to that "fav tool video".....the Sharpie, both ends work, the pokey end for seedlings and the ink end for the the plant label!!

[@lizbenjamin903]

I noted this too

[@ourgeorgiasuburbanhomestea6309]

I have Scotch Bonnet pepper bushes that I brought from Florida to Metro Atlanta in 2014 as young seedlings. They were planted in a newly formed straw bale garden that I "cooked" with nitrogen fertilizer until its temps came down, put compost on the top and planted directly into the bales. That fall, these massive bushes were dug up and lifted into large pots and brought into a sun room, where they remain. We are headed into our 8th summer, and I remain amazed that they are re-leafing for me. No, I do not trim them until springtime, and only the parts of branches that have died back. By the time I start stepping them back outside (when nights are above 50 degrees) little leaves are again forming where the bush intends to grow -- giving me clear indication where the deadwood is. This year I over wintered those geriatric bushes and about 11 varieties of other peppers. I am going crazy this year and trying roughly 60 varieties of hard to find peppers -- some seed I imported from Africa, Australia and parts of Eastern Europe. I've been killing seedlings left and right as I learn how to correctly regulate temperature and humidity, but God willing I will get the hang of germination of tropical peppers in a poly house in the dead of winter here in the Appalachian foothills. Any tips you can give to me I'd embrace --- but I wanted to write this to you to tell you that my little pepper trees are 8 years old this year, I've grown them in the tropics to 7 feet tall and only had them live 6 years.... so, yes, here in zone 7b/8a my peppers are overwintering and thriving with no trimming before coming inside.

[@Pepper5655]

Thnx for the info

[@MissChievousRN]

WOW!!! GOOD JOB!!

[@xaviercruz4763]

Whats your email 📧 for business?

[@TheNicintime]

"Death spiral ghost pepper monster truck" - I can't love this enough! 🌶🌶🌶

[@thekaylornator]

Hi Jess! I'm enjoying your book and since you're now a published author you should write a cookbook with all the recipes you mention in your videos. Just a suggestion...who doesn't enjoy a cookbook? Just a suggestion.

[@milissaleatherwood6837]

I agree! I'll buy it even if it's, "a little of this, a dash of that" 😂😁

[@strangebluecookies]

I second this! A recipe book would be a great addition. I've always loved when you get an added bonus in some of her videos when she shares a recipe with us. Half of the joy is growing your own food, the other half is eating it!

[@denaboyd8058]

Yes!

[@ambethk77]

I was just thinking this.

[@lizbenjamin903]

I so agree

[@redcyan77]

I know I’m not the first one to state that your next book needs to be a cookbook, but c’mon, we need your recipes!! 😋

[@TheNeeenha]

She promised us to show us the sweet potato hash..I just love sweet potatoes

[@dianatennant4346]

My neighbors always used to laugh because the girls used to snack out of the garden what they enjoyed most was the fact that they would grab a bell pepper or a tomato and just eat it like an apple and never even think a thing about it. They were always half decent vegetable eaters but being around the garden made them excellent vegetable eaters and I'm proud we could give them that

[@avonleanne]

my mouth started watering at strawberry jalapeno jam.....I would LOVE a recipe or a vid showing how to make....this would give me brownie points with my mother in law....and we all need them with the inlaws right? =)

[@junkinjodi]

I know right ,I think I'm going to try the peach or maybe pear.

[@BramptonGardener]

Or crabapple! Yum!

[@AslansAngel1]

I'm growing strawberries and jalapeños and I'm drooling at the thought of it.

[@moirapastre1234]

Padron peppers are the peppers of Madrid, Spain! You can buy them at shop front stands that sell fried fish and Padron peppers that you eat out of paper bags. Best kind of "fast food"!

[@weirdheathersgarden]

Oh that sounds cool. I gotta look out for that if I’m ever in Madrid. 😊

[@MrsDorr813]

I love to learn about peppers while it's 35 degrees and snowing. This is my happy face. I promise, I'm not going slightly crazy

[@chrysalis-sanctuary]

Me too! Four inches of snow but I’m fondling my pepper starts and dreaming of the day they go in the ground!

[@Dawnpaw]

Sitting here in MA, I understand completely... I know everything I have in the ground now is frost tolerant, but i still feel bad for them all!

[@spacefabi]

@@Dawnpaw that squall we got today was something after the nice weather we've been having. I was sad for my spring plants too!

[@vonniemerriam974]

Jess, last year I fermented roasted red bell pepper with sweet Spanish onion slices and they have become my moooooost favorite ferment of all time. I'm sure you know how, but anyone else who reads this, blister the peppers under the broiler or over an open flame then let cool in a covered bowl then rub to get the charred skin off. Layer them n a clean jar with the somewhat thinly sliced onion rings. Add a tablespoon of non-iodized salt...sea or kosher or pink himmie is fine...to non-chlorinated water (I use bottled spring but we'll water is fine) then fill the jar. Weigh down the peppers under the liquid with a weight or ramekin or even a baggie with water in it to keep food submerged to prohibit mold growth. I cover the jar with a coffee filter rubber banded in place and set it in a bowl to catch any overflow. Set jar in a warm area out of direct sunlight. You'll see bubbles begin in about 2-3 days. I don't know if it's the peppers or the onions but these fermented faster than anything else! When they are tangy enough to taste, remove the weight, put a proper lid on and refrigerate. I even added capers to one jar. Sooooo good!

[@xaviercruz4763]

Nice, is that how you pickle cucumbers 🥒 as well? And whats up with iodized salt 🧂 and fermenting?

[@caryoakie2003]

@@xaviercruz4763 this is the basic method for all ferments from cucumbers to sauerkraut to kimchi. Depending on the vessel you use to ferment, just use 2 Tbsp of non-iodized salt per quart. The reason for both the non-iodized salt and the non-chlorinated water is that both will kill the good lactobacilli that ferments and thus preserves the food. It's the easiest method of food preservation, with the added benefit of actually making the food more nutritious !

[@HoeIngandSowIngGardening]

I love watching you plant. It is so cool to have a wonderful space like your greenhouse to just sit, chat and plant. I enjoyed. 👍😀🌻🌱😍🌼🌷😎

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Went for a ride today with my son- started discussing greenhouses-- he asked which kind I want. I said a glass one- like all windowed doors-- he said-- "Like Jess's?" LOL!!! I said- why of course yes!

[@charliehoos9773]

200 three inch pots coming in the mail tomorrow for potting up day because I ran out of pots. Do I need this many plants? No. But to grow is to share 🥰

[@kellybesse4625]

Love seeing you use a sharpie as a dibber! That’s what I use, too!

[@sandrainontario6710]

Thanks for the tip!

[@YesStefinitely]

@@sandrainontario6710 I’m not sure if that was a joke about the sharpie tip- but either way it was really funny! I also use a sharpie with the inches marked on the back for depth. Cool!

[@annmc3878]

Me too. Glad I’m not the only one with dirt covered sharpies.

[@sandrainontario6710]

Oh my gosh I'm funny and I didn't even know it LOL! Thanks @Steph!

[@Faye_vr]

My husband was laughing at me last night for using a sharpie to dig my holes 🤣

[@AbbyUnEarthed]

Watching you from Ontario, Canada here and oh my you've got me so pumped for the coming warm months. I'm trying so hard to be patient! :) Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[@sandrainontario6710]

Yes! We had such a beautiful wonderful false spring here not far from London Ontario and yesterday it snowed and it's just cold and damp and I'm over it! Thank goodness for Jess and Jill and their videos.

[@BramptonGardener]

Ontario here too, looks like we're in second winter.

[@noelleparris9451]

I am shaking my fist at you, Jess!!! I just placed yet ANOTHER order with Baker Creek and in it are the Shishito and Habanada peppers 🌶😊

[@melissak1382]

My uncle has kept green bells in his heated greenhouse overwinter and it does work the dont grow particularly fast or set much for fruit due to lack of light but they continue to grow just fine in spring

[@hollybroughton8768]

"Death Spiral Ghost Pepper Monster Truck" sounds like Drewlr could make a pretty sick t shirt design with that one

[@sowmanyseedlings]

Oh my gosh yessssssssssss I love hot peppers and drews designs were some of my favorites 😍 😋 👌

[@TheNicintime]

Second this as a great opportunity for gnarly artistic garden creative goodness and a shirt that I would buy!

[@daina1716]

Without fail, every time I watch one of your videos, I end up pausing because I get inspired and feel like I just have to be in the garden ❤️

[@lizbenjamin903]

Have you ever shared your seeds and your reciepsI have learned a lot from you I am going to try my luck at planting 5 black berry bushes I bought last year and they survived threw the winter here were I live so I feel they are worth planting any advice

[@lorenebroncheau6386]

We also dice up and freeze bell peppers. It worked well last year

[@jenniferrush8231]

Take all ur random peppers and blend them up in to almost a salsa with onions and a few tomatoes and cook chicken in it. Shred the chicken. And use as tacos. Best tacos ever! Arroz con pollo, corbaci, sugar rush peach, and lemon drop made the most amazing combo! Seriously top meal I’ve eaten

[@LakeFaerieFiles]

We live in the foothills of the Adirondacks of upstate NY our peppers 🫑 are bells and doing well. Thanks for the tip on when to plant being we may have some nights even in June that may be 50-55 degrees. I’ll wait to put in garden till mid to end June now as I’ve watched and listened to you thanks Jess 🥰🫑🙏🏻🌺

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You forgot to mention the sharpie dibble in your garden tool video! 🤣🥰🥰 I have the same handy tool!

[@kristabaumann1638]

I overwintered one Jigsaw pepper plant in my house this winter. I'm in 5b. It leafed out earlier than I expected and has spent warm days outside and already has 15 peppers growing on it! It makes a beautiful houseplant too.

[@ericcawith2cs11]

Whe is your last frost date? I'm in 5b and wondering if I could do that this fall and winter.

[@kristabaumann1638]

@@ericcawith2cs11 last frost is may 3 but since we've had a few warm days, I usually put it out on front porch in the sun when it goes above 50 and bring it back in at night. Clipped it back to just a 6" stem last fall before bringing it inside for the winter.

[@Warrior-In-the-Garden]

LOL- Death spiral Ghost pepper Monster Truck - just love you- and YES - I do the same with the pepper powder!!!! And I laugh because I remember when tabascos were the hottest pepper.

[@carriemoriarity5806]

Awww, I sell on seeds on ebay!! I totally agree with avoiding seeds from Wish but there are a handful of US seed sellers on ebay who are really good and reliable! Just make sure you double check that your seller is US based and if you have questions regarding their growing methods - ask us!! My seed sales this year were a God send in a year that we lost so much of our income.

[@Renofirefly30]

I love how you talk in your videos. Its fast enough without being too fast. You dont ramble or get off topic and you dont 'ham it up' for the camera. The content is great too. Definitely going to try the Nada peppers. I smashed that like button and subscribed.

[@willow3310]

As a new gardener I never knew there were so many varieties of everything before! Great lesson on peppers! I am so glad to be part of your classroom!

[@alexisbatley38]

Please do a video this summer on how you ferment hot sauce 🤞🏼❤️

[@justpatty7328]

Yes, please! 🌻🌷🌻

[@BramptonGardener]

Yes! I'm growing cayanne

[@mymountainlife0707]

"Death spiral ghost Monster truck" 😂😂😂. That's the funniest thing I've heard today😂

[@JessieC777]

Same! 😆

[@seedrootsprouts2290]

I tried this year to over winter my jalapeño and was able to keep her healthy and in blossom in my southeast facing bedroom. She set fruit last month in my kitchen!!!!! I’m in Z7 in NJ.

[@AmasAuthenticJourney]

I feel so spoiled when i'm waiting on your daily video's😁. Can't live without you now Jess❤

[@whimsicalrootshomestead9789]

Lol, me too! Living vicariously through Jess until we can buy our own homestead :)

[@ACryin_Shame]

Same here. We just upgraded to a HUGE graden and im just too excited. Might have went crazy on the plants

[@tracijorgensen552]

Started watching this video, had to stop and restart it because I needed a notepad. So much information and inspiration. Thank you!

[@apiecemaker1163]

Sweet banana peppers with tuna or homemade ham salad, crackers, and fresh garden tomatoes and cucumbers. OMGoodness I can’t wait. One of my favorite summer meals. My husband likes bell peppers stuffed with meatloaf. Ahhh summertime. 👩‍🌾🥒💚 🫑 🌶

[@karenm5681]

“Or on ice cream if you’re feeling unctious.”😂🤣

[@mneraasen224]

Last year was my first successful pepper year! Thanks to Jess. I overwintering 4 pepper plants. 2 bell type ( I didn’t bring in the tag😂) and 2 Cubanell . One bell made it and is leafing out. I had to get my sister to pull the blossoms of, I just couldn’t do it😂😂 I can’t wait to see my pepper tree do it’s thing🙌🏻

[@BramptonGardener]

Hahaha so hard

[@heatherkennedy9972]

Another tidbit: A friend from Mexico taught me that you can tell the maturity/heat level of a jalapeno by the little brown "wrinkles" that appear on the surface. More little brown marks=More heat

[@sarahf2800]

Ajvarski peppers are similar to Giant Marconi but more productive and easier to germinate. Baker Creek has the seeds. They are an absolute must grow for my garden. Super good roasting, and stuffing pepper and hold up well to freezing too.

[@cexe2120]

Great Suggestion. I also grow the Ajvarski, plus Melrose Pepper and Jimmy Nardello because I *cannot* get enough of those sweet red frying peppers. This is my first year adding Marconi. Looks like I need to add a note to dry them!

[@whisperjoy1128]

I've got 5 Shishito Peppers going this year and they are SO easy to germinate and grow! I also make a lemon garlic Aoili sauce to dip in and oooooooh it's so delicious.

[@jshu7001]

thanks for always sharing your tips and tricks and all you success and failures.

[@sarahhankins5644]

We have started those honey peppers too, and I’m super stoked to see how they do! Grilling peppers is also super yummy, more work but also yummy is threading them with onions and meat and pineapple and other veggies for shish ka bobs 🙌🏻🎉

[@matthawkins4579]

Love these videos...just hearing you talk and express your opinion/experience in such a casual and real way is so refreshing. Don't get me wrong, I love most gardening channels but yours is more casual but also real...love it.

[@reighngold]

Yeah the Arroz con Pollo is rough to germinate, I had to start a lot of them to get enough going. The first time I heard about it was from you and being Cuban, I had to try it. I wanted it so bad that I went through like twenty five seeds to get six plants and am elated. For me they are also growing more slowly than any other pepper, but they are indeed growing and my mom and I are so excitded to try this Cuban pepper!! Oh, they were also hard to source. I had to get them from a smaller seed supplier who specializes in peppers. The first pouch I got I germinated like 2 so I had to order more and thankfully got them in time... it's a bear to get to work. But... I am determined!! I will however make sure to save ALL my seeds from that this year LOL.

[@karenschuster2174]

I came across your video that referenced for vertical gardening. You did an outstanding job and needless to say I am hooked. I have been a grower for many years and I thought I knew everything to do with seed starting. You made reference to things I never knew. Keep up the good work and know that you are an inspiration to people like me. Happy Gardening!!

[@BrutalPoppySeed]

My peppers are germinating as we speak. I’m so excited. It’s my first year growing peppers, so this season should be promising 🌱

[@scole1999]

Jalapeño is as hot as I go an only for recipes! Did not know peppers were perennials being in Ohio, that’s not the case-wonderful news! Never too old to learn😃 Like I never knew you could grow more than 1 head of cabbage off the same plant till an elder WV farmer taught me! This is all great news since a lot of my perennials tend to return if I mulch them up well with leaves and if we have a mild winter, which we had this year! I have parsley, sage, rosemary and quit a few more plants that seem to have wintered well. I’ll mulch an cover the peppers this fall just to experiment and see what happens!😃

[@naturegirl8944]

Jess in her element surrounded by green. 😊

[@PoughkeepsieFarmProject]

This year in our seed garden, we are growing Aji Dulce and Jimmy Nardello. We also love the Fish Pepper with its beautiful variegation and story.

[@laurafrey5244]

I truly appreciate the description of the various peppers, and the photos that you add into the video. Thank you!

[@loveinspadeshomestead8119]

We love to dehydrate a bunch of bell peppers and grind those and use that as a bell pepper seasoning. It’s amazing on pretty much everything!

[@victoriamoore380]

I just want to thank you for all your gardening advise. I'm poor so I've been taking seeds out of everything I eat. Drying them then planting them. Everything is growing even potatoes, carrots, Onions, green, broccoli, onions and cabbage. Thank you!!

[@naturegirl8944]

Such a great video Jess. So much valuable information and pictures of the different varieties. I’ll be referencing this video again.

[@unnamed2737]

I’m a pepper enthusiast!! Lol! Peppers for sure are my favorite thing in the garden. Love them fresh but also love making custom spices with them. Aji Charapita is my fave!! So many gardeners talk about tomatoes, it’s nice to watch a whole video on peppers.

[@naturegirl8944]

In Australia we split peppers into Capsicums and Chillies. You can eat capsicums straight off the bush but not so the chillies as they burn. I grow cayenne, birdseye and ?Jalapeños Chillies.

[@michelifig6356]

I grow choc caps, you can keep your chillies to yourself😜

[@genuinehearts8247]

I love seeing growing plants.

[@colliecoform4854]

I cannot eat hot peppers either. Just cannot tolerate them. I love sweet peppers. This year I am going to grow some Nadapenas and some Habanadas. I am not sure about all the heat being gone is true but I will try. I have been caught many times by people assuring me something was not hot that I couldn't tolerate at all. I love bell peppers, I love Italian sweet, banana peppers, small peppers, etc., etc. You grow way more hot peppers than I do, I really, really cannot tolerate heat. I will add a couple of drops of hot sauce to certain dishes but that is it. I will grow one plant of a hot, jalopena or Serrano for my husband.

[@TheDealDepot]

We love all kinds of peppers! Last year we grew about 9 different varieties of peppers!

[@Grandma.Lilly.]

I’m in 9a, and I don’t have room in my house to overwinter. BUT I have had peppers over winter outside with a frost cloth. They don’t all survive, and I can live with that. Two are Marconi Reds, a bell pepper & a jalapeño. They already have fruit set on them! We planted twenty varieties this year. Half hot & half sweet/ mild.

[@caraoiler711]

I’m also in 9a but haven’t gotten our garden established yet. Super excited to grow all the warm weather things. We just moved from zone 5b.

[@Grandma.Lilly.]

@@caraoiler711 you will love it, I live in SoAZ, so it’s definitely different, we have to grow cool weather crops in the winter. Five growing seasons: spring, summer, monsoon, fall and winter. People think I’m crazy for starting tomatoes in December/January but I have to harvest fruit before it hits 115. 🤣 don’t follow the back of seed packets when they say to plant, doesn’t always work in 9a.

[@caraoiler711]

@@Grandma.Lilly. im in central Florida 🤣 it’s hot and humid here in the summer so I’m not sure yet what I can grow and what I can’t. I’m guessing tomatoes and cucumbers won’t last but my first frost isn’t until mid November so maybe they’ll be a fall/early winter crop here. Squash is apparently hard to grow here too bc of the squash bugs. We are closing on our house the end of may. My goal is to have garden beds ready for fall maybe some late summer things. We will see. Next year is about to be BOOMING though 😂 and all the winter foods 😋 I could eat my weight in cabbage and broccoli lol

[@Grandma.Lilly.]

@@caraoiler711 oh, I would go for the tropical perennials. Bananas, papaya, avocado, passion fruit, guava, etc..

[@caraoiler711]

@@Grandma.Lilly. yeah most of those are on my list. It still freezes here so I have to find varieties that can handle a light freeze. I know there are certain ones that do well here. Just have to find them.

[@bluegrasssweetheart4903]

Exciting.. The town I work in has a seasonal pop up Amish flower/veggie stand. I found Mr. Stripeys starts. I am beyond excited and instantly thought of you when I saw them. Of course I bought some. The young girl told me they were expecting more starts to come in the coming days. This is my second year and I struggled getting my tomato seeds to sprout. But I'm still trying I'm determined to get at least 1 to sprout. I have banana peppers sprouted and thriving... All thanks to watching and learning from you and other Homesteaders. God Bless

[@severenkoski856]

I'm growing nadapenos this year because of your videos. I especially like this video, thank you for posting photos of the peppers. I have a few written down for next year! 🌶 Happy gardening!

[@faithfamilyhomestead]

I'm growing Shishito peppers this year because you love it and it is the biggest one out of all my peppers! I'm excited to try them as well as Nadapeno because I don't do spice either 😖

[@anitamurphy2454]

My shishito peppers are growing like crazy, too!

[@BramptonGardener]

I love shisito peppers! But haven't grown them yet. Trying too many others.

[@faithfamilyhomestead]

@@BramptonGardener What kinds are you trying?

[@BramptonGardener]

@@faithfamilyhomestead oh gosh let me see if I can remember. Bueno Mulata, New Mexico 6, ausilio, Jamaican hot chocolate, Trinidad perfume, scotch bonnet, habenero, cayanne, bolivian rainbow, Chinese ornamental, candle light. A range of heats. The ausilio is the only one ive grown before.

[@faithfamilyhomestead]

@@BramptonGardener Wow, so many kinds!! Awesome

[@lindasbackyardgarden728]

I tell you for the last 5 yrs are so I have struggled with peppers. I usually have to restart them 2 sometimes 3 times. Saw a video this year where someone soaked there soaked their seeds for various intervals of time and then did a germination test. At 6 to 8 hours of soaking in water, his seeds started germination faster than any other time and he had the most seeds to germinate after the soak from that bunch as well. I tried it and it worked for me this year

[@valerieellison2483]

I started mixing my potting soil with water in a mixing bowl, then spooning it into my pots and it makes it so much easier to repot things.

[@idahohoosier8989]

Strawberry Jalapeño jam! Sounds amazing! Extra great video, thx Blessings

[@dianacecilie]

You being in the garden, or greenhouse, always makes me hungry 😊

[@robertma2146]

I always enjoy watching and learning from you. There’s always something to help me improve in your videos! Cheers and happy gardening! 💕

[@kimzachris5340]

We still have six or seven weeks to our (probable) last frost date here. I am growing my peppers in containers so that I can have them indoors or outdoors depending on the temperatures outside. Last summer we only had a few days above 60 F, but we still got quite a harvest of trinidad scorpions on our balcony, and the plants even kept giving for a couple of months after being moved completely inside again in the autumn. They were second or third year, and had never given anything before. We have a very short growing season, only three and a half months between last and first frost date, but we have very long days in the summer with the sun barely setting before it rises. I can’t grow a lot, with such limits of season and space, but I am very happy for whatever I do manage to harvest, whether it is winter lettuce and parsley or jalapenos and tomatoes.

[@hill_house_homestead]

I grow so many peppers so I loved this video 🥰 I freeze every year (and in the future will freeze dry) sweet and hot pepper mixes for fajitas, curry, dirty rice, potatoes o'Brien, and chili! They truly are so versatile and can basically all be powdered. Love this video, considering I love growing peppers as much as I love growing tomatoes 🤗☺️

[@_LUNARVAEZ]

All my pepper plants didn't do well. I'm going to have to start again even if it's late. Worth a shot.

[@briannatuttle1028]

I got so discouraged seeing tomato plants the size of yours in our local TSC yesterday, mine are only a couple inches tall, some dont even have their true leaves yet.. but then i took a step back and told myself no, its okay! We still have until the end of MAY until estimated last frost, so early June before i can plant them! PS... can we get a shishito/lime aioli recipe video this summer?!?! Pretty please!!!!

[@lorenabernathy8314]

New gardener here! I'm on my second year of actively investing time and effort into gardening and I am very much a visual learner so your channel is one of my absolute favorites to watch. Ive started seeds for Pippins golden honey peppers too! Im excited to compare notes 😂🤙

[@conniehoffman3986]

Thank you for all your info - you are so sweet! I'm a 70 yr gardener and moved to TN from Seattle 12 yrs ago....it's a different planet and I love it here! I just bought my first house and am building a greenhouse while I have a few bucks to spend. I'm interested in where you buy your supplies - like your tags for seedlings. You have so many colors and it's interesting....could you please let me know where to get them? Thank you so much. I also would love to see you do a cookbook - just write it exactly how you talk to us and you don't have to be precise on how much of each ingredient - most people tweek recipes to make it their own anyway, right? Thanks sweetie - keep up the good work and God bless you!!!

[@annmc3878]

Last year I grew all the heatless peppers I could find. I found that the Habanada while good took a long time to ripen. Another heatless Habanero pepper ripened more quickly. It was called Roulette and was red instead of Orange. So I’m growing it again this year. This year I’m adding peppers with a little heat. The Jimmy Nardello and the Mad Hatter are the ones I’m most excited for.

[@carolelylewhite]

I too had aphids on my pepper seedlings this year- have never had aphids in my house before! Same here- not seen on my “official houseplants” but found my peppers. Safer brand insecticidal soap to the rescue, thankfully. And thanks to you for the video....as always!

[@grinstaspinsta]

Would love to see a recipe video for strawberry jalapeno jam! My parents brought some back from a trip to TN once years ago and I've been sad ever since it was gone 😂😂

[@SuperKatiki]

I'm growing the shishito and habanada peppers this year, based on you're reviews of them last year. I'm really looking forward to trying them. I'm also growing Jigsaw, which is a pepper with variegated purple, cream, and green leaves. I'll admit, I bought the seeds just for the variegated leaves.Hopefully the peppers taste good too. Obviously you're done starting seeds for this year, but next year you should consider Jimmy Nardello and Corno Di Torno peppers. Both are sweet. Jimmy Nardello is amazing both raw and fried. Possible the best pepper I've ever tasted. Corno Di Torno comes in red or yellow (I grow the yellow) and are absolutely delicious and produce huge peppers. I'm talking, banana sized peppers. They also have a nice thick wall that made them good for roasting.

[@ABamaGardener]

Johnny's seeds said to start peppers with an 85-90 degree heat mat. I thought no way that was too hot. But it worked Fantastically. heat the soil abt 24 hrs before seeding put worm castings on top for the aphids and stops dampening off cover with a dome. They all came up within 3 days & my old seeds came up in 7.It really worked well. For added measure I placed the water mister on the mat as well.

[@cexe2120]

Same. I make a little tropics with a heat mat in an underbed bin/container. Put one of those small keychain thermometers in it, my target is 80-85 degrees. Add the seeds to the wet soil, cover the bin and all my seeds come up, every year. 1-3 days for maters and 2-4 days for peppers. Sprinkle with cinnamon and get them under lights as soon as they germinate, no damping off either. I swear by it for seeds that like heat.

[@michelifig6356]

@@cexe2120 cinnamon?

[@cexe2120]

@@michelifig6356 It was recc'd to me long ago as a way to help prevent damping off of seedlings. Haven't had damping off since I started using it, however, I am diligent about getting the seedlings into open air under lights as soon as the leaves emerge so hard to say how much is cinnamon and how much is getting the seedlings out from the tropics. Mostly diligence if I had to guess.

[@sarahpearce8774]

Arroz Con Pollo is a pain in the butt! This year out of 20 seeds I had exactly 2 plants. I noticed that some of the seeds tried but did not have enough energy to push completely out of the seed and other just didn’t do anything. I am happy to have the two plants I have and hopefully can save additional seeds as I no longer can find anyone selling them. They are a very tasty pepper.

[@kath-phlox]

I like to bake bell peppers that are stuffed with tomatoes and olive oil, then topped with anchovies and basil when cooked. I usually serve with mashed potato so it mops up the juices that overflow.

[@roxannern9393]

we smoke the pimento's with the leutschauer's then dry for smoked paprika; great on meats

[@mississippigirlgardening8396]

I learned last year that the more water the pepper plants get the less heat they have buy once the heat and dry snap gets around they turn hot... so if you got peppers are not hot just don’t water as much💚🌱💚

[@tonyastadt9866]

It's so need to see the different kind of value and variety of peppers thank you for sharing this video I really enjoyed it it just popped my interest even more😊🌶🌶

[@LauraAnn1980]

I love Fish peppers. I always grow that one every year. It was developed in the African American community in Baltimore in the 19th century. I live about 30 is minutes away from Baltimore so it always grows really well for me. I am trying the Sugar Rus Peach this year too and I'm really excited!

[@melodysadarangani1574]

Thank you for letting me know. I have been wanting to put my plants. I am so glad I did not put anything out yet. We have a 50% chance of snow this coming Tuesday and wil get down to 32 degrees F. I really enjoy your videos.

[@devinnorrell2499]

I was so worried because my notification didn't come thru but now sings my soouulll!! Needed today's dose of confidence booster

[@ashleyrittenhouse6382]

I am growing sugar rush peach and big jim as my only spicy peppers from seed this year and I was so happy to hear you are growing them as well! I have 2 thai pepper plants that I brought indoors from last year that are also doing well. For sweet I have cal wonder and habanada :)

[@rayyoung7780]

We lived in Spain and Portugal for a while and seasonally the pardon peppers are available in restaurants. They are to die for. We can get them at the grocery stores here in California where we live every now and then Just fried drained on a paper towel and salted. They are better than French fries.!

[@dominicaudy8479]

I’m in zone 5 in Canada. I overwinter a shishitō. I wake it up in late April and keep it potted. By late-May I had 150 pods on it on year 2. I think it produced more on its own than my 8-10 small plants of the year. It was so bushy it didn’t even really looked like a shishitō. It would certainly be worth trying in your area with your long seasons...

[@stacienance7256]

Thanks for sharing what you do with each pepper. I really had no idea there were so many different reasons of use for the varieties.

[@katherinemikkola8316]

Thanks Jess for the talk on peppers, usually I just wait till my gteen peppers are changing color on their own and then my dish gets more color, mostly cause I like it. Love you and appreciate your company and sharing what knowledge you have.

[@DonnyLisa1]

Thank you for the inspiration Jess. I am in zone 5 in Illinois and an just starting my pepper seeds indoors. A new one for me this year is pepperoncini.😊

[@fromhometohomestead4281]

I'm loving the daily videos. You have inspired me so much to start my own channel while starting my homestead. Xo Lots of Love all the way from Cape Town, South Africa.

[@Monzakaka]

Jess!!! Your just so cool! I love your videos and your sharing of your garden knowledge! You make me want to be a better gardener/farmer. I’m traveling to Arkansas the 1st week of June and I just thought how cool it was going to be in the same state as your farm! Such an inspiration!

[@jackiemarks3680]

Always look forward to your videos; makes my day

[@BradfordHomestead]

Girl you made me laugh today! Thirty minutes of INCREDIBLE info on ALL kinds of peppers and , “ I don’t know much about peppers...” 😂💕🤟. Wonderful info! Have a great day

[@lauraelliott6485]

I did over winter 1 jalapeno plant as an experiment. It was a container plant last year I just brought it in the house trimed it back put in spare bedroom in very low daylight watering it only very little every 2 or 3 weeks then I put it in a sunny window last week in March and watered it good and in 3 weeks it has gotten really big I do sit it outside if it's 70 degrees or warmer then put back inside. I'm in NC

[@wickedquailandpork537]

We just slice up our extra bells and throw them in the freezer as is. They are perfect for stir frying and roasting through the whole winter.

[@al4377]

I overwintered 4 pepper plants. 2 survived & are doing FABULOUS. I just dug em up & stuck in a sunny window. If you have a fav pepperover einter it. I was going to recommend some great peppers from Baker Creek but you are already growing 3 but you realky need to try Quadrato D'asti Rosso next year. One of rhe sweetest bells Thank you for all you do for us your fans. Luanne