New Bounty Project - Help Me Decide!

Those are both excellent pepper choices. My only hesitation on the Costa Ricans is they are a fairly large fruit. That being the case, you don't many peppers at one time. You can grow two plants of each, easily. And they both taste wonderful.

Two other choices I recommend are Round of Hungary peppers (sweet) and Pepperoncini (mild heat). I currently have two Round of Hungary plants in full bloom on an Ultra. I should see peppers any day now. The peppers are small red pumpkins that are deliciously sweet. They are terrific for stuffing. The fruits get up to 3" in diameter. Pepperoncini peppers are frequently pickled and sliced in 1/2" slices. Most sub shops offer Pepperoncini slices on their subs. Pepperoncini peppers are about 2" long and about 3/4 to 1" in diameter. These peppers will mature to red, however they are usually harvested and pickled while still light green. Their heat is less than 500 SHU. Jalapenos are usually 5,000 SHU.

Hey Mike, how many seeds per pod should I do? I don't want to waste them, but I'm guessing I should do more than one or two.

Congrats on your new purchase!  The strength of the Bounty light is great for growing peppers. And I agree with Mike, those are excellent pepper choices, you are sure to be happy with them.

I posted this on the GAL thread too.

I’m so frustrated. If this situation is any indication of the future, it will take weeks to get two packets of seeds. I paid almost $6.00 and they shipped UPS Mail Innovations. Not only do they truck that tiny package across the country, they take days to deliver to USPS, and may then ship ground again, which for me is 10 days extra.

Those seeds should have been here by now, and they just got to Seattle, where they will sit in the UPS warehouse until next week before even being transferred to USPS. It’s insanity.

I don’t see how I can participate unless you guys mail me seeds. They’d take 2-5 days Max.

I was so excited about starting my peppers, but it likely won’t happen for weeks now.

Oh and just for fun, Park Seeds tacks on a $20.00 surcharge for Alaska for a $2.45 max shipping fee for First Class Mail, so I'll never order from them. What a joke.

Yes you can look at my Stash list as well.  Just PM me what you would like and your full name and mailing info.

I confess I have zero secrets or tricks.  I use needle nose tweezers to place the seeds at whatever the depth is in AG sponges, and I just fold and tape my seed packets.  I store them in a cabinet, but I’m in neither a humid nor arid climate.  Others will probably have more sage advice than I.

I use these bags for storing my seeds. I bought them two years ago from Amazon. 500 bags for less than $10.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LIOOPO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use padded ones similar to that for shipping my samples First Class.

Yesterdays harvest.