I've never successfully grown large sweet bell peppers here in Florida, not even those that are supposedly more heat tolerant. I'm happy to hear a professional like Elise confirming it wasn't just me. For sweet peppers I have had great luck with the mini-bells (right on red, orange you sweet, yes to yellow), the snacking peppers (lunchbox red, orange, yellow), Italian frying peppers such as Corno di Toro (Carmen and Escamillo) and Cornitos (Rosso and Giallo).
@ITURNWINEINTOWATER A friend came over and cooked all weekend a few months ago. I saved the green bell pepper seeds. I needed to read your comment. Thanks.
Have you tried growing them in a greenhouse? I wonder if it would help to grow in fall instead. I am going to try a few different ways over the next few years and see if I can get some sort of decent yield. Growing in the south is a whole new experience for me.
I have Aji Dulce and Arroz con Pollo (6 or 7 year old plant still producing) they are used as seasoning peppers. For stir fries I grow Carmen and Cubanelle , they grow very well in the summer heat and produce a lot.
Great video. Thank you for pointing out about spraying aphids in a raised bed. Had to laugh, bird sounds at the 7 minute mark got quite a reaction from my cats. The rooster only sparked interest from 1. Looking forward to more of your videos. Stay safe and well here in FL
Thanks for sharing your video! Your garden is beautiful. I’m a gardener too and I’m researching all the things I can grow in containers. I’m happy it led me to find you. I’m so happy it did your channel has so much to offer! This is very helpful. Thanks for teaching me something new. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our channels! 💐🌸🌺🌻
Thanks for the tips. I agree, when I do get a pepper going, I only get a pepper or two. I just bought the Numex and hopefully can get it to grow. I'll have to wait until July to plant though.
yes, they try to make it fit for everyone but unfortunately that's not very realistic. i have a seed club member in Alabama who has reported the same thing. glad to be able to help!
@@jichaelmorgan3796 I'm in the FL panhandle, with weather very similar to Gulf Shores, AL. It isn't the growing schedule. It's the extreme heat, humidity and often torrential downpours. And if you're growing in-ground vs raised beds or containers, it's the sandy soil. It's an entirely different ball-game than gardening elsewhere, and most problems have very little to do with the first or last frost date.
@@DC-rd6oq I'm in South Florida so I totally agree with you. Learning to grow anything in Florida is a different game but there are growing schedules for the south/Florida that do help and give a starting point. But yeah, expect to be tripped up for sure. I'm not an advanced garderner by any means so I do my gardening from end of September until April as rain won't be a big problem during that time. The absolute most important thing I've learned is to keep pretty much everything out of direct sun, that is besides Florida or tropical natives anyway. My entire garden is next to our pool screen where probably about 50% of the sun is filtered out all day long, as this side of the screen is going from east to west and this time of year the Sun is slightly South, due to the tilt of the Earth, so IOW the sunlight is going through both the top and side of the screen before it hits my modest garden. I've had success growing even lettuce this way after I previously thought that I would bever succeed in my goal of a having home grown salads a few times a week during this time of year. :)
@@TheUrbanHarvest we use the super hots blended down with many regular sweets and vinegar and different spices herbs to make hot sauce which is way more tolerable I cant eat them either lol loved the part on the sweet super hot looking peppers i will get some 4 sure
Thank you so much for your expertise. I have a small Organic Nursery in The Bahamas and I'm always looking for information to pass on to my clients. Will be checking out you course. Also, Aji Dulce us pronounced ( A hee dools a)😁🙏
@@TheUrbanHarvest Nassau. Doing well with the NZ Spinach, Malabar, Amaranth, Aztec Spinach and Golden Purslane. People are opening up to eating what grows in this heat🌱
@@TheUrbanHarvest Have heard of them but have not tried yet. Thank you, always looking for new things to offer so that my clients can eat homegrown and in season. Do you carry these particular seeds? Have you tried Orach? Seeding some today.
@@olgamunroe1408 I have ethiopian in stock but am out of egyptian right now. Ill have more available in the next month or so. Waiting for my seed pods to form off the plants out front now. I haven't had much luck with orach. Always succumbs to pests for me.
This is an awesome. Peppers are my favorite to grow and cook with. I will definitely try the three varieties you mentioned. I had a trouble season with whiteflies and low production. Thank you for the video.
White flies can still be a problem, with any of the nightshades. But these do exceptionally well and you shouldn't have any problems with low production!
@@barbaraperry2796 Just moved to Port Charlotte from Colorado. I have Giallo pepper seeds from Pine Tree Seeds. Excited about winter gardening. It froze in September last year where I lived in Colorado.
Just got an order from you. Do you know when you will have seeds for the peppers you speak of? They look like they are all sold out. I finally figured out how to grow peppers, but I have to constantly spray them with copper and also started using an insecticide (organic). It gets lots of holes on the leaves from I’m not sure what. I had good success though with the ones I planted last fall in pots and put them in green house in the freezing temps (ocala) and I have 5 or 6 plants that made it through. They are still producing and even planted some of them in the garden. The other ones I started from seed and planted at the end of Feb. are growing slowly and are experiencing the holes in the leaves I mentioned. It will be interesting to see how they do. Thankfullly my garden don’t get afternoon sun.
Just moved to Port Charlotte from Colorado. Turning the backyard into gardens. How about shade cloth mini hoop houses protect peppers from intense sunlight?
@@TheUrbanHarvest OK. I brought all my Colorado gardening gear with me so I'll see how it goes using mini-hoop houses for sun and bug protection. I expect to get really hammered by bugs. Something destroyed a cucumber plant I brought from Colorado -- some kind of caterpiller judging from the damage.
I am interested in purchasing some pepper starts in about a month. Can I 'reserve' them? And how do I go about getting them from you? I live in Dunedin. Kelli
check out my website when you are ready to order. We don't do reserve ahead or anything. Orders are placed for the week you would like to pick it up. I live in St. Pete so you place the order online then pick up from my house sat or sun. www.theurbanharvest.com
I can not find aros compoyo and the ahi duhi on your website nor anywhere else on the www has anyone tried the suave numex in pots in Fl need me some peppers stag flation is killing me
I've never successfully grown large sweet bell peppers here in Florida, not even those that are supposedly more heat tolerant. I'm happy to hear a professional like Elise confirming it wasn't just me. For sweet peppers I have had great luck with the mini-bells (right on red, orange you sweet, yes to yellow), the snacking peppers (lunchbox red, orange, yellow), Italian frying peppers such as Corno di Toro (Carmen and Escamillo) and Cornitos (Rosso and Giallo).
@ITURNWINEINTOWATER A friend came over and cooked all weekend a few months ago. I saved the green bell pepper seeds. I needed to read your comment. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your preferences.
Have you tried growing them in a greenhouse? I wonder if it would help to grow in fall instead. I am going to try a few different ways over the next few years and see if I can get some sort of decent yield. Growing in the south is a whole new experience for me.
Carmen pepper has given me 30-100 peppers per plant , and I leave them in full sun in the middle of florida. That's one to try , they are very sweet.
I have Aji Dulce and Arroz con Pollo (6 or 7 year old plant still producing) they are used as seasoning peppers. For stir fries I grow Carmen and Cubanelle , they grow very well in the summer heat and produce a lot.
That's a long time! Mine tend to succumb to pests are a few years but I don't baby them much.
@@TheUrbanHarvest it even survived our move from Maryland to Florida 😂
Good info, thank you
Great video. Thank you for pointing out about spraying aphids in a raised bed. Had to laugh, bird sounds at the 7 minute mark got quite a reaction from my cats. The rooster only sparked interest from 1. Looking forward to more of your videos. Stay safe and well here in FL
ha thats funny : ) glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing your video! Your garden is beautiful. I’m a gardener too and I’m researching all the things I can grow in containers. I’m happy it led me to find you. I’m so happy it did your channel has so much to offer! This is very helpful. Thanks for teaching me something new. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our channels! 💐🌸🌺🌻
Glad it was helpful! Absolutely : )
Sweet hot peppers. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
You bet
Good to know.. I'm a new subbie from Just north of Clearwater..
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for the tips. I agree, when I do get a pepper going, I only get a pepper or two. I just bought the Numex and hopefully can get it to grow. I'll have to wait until July to plant though.
they are slow to start, dont get discouraged. Just give it a bit of time and youll be amazed!
Thank you for your time. New Sub
Wonderful! Happy gardening.
I live in Gulf Shores, Alabama and your videos are so helpful!! I notice my plants just don’t react in the same way the package says they should
yes, they try to make it fit for everyone but unfortunately that's not very realistic. i have a seed club member in Alabama who has reported the same thing. glad to be able to help!
You should ge able to find growing schedules online for your region!
@@jichaelmorgan3796 I'm in the FL panhandle, with weather very similar to Gulf Shores, AL. It isn't the growing schedule. It's the extreme heat, humidity and often torrential downpours. And if you're growing in-ground vs raised beds or containers, it's the sandy soil. It's an entirely different ball-game than gardening elsewhere, and most problems have very little to do with the first or last frost date.
@@DC-rd6oq I'm in South Florida so I totally agree with you. Learning to grow anything in Florida is a different game but there are growing schedules for the south/Florida that do help and give a starting point. But yeah, expect to be tripped up for sure.
I'm not an advanced garderner by any means so I do my gardening from end of September until April as rain won't be a big problem during that time. The absolute most important thing I've learned is to keep pretty much everything out of direct sun, that is besides Florida or tropical natives anyway. My entire garden is next to our pool screen where probably about 50% of the sun is filtered out all day long, as this side of the screen is going from east to west and this time of year the Sun is slightly South, due to the tilt of the Earth, so IOW the sunlight is going through both the top and side of the screen before it hits my modest garden. I've had success growing even lettuce this way after I previously thought that I would bever succeed in my goal of a having home grown salads a few times a week during this time of year. :)
loved the video love the peppers have grown all kinds from regular to superhots
nice, i only do the hots on occasion. they grow super well though. these guys grow like they do but i can actually eat them 😅
@@TheUrbanHarvest we use the super hots blended down with many regular sweets and vinegar and different spices herbs to make hot sauce which is way more tolerable I cant eat them either lol loved the part on the sweet super hot looking peppers i will get some 4 sure
Thank you so much for your expertise. I have a small Organic Nursery in The Bahamas and I'm always looking for information to pass on to my clients. Will be checking out you course. Also, Aji Dulce us pronounced ( A hee dools a)😁🙏
Nice what island?
@@TheUrbanHarvest Nassau. Doing well with the NZ Spinach, Malabar, Amaranth, Aztec Spinach and Golden Purslane. People are opening up to eating what grows in this heat🌱
@@olgamunroe1408 Have you tried ethiopian kale (goes to seed quickly but will grow year round pretty much) or egyptian spinach? They love the heat!
@@TheUrbanHarvest Have heard of them but have not tried yet. Thank you, always looking for new things to offer so that my clients can eat homegrown and in season. Do you carry these particular seeds? Have you tried Orach? Seeding some today.
@@olgamunroe1408 I have ethiopian in stock but am out of egyptian right now. Ill have more available in the next month or so. Waiting for my seed pods to form off the plants out front now. I haven't had much luck with orach. Always succumbs to pests for me.
This is an awesome. Peppers are my favorite to grow and cook with. I will definitely try the three varieties you mentioned. I had a trouble season with whiteflies and low production. Thank you for the video.
White flies can still be a problem, with any of the nightshades. But these do exceptionally well and you shouldn't have any problems with low production!
Wow Among
My bell peppers are kickin butt!! I have at least four actively growing peppers on each plant.
Port Charlotte, FL
USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
nice! what variety?
@@TheUrbanHarvest Cal Wonder Bell & Quadrato D'Asti Giallo pepper 😁
@@barbaraperry2796 Just moved to Port Charlotte from Colorado. I have Giallo pepper seeds from Pine Tree Seeds. Excited about winter gardening. It froze in September last year where I lived in Colorado.
What variety of bell pepper are you growing, and what are some tips you can give....i live in Englewood
Just got an order from you. Do you know when you will have seeds for the peppers you speak of? They look like they are all sold out. I finally figured out how to grow peppers, but I have to constantly spray them with copper and also started using an insecticide (organic). It gets lots of holes on the leaves from I’m not sure what. I had good success though with the ones I planted last fall in pots and put them in green house in the freezing temps (ocala) and I have 5 or 6 plants that made it through. They are still producing and even planted some of them in the garden. The other ones I started from seed and planted at the end of Feb. are growing slowly and are experiencing the holes in the leaves I mentioned. It will be interesting to see how they do. Thankfullly my garden don’t get afternoon sun.
Thank you for your video! Do I do anything special after my plant stops producing for the season?
stay on top of regular fertilizer application. they are heavy feeders.
Yum
Just moved to Port Charlotte from Colorado. Turning the backyard into gardens. How about shade cloth mini hoop houses protect peppers from intense sunlight?
yes, they would thrive in that. just a lot of expense if you don't already have the set up so I didn't recommend it specifically.
@@TheUrbanHarvest OK. I brought all my Colorado gardening gear with me so I'll see how it goes using mini-hoop houses for sun and bug protection. I expect to get really hammered by bugs. Something destroyed a cucumber plant I brought from Colorado -- some kind of caterpiller judging from the damage.
Are there any peppers (sweet or hot) that will grow well in the GreenStalk containers on the patio?
Most peppers will do perfectly fine in the greenstalk. Take your pick!
I am interested in purchasing some pepper starts in about a month. Can I 'reserve' them? And how do I go about getting them from you? I live in Dunedin. Kelli
check out my website when you are ready to order. We don't do reserve ahead or anything. Orders are placed for the week you would like to pick it up. I live in St. Pete so you place the order online then pick up from my house sat or sun. www.theurbanharvest.com
Do you have a trick to keep down mosquitoes?
Nothing special. Dump or cover water as able. I don’t treat the water or anything.
What size pots do these pepper plants need? Thanks
3-7 gallon will do the trick
I can not find aros compoyo and the ahi duhi on your website nor anywhere else on the www has anyone tried the suave numex in pots in Fl need me some peppers stag flation is killing me
aji dulce and arroz con pollo should be available on the site. isnt easy at all!
Donde se puede comprar las hortalizas que produces ? 🫑🌶
The seeds are on my website. I dont sell the produce, just eat it!
Do you recommend more shade than sun in Florida
It depends on the season and the crop. Heres a video I did on light in Fl : th-cam.com/video/frIhTVsJAXE/w-d-xo.html
@@TheUrbanHarvest Thank you
Out of those 3, do you have a favorite? Or best producer?
id say probably suave.
Epsom Salt, with a M on the end, not an N.
: )