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Chile plants 2010

 
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This year's chile plant lineup:

Jalapeño Early
Super Chile Hybrid
Flame Fountain
Georgia Flame
Cobra
Ring of Fire
Bahamian
Poinsettia
PA 353 Red





I hope I have better luck this year than last. With 60+ days over 100ºF, the plants went dormant and didn't start producing fruit until late September. Then we had an early freeze, so though I got some green pods, I harvested very few ripe pods.

What are y'all other chile-heads growing (or planning to) this season?
 
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I've never grown any. What varieties would work best in the humid midatlantic climate?
 
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As long it's not too rainy (chiles like it on the dry side), I'd think any early or mid-season varieties would do OK there.

The descriptions at chileplants.com include this information for each variety.

All of mine this year are early/mid season -- a knee-jerk after last year's weirdly shortened growing season down here.

 
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I was aghast last year as I actually had to buy red chiles to augment my own meager yield in order to make my batch of traditional Red Pepper Jelly for the holidays.

I have a number of people depending upon me for their yearly fix.

I have plenty of green pods in my freezer awaiting my next batch of Green Chile Jelly.
 
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