PEPPERS! & EGGPLANT!

Peppers thrive in warm weather and require a long growing season - always best to plant these as early as your weather allows! Give all your peppers at least 2 square feet of space, they require lots of nutrients and lots of water. Peppers like consistent soil moisture as dry conditions will result in blossom end rot. If you find the blossoms falling off check your weather as high temps during the day and night will cause them to abort their blossoms, as well as low phosphorous.

Some peppers, like Shishitos in particular, will benefit from a tomato cage or some basic support system. This is because they can have weak branches that snap off easily, either during harvest, rainstorms, windy days, or under the weight of their prolific fruit.

Many hot peppers will take longer than expected to mature fully, expect most of your specialty peppers to mature around the month of September.

SHISHITO

A savory frying pepper - with just a few spicy ones to find as you eat them! This is the Kitazawa variety, a true korean type bred for flavor not for size or earliness.

Pick when green and glossy, but you may also let them ripen to red for a spicy and sweet experience! Grow best with a support system.

Days to maturity: 60-65 days

BANANA

This variety, Goddess, is a sweet banana pepper bred for pickling and fresh eating. Let ripen to red for a sweeter flavor profile. Fruits are large, 8-9”, and thick walled.

Days to maturity: 63 yellow, 83 red

JIMMY NARDELLO

The classic Italian frying pepper. Very sweet, very prolific, and truly delicious. Brought to the USA by Italian immigrants in 1887 it has been grown and loved since!

A Slow Food Ark Of Taste variety.

Days to maturity: 65 green, 80 red

RED BELL

A red bell pepper for the Northeast! This variety, Ace, grows medium to large red bell peppers within the confines of our short and temperamental season.

All bell peppers require a little extra fertility and a little extra water to ensure proper fruit set and ripening.

Days to maturity: 50 green, 70 red

JALAPEÑO

This variety (El Jefe) is an early producer of beautiful deep green medium sized fruits. You can allow them to crack or ‘check’ for extra flavor ahead of ripening.

Red jalapeños come late in the season and make lend themselves well to pickling and fresh eating.

Days to maturity: 67 green, 90 red

THAI CHILI (Red)

This Thai chili, variety super chili from Osborne seeds, bears its fruit on an upright plant fro easy harvest. Fiery hot and versatile; use both green and red in many applications.

Days to maturity: 75 green, 95 red

POBLANO

Large, 3”x5” dark green peppers. Excellent for their signature dish, Chiles Rellenos.

This pepper is slow growing so give it plenty of water and fertility, and don’t despair! You will have fruit in September.

Days to maturity: 65 green, 85 red.

ITALIAN BLACK BELL

A beautiful and glossy Italian type black eggplant.

This easy to grow variety will produce all season long and does well when watered frequently and thoroughly.

Almost spineless, but not quite - so we do recommend clippers for an easier harvest.

Days to maturity: 65

CAYENNE

An easy to grow and easy to dry cayenne pepper! Thin skinned peppers mean quicker drying times but it’s also absolutely scrumptious eaten fresh. Throw it into any dish that needs a little spice!

This variety, Red Ember packs some heat while maintaining a sweet flesh.

Days to maturity: 55 green, 75 red

HABAÑERO

Orange habanero on a medium-large plant. Bred for the shorter Northeast growing season, will produce nicely sized fruits and yields. VERY HOT!

Days to maturity: 67 green, 87 orange

LUNCHBOX MIX

Sweet little snacking peppers! These mini peppers are fruity sweet and excellent raw.

This is a long season sweet pepper, so its is advisable to plant as early as you can.

These plants are not sold by color, think of it as a pepper roulette!

Days to maturity: 65 green, 85 ripe

FAIRY TALE

Everyone’s favorite mini eggplant. This is a small, 3-4”, white and violet eggplant that has very thin skin, nonexistent seeds, and a sweet flesh.

Quick to grow and produce fruit, the small plant is great for patio gardening or an overcrowded garden.