I have some very tasty 2nd gen OP Mariachis for trade if you're still looking. Also, the Carmen sweet pepper, and some medium cherry peppers (pimentos?) i'd happily trade. I'm looking for some chocolate habs, the black hungarians (one of my Faves, but hard to find around here) and i'd be happy to have a few TAMs if you're willing to trade them too. Feel free to email me via GW and we can set up contact info/exchange. Thanks, Mike

Thanks Rick awesome! I guess I'll have to seed them with the tomatoes, not a problem! I just bought ten 15 gallon grow bags, one 20 gallon, and one 30 gallon (yikes!) I never used them before. I grow in raised beds, and pots, but I running out of room, and money, so the cheaper grow bags fit the bill. Rick send address if you want the seeds, or I'll get it off the package. And Gertrude, if you want 5 seeds of Leutschauer pepper, just email me your address. I don't want anything in return. I will be out of seeds after that though, so sorry no more trades.. i need to keep 5 for myself for backup. Leutschauer pepper seems to be a favorite for paprika.

Hi Jim! I sure don't have an answer on the Alma's not gaining any size. It's August 2nd, and I only have a few green tomatoes about the size of a nickel! Didn't do anything different than previous years, and normally I'm eating fresh, ripe tomatoes by now. Go figure ... To post pictures, I opened a Photobucket account. Uploaded pictures from my computer, than copied and pasted the HTML code (third choice down under your picture on Photobucket website) into the text of my post. Hope this helps! Lostyooper, I do exactly as you described - remove stem, cut open, remove seeds, then cut into strips to speed up the drying if the pepper has a thick flesh. If it's thin walled, cutting them in half should be fine. If you don't have a dehydrator, you can hang them somewhere dry, and out of direct sunlight. Once the peppers are dry, cut the stem off, slice open and remove the seeds. Then, just put in a coffee grinder to turn into paprika powder. I just used up the last of mine from last year, so I am anxious for mine to ripen! BTW, still waiting on the mystery peppers to ripen, so I can taste them. Bonnie

Kevin, you could very well be right. I haven't grown R-Naky for some time. I have it flagged in my inventory file as a paprika variety based on the vendor (NMSU CPI) description... "a nonpungent paprika type cultivar". seysonn, can't speak for others but I've been happy with Alma production when I've grow it. Maybe I got lucky ;-) northeast_chileman, I'm not familiar with Paradicsom Alaku but your photo reminded me of the Botinecka Zuta. I have it described as "heirloom from the Balkans, a Hungarian cheese-type. Medium-late heavy producer of yellow fruit, upward-pointing. Round-flattened shape, very sweet, perfect for stuffing, or ripen to a glorious red/orange and dry for paprika". Tom, I'll toss in a few Botinecka Zuta seeds if you're game to give them a shot. I've only used them as small stuffers. Bill This post was edited by ottawapepper on Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 17:13