Hey, dan i just sent you an email to your direct email address i think something went wrong when you tryed to email me those 2 times because i didn't get any email from you.well my email that i sent you explains everything.I hope you are not mad and i still want the seeds as long as there not the marbles pepper seed now someone has been emailing me about them for the longest but i don't know who that person is could that be you??well have a blessed night and i look forward to hearing from you thanks:)

I do not plan to overwinter any plants. I'm in NH, the colder side of zone 5. I started seeds in three different batches based on days to maturity. I think almost everything had a chance to ripen except for Pasilla Bahio which although very productive, did not get beyond dark green except for one pepper that started to turn brown. I felt kind of bad to pull up plants, shake off dirt and then deliver them to compost bin. I was surprised at what a strong root system some had. All peppers were grown either outdoors or in a high tunnel with the sides rolled up. Despite having sides rolled up, the plastic roof creates temps around 100 F most sunny days and seems to be a great growing environment for peppers and tomatoes. Some of the peppers such as a round Torpepo rossi pepper did poorly outdoors but not too bad in the high tunnel. Last night temps were predicted to go to high 20s so high tunnel was closed up and the bulk of the peppers picked except for the middle bed which I covered with Agribon fabric and crossed my fingers. I did not dare plant peppers until the end of May since temps in the high tunnel get as cold as outside temps. I transplanted once to large Red Solo cups (with holes drilled in bottom) and watered with diluted fish fertilizer while plants were under lights. In May I started hardening off the plants. I have a garden cart that can be wheeled into the garage at night. Some plants blossomed and had started forming peppers before they got planted in the ground. I did not remove the baby peppers (sorry, broke the rules). I also water with fish emulsion when I transplant and again once a week for the next week or so. We usually get a light frost around 9/18 but didn't this year although plants outdoors got damaged by cold air/wind around that time and damage increased on some plants. Gold spike cayenne didn't seem to be bothered much but other plants such as the bells lost a lot of leaves. I grew less heat but still tasty versions of hot peppers from the mild category of one seed supplier. Sweet cayenne was extremely productive both inside and outdoors. Not much heat but I think it will make an interesting powder plus sliced and frozen for future casseroles. Santa Fe grande was named as a sub for Jalapeno but has thinner flesh. It was very productive. I got catalog crazies so ordered far too many varieties, started 3 seeds of each and despite poor germination on a few, had far too many plants in the spring. I gave away some. My biggest mistake was ordering peppers I have never tasted before. Although it's fun to have different varieties, I'm confused about how to use them. Dehydrating a lot!

I grow over 16 hot peppers all potted. I take a few indoors each winter. Recently bought a 57 x57 greenhouse and plan to put some there this winter. Not sure how they will fare, thinking to put solar heat in there. I have many Jamaican Chocolate Scotch Bonnet, yellow scotch bonnet, cayenne chilli (long and pointed) and a round cherry pepper that grows bottom up. I will exchange some chocolate scotch bonnet and other seeds for any hot pepper seeds I don't have.

Have you tried mulching them (with such as a wood mulch or bark mulch)? Peppers generally seem to like mulch (especially if they're in the ground). How much soil do they have? (I ask because some people put a layer of plastic under their raised beds to keep weed roots out.) Your bell peppers might need more room for their roots. What variety of bell pepper are your growing? Some are easier than others. How big were the plants at transplant time? Bigger plants (so long as they're healthy and vigorous) seem to have an advantage. If you grew from seed, you might not have started them soon enough. We've had more success with store-bought bell pepper plants (transplanted in the ground) than seed-grown ones, so far (whether in-ground or in containers, and the store-bought plants got sizeable fruits fast; they were probably California Wonder), and I think that's mainly because of their maturity. If I heated my 6'x5'x3' greenhouse, I might be able to start them sooner, but, yeah, I only have so much time without heating it (early in the season) before I need to transplant them. Anyway, the bell peppers I've liked the most from seed have probably been Big Bertha F1, White Cloud, and Keystone Resistant Giant (the latter didn't get a fair trial, but I liked how it was doing in a tiny container, transplanted late). White Cloud does not have large fruits, but it is a bell type. To date, I've grown most of my peppers (all from seed) in containers, without mulch (most kinds with good results, but some don't seem to thrive in containers). I've tried a few seed-grown ones in the ground without mulch in recent years, but they didn't do well (same for all kinds of unmulched seed-grown peppers in the ground, though). We did a few sweet peppers in the ground with mulch last year, and they thrived. We've done some in raised beds in the past (without mulch), with okay results, and before that, we usually just had them in the ground without mulch (with store-bought plants) with excellent results. We're doing a whole row of peppers (many kinds, hot and sweet) in the ground with mulch, this year, and they seem happy so far (happier than the container peppers). We're also growing peppers in containers (with mulch) this year. The only bell I'm growing this year is Keystone Giant (in the ground, with mulch, from seed); feel free to ask for an update later. I agree that Lipstick is a good alternative to bell peppers; I've grown it two or three times (in containers). You might also like Neapolitan (it can be prolific and early). Chervena Chushka is another good alternative (but it likes a good amount of soil, although it does well in big containers). Georgescu Chocolate isn't bad (small fruits, though). I know it's not even close to a bell pepper in shape, but for a good sweet pepper, you might also try Jimmy Nardello Italian (it's sugary sweet). I haven't tried Cubanelle, yet, but it sounds pretty great. Marconi peppers and Corno Di Toro Giallo seemed at least as difficult to grow as bell peppers for me, though (in large containers, without mulch).