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Mini Pepper and Cucumbers
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Posted by herbgardener (My Page) on Mon, Nov 23, 09 at 13:23
Thinking of growing mini peppers next year:
Sweet Cherry
Mini Chocolate Bell
Mini Red Bell
Doe Hill
Has anyone grown any of these and your comments would be appreciated. Are they prolific - read that Doe Hill is.
Thinking of also growing cucumbers:
Boothy' Blonde
Lemon
Chrystal Apple
Richmond Green Apple
Tondo Liscio
Carosello Mezzo Lungo
Anyone grown any of the above. Which are prolific and do they have alot of seeds. Which types not listed do you really like.
Also what about Agretti?
Thanks so much your comments are really appreciated
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RE: Mini Pepper and Cucumbers
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| I guess I don't understand why people would buy or why people raise the mini peppers. Nobody wants to buy small bell peppers at our markets, I know they wouldn't want to buy a basket full of them. If you can sell them, more power to you? What do your customers do with them? As far as the cucumbers go, I have grown the Lemon, Richmond and Crystal apple. The richmond was a green lemon and the crystal was a whitish lemon and the lemon is yellow. I found it was easy to sell the lemon, but not the other two. I found the lemon to be the most productive of the three. They all have the same amount of seeds, just smaller when the cucumber is small. I like the lemon the best. It grows best on the ground and not on a trellis, at least that is my findings. Jay |
RE: Mini Pepper and Cucumbers
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Hi Jay:
I am going to talk to my two customers tomorrow to see if they are interested in the mini peppers. I am hoping that they can stuff them and using for appetizers and also the chef does a muse bouche. So I am hoping he could incorporate them into that.
With regards to the cucumbers I was thinking of three or more around the same size but different colours so that they could use them on an veggie platter. The caterer was interested in them but was asking about seed size.
Thanks for the input.
Anybody tried Agretti?? |
RE: Mini Pepper and Cucumbers
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| I grew a mini bell mixture this year, pretty decent output. About the only use I can see for these is for stuffing, good for a caterer or chef, but I think at market you would have to appeal to the customers who like to cook and entertain. |
RE: Mini Pepper and Cucumbers
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Hi hg,
I grew mini orange bells (were supposed to be mini yellow bells). The plants were slow to bear but by August were bearing a plethora of cute little orange bell peppers about the size of key lime, some a bit smaller. They tasted sweet and citrusy but while my customers would pick them up and ogle them, few bought them. I had to tell them what to do with them. I'm thinking next year when I grow them, I'll can them as pickles. They are kind of neat stuffed with cream cheese or tuna or chicken salad and look great if your a party-thrower. I also grew sweet cherries and hot cherries. No interest around here (Kansas City area) in them but that could just be my area. I ended up canning some of the hot cherry peppers from a recipe I found on line and boy did they turn out great. Hot and spicy at first but the heat doesn't linger so they're not uncomfortable to eat at all. Everyone liked them and they have such a nice bright red color. Just my 2¢.
T |
RE: Mini Pepper and Cucumbers
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| I grow mini's a few years ago. My comments are about the same as the others. I would also add that I would call this type of vegetable a "table filler" meaning that you don't sell a lot but it fills a hole on your table. After a few years I started growing "table filler" vegetables that are cheaper to grow. i.e. they are direct seeded so they don't have any greenhouse transplant time added unto cost of production. An example of a "table filler" vegetable would include: swiss chard, russain kale, radiccho fennel. People ask what is this and what do I do with it. And while you are standing there doing your sales pitch, they will also buy the cukes toms broccoli etc. Get the idea of having the unique veggies at your stand? |
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