Long, long time lurker, first time poster. Registered in 2007 but haven't posted until now. I feel like I know a lot of you on these boards, but I know the same can't be said about me; I know, a little creepy. :P With that said, onto my question.

I have acquired a fairly large amount of seeds which I had intended to grow in my raised bed square foot garden this summer (with a Mel's Mix-ish type medium), but I'm starting to worry that I might be too late already. My list of peppers is as follows:

Ring of Fire

Yellow Cayenne

Super Datil

Scotch Bonnet Trinidad Red

Aji Russian Yellow

Aji Pineapple

Golden Cayenne

Datil

Fish Pepper

Lemon Drop

Joe's Long Cayenne

Thai Red Hot

Trinidad Doglah

Wirri Wirri

Bhut Jolokia Brown

Assam Bhut Jolokia Indian

Fatalii

Habanero Red Savina

7 Pod Large Yellow

Trinidad Yellow 7 Pod Original

Dorset Naga

Bih Jolokia

Limon

Bombay Morich

Aji Lemon Peru Yellow

CPI Bhut Jolokia

Naga Morich

Naga Jolokia

Orange Habanero

Caribbean Red Habanero

Lombardo

'Jalastar' Jalapeno

Cayenne Long Slim

Hungarian Hot Wax

I live in what I think would be the equivalent of a U.S. Zone 5. With extreme luck, 90 days of summer can be had, but more often than not, it is less than that. Highs can be in the high 80s with fairly high humidity, although 75-80 is more common. I know these super-hots require a long summer, so I'm starting to think I might be out of luck already as most of my chilies are still in their packets. I did start my habaneros, cayenne, Hungarian and jalapenos January 17th. I have 6 more mystery peppers (as in they lost their markers) just about sprouting, and 32 habaneros from store bought fruit I am trying to grow just for the heck of it. Habanero seeds are about $1.50-2.00 a piece here, so it's worth the effort to see if I can get the seeds from $1 worth of fruit to grow.

I'm not one to give up, so I'm looking at alternatives. In order for me to get any fruit from these beauties, would I be better off growing them in containers and bringing them back indoors when it starts getting cold outside? I don't have a greenhouse, but I do have a fairly decent indoor seed starting and seedling growing system. My germination rate all across the board is in the high 90%, so I think I have that part down right.

I know some of you plant your chilies in the ground and then dig them up and put them back in pots for the winter. I think I already know the answer to my initial question in that I won't be able to get fruit if I leave them in the ground, so I guess what my question now is, would I be better off leaving them in pots? My weakness is transplanting. I can get anything to germinate and grow, but as soon as I re-pot, things tend to go down hill which is why I am hesitant to put them in the ground to begin with. Then again, I don't know that I have enough space for 34 mature pepper plants indoors. :S

I apologize for the novel. I guess this is my attempt at introducing myself and becoming a contributing member of these boards.

Thanks in advance!

/ Per