I love the really sweet mini bell peppers that I can purchase at the grocery store in a small carton. There is a combination of red, yellow, and orange, they are super sweet and about 1-2" long. I eat them like candy but would like to grow some next year. Anyone know what variety they are?
Sweet Mini Bell Peppers
You might want to try and save some seed from these???
I could give that a try but I am sure they are a hybrid of some kind and wouldn't produce true to type.
http://www.gourmetseed.com/product/PP98/Pepper-Seeds-Mini-Bells-Mix.html
This is what I use. People at the market love them. You get Yellow, Red, Brown & of course Green.
Bernie
Highly likely they are hybrids, but most modern hybrids don't dramatically seperate. There will some disparity in the F2's but probably not significant to anyone who is not a purist or a contract grower. Some varieties in this category include Dinky Bell, Inky Sweet Petite, Roo Sweet Petite, Cupid, BellaFina,... There are also a mix of Op varieties available which usiually just list as Mini-Bells.
Those look good but the ones I am looking for are about the size of a jalapeno and have that same elongated shape.
Ok. Those are not bells. There are quite a few sweet non- bells that fit that description. Sounds like the Yummy series.
There are many seed sources for mini bells, including:
Red Mini Bell Pepper from Baker Creek
Yum Yums Mini Bell from Gurneys
Bangles Blend from High Mowing
Cupid from Johnny’s
Mini Belle Mix from Thompson&Morgan or on Amazon
Sweet Golden Baby Belle from Burpee
Mini Belle Mix from Totally Tomatoes
Miniature Yellow Bell from SeedSavers Exchange
17 different varieties, many mini bells at Siegers Seed Co.
The peppers are not mini bells. That was what ncredbird called them but when the pods were discribed they were not bell peppers but a type of sweet non-bells.
I grew 'Lipstick' this year and they are GREAT! Try them.
Here is a picture of the few I have left as an example of what I would like to find.
Looks a lot like The Yum series. Usually touted as snack peppers, altho sometimes as mini bells.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/YUM-YUM-HYBRID-MIX/productinfo/9659/
http://www.totallytomato.com/dp.asp?pID=03240&c=11&p=Yummy+Orange+Pepper
Lipstick is my favorite variety, too. They have some pimento heritage - and amazing flavor when ripe. But only the one color, green turning red.
oh yeah i love those little things, and i actually did try growing them this year, the peppers did come out looking pretty much like what was in the bags. of course, like others have said here, the genetic stability probably wouldn't last if you kept saving multiple generations of seed
This message was edited Nov 19, 2015 11:27 PM