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In a greenhouse? If they have any Russian sweet paprika types or Romanian Kristi that's what I'd choose for a greenhouse or for cloches; they want a little more heat than the Wetside can give unassisted, but are the absolute best flavored red salad peppers ever. I haven't planted regular old bells in a long time, they're almost always so cheap in September that they're not worth the space (the pepper cart at Oly Farmer's Market had them 2/$1 three weekends in a row, for organics, green and red both) and there are so many other peppers to plant that it's harder to find at retail places. I have my theories about peppers, which may well differ from others, but I prefer always to give garden space to stuff that's hard to find/really expensive/better fresh-picked and not mess with what's cheap and easy in season and mindlessly easy to freeze.
I agree, that is how I feel about corn.
here, late in summer, corn gets to be 4 for $1 at the u-pick place.
I use some for making the Texas caviar salsa that I can.
But every year I DO allow myself 1 or 2 "oddities" just to keep my inner child-gadener happy, and this year it is going to be a variety of sweet peppers and the Siberian Banana Melons, and maybe 1 more.
What is really exciting (to me) is the vast collections of heirloom vegetables brought here to the USA every year from all over the globe...melons & cucs from Russia and Timbuktu!
Chinese & asian vegires...that stuff fascinates me.
Sometimes the pack of seed (usually $3) is a waste of money what with our climes, but sometimes it works!
I really want a large melon that will work here, and Siberian Banana looks good.
I also have heat tape IN the soil IN the 10 foot long boxes (18" wide) in my green house, there is 3 of the 10 foot long boxes.
Each is 2' deep, 18" wide, 10 ft long..so heat tape buried about 10" deep keeps the soil very warm & helps warm the entire green house.
http://rareseeds.com/banana-melon-1-oz.html ...................ooh, this is $8 an oz but there is a small packet as well.
Great web site!
Excellent catalog!!
So, occupies the mind all winter!!!