We are still learning, last year most plants froze before we got to taste their fruits. We are doing a tomato and pepper trial for our area this season.
Here is what I have planted so far:
Seeds 03/10/24
Peppers:
6 cells each
Calabrese
Mini Bell Mix
Ashe County Pimento
Big Jim Hot
Jimmy Nardello
California Wonder
Santaka
King of the North Improved
Datil
Lemon Spice Jalapeño
Poblano
Etiuda
Blot
Orange Pepperocino
Ciliegia
Tomatoes:
10 seeds each, large cell:
Anna Russian
Stump of the World
Galina’s Yellow Cherry
Black Cherry
Azoychka
Opalka
Eva purple Ball
Kellogg’s Breakfast
Malina
New Big Dwarf
Glacier
8 seeds each, small cell:
Cherokee Purple
Big Rainbow
Brads Atomic Grape
Super Sweet 100’s
Planted 3/15/24:
Large cell (10 seeds)
Bonnie Best Tomato
Small cell (16 seeds)
Spoon Tomatoes
Principe Borghese
Yellow Pear Tomato
San Marzano tomato
Black Strawberry tomato
Richmond Green Apple Cucumber
Beit Alpha Cucumber
Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherries
I will report back later, and the goal is to find which varieties do best for our PNW short season and hope those varieties are delicious as well.