looking for pepper seedlings: habanero, poblano
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>INI've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any seed
>INfor either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help m
>INCloser to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
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Not really sure but I think I saw the habanero chiles at Woolworth's
Nursery in Sunnyvale. Give them a call and ask. <or the one on San
Antonio in Mtn. View>
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peto...@joe.eng.sun.com
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I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any seedlings
for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
Please send me a copy of your reply by e-mail (peto...@eng.sun.com). Thanks.
-Joe
Stan Goodman
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As luck would have it, distribution of your note was not limited to SF Bay
area. Read the manual of your newsreader.
Why would you want seedlings? Seeds are surely available where you are, and
sprout quickly.
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Brenda Turner
> (note: distribution limited to San Francisco Bay Area)
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> I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any seedlings
> for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
> Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
>
> Please send me a copy of your reply by e-mail (peto...@eng.sun.com). Thanks.
>
> -Joe
Post here, because I _do_ read this newsgroup! I'd love to get that info also.
Brenda
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Joe & Brenda:
I know you said "seedlings", but if you need a source of "seeds" you may
want to call Nichols Garden Nursery in Albany, Oregon. I've mail-ordered
many different types of chile seeds from these people, including those
wonderful habaneros. I'd be very suprised if they didn't also have poblanos.
They're also an excellent source for herb seeds -- I recall seeing umpteen
different types of basil in their catalog (genovese, opal, etc). These people
seem to be especially into the more unusual types of plants, be they herbs
or veges or flowers or whatever.
Their phone number is (503)928-9280. Their address is 1190 North Pacific
Highway, Albany, Oregon 97321-4598.
Hope this helps.
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Deborah Gronke Bennett
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In article <4n0lgu$7...@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, peto...@joe.Eng.Sun.COM () wrote:
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> I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any seedlings
> for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
> Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
Last night my husband bought a Habanero plant at Piazza's Grocery,
which is located at Middlefield and Charleston in Palo Alto.
I'm still looking for an Ancho plant too - no luck at Wegman's
in Redwood City or Woolworth's in Palo Alto.
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Joe Petolino
> I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any seedlings
> for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
> Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
Thanks to everyone who replied to my request. I've had numerous reports
of habanero sightings at hardware store nurseries, etc. I finally did locate
my seedlings by returning to the first place I tried, Common Ground Organic
Gardening Supply (2225 El Camino, at College in Palo Alto - 415-328-6752).
They got a new shipment from Upstarts Nursery a few days after my first
visit. I picked up some habanero and poblano plants, as well as a yellow aji
and a rocoto, last Saturday (5/11). They have a good selection of unusual
tomatoes and other vegetables, too.
Once again, apologies if this thread gets outside of the Bay Area. I specified
'Distribution: ba', but that doesn't always work - I've gotten one puzzled
reply from somewhere in Israel already.
-Joe
ernie limperis
I found habanero seedlings at Floorcraft nursery on Bay Shore in San
Francisco, and poblanos at Berkeley Horticultural Nursery in Berkeley.
You should call first, of course, since this was over a month ago.
I've also never had any success with sprouting peppers from seeds, but
all I've tried is seeds harvested from grocery-store chilis.
Harvey Lehtman
The selection at Common Ground on El Camino in Palo Alto changes
frequently these days, so its worth checking back with them.
Also, there's a woman who has a booth in the Mountain View Farmer's Market
on Sunday mornings who has seedlings for herbs, peppers, and heirloom
tomatoes at prices somewhat better than Common Ground (but not that
much.) I got my habenero and poblano seedlings from her. The selctions
are complementary and superior to the usual garden centers in the area.
The Mountain View Farmer's Market is in the parking lot off of Hope (the
block southeast of Castro) near Evelyn.
Regards,
Harvey
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> :>I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any
seedlings
> :>for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
> :>Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
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> :>Please send me a copy of your reply by e-mail (peto...@eng.sun.com).
Thanks.
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> :>-Joe
Paul Havemann
ernie limperis (er...@netcom.com) wrote:
: I found habanero seedlings at Floorcraft nursery on Bay Shore in San
This year was my first real attempt at growing peppers from seeds. I
ordered Ancho Poblano chile pepper seeds from Shepherd's Seeds
(http://www.shepherdseeds.com), which I recommend for having good
strong seed stock.
All six of the Ancho Poblano seeds germinated and are doing quite well.
FWIW, peppers do best when the soil temperature is between 75 and 80
degrees F. They like it moist, too; I sealed the peat pots into a
ziplock bag.
But part of my success, I'm sure, came from _not_ using "potting soil"
but what Gardener's Supply calls "germinating soil" -- I took a flier on
it, figuring it was worth a shot. I was astounded at the results from
_all_ of my seeds, including tomatoes, Arlesa zucchini, spaghetti
squash, and more.
Of course, now I have Big Beef tomatoes a meter tall -- and it's been
one of the coldest, wettest springs on record here in NJ -- we had
*frost* this week. Bah. Humbug. Fooey. Glad I held off on planting
my garden, though.
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June
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Paul Havemann <pa...@hshuna.hsh.com> wrote:
>ernie limperis (er...@netcom.com) wrote:
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>: I've also never had any success with sprouting peppers from seeds, but
>: all I've tried is seeds harvested from grocery-store chilis.
>
>This year was my first real attempt at growing peppers from seeds. I
Mine, as well. My Beloved (the fire-eater) saved the seeds from some
Savina peppers (hotter than habaneros) last fall, and dried them.
I planted them, as the above poster did, in germinating soul, in
one of those sprouting boxes, with a clear plastic cover that
encourages humidity.
Of the 32 sections of the box I planted (some containing 2-3 seeds,
some only 1), all but 7 sprouted, so I probably have somewhere near
35 young plants. I'm hoping I can separate some of the seedlings
growing together, but if not, we have at least 25 plants. I was
quite pleased with our success in this venture so far. Of course,
we have yet to get any peppers (the tallest of the babies is
1.5"), but we're going to try planting them in various situations,
to see what works best.
>degrees F. They like it moist, too; I sealed the peat pots into a
>ziplock bag.
I've been misting mine every other day, and "raining" on them daily
(tapping the plastic cover to make droplets fall).
>But part of my success, I'm sure, came from _not_ using "potting soil"
>but what Gardener's Supply calls "germinating soil" -- I took a flier on
Definitely worked for me.
TTFN,
June
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>ernie limperis (er...@netcom.com) wrote:
>: I found habanero seedlings at Floorcraft nursery on Bay Shore in San
>: Francisco, and poblanos at Berkeley Horticultural Nursery in
Berkeley.
>: You should call first, of course, since this was over a month ago.
>
>: I've also never had any success with sprouting peppers from seeds,
but
>: all I've tried is seeds harvested from grocery-store chilis.
>
You need to be aware that most of the pepper types we buy in the
grocery stores are in the green state- meaning unripe. If you buy
green peppers for example, they have been picked before they ripen to
the red color that they would normally reach. If you want to use the
grocery type produce, be sure that they are in their fully mature state
for that individual pepper so that the seeds are mature enough to
germinate.
SueK
Terry Jue
The Sunnyvale Home Depot had Habs in stock as of yesterday (5/18/96).
They're also available on Sundays at the Mountain View Farmers Market
along with a host of other gourmet varieties. If you can locate a
Navlets nearby, they tend to carry a fair number of the gourmet
varieties also. If you're in the Fremont vacinity, stop by the
Navlets there and ask for Bill. He's the resident expert on damn near
everything that grows, especially peppers.
By the time you read this, Common Ground should have some in stock.
-Terry
>In article <4n0lgu$7...@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, peto...@joe.Eng.Sun.COM () wrote:
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>> (note: distribution limited to San Francisco Bay Area)
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>> I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any seedlings
>> for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
>> Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
>>
>> Please send me a copy of your reply by e-mail (peto...@eng.sun.com). Thanks.
>>
>> -Joe
>
>Post here, because I _do_ read this newsgroup! I'd love to get that info also.
>
>Brenda
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George Wu
> > > (note: distribution limited to San Francisco Bay Area)
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> > > I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any
> seedlings
> > > for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
> > > Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
The new Andronico's supermarket in Los Altos has a bunch of
herbs and seedling out front that you might also want to check.
George
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TUR...@applelink.APPLE.COM (Brenda Turner) wrote:
> In article <4n0lgu$7...@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, peto...@joe.Eng.Sun.COM
() wrote:
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> > (note: distribution limited to San Francisco Bay Area)
> >
> > I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find any
seedlings
> > for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can anyone help me?
> > Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common Ground).
> >
> > Please send me a copy of your reply by e-mail (peto...@eng.sun.com).
>
> Post here, because I _do_ read this newsgroup! I'd love to get that info also.
>
> Brenda
I just picked up a habanero plant at Piazza's supermarket (Middlefield and
Charleston, in Palo Alto). I also picked up a couple of peppers from the
Woolworth garden center across the street. The little plastic stakes on these
read simply, "Mexican Chili," but one of the signs at the garden center
identified the variety as "ancho." So I'm guessing that these are poblanos.
If not, well, they only cost about 70 cents each and they'll probably
produce something edible ...
Joe Petolino
> I also picked up a couple of peppers from the
>Woolworth garden center across the street. The little plastic stakes on these
>read simply, "Mexican Chili," but one of the signs at the garden center
>identified the variety as "ancho."
Great. We really need a *fourth* name for this pepper: 'ancho' if it's dried,
'poblano' if it's fresh, 'pasilla' if it's in the produce bin of a California
supermarket, and now 'Mexican' if it's at Woolworth's.
-Joe
Romolo Raffo
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>> > > (note: distribution limited to San Francisco Bay Area)
>> > >
>> > > I've looked in a few nurseries, but I haven't been able to find
any
>> seedlings
>> > > for either habanero or poblano (a.k.a. ancho) chiles. Can
anyone help me?
>> > > Closer to Palo Alto is preferred (yes, I've tried Common
Ground).
>
That's odd, I got some Habanero seedlings from Common Ground about a
month ago. It seemed like they had a bunch of them.
Nicolo
David Doran
Payless Drug Store on San Antonio in Mountain View had them a
week ago.