So what are Fiesta Peppers?
Fiesta Peppers is actually a collection of
A lot of but pepper varieties that you can get in a single seed packet
So as you can see here we've sown all these pepper seeds
In a Whiskey Barrel container
And while planting them you know you don't know what pepper type
Its gonna produce
But we will soon find the details out
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So after about a week of planting the plants have really taken off
As you can see they're growing pretty well
In one whisky barrel container
I am growing six of these papers
Now you might think that would be a little crowded
But spacing out peppers actually just helps you ease the harvest
It makes no difference whatsoever to the plant growing
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So after one month later you can see that the pepper plants
Have started growing pretty well
There is one plant that is standing tall
You'll soon find out what that the variety that is
And the potting mix that I have used to grow these peppers is actually one of the
most economical potting mixes
There's a flower right there which is soon gonna I produce peppers
Coming back to the potting mix the one that I used is
A potting mix by Miracle Gro
Miracle Gro has both synthetic as well as organic potting mixes
So you can use the one that you like
It's actually of very high quality the ingredients are top notch
And you'll be very happy with the results as well
Now if you're concerned about what kind of potting mix to use or you don't
like Miracle Gro potting mixes
Or for any other reason you can always create your own potting mix
By mixing up peat moss, vermiculite, perlite and compost
And as you can see here the pepper plant has already started producing
The first one to be produced is actually the cayenne pepper
And you can see lot of small cayenne peppers being produced right now
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So the first peppers that we are harvesting
are the cayenne peppers
And as you can see you at this plant has produced a lot of
cayenne peppers
Now I found that the look of this cayenne pepper
was a little different
Its a less shriveled variety of pepper
And the heat was also a little less
So it is a type of Cayenne but it's definitely not a super hot Cayenne
The best thing I like about growing Fiesta peppers is that
You never know what kind of pepper the plan will produce
The seed packet is usually a mix of cayenne pepper, bell pepper,
chocolate bell pepper, green peppers, yellow peppers
it's really an interesting mix of peppers that you grow
And I'm sure that most of you eat a lot of types of peppers
Some of us don't like super hot peppers
So it's a good thing that the Fiesta Peppers are not that spicy
So it's a fun way to grow pepper plants in your garden
And especially if you have one whiskey barrel
You can see that we're growing about 5 pepper plants which is quite a lot of peppers
So as you can see now the cayenne pepper plant is
Fully loaded with peppers
There are a lot of peppers on this plant
And it's gonna take me some time to harvest some of these
Really good-looking peppers very health
Look at the paper plant itself
it's very healthy the papers are good
That's what you should aim for
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So the other pepper variety that's growing
Amongst the Fiesta peppers is the green bell pepper
The green bell pepper is actually one of the most common bell peppers
That you would use
And you can use it in a variety of dishes
Salads, stir-fries you name it you can use it
And as you can see the plant is actually loaded
with these bell peppers
And they're pretty good sized peppers
And remember that for this season I didn't really add a lot of fertilizer to
these pepper plants
I just used a good quality potting mix
And I did bathe these plants with Epsom salt once in about a month or two
And this has resulted in great-looking peppers
That are healthy, very productive
And for a whiskey barrel of this size I would say that its quite a
productive season for peppers
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So as you can see we have harvested a lot of healthy green bell peppers that the
pretty good sized and they are very disease free and there's no insect
damage on these plants
Pretty much what you should aim for when you're growing peppers
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And for growing peppers I've already explained the tips
What kind of fertilizing schedule to use
What kind of supports to use in my other video for
growing peppers
Which you can see on your screen right now
You can click that link to see the original video
And here you can see lovely peppers being harvested
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So we will now be harvesting some yellow bell peppers
As you can see the Peppers are still green
So at this stage you wouldn't really know
Whether its a yellow bell pepper a green bell pepper
Because all papers turn green
When they start out
And then when they eventually ripen
They change their color and turn into
Either yellow or red, orange, even chocolate color depending on the pepper variety
So you just have to wait patiently for the peppers to ripen
And when it does ripen you can see that it will have a
Tinge of the color the pepper is
So these are yellow bell peppers
They started our green an they turned yellow
And they still have that green tinge on them
Which will eventually go away as they ripen completely and turn yellow
So we will now be harvesting these yellow bell peppers
Remember that if you have a little bit of a green tinge on them
That's perfectly fine
They will eventually turn completely yellow at room temperatures inside
The same goes for red bell peppers as well
Once you harvest the papers just leave them at room temperatures
And they will attain their color they're supposed to
But just make sure they ripen a little bit on the vine before you harvest them
And those are really great looking bell peppers
Yellow bell peppers taste amazingly different
And very nice you should grow a lot of pepper varieties to experience the
flavors of all varieties of papers
So at the end of the season after harvesting all the peppers
I trimmed down all these plants so that they start growing again
And peppers a perennial so they will keep growing
I might be able to get a few more harvests out of these pepper plants
So I hope you like this video
I'll see you again soon
Happy Gardening!