2022 Plant Sale Highlight: Peppers!

Join us for our first fund-raising Plant Sale Pick-up.  Details for pre-ordering are listed below and pick-up is on May 21.  More information is on our plant sale page.

NOTE:  Sold out - all tomato varieties, King of the North peppers,  Pollinator Collection, Herb Collection

Select from six varieties of our best-selling peppers from past sales that will dazzle even the pepper connoisseurs out there! We try to have something for everyone including heirloom peppers, award winning peppers, the works!

The peppers we offer are especially suited to our shorter cooler growing season up here in the north country!  Below I have organized our offerings by "Days to Maturity" but keep in mind that many factors can impact when you will actually get fruit. Our pepper plants will give you a head start of about 15 to 30 days depending on the conditions including proper hardening off (to prevent the plants from going into shock--watch for a future post on hardening off your seedlings), soil temp at the time of planting, nighttime temps, day time temps, sun, wind and moisture conditions, and pest interference.

​Some of these peppers are the traditional bell shape while others are conical.

• 65 days New Ace. Nearly every flower will produce a fruit on this bell shaped pepper plant. Fruit is medium sized and can be eaten green or ripened to red. Well adapted to a cooler climate where other bell peppers may not produce as well. F1 Hybrid.
• 65-70 days Ruby King (Heirloom). Bell pepper (1902!) bears heavy crops of sweet fruit. Open pollinated, which means great for seed saving!
• 68-70 days King of the North.  (Sold out) This tall plant will produce 4-6 inch long sweet bell shaped peppers great for stuffing and eating fresh, green to red. Great cool, short season producer. Open pollinated!!
• 70 days Giant Marconi, (2001 AAS Winner) a great producer with huge 8 inch by 3 inch fruit, this F1 hybrid has a sweet smoky flavor eaten green to red.
• 75-80 days Wisconsin Lakes, developed at the University of Wisconsin for northern climate, this medium sized thick walled bell shaped pepper is a good producer with thick, juicy, sweet walls eaten green to red. Open pollinated.

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We offer one hot pepper:

• 60-65 days Early Jalapeno. Ideal for Mexican dishes. Deep green, sausage-shaped, 3 1/2" x 1 1/2" fruits mature to red and are great for pickling, too. Just like Jalapeno, but earlier and better adapted to cool, coastal conditions. Compact, non-brittle bushes.

For more information on growing tomatoes and peppers in Wisconsin, check out:
https://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/a3687.pdf

Please note:  This year’s plant sale will have a “twist” from prior years, as we are requesting pre-orders from February through May 1 or until supplies are sold out. There will be a new pickup location at the City of Spooner Front Street Public Parking Lot (north of the Canoe Heritage Museum) on May 21. The sale is pre-order only with pick-up on Saturday May 21st, 2022, from 8:00 am - Noon. The pre-order form is available on our website at www.northcountrymgv.org/plantsale and at the Spooner Memorial Library, Shell Lake Public Library, Larsen Family Library in Webster, the Sherman Weiss Library in Hayward and the Washburn County Tourism office.
 
Article submitted by Roseann Meixelsperger MGV