Hi all! I'm still planning my garden for this summer, basing it on the somewhat poor results from last summer. I'm in zone 7, but with the temperate climate we get about 1600 growing degree days. Like most folks around here, I set out pepper transplants in early June. Hardly any of my peppers ripened last year before the first frost in mid-November.

So I'm gonna do some soil-warming maneuvers and plant short season varieties a little earlier this year. I'm partial to chili/salsa peppers over hotsauce peppers, but I'm open to suggestions and experiences from temperate climates.

I want to try NuMex Espanola Improved; does anybody know if Peppergal's "Espanola" is the same pepper? The description seems to indicate that. Anyway, thanks for any help!