Sweet Ramiro Peppers

Hi All,

I have just hit the hungry gap and had to buy veg today.  I bought 2 sweet ramiro peppers (1 Euro each - extortion!!), but they were really lovely.  I have kept the seed out of the middle, does anyone know if they have any hope of germinating and if so will they come true?  If not does anyone know if any of the seed companies are selling seeds for this variety.

They may be listed in seed catalogues as OX horn types of peppers.
Most of the big seed companies do similar kinds

They're a commercial variety and there are numerous permutations of the actual Ramiro variety. Most growers will say they're growing a 'Ramiro-type' which just means the large sweet pointed ones. We grow one called Rubiero but you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference between that and a Ramiro unless you were a pepper geek!

The sweet-pointed varieties you can by for the amateur market will probably give better results as they have been bred for gardeners, whereas your commercial varieties have been bred to be pampered at a constant 20 degrees C, well fed and grow in a CO2 enriched environment.

Free seeds though so why not give it a bash and let us know how you get on!

Thanks for all the responses - they are from Spain so it is probably too cold for them here in Ireland but i will give them a go in the Polytunnel anyway and see how I get on.

Just to be on the safe side I will get some seeds for sweet pointy peppers.