Recent content by FinInGermany

Well a few days without water or grow lights, and I would say they are looking a good deal happier. Thanks for the advice, Downriver. The weather has finally brightened up too, so I can now start hardening my plants off 🤩.

Hi Downriver, thanks for replying. Given the weight of the pots, and the fact that my (admittedly not particularly expensive) hydrometer was showing "HH", I'm pretty sure the problem was overwatering. The idea of the heat mat was to hopefully draw some moisture from the bottom of the pot to...

Hi Folks, I transplanted my seedlings about 5 or 6 days ago, and although everything else is thriving, I seem to have managed to overwater my Azteco plants 🤔. At the moment I have them on a heating mat under grow lights since the weather is a bit too stormy for hardening off, but even after...

Hi Folks, I successfully (by the looks of things 😉) over wintered a few of last year's plants, some of which - photo with 4 plants - seem to have had the right idea once the weather started getting warmer. Others - see the individual pics - seem to be restricting their new growth to very close...

Tell the truth, I wouldn't really know what to look for, HC. If you'd care to have a glance at the attached photos and educate me a little, I'd really appreciate it.

Well now that the fruits have had a chance to ripen a bit more, my untrained eye is tending towards yellow scotch bonnet. Is there a consensus, or does someone more experienced have an alternative opinion?

I left the larger pod on the plant to see if there are any further colour changes, but I harvested the small one and tried it. I have never tried a yellow Scotch Bonnet before, but the heat level seems pretty similar to the red ones I had two years ago if memory serves. It was certainly hot...

Just got back from a short holiday, and the pepper in the original picture seems to have fully ripened to yellow now. What I hadn't noticed before, is that there are some pretty much "bonnet shaped" peppers growing on the same plant. Would that maybe suggest that it could be some kind of...

Thanks for the info, HF. I had just gone by what was on the packet, but after you posted I checked again. Think I'll just give up trying to figure it out until it turns fully ripe, but whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure it'll be hot enough for me :hell:.

As you say, there are several potential candidates, but I'm starting to think I must be doing too much overtime and am in dire need of a holiday. The first pod on my known Reaper plant has just started to ripen (photo below) and on seeing it I googled "do carolina reapers turn yellow?". Lo and...

After asking Aunty Google I was having similar thoughts. Suppose if a few pods ripen I'll have a better idea, but it would sure be a nice little bonus if it is 😁.

Hi folks, I have what looks like some kind of super hot here, but it's turning yellow. As far as I know, the only really dangerous peppers I have growing are Naga Morich and Carolina Reaper, which I don't really think this can be, although with me being far from an expert... 🤔

Yup, half of these were completely green when I picked them and have ripened in the saucer. Chucked a couple in an omelette yesterday and ended up eating half of my wife's part of it, as it wasn't quite as "mild" as I reckoned it would be 😁.

Cheers, guys. I decided to open one of the ripe pods and check before deciding my next course of action. As you can see, there weren't a great deal of seeds, but it wasn't completely neutered either. Just popped half of it in my mouth to check if it had anything to offer. Wasn't quite up to...

Wonder if I should maybe remove all the fruits as soon as they start to change colour and give the plant a chance to kick some more new ones out? It may well be too late, but could well be worthwhile as an experiment, since I'm not exactly going to be short of chilies to take me through the...