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These are a few of my volunteer hybrids during the peak heat of our 121 day this week.  Only a few hours later they look healthy and great again.  Most wilted I've ever seen that still bounce back each evening.  

We have 2K tons of 1/8' minus pumice coming in overnight by rail for transfer and distribution via trucks.  During the transfer there is always waste from product falling from conveyors, rail car door issues etc.  The spillage just gets tossed into the dumpsters unless someone wants it. ...

I'm curious to read what everyone thinks could be an issue with this Serrano plant.  It looks like crap right now!   It's now 4 years old, in direct sunlight, watered twice a day on a drip system at its base for 10 minutes each time 12 hrs apart.  I fertilize it with 48-0-0 each February and it...

My Hybrids, that I also grew last year under my Sweet Acacia tree are coming up all over the yard due to birds spreading the seeds.  Very prolific plants for sure.   A few weeks ago I sprayed a pre-emergent down once enough wild flowers were above ground in order to eliminate the constant...

The birds have scattered many of my cross seeds and with our abundant rains this winter I have hundreds of these guys sprouting all over the yard.  Neighbors do also but they just see them as weeds.I'm considering nurturing them and see what happens when things heat up around here.  I could have...

No change in water or nutes, still constant warm weather (98F tomorrow) yet my hybrid is giving up the ghost.  Dunno why but its failing fast.  Cannot pick the vast amount of peppers as fast as they are ripening so letting them go to compost.  It topped out at 14' 4".  Already planted some new...

Hornworms on my pepper trees is one thing but they do little damage since the plants are so large and healthy, but found one this morning just starting in on a brand new cutting and took out some frustrations on him.  Sorry about the blurry video but was in a hurry to not let him eat much.   5...

And it turns out I really hate it when I have to get the ladder out to remove them.   Last night I noticed one of my purple potatoes completely stripped of leaves and found the culprit on the next potato starting over.  Tonight I went out with the blacklight and found dozens of them on my...

I've read most everything on this forum and all over the web.  My results have mostly sucked the hind tit though.  I'm currently trying yet another method of rooting in dirt with controlled humidity and full sun.   What I believe to be the major problem here is the lack of air flow in order to...

This hybrid just keeps going up and up no matter what I do.  I've topped it 4 times now and it just bushes out but still reaching for the stars.  Its also amazingly dense with thousands of new blooms on it.  I gave up trying to pick all the pods it carries so there's about an inch of them...

One of my hybrids went into the ground last October and it's just incredible the growth and production.  The recent "too late to top" post caused this post without hijacking his.  I'm topping and pruning this plant every other week and use a step ladder or climb onto the roof to do so.  I gave...

They look awesome, kind of afraid to taste one.   Most of the hybrids have turned out looking more like a miniature jalapeno that ripens vertically.  This single plant grows these tiny pods resembling the reaper yet very small.  Largest pod is 5/8".  Going to keep at this strain I think.  

Last fall to combat my Aphid problem I found and used the product Essentria IC3 with great results.  One application and all Aphids turned black and died.  The past few weeks I've tried it again for another minor infestation on my 8' tall peppers and found these little white hard things where...

I'd like to offer my current hybrid wild Chiltepin / Reaper cross in its F3 condition as an interesting candidate.  The plant seen here is now 6 1/2 months old and 8' 4" tall.  The short one beside it was topped several times.  Very prolific and currently setting thousands of pods that start...

My entire grow this year has been continuesly crossing Reapers with Arizona Chiltepins I harvested in remote wild locations.  I opened each pod and germinated all the seeds from each in the same solo cup and let them grow out.  Most did, some died off.  Now that it has cooled off into the low...

I have 12 very vigorous F3 crosses yet to produce any fruit this summer because of the heat causing blossom drop.  All were started late this spring and most are now 5' tall and very bushy, one is now bushing out but still slim and over 7' tall.  As its been cooling down to closer to 100 f and...

Garden went from a nice mild low 90's and 28% humidity to 135 (in the sun where the plants are) and 12% humidity in only a couple of days.  Summer is finally here and it came late and instant.  Cucumbers and melons as well as all tomatoes are tits up.  Strawberries and peppers are hanging in...

My F2's are getting ready to flower again and I'm in need of reaper pollen since my Reapers are almost tits up.  Will trade seeds or ? for pollen. :confused:

Our up and down warming this year couple by a few floods of the garden killed many plants including I thought all 4 reapers.  I left the sticks standing and now they all show this kind of rebirth.  Going to leave them in and see just what happens now that our temps are triple digits daily.  

This year has been up and down with various critter attacks and the last few weeks I've seen an amazing increase in white flies.  Its a cloud you can't breath through when plants get disturbed.  Melon leaves as well as others have looked fine until I looked under them while picking cucumbers...