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I've been informed that additions to my pepper collection for 2019 are going to be limited to 5 new choices. As such, I've been trolling through various seed catalogs to try and find the best choices for my growing situation and culinary preference.  Those are as follows:   Growing Environment...

As the topic asks, is culling really necessary? My reason for asking is two-fold.   One, I started multiple seeds (6-8) in each starter cell as a hedge against old seed stock with the thought that this would improve my germination rates (it sort of worked).  The youngest of my seed stock was at...

Hello again after a few years away!   I haven't grown peppers since late 2015 but made a decision a few weeks ago to dip my toe in to the pepper trade once again.  Between now and then I lost the use of my garden due to an overzealous exterminator deciding to dump the remainder (20 gallons) of...

These varieties are not all that uncommon but I've got so many seeds saved from recent harvests it seems a shame not to share.   7 Pot "Brain Strain" Yellow 7 Pot Jonah Naga Morich Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Brazilian Starfish   The Brain Strains I've been growing have been massive pods, I'm not...

Superhots, it's why you got in to chile growing, right?   It starts with a few jalapenos and perhaps a habanero, but then you discover that there are peppers out there orders of magnitude hotter than these and you feel compelled to grow them and try them.  I mean, you aren't really a chile...

I'll just state up front that I know fluorescent fixtures are not the best choice for indoor pepper starting/growing and that there are better options out there.   Having moved past that; my current situation finds me with eight fluorescent 4' tube dual-tube shop fixtures of the T8 variety.  ...

I've started from seed for a few years now but this is the first year I'm having this issue.   Most of my seedlings, but particularly the C. annums have upturned and curling true leaves and some yellowing around the edges.   My potting soil is a mix of Lambert organic Canadian peat moss, coarse...

Prologue   "Our hero, battered from the trials and frustrations of the 2014 season had originally determine that there would not be a sequel to his story.  2014 was a terrible year, between the torrential and unending rains of March-May, the unrelenting whiteflies, the brown spot, and the zombie...

  Was labeled as a Douglah (and I did grow 2 plants that produced phenotype true last year) but this one has pods ripening directly to orange from green.   Possible contenders from my grow list last year, as this was an overwinter:   7 Pod Brain Strain Yellow 7 Pod Jonah 7 Pod Primo Naga Morich...

I have the following surplus seedlings this year, available for free to Central Florida area members to pickup.   Red Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Chili) x 11 Devil's Tongue Red x 2 7 Pod Primo x 3 7 Pod Jonah x 4 Naga Morich x 6 Naga Viper x1 Barackpore 7 Pod x 1 7 Pod Yellow x1 Datil x1 Golden Cayenne...

This is my first year growing Douglahs and I've had a fair bit of success.   This morning I went out and found that almost every pod on the two producing plants have shifted over to a light brown/burgundy shade.  The most advanced pod is a deeper brown colour, but still has some hints of...

I would like to obtain seeds for the following:    Lemon Crown   I haven't been able to find many references to it for purchase of seeds, but there was a video review of the variety done:   Lemon Crown Review   It is stated to be a cross between a Bishop's Crown and a Lemon Drop.

I went out to check my plants this evening and found this:       I haven't seen any ladybug larvae on my plants, but then again I haven't been looking.  These little guys seemed to want to stick together when I poked at them.  I did pull one off and it yielded fairly easily to its doom.   Any...

I posted this in my glog but there haven't been any guesses so far.     This is one of the plants that I overwintered and somewhere along the line the label went missing.  Last year I had obtained seeds for "Trinidad Moruga Scorpions" from 3 different vendors, at least one of which turned out...

After a bit of a hiatus... I'M BACK BABY!   Towards the end of last season I drifted off THP due to having had such a poor season and my ever-increasing race schedule on the weekends.  My plants just didn't produce very well last year.  There wasn't a single reason; the combination of too much...

I purchased the seeds for this plant as "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion" and it has grown into a very healthy plant about 1m tall and about 0.7m wide.  It has a number of blooms and small pods on it, with this one being the most mature.   Does this look like a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion?    

This year I will have enough chili production that it will easily outstrip my own personal use and typical friends & family giveaways.  One of the things I've considered doing was taking my excess harvest to a local farmers market and trying to negotiate a trade value "here are my peppers, how...

I posted this question in my Glog but this is probably a wider audience.   I think I've had my first d'oh moment of the season.  My second round seed plantings have been on the back porch in the germination trays now for about 10 days.  Over the past week it's gotten progressively hotter.  I...

Welcome to my first Glog for THP!  I did get a rather uneven and late start for growing this year but thankfully the season can run quite long in Florida so I still expect to have a good harvest.   Unlike last year, my grow has been done in fits and starts due to other competing activities for...

I did a search and could not find anything specific to my scenario, so I though I would pose an open question:   What solutions have any members come up with to address over-exposure to intense sunlight for their chili growing area?  Last year I grew bhut jolokias in a few different locations...