I haven't had a garden for a few years and decided to start growing some peppers on my roof in Chicago. I originally planned to have 4 plants, and Dru (SmokenFire) offered to give me a few plants, as we're in the same city. I met with Dru and not only did he have four healthy plants for me, but also several bottles of his delicious hot sauce, some seeds, powders and even a CD. Great guy.
I decided to go a bit bigger on the garden and went to a local nursery and picked up some more plants. To add to that, I found a seller on Craigslist who had ghost pepper, trinidad moruga scorpion and ed's carolina reaper seedlings for sale. I got to his house and he showed me a 3 year old ghost pepper plant that he kept in a greenhouse. Yes, I'll take that too. I grew ghost peppers 2 years ago and by the time frost hit I only had one ripe pod. I'm hoping this head start will change all that.
I now have 14 plants going. All are in 7 gallon smart pots aside from the 3 yr old ghost, which I decided not to re-pot.
June 9, 2015
Top row, starting in the smart pot: Yalova Charleston, Gheong Yang Gochu, Big Jim, Ghost (3yr old), Habanero, Count Dracula, Ghost (weathered badly)
Second row, starting in the smart pot: Sulu Adana, ghost, lemon drop, trinidad moruga scorpion 2x, ed's california reaper 2x
June 16, 2015
Same layout as before
Cool little spider on one of my ghost plants
Early pod on the plant the nursery called a Count Dracula. Any idea on what this may be? Purple and ripens to red, so they say.
July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015
This and the next two pictures are pods from the 3 year old ghost pepper plant I bought. Do they look like ghost pods?
This is a pod from the nursery bought ghost pepper plant and looks like the classic bhut jolokia, and I don't think the other really does. Input is very welcome.
This is a pod from one of the plants Dru gave me, Offhand I can't recall which.
More updates as the garden progresses. Thanks for reading, and any advice/information is always welcome!
I decided to go a bit bigger on the garden and went to a local nursery and picked up some more plants. To add to that, I found a seller on Craigslist who had ghost pepper, trinidad moruga scorpion and ed's carolina reaper seedlings for sale. I got to his house and he showed me a 3 year old ghost pepper plant that he kept in a greenhouse. Yes, I'll take that too. I grew ghost peppers 2 years ago and by the time frost hit I only had one ripe pod. I'm hoping this head start will change all that.
I now have 14 plants going. All are in 7 gallon smart pots aside from the 3 yr old ghost, which I decided not to re-pot.
June 9, 2015
Top row, starting in the smart pot: Yalova Charleston, Gheong Yang Gochu, Big Jim, Ghost (3yr old), Habanero, Count Dracula, Ghost (weathered badly)
Second row, starting in the smart pot: Sulu Adana, ghost, lemon drop, trinidad moruga scorpion 2x, ed's california reaper 2x
June 16, 2015
Same layout as before
Cool little spider on one of my ghost plants
Early pod on the plant the nursery called a Count Dracula. Any idea on what this may be? Purple and ripens to red, so they say.
July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015
This and the next two pictures are pods from the 3 year old ghost pepper plant I bought. Do they look like ghost pods?
This is a pod from the nursery bought ghost pepper plant and looks like the classic bhut jolokia, and I don't think the other really does. Input is very welcome.
This is a pod from one of the plants Dru gave me, Offhand I can't recall which.
More updates as the garden progresses. Thanks for reading, and any advice/information is always welcome!
