chinense ghost pepper dwarfs

[RS67Man]

It will be interesting to see what my two "overwintered" 7 Pod BS plants do at first. Sprouted in july, never been outside, never put into hibernation, and haven't set a pod, yet. Lots of flowers though, all winter. They just bloom and fall off because of low light levels in the bay window, and cool temps in the house.

BTW, here is some more Bhut Porn, with a few Yellow 7 Pod XXX Large, all from Judy:

 

[fubarhouse]

Me likey!
Very nice!

 

[ABurningMouth]

No you cannot eat those.

I guess I got here too late.

Cool peppers RS67Man. What are the dark ones? ChocoBhut?

 

[worlok]

No you cannot eat those.

I guess I got here too late.

Cool peppers RS67Man. What are the dark ones? ChocoBhut?

I survived....

 

[pepperjoe]

One of my 1 year old yellow 7 pod plants has been producing small little pods like this all winter in the greenhouse. They're the only way I can say I've eaten a whole Y7P.

Worlok,
Have NO idea why...but I got an email and pics from a customer with the SAME issue.
He overwintered his Ghosts pepper indoors for 3 years in Georgia. And each year his peppers got smaller. And not as hot.
And damn, if his pics don't look exactly like yours.
When you overwinter them indoors they go into a state of dormancy...with leaves falling off and very little water, fertilizer and light requirements. But the roots are fine.
Then you bring them back outdoors in late Spring and they take off.
So now I'm wondering, if this whole process doesn't kind of throw the pepper back to older genes...???
I don't know the answer...but it's intriguing.

 

[franzb69]

He overwintered his Ghosts pepper indoors for 3 years in Georgia. And each year his peppers got smaller. And not as hot.

probably just needs repotting with new soil. =D

 

[worlok]

I dunno, but the other plant next to it, which doesn't have near the thick leave growth, is starting to make what looks like a normal sized ghost pepper. Both have been indoors the same amount of time - they're sisters.... The bushy plant that made the dwarves has a few left on it and more flowers.

When the weather gets warm enough they're going outside just like they did last year.

I'm growing some more hopefully they will get large enough to get planted outside in late May or early June....

Worlok,
Have NO idea why...but I got an email and pics from a customer with the SAME issue.
He overwintered his Ghosts pepper indoors for 3 years in Georgia. And each year his peppers got smaller. And not as hot.
And damn, if his pics don't look exactly like yours.
When you overwinter them indoors they go into a state of dormancy...with leaves falling off and very little water, fertilizer and light requirements. But the roots are fine.
Then you bring them back outdoors in late Spring and they take off.
So now I'm wondering, if this whole process doesn't kind of throw the pepper back to older genes...???
I don't know the answer...but it's intriguing.

 

[worlok]

I grew some new plants from the seeds from these two and they are doing great in the outside garden. The two original plants are outside but still in pots. They have resumed making what looks like the proper ghost pepper shape, albeit a bit smaller than what their child plants in the garden are producing.

 

[Notrod]

I have the same thing on a first year Bih Jalokia. Wonder what causes this?

 

[Justaguy]

I get early dwarfs on all my plants. If it happened mid season them I would be worried/wonder.

 

[Jack Kerouac]

I had a bhut growing under LED and got wimpy fruits over the winter:

Now that it is outside, it is happy:

 

[worlok]

I had a bhut growing under LED and got wimpy fruits over the winter:

Now that it is outside, it is happy:

That's EXACTLY what was happening to my But Jolokia parent plants!!