This is my first season growing a "super hot" pepper. I've grown several thai chillis, cherrie peppers, cayenne and various hybrids. I happen to really like habeneros, so I thought I would give some of the lemon variety a try.
I got seed from a heirloom seed company I've always been impressed with, and gave them a try. out of a whole packet I had maybe 30% come up(veryyy slowwly) and only one survived, while 7 other assorted hot pepper varieties flourished around it. I planted them in march, and it took a full 4 weeks to grow two sets of leaves. I planted it outside in june and it was 2-3 inches tall. We have had perfect growing conditions the last few weeks, hot and humid, the green house habeneros I have are setting fruit like crazy, the lemon has just now started to grow, 4-5 inches tall and super bushy. Is this normal for this type of pepper? All my other peppers are 1' tall and flowering.
I got seed from a heirloom seed company I've always been impressed with, and gave them a try. out of a whole packet I had maybe 30% come up(veryyy slowwly) and only one survived, while 7 other assorted hot pepper varieties flourished around it. I planted them in march, and it took a full 4 weeks to grow two sets of leaves. I planted it outside in june and it was 2-3 inches tall. We have had perfect growing conditions the last few weeks, hot and humid, the green house habeneros I have are setting fruit like crazy, the lemon has just now started to grow, 4-5 inches tall and super bushy. Is this normal for this type of pepper? All my other peppers are 1' tall and flowering.