Howdy y'all, from Texas!
Long-time chilehead, been growing hot peppers since 2001! Haven't tried many of the newer varieties, as I over-winter my peppers, and as a result of my success in keeping plants alive for many years, there was literally "no room at the inn".
Bugs recently "fixed" this problem for me.
When I first built-up my pepper plant collection, "hottest" would have been considered something like a Caribbean Red, Chocolate Hab, or Fatalii (most experts were unconvinced back then of the accuracy of the unverified claim coming-out of India). So I have yet to try any of the "super hots", although the idea of a pepper over 3x hotter than a good hab is making my mouth water just thinking about it!
Just ordered some Bhut seeds off eBay - hopefully they're the real deal!
I got discouraged with this hobby for a while due to bug problems, particularly after fighting a loosing battle with aphids last winter and earlier this year, resulting in the devastating loss of the vast majority of my pepper plants, including some rare varieties, and even my 6-year-old rocoto plants!!!
Arrrgggh!
Anyways, after months of spraying the survivors, I think I FINALLY got the aphids at bay, and am now looking at re-building my pepper collection. (All this destruction had a silver lining, as seeing all of the new varieties that are now available has gotten me very excited about this hobby again!)
I have ordered some stuff from eBay and elsewhere, but my luck from such sources has been very mixed - my best stock has always come from fellow growers. So if any of you has any extra seeds going to waste that can help me re-build from this disaster (particularly any of the superhots or chinense), I would be MUCH obliged. I will be going through what seeds I still have around, and will be posting something in the "trades" section later.
Also, if anyone has any questions about growing long-lived peppers and overwintering, please let me know! I've successfully grown pepper plants that survived as long as 8 years old (would have been longer if not for the bugs!), and learned a FEW tricks along the way
so I can probably answer many of your questions about how to do this, or at least point you in the right direction!
BTW, my nic reflects another fun hobby of mine. Both share the same trait - a nice one has excellent "burn" capability!
Long-time chilehead, been growing hot peppers since 2001! Haven't tried many of the newer varieties, as I over-winter my peppers, and as a result of my success in keeping plants alive for many years, there was literally "no room at the inn".
Bugs recently "fixed" this problem for me.
When I first built-up my pepper plant collection, "hottest" would have been considered something like a Caribbean Red, Chocolate Hab, or Fatalii (most experts were unconvinced back then of the accuracy of the unverified claim coming-out of India). So I have yet to try any of the "super hots", although the idea of a pepper over 3x hotter than a good hab is making my mouth water just thinking about it!
Just ordered some Bhut seeds off eBay - hopefully they're the real deal!I got discouraged with this hobby for a while due to bug problems, particularly after fighting a loosing battle with aphids last winter and earlier this year, resulting in the devastating loss of the vast majority of my pepper plants, including some rare varieties, and even my 6-year-old rocoto plants!!!
Arrrgggh!Anyways, after months of spraying the survivors, I think I FINALLY got the aphids at bay, and am now looking at re-building my pepper collection. (All this destruction had a silver lining, as seeing all of the new varieties that are now available has gotten me very excited about this hobby again!)
I have ordered some stuff from eBay and elsewhere, but my luck from such sources has been very mixed - my best stock has always come from fellow growers. So if any of you has any extra seeds going to waste that can help me re-build from this disaster (particularly any of the superhots or chinense), I would be MUCH obliged. I will be going through what seeds I still have around, and will be posting something in the "trades" section later.
Also, if anyone has any questions about growing long-lived peppers and overwintering, please let me know! I've successfully grown pepper plants that survived as long as 8 years old (would have been longer if not for the bugs!), and learned a FEW tricks along the way
so I can probably answer many of your questions about how to do this, or at least point you in the right direction! BTW, my nic reflects another fun hobby of mine. Both share the same trait - a nice one has excellent "burn" capability!
