Hi all,
It's my third year growing peppers. I grow on my east/south facing back deck here in Toronto, Canada. As such, I don't have a lot of room to grow, although I do grow a few other veggies so I suppose I could grow more peppers than I do now...
Varieties I'm growing this year.
1) Brazilian Starfish (thanks to Wolf1888 for the seeds!!)
2) Carolina Reaper (seeds from last year's grow)
3) Trinidad Scorpion (seeds from last year's grow)
4) Red Naglah (thanks to Valleyman for the seeds!!)
5) Mystery Ecuadoran Pepper (sent by my mom from the Andean region [Cotacachi] of Ecuador)
I sought to germinate my seeds in wet paper towel placed within ziploc bags. I started in mid-April but I'll start earlier next year. My starfish and Naglah's both went 5 for 5 after 7-9 days. The Trini's and Reapers didn't germinate (aside from 1 T.S. which died in a cat related accident) but I planted a couple of C.R. that looked close and healthy anyway. No germination from the mystery seeds, I planted the healthiest looking one alone and three others together. Then I sought to germinate more seeds.) As it stands now, I have 5 sprouted B.S. 5 sprouted Naglah, 1 T.S. (a latter one) 1 C.R. (a tricot, it's one of the seeds I planted before germination occured) and 1 Mystery Ecuadoran (the one I planted by itself that hadn't germinated). I'm waiting on another T.S. and C.R. to hook (germinated a few days ago).
I still have T.S., C.R. and mystery seeds germinating. I have room for about 10-12 plants and will likely give away a couple of the starfish and Naglahs to friends.
I started the seeds in Pro-Mix Seed starting mix, within Coconut Coir starter pots. They are under 2 Verilux compact fluorescent bulbs presently.
Reaper tricot. I understand this happens a lot with the Reaper...
I'll be looking for help to identify the Ecuadoran strain later in the season.
Wish me luck!!
It's my third year growing peppers. I grow on my east/south facing back deck here in Toronto, Canada. As such, I don't have a lot of room to grow, although I do grow a few other veggies so I suppose I could grow more peppers than I do now...
Varieties I'm growing this year.
1) Brazilian Starfish (thanks to Wolf1888 for the seeds!!)
2) Carolina Reaper (seeds from last year's grow)
3) Trinidad Scorpion (seeds from last year's grow)
4) Red Naglah (thanks to Valleyman for the seeds!!)
5) Mystery Ecuadoran Pepper (sent by my mom from the Andean region [Cotacachi] of Ecuador)
I sought to germinate my seeds in wet paper towel placed within ziploc bags. I started in mid-April but I'll start earlier next year. My starfish and Naglah's both went 5 for 5 after 7-9 days. The Trini's and Reapers didn't germinate (aside from 1 T.S. which died in a cat related accident) but I planted a couple of C.R. that looked close and healthy anyway. No germination from the mystery seeds, I planted the healthiest looking one alone and three others together. Then I sought to germinate more seeds.) As it stands now, I have 5 sprouted B.S. 5 sprouted Naglah, 1 T.S. (a latter one) 1 C.R. (a tricot, it's one of the seeds I planted before germination occured) and 1 Mystery Ecuadoran (the one I planted by itself that hadn't germinated). I'm waiting on another T.S. and C.R. to hook (germinated a few days ago).
I still have T.S., C.R. and mystery seeds germinating. I have room for about 10-12 plants and will likely give away a couple of the starfish and Naglahs to friends.
I started the seeds in Pro-Mix Seed starting mix, within Coconut Coir starter pots. They are under 2 Verilux compact fluorescent bulbs presently.
Reaper tricot. I understand this happens a lot with the Reaper...
I'll be looking for help to identify the Ecuadoran strain later in the season.
Wish me luck!!
Having said that, the weather has just gotten nice now for pepper plants. Last year we had a great April and early May and my plants had a month's start compared to this year.
