It should be a good year for growing peppers. My goal is to find the most productive varieties that thrive in the Texas heat. The growlist will consist of mainly Annuums but there will be a couple non-Annuums here and there. I'll post the official growlist later. Cheers!
Grow List:
Serrano (Ferry-Morse)
Jalapeno Zapotec (Downriver)
Jalapeno Pecos (Downriver)
Jalapeno Gigantica (Downriver)
Jalapeno (Terroir Seeds)
Jalapeno (Seeds of Change)
Black Cobra (THP)
Peruvian Cerezo (THP)
Cantina Gold (THP)
Thai Scorpion (Ramey Plant Farm)
Aji Amarillo (TGCM)
XL Antep Aci Dolma X (Downriver)
Chiltepin (Terroir Seeds)
Peri-Peri (THP)
Torres Cattywampus de Arbol (Downriver)
Datil (Ebay)
Datil (Tim)
Datil (Pure Florida)
Datil...
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I always grow more peppers than I need, so my goal this season is to grow less. My freezer is full of scotch bonnets, so I am focusing more on annum peppers this year.
My seed starting grow tent in the past has been in a cold unfinished basement. This year I have the tent in an unused bedroom. I am excited to see how much better everything grows with the warmer temperatures. In the basement, air circulation and heat were competing variables. I could heat the tent if it was closed and unventilated, but then I noticed negative effects from lack of air circulation. From my reading, I think the plants probably weren’t getting enough CO2.
I have a west facing window in the new tent location. Not sure if a little natural sunlight...
Hi pepperlovers!
I think it is time to get a grow log started for the season 2023. I hope you will join in and follow along. Feel free to give me advice, critics, ask questions and leave comments of any kind! :D
As I already mentioned in my introduction post I am growing peppers since 2019. I am lucky I have enough space to try a lot of vegetable growing, but my favourite are peppers of all kind :hot:
First of all lets get started with my two main spots for the growing. The first one is directly at the house where I grow the plants mainly in buckets. Here will be the plants I want to visit daily (actually several times a day :D) and have a really close look on. The second spot is an outdoor garden some minutes away. Here I will...
Hello
Decided to publicly post my attempts at growing peppers this year. Would appreciate any advice given.
So I am currently growing
2 Aji Limons (one planted on the 27th February, the other on 4th March)
1 Numex Twilight (planted on 4th March)
1 7-Pot ( planted 4th March I think)
1 Bulgarian Carrot (planted 4th March)
1 Pumpkin Pepper (planted 27th February)
1 Habanero (planted 27th February)
1 Jamaican Hot Chocolate (planted 27th February)
1 Bhut Jolokia (planted 27th February)
1 Bird's Eye Pepper (planted 27th February)
1 Chimayo (which germinated but later found to have died due to damping off)
Habanero and Pumpkin Pepper were the first to hook which was on the 4th March. Aji Limon on 5th March. JHC and Bird's Eye on the...
Back again and trying to get my first decent grow going in a few years.
Experimenting a little with an aeroponics setup for some of my starts.
Not certain how that will go but taking a punt.
Have a bunch of different varieties down from varying age seeds (some from 2011-12 right through to 2022 all stored in fridge since early 2015)
Most seem to be doing as they should and germinating. Some are being a little stubborn as expected.
Once germinated they are going under a 500-600 watt LED panel with extra natural light in the greenhouse on a heat mat.
Only thing I am lacking is a fan to get some more robust/less leggy seedlings which you can see in the seedling pictures.
Multiple strains of myself and PaulG's Trippaul threats plus...
8,000 feet above sea level, low temps, low humidity, let's see if we can grow hot peppers at the top of the Rocky Mountains.
Strains
Round 1 Germ: Transplanted to 3 gal grow bags
Carolina Reaper - Baker Creek
Death Spiral - Baker Creek
Dragon's Breath - Refining Fire Chilis
Apocalypse Chocolate - RFC
Romanian Sweet - RFC
White Moruga - Bohica
Round 2 Germ: In cups awaiting transplant
7 Pot Chocolate - BC
West Indies Red Habanero - BC
Scotch Bonnet - BC
Sugar Rush Peach - BC
Round 3 Germ: Started 12/19
Pink Tiger x BBG7 - Texas Hot Peppers
Bahamanian Goat - THP
KS Peach Starrkist - THP
Hallow's Eve - THP
Thor's Thunderbolt - THP
Round 4 Germ: Started 12/28
Black Panther - THP
Scotch Brains Red - THP
Anyone that has grown...
This year I was focused on my proprietary genetics, and others (updating)
Indy pepper - 2019 - 1
Indy pepper - 2022 - 1
Indy pepper - 2022 pheno 1 - 1
Indy pepper - 2022 pheno 1b - 1
Indy pepper - 2022 pheno 2 - 1
Aji Charapita - 1 (non-growdown-showdown)
Douglah - 4
Goat - 2
Gourmet Jigsaw - 1
Peach Ghost Scorpion -1
Red Ghost scorpion -1
Bubblegum -1
White Bubblegum -1
White devils tounge-1
White devils tounge pheno-1
Zapotec Jalapeno -1
Hungarian paprika -1
Chimayo -1
Thai - 1
Just popped:
Hallows Eve - 1
Germinating:
Buena mulata -2
Zing -1
Bahamian beast - 2
Testanera - 1
Mustard maruga x gator - 2
Hallows eve - 1
Swampthing- 2
Final batch:
Sugar rush peach stripey -2
Blue ghost peach -2
Pink ufo - 2
More are likely...
Here we go again!!!!
Looking back at the 2022 season i can only conclude that it has been a succesfull and very productive season, wich ofcourse fueled the pepper madness in me even more! :D
Fact is i grew way more peppers than i can possibly consume or give away under normal circumstances and it would be wise to cut down a bit on the amount of plants in the coming season. I decided to get rid of all the overwintering plants and start all fresh this year.
No plants to take care of this winter, no fungus gnats all over the place and in my humble experience the overwinterers did not outproduce the fresh seedlings but did need more space. Pound for pound the seedlings were more productive.
Plan was to cut down on the varieties too, but as...
Hey,
I want to grow vegetables again this year.
Capsicum should not be missing, of course. :D
Planned are:
Hot pepper:
Aji Guyana (Capsicum baccatum; 6/10)
"Gelbes Rüsselchen" (Capsicum annuum; 5/10)
"Lila Luzi" (Capsicum frutescens; 7/10)
Capsicum (Anuum):
Kyra
Corno Giallo
Tomatoes:
"Rotkäppchen" (balcony tomato)
"Zuckertraube" (cherry tomato)
Cucumber:
"La Diva" (snack cucumber)
(I ordered from a German store and unfortunately can't find the English names for the hot peppers and tomatoes)
Unfortunately, so far I have only been able to get the Aji Guyana under the "soil" (Eazy Plugs), as the other seeds are still stuck in the post.
Since I have done a few experiments with lettuce and the Kratky method, I would like to try...
After a couple nudging pm's it is time to get things rolling...well, get a list situated atleast. I won't be starting my seeds until March 1 this season. This list is subject to change, and I'm betting it will before I'm done typing. My two goals this season are 1.) Take less pics and better quality 2.)Sow later and achieve similar yields. My germination techniques and set up are not inspirational or extravagant so the bulk of my updates will be after early june plant out. Fert apllication and medium are changing a tiny bit but staying simple with it.
c.annuum
Big Jim
Elefant
Giant Aconcagua
Goat's Weed
Jimmy Nardello
Mucho Nacho
Purple Pequin
c.baccatum
Aji Cristal
Birgit's Locoto (growdown)
Yellow Bouquet
c.frutescens
Boonie...
Well, shoot. I don't know that I should start a new glog with as poor as I was about updating my last one, but here it goes. My offseason season started late, with most of my plants being probably four to six weeks old now. I'll start by posting a few of the newer ones.
This guy is an Oxkutzcab/Oxkutzcabian Orange Habanero. I have three of these growing and a couple Caribbean Red Habanero that are smaller. The Oxkutzcab seem to be out-pacing the reds, but they've also been around a little longer. In this pic I particularly like the transition in the stem at the cotyledons.
@HeatMiser sent me some of his wild texas tepin seeds - what, a couple years ago now? - and I've been trying to grow the variety to production ever since...
Hello guys and girls,
as I told in the Welcome-Post I will let you know about my updates in my homegrowing-story ;)
The content is primary translated from German to English. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK if something seems strange... My English is not that good...
In the past I tried to document everything right and complete to last percent to achieve a 100%, but I now know that it takes too much time. Repeated: If you have any questions feel free to ask (Setup, Preferences, Sorts)
Like others, I debated on having a Glog this year, but figured “what the heck”. It's been fun in past years, so let's give it a go.
Hopefully we'll end up posting pictures like this later in the Season! 🤞
In this picture are 2 Dwarf Chiltepin from seeds from Semillas that sprouted on February 15. One of them shows signs of starting to branch out. A very nice growth habit for this variety. One of them will turn into a bonchi.
Links to my grow logs:
2021
2022
Hanging pots:
From the varieties grown in previous years:
- Fatalii - V2 2022 (original seeds from Semillas) - 2 plants
- Fatalii - V1 2022 (original seeds from PaulG / Cane Dog) - 1 plant
- Papa Dreadie SB - V1 2022 (original seeds from Sawyer G3) - 2 plants
New varieties:
- Humble Servants Homestead SB - MarcV 2022 - 2 plants
- KS Lemon Starrburst - Semillas 2022 - 2 plants
- PI 215734 - Semillas 2022 - 2 plants
- Aji Dulce Peruano - Thegreenchilemonster 2018 - 1 plant
- Aji...
I really enjoyed growing this pepper variety this 2023 season. A BEAUTIFUL 5 foot tall 4 foot wide dark foliaged plant that yielded approximately 35-40 amazing pods. It weathered a massive rabbit buffet (1 1/2” stub) and still produced nicely before the scheduled first frost. It was grown the in-ground and really stood out from the 204 varieties that I grew this season. It responded very well to the ‘dry-farmimg’ technique that I practice using with 75%-85% of my grows, too. I haven’t had the chance to eat one yet but, if tastes as good as it looks I’ll grow it every season. EXCELLENT BREEDING WORK, PaulG!!! Definitely, a home run!!! Thank You for you dedication bringing this variety to the light! Positive Vibrations…
p.s. Anymore...
Well another year and weather not looking good, Will see what Happens.
Red Scotch Bonnets
Kung Pao
Bulgarian Carrot
Yellow Cayenne
Habaneros have not show face yet.
My buddy asked me for seeds a couple weeks ago. I told him its to late in the season, but b sent him the seeds anyway. This will be his first time growing peppers and he is going with a small hydroponic kit he bought.
Well, because he started this late, I thought what the hell. Sooo I ordered a new heat matt (should arrive today) and went out and bought some soil. Im using the same solo cup method that has worked so well before. Two cups, top cup has holes, water from the bottom up.
I sowed (three seeds per cup) 1) REAPER 2) YELLOW NAGA REAPER 3) FATALI 4) TEPIN X LEMONDROP143[/ATTACH]
what up pepper peeps? your boy growyourown here with a bold proclamation:
i challenged myself to try to grow all the five major pepper species for the first time; wish me luck!
(and give me advice, i could use it)
to begin, let's forget what i did last year.
(just like i said last year)
doing the big five became the goal because there are so many pepper types and flavours i have not experienced before, and that by working within those parameters for this year, i have a chance to grow and discover types of peppers which are mild enough that my wife may also enjoy.
(she taps out at habanero heat, but said she'd try the 20-30k range, hoping she might step up to 50k)
let's take a look at what we got going on:
BACCATUM
Aji Cito – 50k...
There have been several yearly PNW grow logs, the last in 2017,
so @FGpepperguy and I thought it might be a good idea to start
an on-going glog for the PNW. This is a community glog, so anyone
is free to post here, whether in the PNW or not. Hopefully, this forum
thread will provide for some information sharing particular to growing
in our crazy, unpredictable weather.
So, that being said, welcome all. Don't be strangers!
"Yes, we can grow chili peppers in the
Pacific NorthWest! Usually."
Under extreme pressure from my peers :lol: I am reluctantly starting my 2023 glog
Haven't actually planted any seeds yet, but it won't be long before I succumb to the gentle scent of compost, the lure of germination and the excitement of seeing a sprout
I am, however, cleaning all my plant tags if that's not commitment I don't know what is
Links to my Grow Logs:
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2017 2019 2020 2021 2022
Trippaul Threat Community Grow
Purple Thunder Community Grow
Wild, Indeed Community Thread
Growing in the Pacific NorthWest Community Thread
C. flexuosom, Monteiro Lobato, Brazil. 2022
Yep, I'm going to take a stab at resurging my passion. Only 40 starts this year, and that may be ambitious for the space I'm allotted, but compared to the TWO I grew last year? Way.
So this year I'm doing the GIP Serrano Magic Powder again. Some of the farmers in Pueblo are growing some limited numbers of Serrano, so I may be able to augment to the 7 plants I'm doing myself. I had great aspirations to ship out some of that to a number of you guys, but somehow I dumbthumbed my address lists out of existence on the PC. I apologize and intend to follow through this year. I'll have the Rocoto/chokecherry jelly coming out my ears again, though I've got batches stored from previous seasons and plenty Aji Oro and chokecherries frozen to make...
Hello again, I'm back with a new grow log. This year I'm growing much the same as last year. The main difference is I've added 200 Aji Guyannas and some Jalapenos to the mix. I've never grown any annuums before, so that's a first. The Aji sauce was one of my best sellers last year. It came out with a sort of sour tomato taste, kind of salsa verde-like.
Growing in the same 3 spots as before. I started my seeds on 02/22/2023, and reseeded a bunch on 03/03, mainly because the top shelf got too hot and zapped most of the yellow 7 pots. I potted them up from 1" pots to 3" the week of 04/03. Got them outside to harden off on 05/05. Overall I'd say the plants this year are a bit less healthy than last year, not sure why. I partly...
Here we go again...
In fall, I got some seeds from SineNomine and decided to try and grow all of them and also a few from my previous season.
PaulG also sent me seeds but the envelope stuck somewhere on the way. A shame for those nice seeds but let's hope they are growing somewhere else :)
Planted them on 2nd Feb.
Here's the list:
Tasmanian Black (from PaulG via SineNomine)
Trippaul Threat (from PaulG via SineNomine)
Purple Thunder (from PaulG via SineNomine)
Pimienta Puta la madre (from SineNomine)
Papa Joe's Scotch Bonnet (from SineNomine)
Papa Dreadie Scotch Bonnet (from SineNomine)
Fatalii (from SineNomine)
Aji Jobito (from SineNomine)
Red Savina Habanero (s. 2022)
Chocolate Habanero (s. 2021)
Calita Red Habanero (s. 2022)...
I just got back from India, so I’m starting a week or two later than normal.
Pictured are Surti Marcha or Surat Chili, supposedly the hottest chili used in Gujarat. I’m excited to try and grow some. As they are very similar to Thai chillies, most people wouldn’t be as excited as me to grow them, especially the super-hot only people. I’m very excited though!
Been debating on growing or starting a GLOG. Doing both. I had some Goats Weed and Pusa Sadabahar plants from last year. I overwintered. Kept them in the kitchen window until a few weeks ago. Set up my tent and threw them in there. They were flowering like crazy and had pods on them in the kitchen window. I recently crossed the GoatsWeed with the Sadabahar. Should be interesting.
43 seeds sowed. And more germinating. This will be a container grow. We’ll see what pops.
Here is my list:
Infinity
UFO Habanero (Mine)
Ring of Fire
BOCx Aji Pineaplle
Blue Ghost Peach
Jigsaw
WHP2 Scotch
Scotch Brains Red
Coyote Zan White
Aji Charapita
Hellfire Weed
Freeport Orange
7pot Primo
MOA
Habanero x Bahamian Goat
Peach Fatalii
Borg 9 Purple/Red...
I guess now is as good a time as any to start a grow log. I'm currently growing under a Barrina 2000 led grow light. I'm using Berger 7 potting soil amended with bone meal, blood meal, earthworm castings, and innoculated with Mikro-Myco mycorrhizae. My current plants were dropped in on January 15 and January 30 with no soak or pre-treatment. My current grow list is as follows:
7 Pot White
Andy's King BOC
Big Black Mama XL
BOC X Orange Primo X Purple Naga Viper
Borg-9 Red
Death Spiral
Destroyah
Hallow's Eve
Jes's Moruga Purple/Red
Judy's Brown Moruga
Khang Starr Lemon Starburst
Naga Black
Peach Miasma
Pockmark Orange
Pumpkin BBG7
Reaper Purple Peach
Reaper X Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
Reaper X SRTSL
Sugar Rush Peach Stripey
T-Rex...
Here we go!
Can't believe I created my first glog back in 2018, back then it was all about indoor hydroponics in a small tent. Now it's in a greenhouse, and this year I don't have to build it! :P
This year I will also be monitoring the greenhouse more intensely. I have installed a greenhouse "computer", a device monitoring temperature, humidity, and lux levels. All this will be accessible on my phone, so hopefully, I can use this data to improve the plant environment further. I will also use this to monitor soil water levels in plants not in autopots. Handy to be able to check on the phone if plants need water :D
I will also be collecting rain water, as opposed of using tap water, as were I live the water is rather hard. Hopefully...
I started 4 pepper plants in late December, and I started the rest of my pepper seeds last Sunday.
This year I kept the seed starting simple and planted directly into coco pellets. No soaking the seeds in water or peroxide. Thermostat on heat mat set to 85F.
I checked them this morning, and MOA scotch bonnet and Lemon Starrburst sprouted in less than 1 week. A couple other varieties look like they are about to push through the surface.
I am pleased with the simplicity of this method. Less steps compared to paper towel method. I am also seeing less helmet head seedlings. I decided not to worry about wasting seeds and put 5 or 6 in each pellet.
My plan is for one plant of each of the following:
Datil
Lemon starburst
TFM...
So a couple years back when I was working on a commercial grow for a greenhouse I spotted this guy when I was sorting through a few dozen of our Jalapenos in 512 cell trays. It wasn't likely to be a cross, as the seeds came from isolated seed stock from a company that only sells to nurseries. None of the other plants we had ended up looking like this. I was keeping a close eye on them. We didn't offer any variegated peppers there at the time, so I had a hunch it was something special. I took it home with me and tossed it in a SOLO cup.
Where I found him:
A bit later on that season I snapped a few more pics of the plant.
I waited for the pods to ripen and saved seeds, hoping for good things. They took a long...
Well, I had a very productive season last year and all I wanted to do is Try different things... So this year I said "I'm only going to grow a couple of know peppers. That the rest would be things I haven't done before" .. Then I came across the black seeds.. LOL anyways here are a few pictures of my stuff I'm sure I have a lot missing but I will be much better next year with records and such. i will attach a complete list as to what is up and going right now, but I'm sure I will be adding to it....lol
and so it begans LOL
The unlabeled pots are edamommy and the unlabeled tray is wasabi :
I know it is a total mess right now, I did so much better keeping records and tracking things last year.. With everything I have had going on...
Fresh recruits, all in order by letter assignment. Ayucllo and Tiger MAMP have been no-shows so far. Aji Pineapple managed to put a weak one up last week, but it hasn't done much since it popped. All the rest are doing alright, in spite of the aphids. A lot of peppers from seasons past still around too. LemonDrop Baccatum is putting most of the others to shame for production, but there's a few varieties that are having a productive winter indoors.
I have maybe been a little more attentive this winter, but not all that much more.
I think this season I will become a pepper plant hoarder as I received over 100 different varieties from my brother and ended up planting them all, I honestly don't know how I will accommodate so many plants!
My original plan for this season was the wild species, the native varieties from Brazil and a few import varieties that I found very interesting, however, now with over 100 imported varieties I think my plans have changed...
It's already spring here in Brazil and some varieties that I sowed in March, went through the winter and are already with their first pods while others that I sowed in August are still in their initial stages of growth.
I hope I don't have any major problems this season, one variety or another will surely die...
Starting time again, a bit late this year unfortunately! But finally getting going.
This year I'm increasing the variety but decreasing the quantities - had to throw out too many last year because I couldn't process everything quickly enough. On the other hand, I have a much better drying setup this year so hopefully that will help.
This year's plan:
Dragon's Breath (100)
Carolina Reaper (200)
Yellow Reaper (100)
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion (60)
Bhut Jolokia (200)
Habanero (200)
Habanada (150)
Bhutia Bubblegum Chocolate (10)
White Ghost (10)
Bonuga Moruga Scorpion (10)
Papa Dreadie Scotch Bonnet (30)
Fiesta (Rainbow) blend Cayenne (100)
Fooled You Jalapeno (12)
Grande Jalapeno (30)
Anaheim Sahuaro (100)
Big Jim (50)
Poblano Trident...
So, for many years I grew hundreds of varieties down south in Savannah GA, had the space and growing temps were pretty good…sometimes too hot lol. Many nights with a headlamp on gardening at night because of the heat. Well, I took a promotion for work and have relocated to Pittsburgh PA. I now have limited space and a shorter growing season up here, but that’s ok. I have a small raised bed, and a balcony were I live, big adjustment to what I was used too. Well enough of the jibber jab. Short list of peppers growing this season.
Chocolate Bhutlah (SM) 😉
Butch T Scorpion
Carolina Reaper (Red)
Carolina Reaper (White)
7 pot Bubblegum (Red)
Ghost (Red)
Capsicum Caatingae (wild)
Aleppo
Anaheim
Jalapeño
Cayenne
Hot Banana
Sweet Banana
I’m just a week or so away from my first round of seed starting, and The List has stabilized.
As the title suggests, I’m focusing on a more shareable garden, this year. My high heat tolerance is well satisfied by sauces and flakes, so it’ll be a mercy to others and not much sacrifice to me if I cook more with mild or heatless peppers and lean into condiments for my own spice satisfaction.
Capsicum annuum
4 Gogoşar (pronounced “gogoshar”; also transliterated as gogosar, gogosari, etc), a heatless Romanian variety whose name is confusingly also used generically for red pepper. My partner has very fond memories of this large, pumpkin-shaped pepper being roasted and then stuffed or preserved. They’re also used fresh, like red bell pepper...
OK...let's see if I can do this.
What it is...
What it was....
What it shall be...
So 17 types this year as follows...THE LIST...
But first just a brief history on how I got to this point...OH quit griping...I said it would be brief! 😏
I started growing peppers in 2021 because I was tired of paying $3.500@lb for peppers at the store for my chili. So I was like..hey I'll grow my own and save money...riiiiight! 😲 🤣 At this point with what I've invested in this hobby I could buy the store's yearly inventory. 🙄
So in 2021 I grabbed some Ferry-Morse Poblano and Anaheim seeds and threw them in the dirt. I ended up with a bumper crop and had so many I gave some away as much as I could but ended up throwing a lot away. I...