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Thanks for the advise and knowledge given. Here is what I have going. The coleus is a rescue from under some Cana. Buena mulata Scropion Anything noticeable? Please let me know. Anthony

Long-time THP veterans mourned the loss last August of Amarillo, Texas musician/songwriter/silversmith/chilehead Erin Mason, known to us here on the boards as P. Dreadie. Erin was an enigma, one of the most interesting and creative, yet gentle and loving guys I ever knew. Many of us may be unaware that he played harmonica in one of the original Austin, Texas bands of the early 1970s "Cosmic Cowboy" era, Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys. When Erin decided to step off of Alvin's perpetually-touring bus and return to Amarillo, he travelled to Jamaica, fell in love with the Reggae beat, collected the best Scotch Bonnet fruit he could find, and his alter-ego Papa Dreadie was born. In 2013 Erin sent me a few pods of the Scotch...

"I feel reborn. I'm like a phoenix rising from Arizona.”as Frank Costanza would say. Been awhile, let's go. Peppers where gifted to me yes in a pizza box. TFM yellow SB that were from long family of peppers ,from seeds gifted to him by moi ,from seeds peppers from yes, the Trenton Farmers market. Breath. The other a bhut/reaper mix that he likes for sauces. Ok, let's start, seeds where taken from ripest pods and air dried in coffee filters then zip locked. Germ went good with both being viable stock. Getting 18 hrs under 150w CFL and plant gro bulb. Thinned weakest and planted 2nd germ. Starting second sets of true leaves on 1st and growing strong. Maybe solo cups soon.

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...

Just starting this glog now so it's one less thing to do in a few months when I'm knee deep in compost and getting things in the ground.   Not much to report at the moment. Strains yet to be determined, but I'll probably end up growing too many like always...lol     Only thing that's going on right now is a clean back patio and the chickens doing their part turning over my compost pile on the daily. Intersted in seeing how the soil microbes appreciate the added chicken poop!       Hope everyone has had a decent winter so far and here's to happy germination!         EDIT UPDATE: This glog has turned into an ongoing overwintering, greenhouse and soil building how-to!

Moruga Blackjack, Mantis Claw Yellow, Jalapeno Dieghto, Black Congo, T. Rex (color?), and one more I can't remember. This was late January. Seeds from White Hot Peppers. Great germination results, using Miracle Grow potting soil, started indoors with LED spotlights from HD.

Hi! Oh, I love watching that kind of stuff... I am not too experienced in growing peppers, I used to grow some tomatoes but since I moved out from my family house, I didn't have space to grow anything. I bought allotment garden (I think that's the word, english is not my native language) but I can't seem to find time to care about it full time from march to october, it's not as near my flat as I'd want it to be but maybe one year I will make my life a little bit less messy and take make it work. Now I live in the apartment with a balcony, it is at western side and in the summer the heat is kinda out of control. I think it will do! Oh, I dream of the jungle here! This year I bought some chillies from the supermarket and, as I often do...

So, we're finally in a house and I'm getting ready for my first growing season with an actual yard. The patio back in Málaga was wonderful and never had snow, but I'll be able to grow more than four pepper plants at a time here. I'm not germinating any seeds for the spring just yet, but I did put together a little indoor germination station and started three varieties that'll go into mini-Kratky systems, and one that'll go into a 5-gal Kratky bucket. Never tried hydroponics before, but thought this was a good chance to get my feet wet. The varieties are: Peruvian White Habaneros and Yellow MOA Scotch Bonnets from Midwest Chile Heads, as well as Aji Ayuyo and Er Jing Tao from CaneDog. My heating mat is a cheap one off the shelf from a...

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...

I have decided to start a dedicated Grow Log for the Purple Thunder Bhut Jolokia hybrid. It made its first appearance in 2015: "This coloration might be the result of the intense light on these red Bhuts, but only 2/6 show the trait. If it is a cross,the only purple-y plant near the bhut was Trippa's Mystery Cross. All of these seeds from the same pod:"

This is a dedicated grow log for Tristen's awesome cross, which I have been growing out since 2014.  I'll start with a bit of history and some photos documenting what's happened so far.   In January of 2014, Tristen (Trippa) sent me a little care package of seeds. In the package were two generations of a cross he had made, which he just  called 'Mystery Cross, F1' and 'Mystery Cross, F2'.     Here's Trippa's Mystery Cross seedlings in February of 2014:     Both generations showing the purple foliage characteristic since the beginning.   Up close look at Trippa's Mystery Crosses, F1 and F2.  Both culled to a single plant after the photo taken, so I only had one plant of each generation:

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...