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bpiela · Aug 7, 2014

Hello all, This year is my first real hot pepper grow where I started most of my plants from seeds. I did run into a number of issues that slowed the growth of my plants. For starters, I tried to overwinter some Ghost Peppers and some Habaneros that I had purchased online. All of my OW's died. Lucky me, along with bringing in the OW's, I also brought in aphids. The aphids hit my seedlings hard. I tried Neem and it didn't work so well. I eventually put some netting up and purchased some ladybugs. They were awesome and took care of the aphids in National Geographic fashion. Eventually, the ladybugs all passed away. Not sure where all the ladybug carcasses went... :eek: Next, it seemed like fungus gnats became an issue. ...

capsidadburn · Dec 15, 2013

Here we go again. Seems like it was only yesterday. I've recieved a lot of pods and seeds from great folks here. THP and those folks are awesome! I'll be growing most all of them as well as an order I just placed yesterday with Semillas. I will seriously have to alter my logistics and layout to grow everything and keep it as asthetic but affordable as possible. Big problems; I need to trim my front yard trees to get more morning and mid day sun in the back. I really need to haul in new soil. Hello wheelbarrow and backpain. My city is currently in a stage 2 drought restrictions (once a week watering). I usually water with drip irrigation everyother day until summer forces me to each day. Barrel collection (which I've been...

newpeppergrower1105 · Sep 22, 2013

i decided to start various types of pepper seeds this year im growing 2 of every plant except for some im only growing 1, im going for variety instead quantity hers my list: UBSC Moruga Satan Strain White Bhut Naga Viper red brain strain red primo douglah x butch t 7 pod burgandy 7 pod brown chocolate ghost 7 pod douglah 7 pod bubbulegum! Moa scotch bonnet jays peach ghost scorpian jays red ghost scorpian chocolate scorpian yellow moruga red moruga yellow billy boy douglah white 7 pod sepia serpent SBJ7 Carolina Reaper monster carolina reaper purple bhut x maldivia brown moruga Yellow Primo Caramel Moruga red billy boy douglah yellow brainstrain billy boy jonah yellow 7 pod yellow scorpion 7 pod jonah so far my yellow...

Islander · Mar 23, 2014

OZZZ · Aug 21, 2014

Hey everyone! I'm back with something I've always wanted to do but have been putting it off for several years, an indoor hot pepper scrog. I've been busy with my greenhouse this year, remodeling my house, work (of course), going back to school full time and last but definitely not least entertaining a new woman. Cross my fingers this one works out, I'm 36 now and hoping for something to stick! lol .... The greenhouse has has been going well but I'm still working on getting it completely dialed in for my very tough climate (Flagstaff, AZ - 7,000' elevation). Anyway, I had a few extras out in the greenhouse and the remodel on my garage is getting close to being done so I figured I'd give it a go. I had my pick between Pepper Guru's...

Dismember · Jul 20, 2014

Hi guys, I didnt have enough time to post my growlog on this website but I will try my best to keep it updated. This year I have got 11 plants growring and most of them are super hots. I used Biobizz lightmix soil and Flora Nova Bloom fertilizer. Unfortunately we had a couple of rainy days ( stormy weather , heavy rainfalls ) and my plants suffered a lot! Broken stems, some of them lost up to 80% of their leaves and thats why they are kinda small compared to my last years plants. I also pruned my plants right after they started to grow in this Y-shape ( dont know how you call it in English ). My plants are: Aji White Fantasy , Scotch Bonnet Peach ( turned out to be a red one and looked more like a Habanero ) , Trinidad...

Dhfreak82 · Jun 13, 2014

Hello~ this is my 4th season attempt to grow peppers. 13 I had an ok year but learned allot also. My best plant last season was a bhut jolikia red. It produced around 50 pods in a five gallon bucket. This year i have over 25 plants total from mild to wild. I wanna post pictures.... Do i have to pay? Ive planted some of my peppers in large 10-15 gallon pots. Im hoping to have hundreds of pods on some of my plants. Im gonna overwinter tge best this year. I overwintered an an orange hab from 12'-13' but it didnt preform that well. I think it put out 4 pods total ?! I was planning on having a bunch of overs from last season including my top performing bhut but i brike my foot ladt september which made it impossible to do the basement...

megamoo · Jul 20, 2013

The first round of seeds are soaked and sown. All chinenses to start off, other species to start in a month or so. 7 Pot BrainStrain Red 7 Pot Burgundy 7 Pot Jonah 7 Pot Jonah (spiky) 7 Pot Jonah Yellow 7 Pot Primo 7 Pot Primo Orange 7 Pot SR Red 7 Pot Yellow 7 Pot Yellow (different source) Aji Panca Antillais Caribbean Bahamian Goat Pepper Beni Highlands Bhut Jolokia Bhut Jolokia Indian Carbon Bhut Jolokia Peach Bhut Jolokia x Habanero White Giant f3 Bhut Jolokia x Pimenta De Neyde Bih Jolokia Black Naga CGN 21500 Datil Devils Tongue Yellow Dorset Naga Fatalii Chocolate Fatalii Yellow Guadalupe Black Habanero Big Sun Habanero Chocolate Habanero Green Habanero Mustard Habanero Peach Habanero Peruvian White Habanero Purple Jamaica...

Koreansoul · Jun 22, 2014

So, here I am. I have started VERY late in the season. At first I was just going to grow bell peppers (I put them in a lot of different foods) and a handful of hot peppers. Scotch Bonnets, Habaneros, Bhut Jolokia, Thai Hots, Gochu (Korean hot peppers), and Cayenne. However, (hysterical laughing) I caught the chili bug. So, now on my grow list is the following: Red Habenero Yellow Habenero Thai Hot Jimmy Nardello's Cayenne Scoth Bonnets Ghost Peppers (Bhut Jolokia, Red, Peach, Orange, Yellow) Black Naga Bonda ma Jacques Malaysian Goroonong Yellow Scotch Bonnet Datil Fantalii Carolina Reaper SB7J 7 Pot - Yellow 7 Pot - White 7 Pot - Barrackpore 7 Pot - Bubblegum 7 Pot - Red 7 Pot - Primo 7 Pot - Brown TS - Yellow TS - CARDI TS - Red...

Solem22 · Dec 12, 2013

Hey everyone, Last night I dropped the first 48 seeds for the 2014 season. Over the past few weeks I have put together a grow area using t8's, metal shelving and some other make shift reflective materials I had around the house. I'm looking forward to this year as I am expanding my grow by about 4 times (I may have over done it but we will see). Here is the home that the kids will be in for the next few months. I plan on adding more lighting on the shelve below the top one when I transfer the plants from solo cups to 1 gal containers. And here are the kids waiting to emerge. Here is my current grow list. This may expand if I get some more seeds. Aji Chuncho (CGN 22792) (Pepperlover) Aji Limon Peru Yellow (Pepperlover)...

Northeast · Jan 4, 2014

Hi! I've been mostly lurking this site for the past year trying to absorb the collective THP knowledge. This year I will be attempting to put it all to use as I start my first grow from seed. I decided to start this glog in order to track my progress so that I can adjust for next year. The goal is to raise seed until plant out in containers (Zone 6b). I would also love any input and feedback that you have to offer, unlike my plants I am very green. Grow List: All seeds were scraped from pods except for PepperJoe seeds. PepperLover Bhut Jolokia Charleston - Got this as part of a freebie portion from an SFRB from PepperLover. This one of my favorites for mincing fresh. If you like cayenne flavor this is a good pepper to...

AlabamaJack · Dec 30, 2011

I am getting a one day jump on last season...today is my 2012 season start... The Germinator has been cleaned, I am using new trays for seed starting and Hoffman's Seed Starting Mix as my grow media... If any of you decide to use Hoffman's Seed Starting Mix, be patient, it takes as much as 24 hours pre-soak to get this light weight mix totally wet...I have said it before and I will say it again...this is the cleanest seed starting mix I have ever used....clean and light weight means better root growth IMO.. All circuits and systems are a go on the germinator...am stabilizing the temperature for the next 24 hours...as you can see, the upper box is about 93F and the lower box is 85F...I have to vent the top to let both chambers reach...

Herpiili · Aug 8, 2014

Hi and greetings from Finland! We are currently heading towards end of the growing season here in Finland, so my growlog won't be as complete as most of you others ;) I've been growing peppers since 2003 and this year was supposed to be a "Season off growing peppers", but my good friends at a local nursery told me that was quite a bad idea, so I have some plants growing at that nursery greenhouse :D Here's the local nursery (Taimimoisio) url. We accidentally bumbed into each other as I gave an interview on a local magazine some years ago, they were growing some peppers and they asked one of the nursery interns if he knew any "pepper experts". That intern recalled that I was interviewed recently on a local paper by his sister (who...

samcanadian · May 26, 2014

I figured I'd put as much information I can find in this thread, not only to make it easier for others to help me...but to maybe help other growers who are at the noob stage like I'm at. (Maybe I'll ask some of the dumb questions so they don't have to!) This year I'm growing Serranos, Habaneros and Jalapenos...having started them all indoors under fluorescent lights on February 28th. Rather than bore everyone with pictures they've seen a million times of the seeding process, I decided to opt against posting them and just instead mention that I got WAY more seeds sprouting than I had allowed for and was dealing with multiple plants in each little Peat Pot we'd planted them in. At about two months we transplanted the sprouts into...

BurninBob · May 4, 2014

2014 marks Burnin Bob's first year starting the World Famous Ghetto Garden from seed. Every year prior I've bought seedlings at my local nurseries. However, last year I got burned (no pun intended) by one place that sold me what were supposed to be Trinidad Scorpion Peppers but turned out to be some barely hot long pepper. So this year I got seeds from various sellers from ebay and am hoping to have a good season. The seeds I got this year are: Carolina Reaper Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Cumari Odham Indian Thai Sun Tepin Bird's Eye There are also some other random vegetables my girlfriend started such as cucumbers, zucchini, coneflower, milkweed, tomato, tomatillo, bell pepper, and jalepeno. You know, normal stuff! Got a late...

Physics202 · Mar 6, 2014

So, gardening has become a new obssession of mine. Wife and I did our first last year which consisted of Tomatos, Cucumbers, Green Beans, Squach, and Peppers. I started researching about gardenting (mostly youtube) and stumbled across videos of chili heads testing these rare varieties of peppers. I already liked a bit of spice in my food and had made some hot sauces of sorts, so this year I wanted to try some of these "rare" varieties. So here I am starting my garden for 2014 and am adding a large variety of peppers to my grow. My last garden mostly consisted of getting plants from lowes and transferring them into some garden beds that I had made. This year I'm getting an early start and starting from seed. I'm quite new to...

FreeportBum · Feb 20, 2014

2014 Grow List. May need to add a few thing's if I can find them :twisted: UBSC- Red UBSC- Brown TSMB TSMB- Yellow TSMB- Satan's Strain TSMB- Caramel TSMB- Brown Bahamian Goat Peach Bhut Yellow Douglah Antilles Fire 7 Pod Rennie 7 Pod Chaguanas 7 Pod Bubblegum 7 Pod Orange X 7 Pod Madballz 7 Pod White Sepia Serpent Sunrise Scorpion Red Foodarama Bonnet Yellow TFM Bonnet Douglah x Chocolate Scorpion Butch T x Yellow Scorpion John Doe Cayenne x 7 Pod Yellow Armageddon Cream Fatalii Chocolate Fatalii SB7J John Doe Cayenne Yellow Manzano Orange Manzano Happy growing everyone :cheers:

Ben1287 · Jun 29, 2014

I'm fairly new to this forum and it seems like doing a glog is a good way to get some input as well as share my techniques and experiences, limited as they may be. I started some seeds late this year. Really late. 6 days ago late. I already have germination on 5 varieties. Yucatan White Habanero, Congo Brown Habanero, 7 Pod Primo, Bhut Jolokia, and Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T"! I'm starting them in a south window in a mix of 3 parts Ocean Forest, 1 part perlite, and 1 part coco fiber. It seems to be working fine. I also have some plants that I ordered from Refining Fire (Jim Duffy and his crew, I'm sure he's well known here). Those are all listed in my grow list in my profile. I'm doing a shortish hardening period that started with...

Capsicum Select · Dec 22, 2013

It's almost time for the new year which means an exciting start to a new growing season! I've gone through my seeds and have selected the following for new starts in 2014: Bubblegum 7 (KingDenniz) "KDU" - KingDenniz Unknown - I think it may be another BBG7, but I'm not sure. Was an unlabeled half pod with the rest of the seeds I got from him. MoA Scotch Bonnet (KingDenniz) FtL Scotch Bonnet (KingDenniz) 7 Pot Yellow [Not Isolated] (MGOLD86) - These were some of the most neon yellow pods I've seen. TSMB Yellow [Not Isolated] (MGOLD86) Douglah [Not Isolated] (MGOLD86) - Gnarly looking pods from this one Bhut Jolokia Assam [Not Isolated] (MGOLD86) Here they all are taking a bath: I'm going to attempt sprouting them on coffee...

MGOLD86 · May 25, 2013

**Instead of starting an entirely new GLOG, I decided to tack 2014 on to the end of this one. So if you have already went through 2013's grow, just jump ahead to page 40.** Before you go on, I would recommend you grab a beer or something else stiff to drink. If you didnt follow my grow last time around, I have the tendency to go on, and on, and on, and on. Also, I may not be the most "PC" out of the group, so if you are looking for clean language, on topic discussion, and general 'niceness', I am sure that I can point you in the right direction. Ok, now that we got that out of the way....I AM STARTING A FREAKIN GROW LOG! A quick bit of back story. Since I spent more time in high school partying than studying, I didn't have much...

synclinorium · Jul 25, 2014

Sooooo I'm a bit late on this, haven't been on the site too much in a while. I moved halfway across the state in June last year which put the entire garden in limbo. Since my roommate was still living there, I decided to just leave my plants and come back for them later. Let's just say not much made it. Garden got hit by a frost before I could make it down, and I'm pretty sure my roommate forgot to water things... more than once. Oh well. I had a handful make it through the winter, though my grow is scaled back a bit as I am using someone else's yard, and I started seeds late as I wasn't sure I'd have a space to use. Anyway, I'm doing a handful of things this year. I'll see what I can manage next year. Current list: Aji Amarillo C...

Rainman · Jul 19, 2014

OK, so last year was my first full grow season using seedlings from a garden centre (grown in pots) which had mixed results. Did you usual over-watered, over-fertilised, over-cared approach and experimented with soil mixes from too heavy to too light, had to battle fungus gnats on mass, a black fungus that wiped out a few plants and a swarm of aphids at the end of the season too... BUT still got a few pods to try that cant be bought from the local supermarkets, so was not all bad and I think learned a lot for this year. This season I'm trying to grow from seed. A big shout out and many thanks Micca (THP member), who sent me a very generous seed pack. Really blew my mind how many varieties he sent me. To trial run the heated...

Husker21 · Nov 14, 2013

I have been meaning to keep better notes and records on what I have been messing around with. This past spring/summer was my first year growing anything. In July I saw the writing on the wall. Winter would arrive soon enough and then I would be without pepper plants to keep me occupied until next spring. So in July I germinate some giant chocolate hab and bhut jolokia indian carbon seeds. A couple of months later I did the same with some aji limon and tobago seasoning. The goal is to produce some pods this winter and then have some kick ass mature plants to plant out in the spring of 2014. All of these plants are potted up with Coast of Maine Potting Soil that I amended with perlite, bone meal, and some tomato-tone. I am...

Monsterhook87 · Dec 3, 2013

This will be my third year of growing peppers, but the first to document it and share my experience. My past experiences with growing peppers has been mixed. It all started when I bought some bhut jolokia's at the supermarket and sowed the seed in my mom's garden in late September. A couple seedlings came up, and thanks to our mild winters in Houston, the plant easily survived the winter and turned into a monster of a plant, producing well over 1,000 pods in it's first season. That same spring, I grew several other varieties, including Red 7 Pod Brain Strains, and had several amazing plants. This past season, however, I vastly increased the number of varieties from 7 to about 15. Due to a lack of time, and honestly, effort, this...

bambula · May 15, 2014

Hi Scroll down for new pics i started at june 6th a new project. My target was a rocoto bonsai. The pot contains 0,5l and the size of the rocoto is 14 inch Here u can see the bonsai at the beginning and now he looks like this. he had now many blooms and start to get fruits Sorry for my bad english

windchicken · May 12, 2014

I gave my co-worker Bob some chile plants again this year. He's got some of them in containers at his hunting camp, but the bulk of them are in the ground back in a clearing behind the camp…He snapped these pix of his container plants today: F3 Red NagaBrain. The leaf detritus in the dirt is the results of his pinching blossoms, as per Søren's advice: Madame Jeanette (meatfreak): Chilhuacle Rojo: Lumbre (the extra-hot New Mexico Chile from Faron Lytle): Chile de Arbol (CarlosO):

99Zhotsauce · Apr 10, 2014

Hi there, just starting my first glog. I can't remember what I started growing, so time will have to tell me. I just moved them from the starter peat pellets to their new home, my deep water culture(DWC) setup. I just built it today and I am pretty excited to see how everything turns out. Wish me luck. Now if only I can figure out how to add photos, haha. Figured it out thanks to Pexpeppers.

Durham Bull · Feb 15, 2014

Hola Chiliheads, Started on February 1st - everything is up and about with 2nd & 3rd set of leaves. Thank you to Walkgood, Ocho Cinco, Standbyandfire, Coheed196, kentishman ... for helping out with the seeds. Looking forward to this season. I have some seeds leftover, if you want some, PM me. Sy 2014 grow list MoA Scotch Bonnet (Walkgood) - 8 Foodarama Scotch Bonnet - 4 TFM Scotch Bonnet - 4 Carolina Reaper (Ocho Cinco & Standbyandfire) - 6 TS Yellow Cardi - 2 Brain Strain Red – 3 SBJ7 (Coheed196) - 6 Jalapeno - 3 Pero Sweet - 12 5 color - 2 Bolivian Rainbow (kentishman) - 2 Explosive ember - 2 Overwintered Fatalii - 1 Butch T x Douglas - did not make it. Primo - 1 TS Yellow Cardi - 1 Tomatoes: Chocolate Cherry...

Brain Strain Pepper Head · Dec 23, 2013

In 2013 I grew out 200 plus peppers many of which were super-hot peppers. This next year 2014 I am mixing it up and decided that since I have enough outside grow area and have enough room in my basement to start close to 2,500 peppers that I might as well go all out and grow it BIG. The equipment: I have 4, 1000 watt HID MH/HPS lights, 6 double bulb T8 lights for seedlings, close to 3,000 nursery pots, seedling trays, 4x4, 6x6, 1 gallon, 3 gallon, and 5-7 gallon containers that I received all for Free from a local nursery who recycles all their plastic. I have 3 turbo fans for air control. My basement maintains 70-75 even temps with the lights. I have 2 seedling mats one is single tray size and the other a 2x4 mat that hold 4...

Mncdk · Jul 28, 2014

My little collection of 4 plants... (Updated from my intro thread http://thehotpepper.com/topic/48486-first-year-in-danish-climate where I also had pics) Datil Sweet I'll probably not keep this when it's pod season ends. Unless it turns me around. I'm not really finding myself to be a fan of it's flavor and aftertaste. Bolivian Rainbow This has to be awful to not be a keeper. It's just too pretty. :D Naga Morich I fully expect to NOT have this next spring. It's just not the kind of chili I feel I should have started out with. I'm not sure why I grew this. Oh well. :D Aji Cristal I have high hopes for this one. I hope it tastes great, as I'd like to keep this. I won't keep it unless I like the flavor though. Depending on...

macho666666 · Feb 26, 2013

Hello,here in Croatia is now time to start seeding some plants. We have very original growing system that I will show you in a few days,when i start taking some pictures. We mostly grow sweet peppers, and tomatoes but this year I will try to get some morugas an bhuts to grow.

Dragonpeppers · Jun 30, 2014

Ragnar · Mar 25, 2014

Hi All, So I wasn't going to do a glog but I have the itch after perusing through all the others. I have a bit of catching up to do I see. I'll do my best to update and contribute to others as well. First time growing peppers from seed here, last year I grew nursery plants. Ok, so first let's go with the list, but first I want to thank the following members for contributing to my grow, I really appreciate it guys and can't wait to share seeds back out in the fall. So thanks go out to, in no particular order, Jamison, Hendrix1386, MGOLD86, howardsnm1, jerrymart, Spankyscolts, Cone9, Justaguy, JoynersHotPeppers, Big Lew, Ocho Cinco, and of course all the members of the Great Canadian Seed Train. Hat's off to you all. 7 Pot Red 7 Pot...

KingLeerUK · May 3, 2014

After a bit of a hiatus... I'M BACK BABY! Towards the end of last season I drifted off THP due to having had such a poor season and my ever-increasing race schedule on the weekends. My plants just didn't produce very well last year. There wasn't a single reason; the combination of too much rain early in the season, leading to brownspot issues and then a really bad whitefly infestation brought my garden to its knees. I did manage to overwinter several plants and get the pests under control which has given me a bit of a head start on this year. That said, I've still found a way to be a little late to the party. Let's start off with the Good News In the "fall" (Florida doesn't really have seasons) I had a bit of a brain spark and...

Ausmith · Jul 28, 2014

Hey gang... I'm super late starting my Glog, but I figured I should do it anyway. Hindsight is always 20/20 and had I know we were to have a mild winter, great spring, and perfect summer... I would have, should have, could have started 6 weeks before I did. Anyway that's all water under the bridge and despite we are enjoying a nice little grow this year. Big thanks to Rick for trading on the Arche Noah stuff I bought. Space is a premium here in Germany, and I definitely crammed as many plants as I could in my area of the family garden (4 generations enjoying this plot) With a little more space I think we could have an amazing garden. Learning a little every season and already looking forward to next year :) Anyway, on to the...

unk3390 · Mar 1, 2014

Hello THP This site came up in a stumble last year and growers here caught my eye. Organics, hydroponics, indoor, outdoor, hugelkultur, personal gardens, professional gardens - it was a pleasure exploring this forum. Since THP is often in my browser history anyway, how about some participation this year? Seeds from PepperJoe came in about three weeks ago. Naga Viper Carolina Reaper Charleston Jalapeno Giant/Black/Early + freebies Some of these and Ghost seeds from last year were soaked overnight and planted today in a light soil mix. The overwinters (Scorpion left, Caribbean Red Hab right) are hangin in there. This winter in the mitten is a cold one - hopefully theyll make it. It's a modest grow...

davidestesfl · Sep 23, 2013

I think a little history may be required so you understand why this is important to me. Florida supposedly has a few types of wild peppers. One of them is a monster of a pepper called a Calusa Indian Mound. It is supposed to get huge. I have never seen one in the wild nor in cultivation. The state of Florida recognizes Tabasco peppers as being a wild pepper down in a couple of counties in South Florida. Again, I've never seen one in the wild. The third one is called a Grove pepper. Growing up in Central Florida in the seventies, we use see them in some of the smaller citrus groves. From my understanding, grove peppers were common throughout most of the groves in Florida. workers would snack on them while working in the hot Florida sun...

paden · Jul 28, 2014

So I'm new to growing peppers indoors but I want to try it and I'm just trying to get a feel how this set up is going to work it is two 32 watt cool white shop lights a 900 lumens cfl and a full spectrum sun bulb for aquarium.the whole thing is has walls of aluminum foil to reflect the light. I know its not very professional but it was the best I could do the two peppers are hot Portugal and orange habaneros.

sudostahp · Jul 26, 2014

Started five trays of the Shabu this evening for a germination test. Each tray is vendor specific, and each cell contains two seeds. The starting mix is Fox Farms Light Warrior. My heat mat will only cover three trays at once, these are all going to germinate in hard mode. Taking pictures with gloves on is hard. First picture looks like it was taken with a potato.

highalt · Jan 14, 2014

Just getting started, and don't even have a full list put together yet. Yesterday I planted the following: Pubescens: 6 Yellow Manzano (from Smokemaster) 6 Orange Manzano (from Fanatic 79) 9 Mexican Manzano (from Smokemaster) Not sure on the color, it may be a mix. Chinense: 6 Peach Habanero (Harvested '12) 6 Pink Habanero (PepperJam) 3 Jamaican Hot Chocolate (Peppermania) 3 Bonda Ma Jacques (? no name on packet, and can't remember now) 3 Tobago Scotch - Yellow (Melissa) I may add a couple more, like maybe the Purple Bhut, or a Fatalii if I can find seeds for a yellow one. How much hotter is the 7 Pot Yellow than the Fatalii? I think I may have seeds for that one ... The Baccatums will get sown in another week...