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Hello friends and fellow chiliheads! My name is Mike and 2013 is my third year to grow a garden. I am a chili pepper fanatic and last year my interest in gardening blossomed immensely. I have been on this board now for one full year reading and learning from all the experience and knowledge that many of you hold. I decided as much as I love gardening and peppers that there is no way I will get locally as plants any superhots or peppers that I really wanna grow. This year will be my first year to grow superhots. I decided for 2013 to adopt the motto of "Go big or go home" so for this year having received a grow light (T5) setup for Christmas I am going to start my entire garden from seeds. Yes I do grow other veggies but this glog...
I'm in a new house with much more space, better sheltered areas for plants and hopefully less disease in the environment. Unless I win the lottery and buy myself a mansion I'm good to stay here for a long time. The landlord knows about and is cool with the fluorescent light grow setups in the garage, and is happy for me to transform the outside into a chilli jungle. All signs point to a good season ahead.
Winter has just begun, and I've got the germinating and growing on stations setup. Chilli seeds are in the post flying to my door.
This is the current seed list I have to choose from, including varieties ordered but yet to arrive.
7 Pot Brainstrain
7 Pot Yellow
Aji Amarillo
Aji Cristal
Aji Lemon
Aji Panca
Aji Pineapple
Anaheim...
Plugged in the germinator for the first time in years. Running at about 20 deg C, not sure if that is going to be warm enough.
Seeds: Anaheim, Long Red Slim, Ghost/Bhut Jolokia, Butch T Trinidad Scorpion, Naga Morich, Fatalii, Pimenta De Cheiro, Pimenta Malagueta, "Saigon Phô" Vietnamese, Fish Pepper, Piri-piri, Rocoto Red, Pasilla, Ancho, Thu's Vietnamese.
I'm really looking forward to growing out the piri-piri, malagueta and pimenta de cheiro, personal favourites of mine.
The "Saigon Phô" are seeds from chillies served on the side at a Vietnamese restaurant of that name in Lygon St, Melbourne. Typical small Asian birdseyes.
The "Thu's Vietnamese" seeds are from pods given to me by a Vietnamese friend named Thu. Two inch...
My official 2013 grow started on September 26, 2012. My seeds arrived from B&T seed company here in France. I usually get all my seeds from them since they are dialled into a world-wide network of seed banks.
I planted 110 seeds in rockwool. I wasn't sure what I was gonna do with them, but hatched a plan to do a combination of soil grow and NFT under lighting. I've been successful with NFT for some time, and a friend recommended that I make sure to put some in soil. I choose Cellmax soil. It's from Holland. It's pH stable at 5.5-6.5 and has basic nutrients.
After only 6 days, the majority of seeds germinated. Another 4 days and I was at 80% germination rate. An interesting phenomenon occured when the seeds germinated. Just...
What's up fellow THP members! Finally decided to start my own GLOG and do some seed sowing myself after seeing everyone else getting geared up for the new season. In case anyone out there who doesn't already know,My sister Melissa77754 is the one who introduced me to this site and the wonderful world of chili peppers. I was truly unaware even existed,besides the once infamous "Ghost Chile" I had only heard of before growing some of my own this past year. Have been an avid organic gardener for the last five years learning more and more as each goes by.Learning new methods as well as learning about new plants to grow too.So last year I wasn't so easily convinced by my sis about growing hot peppers.Until I saw for myself that is, how great...
This is my inaugural grow log. All will be grown in-ground in my experimental "no till" raised bed unless otherwise noted.
List:
1) Bahamanian Goat (1) MCH
2) Bhut Assam (1) PLOVER
3) Bhut Yellow (1) RTF
4) Bhut Peach (1) THP
5) Car. Reaper (1) JOE
6) Fatali Red (1) THP
7) Fatali Yellow (1) THP
8) Hab Peru White (1) PLOVER
9) Scorp Choc (1) THP
10) Scorp Morouga (1) TMUDDER
11) Scorp Butch T (1) HSC (overwintered in pot)
12) Scorp Yellow SR (1) THP
13) Jamaican Mushroom (1) THP
14) Scotch Bonnet Jamaican (2) DENNIZ/THP
15) Scotch Bonnet Foodarama (2) MCH
16) Scotch Bonnet Red (1) THP
16-b) Tobago Treasure (1) PLOVER
17) 7-Pot Brown (1) OBN
18) 7-Pot Brain Red (1) CAPPY
19) 7-Pot Brain Yellow (1) THP
20) 7-Pot Primo (1) RTF
21) 7-Pot...
Ok im starting a grow log on my indoor grow. I have these in a 4x4 grow tent with a 600 watt HID over them. They are in 1/2 gallon pots at the moment with my own soil mix. The nutrients are Fox Farm grow big bloom and tiger bloom with Humbolt Honey every other watering. I have 3 Chocolate Habaneros,3 Bhut Jolokia, 3 Butch T Trinidad Scorpions, 1 Dorset Naga, 1 Habanero, 2 Grande Hybrid Jalapeno, 1 Fresno Jalapeno, 1 Jalapeno M and 1 Okra plant for the fun. I will get pics tomorrow when the lights come on just didnt have time tonight dealing with the BLS on the outdoor plants. These were going to be hydro plants but due to the fact my 11 month old dog destroyed my pH meter and my ppm meter they will be soil plants. If anyone has any...
Well everyone thanks to my Caribbean background and heritage, I have always been interested in spicy foods and ever since I heard about the Trinidad scorpion pepper, being a Trinidadian citizen, I have become fascinated with super hots and thanks to this site and to all the great people I have met here, I am starting my first big pepper grow season!!!
Thank you THP for getting me addicted!!!
So to in starting my first season, I planted 7 plants in potting mix about 2 and a half months ago. Those consist of 3 Trinidad scorpion butch T's, a moruga scorpion, a yellow seasoning pepper and 2 bonda ma jaques.
I have 2 moruga seedlings in DWC's running my happy vs stressed experiment and I have put to germinate a lot more varieties. Maybe...
In a land where everyone is going big, i decided to go small. Last year, i did around 70 plants or so of 45 varities. It was overwhelming and a pain in the butt to maintain, i kinda stopped updating my glog too. Here is what it looked like in its prime:
I auctioned peppers off, gave them away, dried them into flakes, made hot sauces, and pickled them. This year, i went more practical in mostly growing what i would use in everyday cooking plus some rare ones. No intentional overwinters except a neglected serrano plant that i cut back which is in a 10 gallon pot and it looks like it survived the cold freezes we had. Here is what i'm growing. The mystery seeds are a mystery until i know they grow true and i will share them with everyone...
During the large forest fire just a year ago we lost around 2/3 of our production.
We decided to move to a more fire protected region and found a ground in a pure subtropical zone
at about 230m a.s.l.
Pepper production is in 3 greenhouses with insect repellant netting.
At the moment we grow around 3000 plants in pots from 11 liters to 35 liters
Here is the actual growing list:
7pot Brain Strain
7pot Brain Strain Yellow
7pot Brown
7pot Brown 2nd gen
7pot Infinity
7pot Primo Orange 2nd gen
7pot Primo Primo
7pot SR
Achard
Aci Sivri 2007
Aconcagua
Aji ahuachapáu
Aji cachucha
Aji Chombo
Aji Cito
Aji Cito 2nd
Aji Cristal SSE
Aji Dulce amarillo
Aji Dulce Long
Aji Escabeche
Aji Ethiopian Fire
Aji Fantasi
Aji Fantasi White
Aji Huanuco
Aji...
Well it happened. I am starting a GLOG. Or at least something close to the sort. I'm basically just going to post random pictures through out the year of my peppers. I was reluctant to even start one, because if this year goes anything like last, I ended up losing almost everything to aphids. Not this year though. I ain't goin out like that.
We'll see how many I actually end up with after all is said and done.
I just spent hours transplanting seedlings and taking inventory. For the first time ever I know how many of what I have... well sort of.
Due to my horrible organization skills a few labels have been mixed up, or just not labeled at all.
So for what I have going are as follows:
Chiltepin - x1
Datil - x1 (that I know of...
Here's my 2013 grow log. Very late start this year for various reasons. We'll see what happens:
7 Pot Primo (2)
Aji Limon (2)
Bhut Jolokia, Chocolate (4)
Bhut Jolokia, Yellow (4)
Black Naga (2)
Carolina Reaper (2)
Cayennes (20)
CGN 22091 (2)
Chiltepin, O'odham (2)
Costa Rican Sweet (2)
Habalokia (4)
Habanero, Chocolate (4)
Habanero, Giant Chocolate (4)
Jalapeno, Biker Billy (2)
Jalapeno, Mucho Nacho (2)
Mako Akokasrade (2)
Naga Morich (4)
Naga, Big Bang Chocolate (2)
Naga, Monster (2)
Scotch Bonnet, Foodarama (2)
Thai, Orange (4)
Thai, Red (4)
TScorpion, Chocolate (2)
TScorpion, Moruga (2)
TScorpion, Sunrise (2)
TScorpion, Yellow (4)
TScorpion, Moruga Yellow (2)
Zanahoria, Triangalo (2)
7 Pot Primo X TScropion Butch T (2)
Bhut Jolokia...
Got into this a little late and the seeds were purchased off of eBay (before I knew about this site) so for all I know these are all green bell peppers haha.
As I stated in my newbie thread this is the greenhouse I built/work in progress. Right now they are spending the nights inside as it's still warm during the day. I have other flowers in there that will be moving indoors soon to make more room.
Here's what I have so far, I plan to keep up with updates hopefully I get some exciting pods from these:
Here are my "Bhut"s a little over a month old:
These are my "7 Pots" a few weeks old now:
These are supposed to be "Thai Peppers" which started showing flower buds this week:
Tobasco:
Here is my only scotch bonnet...
this year is my first year growing peppers so i will appreciate any and all advice thank you. my grow list has been made great by a few folks here at the THP so here is a thank you message to those people
thank you
ajijoe
captain capsaicin
TheshadowofX
SanPatricio.
finally thank you everyone on here for the wealth of knowledge you have provided on here. here is my semi-complete grow list
Early Jalapeno
Orange habanero
Serrano
Scotch bonnet
Bishops crown
Bhut jolokia red
bhut jolokia brown
trinidad scorpion moruga
trinidad scorpion butch t
7pot jonah
7pot douglah
7pot brainstrain
7pot primo
infinity
Sepia Serpent f4
pequin
fiery xxx
explosive ember
barrackpore
beni highland
chilly chili
datil
dwarf salsa
goats weed
santa fe grande...
Late to the glog party but since a member was so cool to *donate plants to me after two attempts to seed failed. All are donated plants except for one other seven pot "original". I'll surely reciprocate in the future when I can. Plants are in 3 gallon containers and Mao Mart bags. Soil is a purchased type and boosted with mushroom compost and perlite. Treatments are foliar epsom salts, bone meal. Insect control is pyrethium.
Ring of fire
Seven Pot Long (repotted today, slowest grower)
Bishop's Crown
Giant Bhut
Peach Bhut
Fatili
T.S. Moruga "Yellow"
Red Douglah
Douglah (best producer)
As previously stated, I have virtually no idea what over 1/2 of my plants are. I had my seeds map saved in an Excel file - my hard drive crashed and I lost all of my data. This coupled with the fact that not everything germinated and that I didn't plant everything that did germinate has left me with quite a challenge in trying to determine what I have. I was planning on growing 1 Carolina Reaper. This is the initial pod off of one of my plants - lots of flowers, but this is the only pod that is set. Since I've never grown a Reaper, I'm not sure, but here it is:
Hello friends! So this is my third year growing a garden, but only year two of my pepper obsession. Space is limited in my ittsy-bitssy townhouse backyard, though i just demo'd my HUGE shed that was in the most perfect south facing spot of my yard. Stay tuned for the DIY raised bed going in this spring!
I just got finished building the new and improved Germinator (a few more bells and whistles to come). Last years model has been converted into my overwinter station.
2013 List
Bonda Ma Jacque (Semillas)
Pequin (Semillas/pepper Lover)
Fresno (Semillas)
Corno di Torro (Semillas)
Piment d'espelette (Semillas)
Serrano (Semillas)
7 Pot Brain Strain Yellow (Pepper Lover)
Fatalii (Pepper Lover)
Jalapeno "Cracked" (Pepper Lover)
Chile de Arbol...
Hey everyone!
Im going to start my grow log here in a new thread because I had some set backs earlier this year mainly with overwatering. Thanks everyone for all your help this site is awesome.
I just put this greenhouse up a few weeks ago and have been working on getting it all dialed in. Temps are still a little high, but Im going to install some bigger exhaust fans next week that will take my exhaust CFM from its current 2200 CFM to 6000 CFM so I should see a further reduction in temps. Its about 95 degrees in there today and some days it gets up around 100 or a bit past so Im hoping the larger fans will bring that down a tad.
Anyway ... heres what I have going so far. Here is the greenhouse, I still need to bring some more rock...
Hey guys whats up (:
For a second year i`m growing a few pepper plants on my balcony,
I have
Jalapenos 2x3
Habaneros (yellow and orange) 1x1, 1x2, and 2x3
Trinidat Scorpion 1x3
Those are potx#plants
Here are some pics.
Habaneros having little flowers on the top.
They are quite bushy inside. Dunno do I need to trim them or something ?
Here are they all.
Jalapenos with a nice flower.
All advices are welcome.
THank you
Hi Guys,
Im back in 2013 :)
i have planted some peppers that i will list later on. just wanted to start the page and so on...
Basically this year shoudl be pretty simple..
multiple plant of some super Hot to make more powder an sauce,
so of them are Carolina reaper, Butch T, Primo's, 7 pot, some nice cross like Douglah x Butch T and Douglah X Morouga and so on....
Also for my Lady should have multiple plants of Espelette cause she love those peppers
and i will also plant a lot of Aji Lemon Drop, Biker Billy Jalapeno and Cayenne for cooking and "not so hot" sauce for the family.
shoudl have about 30-40 different variety so hang on guys! cant wait to post the list and picture of the progress of my seedlings..
also not to forget...
Hi from Toronto.
I am a first time pepper grower this summer. It is mid July and the peppers seem to be coming in nicely. Here are the habeneros, more pics to come.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25855980/DSCN0270.JPG
So far my season has gone like this ... goood ... average ... great ... bad .... things are on the up ... and today .... pretty f&^%king annoyed and frustrated ....so many pests ... and the plants are looking much worse then this time last season (when I had no pests to speak of). I had aphids early on during winter ... they were easy to clear off and didn't bother me too much ...
but I have since been having major issues with thrips and broadmites?? (some sort of mite anyway) tiny little buggers which are about the size of a spec of flour (smaller then two spotted or spider mites). So My plants lurch from looking good to looking really terrible and then they bounce back for a while only to be hammered all over again.
Anyway through...
This is my first time going from seed. I'm pretty sure I haven't screwed anything up yet. I'll get around to that later.
For now, we've got:
Sown circa Feb 16:
Aji Lemon drop: 0/20 Germinated (Suspected bad seed, gave up. Not even a radicle had popped)
Orange Hab: 4/4 Germinated (these are the guys in coco coir in beer can bottoms)
Sown circa Feb 27:
Mariwiri: 7/8 Germinated
Yellow Fatalii: 4/4 Germinated
NuMex Centennial: 2/2 Germinated
Zavory: 3/3 Germinated
Sown circa March 6:
Bulgarian Carrot: 3/6 Germinated
Jamaican Red: 0/10 Germinated
All but the jamaican red, orange hab, and lemon drop seeds came from Ajijoe. He's the man, and his seeds have awesome germination rates.
I have them all under two 42-watt...
Hi everyone! I wanted to share my grow with you! even if it's a really small grow haha :)
So I planted a few seeds a month ago:
-2 bolivian Rainbow (Fatalii.net)
-3 Piri Piri
-2 Naga Morich (Fatalii.net)
Everything sprouted! :) or I forgot how many seeds I first planted haha ... but I know that everything I wanted to grow sprouted! :)
this is a pic from two weeks ago
now I transfered them to individual Red Solo Cups
and they are now in the window because my single light setup is obviously not big enough anymore haha
OK. Sorry for waiting so long and putting these all in at once. I have limited these just to my pepper plants and not the tomatoes I started this year. The top ones are from the first week or so of May I believe. The potted ones, the top 3 of which closes to the garage door are my over wintered plants in the lined up pot picture (2 scotch Bonnets, 1 bhut). Then my facing heaven pepper bed. I also have some more in the ground in my front yard Ill try to get some pictures of. You can see the progression from the ones I took today which are the lower half of the set. Over winters are doing great but are hella bushy. My poor poor facing heaven peppers are being ravaged by slugs.
My front yard in ground peppers. Up top in the...
OK guys, this is my second year growing from seed and let’s hope this year goes better than last year as it was a disaster all the way around, though I have learned a lot from all of you folks here. The seeds below are what I started a few days ago and I got them from the folks here (in parentheses) so I’m certain that they will be better than the ones I got last year from unknown sources. My setup is simple, this time I am using Jiffy Mix organic seed starter mix, under my trays I have some homemade heating made with Christmas lights under clay cat litter, the soil temp stays around 82 degrees, none of the seeds have made it up out of the soil yet so still waiting, these were planted on the 9th, I will try and keep this...
Ok - first post is gonna be somewhat short (typing on a tablet)...
adult male growing peppers... How uncool can my life get? why not do something more exciting, like rub coarse sand into my eyeballs or drill a hole into my kneecap and fill it with Worcester sauce ? I don't know... I maybe it's the cheapskates version of a red sportscar I am not willing to spend moneys on
I am glad I'm married - otherwise I would most Def. not be having any sex the in 2013. Did I mention that I am going bald, too?
Well back on topic...
I always liked spicy stuff, and I do like to grow stuff - so I guess I really carry the nerd deep within. But then again this makes it kind of logical to grow peppers (in a Douglas Adams kind of way).
(to be continued...
Hi all,
this week start hit the first seeds for new season.
This is the compete list:
Habanero Belize
Habanero Giant White
Habanero Cappuccino
Habanero Mustard
Habanero Green XL (Extra Hot)
Rocoto Brown
Rocoto "Big Apple"
Aji Wrecking Ball
Trinidad Scorpion Chocolate
Trinidad Scorpion Sweet
Trinidad Scorpion Green
Trinidad Scorpion Ice Scream F1, Butch T
Trinidad Scorpion Mustard
Trinidad Scorpion Orange
Bih Jolokia Light Green
Bhut Peach
Bhut Orange Copenhagen
Bhut Jolokia - Rust (Rost)
7 Pot / XXL - Hybride
7 Pod White
7 Chiguanas
7 Pod Burgundy
7 Pod Primo Red
7 Pod 007 F1, Butch T
7 Pot Bubblegum
Jay's Red Ghost Scorpion
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
Ibrido Devil'sTongueWhite/HabaneroWhite
SB7J (Scotch bonnet x 7 Jonah)
Zavory...
This year I did a few overwinters and broke open my precious seed stash(seed trains are the coolest thing ever), a few weeks ago. I had some initial trouble with the overwinters; my parents told me it was doomed from the start, that they've never had any luck. Well, 10 of 14 survived and bonus, now I have some geo pots ready to go to make new little monsters I haven't tried.
I planted too many seeds to make sure some plants make it and have been limited in my pepper garden space because it was deemed excessive... go figure :crazy: . I plan on growing around 39 varieties so that limits me to around 1-2 of each
Here are a few pictures to start this year's fight, for the rights to make it to the garden
6/9/13
I know this is for peppers but this is what I am taking care of this year, I was given the 15 Habs and 2 Bhuts from Pex and the Bushy Tomato. The smaller Tomato was bitten by the nasty frost we got on May 15th, it is coming back though.
The other Habs were bitten by the frost also, they are coming back slower than the Tom.
The other plant behind the Hab I found when I was helping Pex dig his raised beds, it was a bulb cluster and that is what it is so far... I was very happy to see it grow.
Two Bhuts in cat litter buckets.
I really can't see my ipod's screen outside, sorry for the crappy picture quality.
Frost bitten Tom.
Anyone know what that plant is?
Bushy Tom
Better picture
Brothers Hab :/
j
REPOTTED AGAIN
Well, Spring has arrived here in the Land of Oz and it's all starting to happen. I thought I would quit being a lazy bones and start a glog this season. Even though I'm so far behind where I had planned to be at this point, things are running along smoothly enough. I released some Neoseiulus californicus predator mites about a month ago to take care of my broad mite problem and so far, they are being amazing. A month later and I have yet to see any new signs of broad mite activity. It is still early days though and time will tell just how effective the little buggers are. And of course, I still have to get on top of the fruit fly problem (not looking forward to that one). With Spring here and new pods forming, the little bastages can't...
Hi all !
So I decided to start a growlog to improve myself as a total beginner in growing chilies and to get your advices.
I'll post updates and pics every week if I can.
THE PLAN
I've 2 houses in France :
- a little flat in Paris : because the weather is very bad in Paris (< than 1600 hours of sunlight/year, cold, rainy & pollution) I can only grow peppers indoor. But my flat is rather small (40m²) so I grow things into my cupboard.
- a farm in La Rochelle : I grew up in this farm which is not a big one because it's only 5 acres. It's located here, around 200 yards from the sea. The weather is usualy nice (same sunlight as the south of France, we have some kind of a microclimate). I've plenty of space to plant my peppers but...
You all have really helped me out from how to start seeds, which grow light to purchase, which potting soil to use, to how best to fight bug infestations. Because I followed the advice here on the forum, everything went smoothly starting the seeds indoors and growing the seedlings to respectable size for transplanting. It was only after that where I started doing things on my own where I ran into problems, haha.
The first few months after transferring my seedlings outside was rough. I managed to make almost every typical rookie mistake in the book. First I encountered a rather severe green aphid issue, and instead of going to the local hydroponics shop or garden center I followed a home remedy guide utilizing dish soap as one of the...
Not growing to many varieties this year. I hope I have a good year for growing.
x3 Red Savina (these plants are in their 2nd year)
x2 Bengle Naga
x1 Devils Rib
x1 Jalapeño (now in its 4th year)
also i'm growing a few sweet peppers.
**All pictures are a week old and my 3 plugs have since been re-potted again into their final much larger pots**.
My freshly potted Naga plug's.
My Devils Rib.. it came very lop sided but thankfully since this photo my plant is now growing upright :)
New growth on last years Red Savina, I grew them from seed and due to crappy weather they where very slow in growing last year. I over wintered them by basically leaving them on a windowsill with very little other treatment. Aphids did...
I know this is for peppers but this is what I am taking care of this year, I was given the 15 Habs and 3 Bhuts from Pex and the Bushy Tomato. The smaller Tomato was bitten by the nasty frost we got on May 15th, it is coming back though.
The other Hab was bitten by the frost also, it is coming back slower than the Tom.
The other plant behind the Hab I found when I was helping Pex dig his raised beds, it was a bulb cluster and that is what it is so far... I was very happy to see it grow. :D
Two Bhuts in cat litter buckets.
I really can't see my ipod's screen outside, sorry for the crappy picture quality.
Frost bitten Tom.
Anyone know what that plant is?
Bushy Tom :)
Better picture
Brothers Hab :/
j
REPOTTED...
Seeing the grow logs on here has inspired me to put up my own. It may not be the most interesting, the most frequently updated, or have the highest scoville units, but I think it will be fun to see how far I've come over the season and track my progress.
I'm growing a lot more peppers this year than last year, including many new-to-me species.
Grow list:
Peppers
C. annum
Anaheim - Botanical Interests
Bull's Heart - pepperlover
Chaotian Jiao (Sichuan) - OP - can trade seed
Chaotian Jiao (Tibetan Cascabel) - OP - can trade seed
Goat's Weed - pepperlover
Mulato Isleño - Trade Winds
Pasilla Bajio - Botanical Interests
C. baccatum
Aji Rojo - Trade Winds
C. chinense
Bhut Jolokia Red - pepperlover
Brain Strain Yellow - pepperlover...