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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...

Started today ! Will update more in the next few days😎

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...