Hello everyone, I have decided to try and document my pepper season this year, and although I am a full time culinary student, I will do my best to update.
One of the weird things I have to deal with growing peppers in a place like Santa Cruz CA is our extremely mild climate, and our excess of microclimates. Due to this fact I will be growing very few Chinese's at my house and will focus on the Pubescent and Annum species, while all my superhot's will make their way around town to several warmer locations. Like a ranch in Scotts valley CA, And also my student garden in Aptos. I did get an early start however due to the mild weather as most of my seeds were sowed in late dec.
I will update with a genetics list once I count em all. Im...
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hi all here is my 2011 list
Aji Lemon x4
Ancho Gigantia F1 x17
Asian fire x2
Bulgarian Carrot x3
Caballo x7
Cayenne Large Red Thick ? x6+1?
Coban / Ancho Gigantia F1
Dorset Naga x8
Naga Morich x4
Fatalii x6
Paper Lantern x4
Jamaican Hot Chocolate x7
Pasilla Bajio x1
Habanero Orange x5
Habanero Red x2+1?
Habanero peach x1
Red rocotto x10
Tabasco x3
Trinidad Scorpion butch t x6
Trinidad 7 pot yellow x1+1?
7 pot x3
unknown verity x101
long red and sweet/2-10 heat...
Otherwise known as my first attempt at growing hot peppers; probably a good reason to keep track of my plants' progress. My list isn't quite as hot as the others I see on here, but I'm still at the point where most of the hotter chinense varieties are beyond my appreciation. Hopefully this season will begin to change that.
I didn't properly research before buying my seeds/plants, so forgive my naivety with some of my supplier choices; I don't exactly have high expectations when it comes to most of these plants being true to type. Seeds were started intermittently between the first week of February and the second week of March (save the giant Datil plants seen in the photo below, those just recently arrived).
Current list:
Aji Cristal...
Hello everyone just wanted to say hello and show you guys my collection. Im fairly new at this. I started growing vegetables and peppers after i got hurt from work. (gives me something to do while i recover)
i grow all my seeds in the wet paper towel and ziplock bag method then transplant them into a pellet
I have a few seeds waiting to pop
- yellow hungarian wax
- scotch bonnet pepper
- Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper) taking forever :mouthonfire:
- serranno pepper
As you all can see i love hot peppers and am willing to try to grow other types of hot peppers...
at the moment im looking for
- trinidad scorpion
- and a few other hot ones
What i have growing
Biker bills pepper (in my aerogarden as well)
long hot cayenne
early...
I've finally found a place that so far seems almost too good to be true. A 3br, 2ba, 2 story, 2 car garage, 1500sqft house that sits on 5.7 acres that was bult in 2005 that was never sold by the homebuilders, that was forclosed on is now two steps away from being mine. The property is two lots of which one is a 1 acre lot that was cleared at one point but has become overgrown over the years. That 1 acre lot is where I intend to grow not only peppers next year but also a myriad of other veggies, herbs and fruits. There is about 4 acres or so that is pine trees and other hardwoods. I'm not quite sure what I feel like doing with that just yet as that is years away. Perhaps it would be a good spot to raise catfish or tilapia amongst the...
I will be the first to admit, I didn't have that great of a season last year. I got overly optimistic and crowded my garden with too many plants. I lost over half my plants due to it. Lesson learned and moving forward:
I also didn't build my raised bed very well either. The timbers I used to build it, warped and split over the winter, so I am scrapping the entire thing and starting over.
Since I am limited to the space I can use, the dimension will remain the same, 8'x16'. I will be making the base out of 2”x12” with a 4”x4” post every 8'. Plus another placed 3' from a corner for the gate. I would prefer to use 1”x2” wire, but can only find 2”x4” locally. The top will be surrounded with 2”x4” to help support the wire. The...
Hello yall!!
I live in Brazil, in apartment, so all my plants I grow on pots.
I have start my 2011/2012 season 2 month ago...
this is my growlist
Bacatum
Aji Limon
Aji Habanero
Aji Pineapple
Aji amarillo
Annumm
Praire fire
Thai hot
Habanero tazmanian
Chinense
7 pod classico (jonah);
7 pod long;
7 pod chocolate douglah;
7pot/pod Barrakapore;
7pod red;
7pot/pod Brain Strain;
7pot/pod; Bugundy;
Beni highlands;
Bih jolokia lemon;
Bonda Ma Jacque;
Datil Red;
Joes long cayene;
Habanero black stinger;
Habanero giant white;
Habanero Francisca;
Habanero cancun
habanero costa rica
Habanero condors beak;
Habanero Fogoso;
Habanero méxico;
Habanero orange;
Habanero chocolate
Pimento morango;
Trinidad scorpion;
Trinidad douglah...
My Growing list for this year
Aja Lemon
Trinidad scorpion
Pusa jwala
Douglah
Scotch bonnet (from a friend)
Super chilli (from last years plant)
Jalepeno
I have been growing super chillies for the last few years with great success and love them. I have decided to expand my selection this year with some interesting varieties.
I Invested in a heated propagator that kept the temp at a constant 30c.
I followed advice from the guys at the Hippyseedcompany (who provided the TS,douglah, aja lemon and pusa jwala seeds) and used jiffy pellets.
After 3 weeks I have had some success.
I have potted on some of the stronger ones and they seem ok, I am keeping them indoors in the south facing bay window. Temp is set on my house central...
2010 was my first season of growing anything other than the common jalapenos, serranos, etc. I have big plans for 2011. I'll try to document it here. There are so many top rate gardeners and photographers here that this will pale in comparison.
I have some random pics posted here from 2010: My link
I have my first seeds down and several plants overwintering that I'll take pics of soon. Still working on my grow list for 2011. So many peppers, only so much room.
Toby
Hello everybody and welcome to my first grow log! I live in the city and I don't have any land so I'm stuck growing in buckets wherever I can. Last year was my first attempt at growing peppers which resulted in some success. This year I'm taking a giant leap and starting from seeds and growing a ton of plants. I have no idea where I'll have room once I have full grown plants.
I started some seeds in small plastic shot glasses on top of coffee filters and didn't get much action out of the seeds. I moved them to here:
My pepper-lovin' girlfriend, lellie1o1, bought me a great 72 cell container/germination station with a lid and a heat mat. Soil is Espona Organic Seed Starter. I bought a small clip light with a 60w CFL natural...
Howdy,
My name is Steve i live in Iowa, i have decided to try my hand at growing my favorite pepper this year and after reading many forums i decided to register here and post a pic to get some of you expert's input on my baby habs. This pic was taken today they were sowed 11 days ago, i have never attempted to grow peppers from seed so i am a complete newb and not sure what to look for as far as how things are goin so far. Thanks for any responses and take it easy.
As some of you already know, on April 7 I injured my foot, which caused a lot of nerve damage, but no broken bones. The doc put me into an immobilization boot, which I wore for about a month and a half. Then I started walking. Generally, depending upon available time, I now walk 1 - 3 miles a day, sometimes twice a day. I still have some pain in my foot, but it is much better than it was following the injury. Mostly things like squatting down or turning the foot to the side cause pain, but just walking has been okay for the most part.
The doc gave me a program to follow when I was ready to start running again. When I saw it, I thought "LAME", but then, isn't that what one is with a foot injury? :) The program starts with one minute of...
I started some new plants in Earth Barrels which are a self watering container made out of a 55 gallon food grade plastic barrel. My growing medium consists of peat, vermiculite, Black Cow, Black Hen & Mushroom Compost. This mix make a very light and airy growing media. I purchased several plants from a local grower and planted these on July 13th, 2011. Below are some pictures about two weeks after planting.
Left: Trinidad Scorpion Center: Trinidad Scorpion Right: Black Habenero Back: Roma Tomato
Left: Ghost Chile Center: Black Habenero Right: Ghost Chile Back: Beefstake Tomato
Left: Fatalli Center: Cali Pedi Right: Yellow Lantern
The Peppers seem to be happy already have several pods on the Chocolate (Black) Habenero...
Had a bunch of these systems so figured I may as well grow some plants in one
Heres the nutes used below applied starting at 300ppm @ 5.9 ph (it drifts to about 6.4 after 4 days then I just give it new solution(always with R.O. water)Now we are on week 2 i have nutes at 600ppm per Willards advice in another thread (thx!)
The system with light and stand
Banana Pepper
Marconi
Hab
Cubanelle
And another Banana with a root poppin through
I am learning all things peppers from this site so if anybody sees anything that I am going the wrong direction on please let me know comments/criticism welcome :)
Well guys, I've been lurking for a while, getting awesome info from all of you. Thank you all for being awesome. Anyway last year I talked about growing peppers and was given some Bhut Jolokia seeds by a friend in MI. I'm starting pretty conservatively for my first time. I planted 4 Bhut seeds and only one made it to a plant, my jalapenos did great, I also have a couple nice cayennes with 1 that looks like its going to pop out of the soil any day. I also am growing a few Anaheims. I still have some Bhut seeds in the fridge and I ended up buying some Butch T seeds and am awaiting their arrival. I think I'm going to go ahead and start germinating and try to over winter them.
I've learned a lot so far and am sure this is something that...
Well I started most of my seeds in a seed start mix put them in a reused salad tub on the 20th of December.
My Varieties for this year:
Aji Bonito
Aji Brown
Bhut x Bell F3
Bhut Jolokia CPI
Black Pearl
Bonnet x Bell F3
Brazilian Starfish
Bulgarian Carrot
Cajun Belle F1
CAP 1478
Cappuccino Habanero
Cherry Pepper
Chile de Arbol
Chocolate Fatali
Clavo
Condors Beak
Fidalga Vermelha
Filius Blue
Fooled You Jalapeno F1
Inferno F1
Italian Pepperoncini
Monkeyface Yellow
Morouga Blend Yellow
Mustard Habanero
Numex Heritage Big Jim
Numex Pinata
Numex Suave Orange
Numex Suave Red
Orange Hab
Padron
Peru White Hab
Peter Pepper Red
Poblano
Prik Bra Dap (Charming)
Prik Bra Dap (Fak Thong)
Prik Ki Nu Suan
Prik Sri Num Khao (F1)
Prik Wiang...
Here is the start of a more than likely a rarely updated grow log of my attempt to grow a bunch of peppers. I don’t know really anything about growing peppers (having never grown more than a ancho plant) and get fairly busy with other projects, so at times the plants get neglected. I started seeds back in the start of February and have continued to plant more and more seeds but finally have stopped myself.
The nights are still cold (was 22 last night) here so I am waiting for a while longer to even leave them in my hoop house at night. They are growing in a room in my basement under a 400 watt HID light. I have good air circulation and flow in the grow room but am slowly running out of room as the plants grow. Hopefully soon...
Hi Everyone,
I've been reading this forum since 3 months, and all I can say is: guys, You are amazing!!!
I saw AJ's unbelievable harvests, and all the crazy setups you were made, and they inspired me to start my own growing season.
So let me thank you all the knowledge you put together in this forum, and the patience of my girlfriend, who lets me play with these evil plants in our 34 square meters flat. :rofl:
I always was a chili fan, but this is the very first year I am trying to grow them.
It started with a pack of Red Habanero, in February, which I purchased in a local store in Budapest, which is selling exotic (!) foods.
Yes...exotic, but I have to add, that I am living in Hungary, and these kind of staff is quite rare here.
It...
How is everyone today? A few of my seed have sprouted for my 2010 season so I thought i'd post a couple of pics. Nothing too flash at this stage but will be sure to keep updating as they progress. Hopefully I will end up with around 50 or so plants (including ones in the groung already and a few Bird's eyes and Orange Habs), however I was going through Timmies thread the other day and I may just regret that many plants.
So here is the list ATM
Seeds in: 4 x Trini Scorp, 4 x 7 Pot, 4 x 7 Pot "Jonah", 4 x Yellow 7 Pot, 4 x Naga Morich, 4 x Dorset Naga, 4 x Bih Jolokia, 4 x Bhut Jolokia and 4 x Choc Bhut. I'm trialling the aspirin mix on one tray while the other will be getting "normal" nutes.
This is Tray #1 (no aspirin) planted 29 Apr...
Alright, here's my go at growing a Trinidad Scorpion Morouga and a 7pod SR in 5gal DWC "bubbler" buckets. I started the seeds in rockwool and transplanted into 5gal buckets with leftover STG filler. I am using foxfarm "growbig" as a growth nutrient and will switch to the flowering nutrient whenever. The plants are under a 250w HPS lamp.
I recently topped the plants out of curiosity and will upgrade to a darkroom for higher lamp placement and to cut down the glow from the lamp on my tv...
Here is where they are at as of now.
Hi, I'm Michael, I live in Penang, Malaysia. This is my grow log. Everything started with a pepper plant I bought. I don't know much about it, except that it's a chinense from what people told me. Seeing as how that plant has been growing well, I went out and bought a packet of birds eye chilli or cili padi as they call it here. Not knowing any better, I dumped all the contents out into the soil. Well, needless to say, I have alot of small plants right now with true leaves. I have also managed to germinate and sprout some seeds of the unknown Chinense.
Overview of my container garden
Cili Padi/bird's eye chilli on 13th June
Transplanted Cili Padi on 15th June
Undetermined Chinense 15th June [has been with me for a month, bought...
Hi there, I went against my better judgement and purchased my seeds from ebay.
For around $13 shipped I got 20 Bhut Jalokia Seeds, 20 Trinidad Scorpions and he threw in 10 Tasmanian Reds for free.
I started them in Sow-N-Grow Peet Pellets and transplanted them outside after 6 weeks. And so far am very satisfied, except I'm still not sure these are the correct peppers. Ive never grown any of these before and my pods, so far, dont seem to look like anyone else's Ive seen. The Jalokias are a very pale yellow, nearly white and the scorps are very round and growing upside down (see pic)...
Anyway heres a look, tell me what you think...
After 2 weeks!!!
Bhut Jalokia??
Scorps??
Tasmanian Reds. Love the color on these!
hope this link works.. seeds were all started first week of march.. and the congo blacks.. a month later, this year is taking off!! medium is 1/4 parts seasoned horse manure, pro mix, soil from the main garden, and peat moss. only fish emulsion ( two applications so far).. water sun and love.
My link
Cheers and Happy Gardening to all!
Hey guys,
I finally decided to start my 2011 grow log.
First things first, the list:
Fatalii
Cayenne
Jalapeno
Hot Lemon
Rocoto Red
Black Pearl
Pimenta de Neyde
Chocolate Habanero
Italian Long Pepper
Trinidad Scorpion
Trinidad Scorpion CARDI
Trinidad Scorpion Douglah
Piri-Piri
Naga Morich
7 Pod Brain Strain
White Bullet Habanero - been germinating for 4 weeks, so far nothing happened.
I know its not much but its already more than I can manage with the limited space I have available.
My goal is to have a little bit of everything in the least amount of plants possible.
Notice the heat range that goes from the mild Hot Lemon to super hots like Naga Morich or Brain Strain or Douglah.
Pod colors range from Yellow to Red...
Well I have already put my plans together (after 4 drafts) for next years gardens. As far as the peppers go I have 88 plants in the plans. But I am thinking to myself that as awesome as that would be, Im not so sure I have my spacing correct. I also have designed the gardens around a few things, pickling, hot sauces, and salsa's. So here is the list of peppers I am wanting to grow and their quantities.
Cayenne (24)
Mucho Nacho Jalapeno (10)
Orange Habanero (10)
Birds Eye (10)
Orange Bell (5)
Naga Morich (5)
Red Savina (10)
Brain Strain (5)
Sweet Banana (5)
Orange Manzano (4) (figured I'd try it out)
So how far apart should I be spacing these different varieties? Since space might be limited unless I increase the size of my garden...
updated pics at bottom! 7/5/11
Hey all I have had a few plants going for a month or so and thought I would share some progress...my varieties are very basic but I am excited for the results, and excited to try some exotics next time. anyhow heres the pics
Early Jalapeno
Cayenne
Habanero(no peppers yet)
Sweet Banana
Bell
And my mystery pepper (posted it up and got a 100 diff possible types)
And where they started (the ones that still fit are in here)
I'm runnin 12 hours on 12 hours off for a light cycle to try and keep the ones in the tent small. I greatly appreciate any input to get better veggies and enjoy reading everyones grow logs. Happy Growing everyone!
Hey hey!
So it all starts now for me :) I put my seeds in the dirt on the weekend despite the freezing temperatures down here and the snow on the surrounding mountains!
This is the first year I'm growing seriously so I'm quite excited. This is what I'm growing this year:
• Habanero Pumpkin
• Trinidad Perfume
• Trinidad Scorpion
• Trinidad 7 Pot (Red & Yellow)
• Paper Lantern
• Fatalii (Red & Yellow)
• Jalapeno
• Tabasco
• Rocoto
But out of all those plants Most of my plants will be Jalapenos (I can't get enough of them raw in salads, salsas, stuffed etc.) Tobascos (I hear it makes the best powder which I want alot of, and I also want a heap for sauce) and Trinidad Perfume (I hear this is one tasty little fruit!).
So ... whats a...
Hey, so I decided to get my line wet and grow some peppers this year. Last year I started super late and got 5 jalapenos and about 5 bird's eye so I wanted to get a jump on things and I placed an order with Cross Country Nurseries for 12 plants.
I'm planting...
3 - 7 Pots
3 - Trinidad Scorpion
2 - Naga Morich
1 - Red Bhut Jolokia
1- Yellow Bhut Jolokia
1 - Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
1 - Red Savina
Received them exactly a week ago and have started them outside and in my make-shift green house while the temps are still a little cooler... Now onto the pics!
Here is the mini green house that keeps them out of the rain we have been having and keeps them warm at night
And here are my babies. Let me know what you guys think. Healthy...
Hello guys, i've been reading about everyones growing for the past few months, and finally thought i'd pipe in :)
Got the gardening bug a couple of years ago, tested with some strawberries etc to see if i could keep them alive and have been doing it ever since, i've now moved on to chillis this year, last year i germinated some Bhuts with the intention of really seeing whether the enviroment i live in (country/City-english weather)was actually very conducive to them growing. It did work, and unfortunately they DID die over winter....but nevertheless i am at it again!
I germinated approximately 12 Purple Tiger seeds (capsicum annum variety) in November last year, and overwintered them, they all germinated successfully and after giving...
Well I have decided to start a grow log this season. Nothing too exciting to post yet. Started to germinate on the 6th and have a ton of work to do on the hill side garden.
Okay so due not wanting to spend extra money on a heating pad I have the following set up for germination:
Jiffy mini green house on top of my dehydrator on low. Keeps it at the right temp:
The location of the hill side garden, I figured the hill will work fine because it will not pool up with all the excessive water we get here in Wa:
decided to break ground and see what I had to work with in terms of soil. To my dismay the dark soil was something they used to cover nothing but clay and rocks. And if your wondering what is going on with the stakes on the...
This is the list as of today. Some seedlings already started and will get the rest going but first need to rearrange the greenhouse.
updated Jan 14,2011
Tomatoes
Black Cherry
Purple Russian
Fargo
Mortgage Lifter
Jersey Devil
Opalka
Isis Candy Cherry
White Ice Cherry
Aunt Ruby's German Green
German Stripe
Eva Purple Ball
Cherokee Purple
Tomatillo
Purple Tomatillo
Peppers
Datil
Thai Hot
Fatalii, Yellow
Fatalii, Red
Purple Serrano
Lemon Drop
Jamaican Hot, red
Jamaican Hot, yellow
Trinidad Scorpion
Trinidad Scorpion,Yellow CARDI
Trinidad Congo
7 Pod, Yellow
7 Pod, Brain Strain
UbaTuba
Douglah
Douglah SR
Scotch Bonnet
Red Scotch Bonnet
Chocolate Scotch Bonnet
Nat Scotch Bonnet
Pasilla Bajio
NuMex R Naky
Naga Morich
Bhut Jolokia
Red...
Ok. Well I started some Bhut Jolokia and Trinidad Scorpions a few weeks ago and have received tremendous help on this site and will probably be picking peoples brains all season. I will try to not be a bother ;). People have been very helpful here, and by some trial and error on my part and learning from all of the seasoned veterans here, hopefully I will have some success right of the bat.
Below is a pic of my setup. I'm just using some T12 shop lights I had with one cool and one warmer bulb in each. I just added some reflective material that came in an insulated box at work and it brought the temp up to about 77. It was only about 65, which I have found may have been contributing to some slow growth. I just have a cheapo thermometer...
I live in Las Vegas, and for a long time i've been wanting to try growing some full size vegetables in my house over the winter. I do have a garden in my back yard with four 4'x8' raised beds, but it can get down to 20 degrees here (with snow) in December and January. So during the cold season, growing Summer veggies like peppers, tomatoes, and basil indoors during the winter is the only option for me.
Since I had limited space in my house, I figured i'd pull out the wire shelving in one of my 2'x6' closets and hang an 8 tube fluorescent light in there (Quantum BadBoy T5). I screwed two hooks into the ceiling and hung it using two ropes with ratchets at the bottom so I can easily move the light up and down as needed. This closet was...
I've learned alot since I found this board, and want to share my growlog, too!
Here's the list of peppers I'm growing so far:
fatalii
giant jalepeno
sweet cayenne
bhut jolokia brown
bhut jolokia red
bhut jolokia yellow
7pod barrackpore
7pod trinidad yellow
7pod trinidad red
trinidad red scorpion
trinidad red scorpion mourouga blend
trinidad scorpion yellow
bih jolokia
assam bhut jolokia indian
dorset naga
bombay norich
aji lemon
tepin
purple naga jolokia
cap 649
tabasco
tabago seasoning
amish bush
savina
scotch bonnet
cherry bomb
black beauty
bulgarian carrot
super chili
pi 257179
pi 406987
pi 167244
pi 653669
pi 209026
pi 238046
pi 224448
pi 257084
pi 195302
pi 185474
Cayene colorfull blend
Thai hot
cayenne long thin red
mystery...
Well here is my grow list and status. I had a smaller home built greenhouse but I am quickly running out of room so I built a 8' long x 2' deep x 4' high one last night. Used reflective 4x8 sheet in back and bottom/sides/top are some r13 insulation that is suppose to have 98% reflectivity. We shall see. As of now, I have 445 seeds planted and/or purchased and 147 germinated seeds. Other than the 2010 Jalapeno, all seeds with a "0" germination have not been planted yet and/or were just planted in the past few day. My favorite new supplier is Trade Winds Fruit. Their seeds are germinating at an unbelievable rate. My current list is....
I know I'm late into the game, but with the encouragement of others, I decided to document for posterity my 2011 efforts. I don't have any pics of my annuum seedlings yet (which are still in the basement), but here are a few others that finally got to go outside and catch some rays.
First my "greenhouse." After seeing the nice greenhouses and hoop houses some of you have, my $30.00 Harbor Freight greenhouse seems tiny and cheap in comparison, but it gets the job done. Mostly chinenses in there now, doing the slow hardening off thing, and a few plants my wife bought last weekend and stuck in there.
Next is my double-decker wagon from grower's supply, loaded with a couple of flats of baby chinenses and all the overwinters that...