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    pics Tiberius mauler and Andys king BOC hybrid vigour ?

    Hi Guy's These very late sown varieties are a side line to my 2024 superhot trial..........grown completely in kratky hydroponics since germination I originally had planned to keep them in a vessel under 1 litre however I ended up putting them into 5 litre kratky, which may have been a mistake...
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    pest Bug ident please ?

    Hi Guy's Here in Scotland I was talking to a mate he agreed with me this year I've hardly seen and green fly ......tempting faint now ....😗 Anyway I made wooden staging and it's full to bursting with spiders hopefully they will help keep the green fly down. This morning I spotted a couple of...
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    pics Mustard King Naga !! Unexpected !!

    Hi Guy's Update on my wee mini Kratky Mustard Naga........dam thing has been producing flowers by the ton ! However I've had a real issue with flower drop ! ðŸĪ” If been misting it and got a load of shallow trays on the floor of the greenhouse to try and get the humidity up ........ Well...
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    misc Any winter chilli Pepper Experiments on the go ?

    Hi Guy's Reckon my wee winter experiment is over.........pretty sure the seeds in these pod's will be variable ........ðŸĪ” Objective achieved :thumbsup:🙂😎 Good fun very easy to do learnt alot re hydroponic ratios and keeping an eye on topping up in such small contain a 500ml fizzy pop...
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    flavor 7 Pot Douglah Crosses.............? Opinions

    Hi Guy's If I understand it correctly there are all manner of Douglah crosses.......? Big black mama Bhutlah Scorpion x Douglah Sepia serpent ..........to name a few and then there's crosses of crosses with Douglah ancestry ! Hellboy for example. I grew the Douglah last year Wow ! ðŸĨĩ...
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    chinense Yellow King Naga aka Yellow fever !

    Hi Guy's Still trying to find a good source of information on the history of the King Naga.......... In the mean time here's what ittle bitty Yellow Fever's look like 😎 👍
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    pubescens Hottest Capsicum pubescens ?? anyone know ??

    Hi Guy's I've been advised by a well known chillie grower and seed seller 😉 That Capsicum pubescens variety Rocoto Peron is one of the hottest ready available potentially above 100,000 shu ! ðŸĪŠ sounds interesting personally i find Rocoto burn different mt Rocoto long approx 60,000 shu...
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    breeding Seedling selection.....numbers sown ......?

    Hi Guy's The last few years of my hot pepper journey has been trialling as many varieties as possible to find ones that like and will grow well in my wee Scottish greenhouse......... ðŸĪ” 🧐 Space is at a premium and limited to a small greenhouse im so envious of you guys who can grow hot...
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    Hi Guy's The the last 7 to 10 day's has been over cast lots of rain showers and a North wind day time highs outside 13 oC ! ðŸ˜ģ Luckily my babies are in the greenhouse and things have been moving......... and I've flowers on some but not all ! 7 Pot Brainstrain Yellow......WHP 7 Pot Primo...
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    seeds Seed saving .......early or late flower's ?? Opinions please

    Hi Guy's Just curious.............. your seed saving............. Do you save from the "first" flower's or "later" flower's Do you think there's any difference ........?
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    Hi Guy's It's 20 day's since my last post and we had alot of good weather sunshine and temps in high teens to low 20's oC day 🙂 dawn /dusk here is currently 03.30 and 22.59 so we got plenty of light assuming it can get through the clouds some day's ðŸĪĢ The recent spell of good weather has...
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    No not topped, I find it sets plant's back too long in our short season. I simply removed the original first large side leaves when i saw new side shoots trying to grow but not getting much light . I mentioned the subject of topping to the guys at Seaspring seedsmthe Dorset Naga people they...
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    Hi Guy's It's now 7 day's on from the last photos I forgot to mention my Devil's nagabrains never recovered from the whole soggy coldcwet soil caper and perished ! Although I do have another in mini kratky set up. We have had some lovely weather over the last week or so temperature mostly...
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    pics Mustard King Naga !! Unexpected !!

    I Guy's My mini Kratky hydroponic mustard Naga experiment now has buds and flowers 😎 It looks to be just as prolific as it's mother 😎 Soon I'll find out if my "mustard Naga " I grew from Black naga seed is in fact a true Mustard variation or a cross either way it very prolific and...
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    pests Fungus gnats!

    Hi Guy's I took Marc's advice and ordered nematodes.......dosed my house plants and had enough left over to do all my Mothers (like a jungle) ðŸĪĢ Report .... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Nae more fungus gnats 😎 Highly recommend 😁 Stephen
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    chinense Yellow King Naga aka Yellow fever !

    Hi Guy's They say " Every day's a school day " Yesterday I learnt that a chilli pepper known as "Yellow fever" is in fact a natural colour variation of the King Naga and not a cross as I had assumed from its very different shape/pheno type. A bit like the Black Naga in fact is a Black...
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    Hi Guy's Fast forward today Scotland has been basking in bright sunshine and highs in the light to mid 20oC area ! 21oC -24oC ðŸĨĩ absolutely baking for us after what feels like a very cold and extremely wet start to 2024. Everyone seems to haveca skip in there step and a smile on their face...
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    Hi Guy's At the time the penny dropped about the excessive cold wet soil that was causing my plant's problems I noticed some plant's still in their original 5 litre pot's were producing side shoots like mad ! I decided to trim off the older large leaves to allow as much light as possible...
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    flavor Flavour profiles, descriptions, preferences no short cut's ?

    Hi Guy's Ive been broading my chillie pepper flavour profiles experience I ordered dried Carolina reaper and Trinidad scorpion online from a uk shop .......I've been experimenting with both......heatwise they are very similar I found two pod's in a dish too much to handle ðŸĨĩ I have used them a...
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    2024 Scottish Superhot trial ........

    Hi Guy's A little up date in my 2024 Scottish superhot trial............. When I'm wrong I'm wrong and happy to admit it and learn from it and hopefully not repeat it ! And if it helps other not make the same one even better. 🙂 My cunning plan for 2024 was germinate early, move to light...
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