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I'd love to see the results of a trail camera in the garden. Even if you don't catch someone stealing, the pictures you do get could be pretty cool.

Hmmm, that's an interesting question. I'd say that by nothing other than sheer dumb luck, I ended planting a very manageable but still time-consuming number of plants this year. Between hot peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, and watermelons, I ended up with 52 total plants. But the management was...

  Thanks! So 6-8 weeks from flower to ripe (give or take a few days for pod to set from flower)? Is that for superhot chinense varieties, or a general rule for multiple varieties/species?

  The peppers in question are in raised beds.

  Thanks. So, to summarize, your estimate is 5-7 weeks from flower to ripe lemon drop? Or from full size green pod to ripe?

I realize it varies widely depending on species, genetic, etc. But as a general rule, what timeline am I looking at for the following?   JPGS Scorpion Aji Lemon Tabasco   These are really the only plants that don't have any fruit set yet, though they all just started flowering, too. The end of...

  That's encouraging news! Not only will I get a variety of flavors, but it sounds like I'll have what basically amounts to a very sweet habanero to make some killer sauce. That $21.99 seems like money well-spent.

  Thanks!   I'm trying to decide how to properly use them in a way that won't make my family and friends who don't like heat very much cry. Sounds like I'm pretty safe treating the peach and cream with no more carefulness than a Jalapeno, which is really good news to me. I may be able to use...

  Absolutely. Just to temper expectations though, there's no guarantee of isolation on this offer. I have other hot and sweet pepper varieties planted nearby, so accidental crossing is a possibility.

  Thanks!   So by mild, do you mean like a little less than a Jalapeno, or what? Just trying to understand your point of reference.   I took advantage of a Facebook special from Refining Fire Chiles.   I got 2 each of the Sugar Rush varieties and 2 Venezuelan Tiger (8 plants total) for $21.99...

  Yeah, it seems like from what I can find, the peach are the most mild variety. Depending on what site I look at though, the red in particular is described as anything from "moderate heat" to "habanero-like". And I suppose that if you like your food really, really hot, those might mean the same...

I'm growing Sugar Rush Red, Peach, and Cream, and as I noticed some pods forming on the plants yesterday, I realized I had no idea how hot they each are. I notice some places mention that 1 or more varieties are "below a habanero" but that's not really informative. Does anybody have any idea...

  1st day: 1 hour in evening sun, shielded from the wind   2nd day: 2 hours in the evening sun, shielded from the wind   3rd: 3 hours, a little more into the wind   4th: 4 hours, a little more into the wind   etc...   until the end of 2 weeks or so, when they were out for all sunlight hours, and...

  I'll try to take some when I get home from work. The sweet peppers really do look absolutely horrible. I'd liken it to underwatering symptoms (droopy leaves, etc) but much more extreme, and minus the droop in the main stem.

  No, they looked fine before transplant. They were grown from seeds. The hottest ones I started in early February. The sweetest ones I started in early March.   I'm pretty sure that 2 weeks of gradual hardening off, culminating in 3 entire days of no inside time at all should be sufficient...

  Yep. For about 2 weeks. They hadn't been inside at all for 3 full days before they were put into the beds.

I put all my plants out into raised beds on Saturday morning/afternoon, and watered them. That evening, they looked pretty rough, but by Sunday morning, they were all looking good. I think they rebounded because they were a little thirsty when I transplanted them, and the water helped them...

  I don't intend to use it longer than I have to, either. I just don't want to be wasteful, and it seems like if I add calcium to it, it'll do just fine until I've used it all. Might not be too much of an issue (at least for a little while) with calcium, as I put some Garden-tone in the top 4...

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  Thanks.   Yeah, I have some of each (plant food and tomato food) left from last year. I'm just trying to use up what I have rather than throw it away, but I also want to get enough calcium to prevent BER. So you'd recommend just the tomato food with Cal-Mag, not the all purpose stuff? I can...