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Started some Safi Red seeds today. After growing several hot red habanero/scotch bonnets over the last few years, I have selected Safi as my favorite of that category. All of my recently purchased seeds sprouted in less that one week. A trinidad pimento also sprouted.

You aren’t preventing build up by watering with plain water, unless you are using excess water and allowing it to drain out of the bottom of the pot. Plain water (unless it is reverse osmosis filtered, rain water, or distilled) can by itself cause build up of various minerals with time. Use a...

You can water the pots with the hydroponic solution with every watering, provided you use a mix which drains well, and you water heavily enough so that some excess drains out of the bottom, preventing nutrient build up. Since you already have fertile soil, I would start with just plain water...

Hydroponic fertilizer is more commonly used with pots or other containers, rather than for plants grown in the ground. I have had excellent success with growing in 100% perlite (Bato buckets, recirculating). I have also had good results with coco/perlite mixes. Any reason for not wanting to...

If I have good luck with germination of the old chinense seeds, I am going to try either multiple varieties per pot, or smaller pots, in an effort to reduce yield and reduce waste. I was hoping to build an automated system for my seedlings, but I haven’t started on anything yet. I was going to...

I always grow more peppers than I need, so my goal this season is to grow less. My freezer is full of scotch bonnets, so I am focusing more on annum peppers this year. My seed starting grow tent in the past has been in a cold unfinished basement. This year I have the tent in an unused...

For Jamaican yellow scotch bonnets, I have now grown TFM, foodarama, and MOA. MOA: Excellent taste. Nice thick walls. Vigorous productive plant. Few bonnet shaped pods, but there were occasional perfect bonnet shaped pods. Would grow again. Foodarama: Excellent taste. My favorite for shape...

Lemon spice jalapeño and Scotch Bonnet Safi Red were new favorites. Trinidad pimento is always a favorite.

Do you grow bell peppers? Which bell varieties are your favorites? Hybrid or heirloom? I have been thinking about trying a couple of bell varieties during 2024. I do not see any of the heirloom varieties getting much hype online. Maybe the hybrid varieties are sweeter, thicker walled, more...

Definitely growing: - Lemon spice jalapeño (repeat from 2023) - Zapotec jalapeno (new to me variety) Maybe growing: - Thai bangkok or Thai dragon - Bell peppers - Fatali - Old chinense seeds - see what germinates - (Bahamian goat, Safi scotch bonnet, Congo, etc) I end up wasting most of the...

I am not looking for any particular variety. I would like to grow the Thai pepper variety or varieties which are most commonly used in Thailand. There seems to be an unusual amount of confusion and inconsistency with Thai peppers. I do not know where to start...

Is anyone knowledgeable of Thai pepper varieties and seed vendors in the US? I found a few pages on google describing about a dozen “prik” type Thai peppers, but no one seems to be selling these in the US, and least not with the various “Prik” names. I mostly see Thai Bangkok and Thai Dragon...

I haven’t grown fatali yet. Maybe I need to add that to my list for next year. To me the most disappointing burn sensation, is when I feel nothing in my mouth, but then I feel a strong burn in my esophagus and stomach. I want my tongue and mouth to burn.

I like the immediate burn of a jalapeño.

The quest for the hottest pepper seems pointless to me. Businesses will take the hottest pepper, and then create various products that contain only a tiny trace of the pepper, and market it as something extreme, even when the final products are milder than a jalapeño. Vote with your...

I ended up decided that the flavor from my Datil peppers is typical chinense. The flavor does not strike me as better or highly unique compared to other chinense varieties. The pods are small, full of seeds, and they are lot of work to pick and process. I enjoyed growing, but I will not...

MOA Scotch bonnet, Trinidad pimento, Safi red, lemon spice jalapeño.

I think sugar rush peppers are very nice. We should judge the variety for its inherent qualities, rather than criticizing the methods from which they were created. To me a random unknown cross is a fine method. Someone might test a certain number of intentional crosses and keep the best...

Goats are good for making Jerk marinade.

Parsley has become one of my favorite herbs to grow. It never gives me trouble.