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A few weeks ago, @Marturo made a really good point about waiting until temps were right for planting out peppers, without the risk of setback. I've got my C. chinenses still under the grow lights, getting root bound and waiting for plantout. I'm anticipating this week, because low temps are...

We've had a heck of a cool and rainy spell here in the Northeast, and as expected, I'm finding some light fungal issues on my plant. I found two lesions that I'm a little more concerned about and would like to run these by the experts here to make sure I'm not seeing anything communicable or...

I've been thinking about this for a while and am looking for input from experienced growers! It seems like C. baccatum and C. pubescens are domestically grown in the same general regions (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, etc.), and C. pubescens seems to thrive in cooler conditions than C. annuums and C...

I have to update everyone who I've discussed soil recipes with! A recipe that I used for potted figs included some pine bark mini-nuggets, for moisture retention and aeration. I extrapolated that to potentially using it in larger grow bags for peppers, and did so last year with no effect. I...

Wow, do I need some help! I tried reading and researching on my own, including some of the grow light threads on THP, but the more I read the worse it becomes so I have to defer to the experts here. I've been using a tabletop fluroescent ngrow light system identical to this one for about 20...

This may seem like a crazy question but at this point I have to ask. I wanted to preface it by saying that I swear my annuums don't do as well when planted adjacent to my chinenses in raised beds (vs. being on their own). So here's the question: have you ever noticed that certain pepper...

I'm coming in on the last of my 2025 grow list, and am missing any baccatums. I've contemplated doing a baccatum trial next year, but I might have room for 1 or 2 of them in a raised bed this year. I haven't grown many baccatums, never really catching the spark, but I do have to say that the...

A few months ago, I made a thread on here about a Manzano Amarillo that I found at a local market. With @ahayastani 's insight, it generated some really good discussion on C. pubescens varieties that are found in local areas of Mexico. He went out to a local market in Tapachula and sourced some...

Before we get started, I wanted to post this image for the GLOG cover. This was one of the last harvests I got from my 2024 plants, which were picked later in December: This is probably the earliest I've ever started pepper seeds! Usually seeds are started between 3/1 and 3/15, but this...

I'm feeling a bit of nostalgia writing this thread, because I used to post these reviews on GardenWeb many years ago. They always generated good discussion, hopefully this thread can do the same. These are the types that I grew this year, with some observations about them. Each of them was only...

My wife: "what are you going to do with that big gaudy pepper plant when it comes time to decorate for the Holidays?" Me: Wishing you and yours a Happy, Safe and Healthy Holiday Season, and best wishes for the New Year!

My wife would like to get me a dehydrator for Christmas! She was asking about types of dehydrators and I know absolutely nothing, so I poked around and it looks like Hamilton Beach, Excalibur and Cosori dehydrators are all good brands. One of my biggest considerations is that everything is food...

On a whim, I stopped by a local Latino Market today here in Trenton, and found the most beautiful Manzano Amarillo! They're huge, heavy and they are tasty. I'm going to save seeds from these. Hopefully they are viable!

Hi Everyone, I have potentially squeezed one more pepper onto my grow list next year, the Aji Panca. It sounds so interesting that I had to! I'm curious what the consensus is on ease of growing, productivity, and earliness? After reading through some GLOGS and threads where it is mentioned...

I was hoping to try to extend my in-ground garden season by covering with a row cover this year, but alas, the Universe had other plans. Last week we had a long (1 week) stretch of cloudy, cool and drizzly weather, and after it was over, I noticed that my Antillais Caribbean fruit was...

Well, the frost is coming soon and I've hit a bit of a snag with a plan to shuffle plants in and out of the house, so it looks like I have to change the plan. I've been looking at these row covers...

This past season was too good to not have at least started a GLOG! A little late in the game for 2024, but here goes! In the fall of 2023, I decided to break out of my old habits of growing the same C. chinense types (which I've been growing for over 10 years) and rotate in some Hungarian Wax...

Hey All, My niece and I were at dinner the other night and she said that she'd like to try growing authentic paprika and making her own powder. Honestly, the thought has crossed my mind as well but I'm not sure where to go for the best/most authentic seeds. Looking for sweet, mild and hot if...

I'm doing a little early planning on what I'd like to grow next year, and have room for another yellow chinense in my collection. I've been growing yellow scotch bonnets, Fataliis, and other nice yellow chinenses for a long time and would like to rotate in something new, and am considering...

It was around this time of the year, 20 years ago, when I went to the Trenton Farmer's Market and picked up some beautiful yellow scotch bonnets. I saved seeds, grew them out the next year, reviewed them on GardenWeb, and distributed seeds as Scotch Bonnet, TFM. It became like the telephone game...