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I disagree or maybe the response did not read the post carefully. You can tell seedlings apart - especially the species.  I gather that you can't tell which tray is which.  So Tray A will have mostly C. chinense (with one frutescens) = this tray will be the most uniform.  One thing about C...

So I'll put in my two cents...  I'm rather dubious about this practice.  Unless you have evidence - an experiment where this was done and you can show it improved the yield (or size, heat, plant health, whatever) in comparison to one where this was not done, I don't believe it.  For tomatoes...

Still have not got a definitive ID.  It's even hard for botanists.  Actually there are no native plants in this genus here, and there are thousands of species in the region, so it's not surprising no one is an 'expert' on Capsicum.     The plants did very well last year.  I harvested a couple...

So last season, none.  None of my Scorpions survived.  I think I'm giving up on them.  Might try a couple this year.  I am probably though trying a different variety...

There are some C. chinense that are early.   I've grown a couple. Some listed as such have not been as early as stated. It is true that most are not early and many are very late.  I have yet to find a superhot of larger size that is early.  PI 441624 is probably superhot (in a previous post I...

I'm assuming from the question is that you have had problems with air pockets?  Then you are using the wrong soiless mix.  You don't usually use soil, that is a naturally occurring material in nature (this is the soil scientist's and most agronomist's view).  Potting soil is not usually actual...

Well, my results:   I only have my results the others did not get much or I just can't get a hold of them, or they forgot which ones were Scorps!   I would have done actuall stats but it seemed pointless as the results were so low it would be hard to get data!   I got nothing on the ones in full...

Probably not worth it, but the back and forth about acids and bases is silly.  Both are not entirely correct - but it's probably more interpretation than absolute truth.  If you get lye crystals on you - it is bad - even without water.  Why - because your body is mostly water and the crystals...

That looks really healthy to me.  Picking all the fruit might induce it into producing flowers again. What really happens with some plants is that fruiting can inhibit flowering.  This is not consistent for me among pepper varieties - some fruit and bloom continuously, others do better with an...

Sort of.  If you go to a home improvement store and ask for plaster, you will often get plaster of paris.  But I stand corrected: plaster is really anything that you mix with water and slather on something else.  So there are mustard plasters - made of mustard powder and other ingredients that...

Plaster will not work on cinder blocks - it comes off with water.  Even most outdoor stucco-like things will breakdown when near the ground. And you are in a very rainy area! In my opinion cinder blocks look OK if the planting is done well.  We have some in our community garden and they look...

I've tried several things like soaking in nitrates, etc.  What I've found it that the C. chinense usually take longer.  But this year I had some C. annuum that took longer than my C. chinense to germinate.  Of all me peppers - the Scorpions are not that long - about 7 days.  I use a seed...

This are probably cristate or fasciate growth - fairly common and actually desired (by some) in succulents http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/3448/#b .  It's not completely understood why it occurs or what is actually causing it. Maybe more accurately is that some of these growths are...

You should be able to find broad mite on the plant with a hand lens - with this amount of damage there should be lots.  Also, herbicide damage still could be the cause - it can affect plants differently - some not at all in the same plot.  I have had beans show damage and nothing else - from...

Are you going to have the plastic on through the summer?  Here it would get so hot inside everything would be sterilized!  I take mine down in the summer and put back on in the fall - but so far not for peppers - just early spring crops like greens etc, and late fall (and winter) crops in the...

My dog was pretty good.  But the new dog is not as good - or the deer have increased or become used to her.  She is not always there either, and all it takes is  short absence.  The dog pee, human pee, crap, etc.  - they get used to it.   I used Irish Spring soap - put into sachets of remay and...

My vote is for Chimera - a genetic mutation.  I get some seedlings like this every year.  If you baby them, they do grow, but never produce.  All sort of bizarre things can be evident in these from thin leaves, patterning on the leave (variegation sometimes), weird growth patterns, etc.  Yours...

Sand is OK, but it fails to hold nutrients well, so if overwatered the nutrients leach out more easily.  Also, here we have clay and silt rich soils and if you add sand it turns into adobe.  You have to add so much sand to make it loam that you might as well do raised beds.  So organic matter it...

It doesn't look much like it, and it's not common for hots, but sunburn?  I get this on bells here where it's constant sun.  Occasionally on larger hot peppers too.  It can happen here any time if there is not enough foliage cover (this is really a variety issue - some are just leafier) - and...

I have not found garlic very effective.  I did grind up nasturtiums (the whole plants in some water, then strained it) and spray this on squash bugs and they died!  I've heard ants hate cinnamon?  The sugar and boric acid stuff will work, and ants take it into their colonies and they all get it...