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Things are going OK for now-the heat is on, at 90F all day long. Have to water the potted plants daily, but the ones out in the field are fine without extra irrigation.   The hybrids are blooming, but this single phenotype that started with black leaves has gone mostly green, some black patches...

Here's an update-some of them are potted up in discarded Bonnie cups-I find they're just the right size for my indoor growing.     A closer shot of the hybrid fish, up at the top, then two surviving Nagas, then four Datils at the bottom of the frame.     The black-foliaged plant has gone...

My parent fish was very widely varigated, from the beginning, but I also picked it out that way. Not all of them were so widely striped.   After being crossed with another variety, I guess I shouldn't be surprised if it doesn't show the same level of coloration.

Here's the black fish in the background vs a green fish in the foreground. Note almost no varigation in the green fish. One or two speckles, and one leaf has a white strip on it that curls a bit-the original fish pepper plant did it too.     Black Fish's side shoots, and a view showing how much...

Grown another inch taller now, and side shoots on every node.   Unfortunately, not much fish pepper varigation going on, only a little speckle here and there, and none at all it appears on the black-stemmed, dark-leaved plant. The black leaves are greenish now, but still MUCH darker purple than...

Long time, no updates...   Not much to report. Only one loss, I managed to kill my best Dorset Naga during transplanting. It was nearly two inches tall and very bushy, having almost a dozen leaves, but it snapped off almost as soon as I touched it, seemed like. Oh well, I have the two small...

You know, potatoes make better fries than they do phones.   But, here we go.   Wide shot-all kinds of stuff going on here.     Those empty cells...sigh.   One of the Fish peppers, just opening up those little leaves, hard to tell if they're yellowed under the purple lights but they are WAY...

Sprout update:   Dorset Naga - 3 plants with tiny tiny primary leaves 1 hook up Fish Pepper - 9 tiny plants, three with primary leaves Yellow Datil -  4 tiny plants Purple Bell -Nothing Mutant Incredible Hulk - nothing Yellow Cayenne - 2 tiny plants,  two probably dead helmet heads Black Pearl -...

Sprout update:   Dorset Naga - 2 hooks up Fish Pepper - 6 cotys unfolded Yellow Datil -  3 hooks up Purple Bell -Nothing Mutant Incredible Hulk - nothing Yellow Cayenne - 3 hooks up Black Pearl - Nothing   The soil mix is actually pretty awesome-I'm contemplating moving all the tomato seedlings...

Current Counts:   All the tomatoes are up.   Dorset Naga - 1 hook up Fish Pepper - 6 cotys unfolded Yellow Datil -  1 hook up Purple Bell -Nothing Mutant Incredible Hulk - nothing Yellow Cayenne - 2 hooks up Black Pearl - Nothing   Things are looking better now. Odd though, that the chinense...

The bad thing is that in the mutation plot, they're all "green peppers" no matter what color they ripen to. Green, brown, red, all the same color. Purple, Orange, Yellow, all close enough. He won't mess with the hot peppers most of the time, so those are easier to play with.   Hopefully Mutant...

Go to any Lowe's or Home Depot. During spring any of the bags that are ripped or busted open are usually at least half-price if not cheaper.

I tried doing some hand pollination last year-but the tags kept falling off the plants. I have absolutely no idea if this is one of the hand pollinated peppers or not! There were many times the entire plant got stripped of peppers by my colorblind father, who can't keep his hands out of the...

We have a possible rogue plant!   This is the end of a row of Fish pepper. Fish pepper and Black Pearl were planted straight out of the pod into the paper towels, in separate bags. No way for this to be a mix-up or a misplaced seed!   They were directly next to each other in the garden, so I'm a...

Hawaiian Pineapple Tomato - 5 cotys unfolded Paul Robeson Tomato - 8 cotys unfolded, two transplanted out into soil Mortgage Lifter Tomato - 8 cotys unfolded, two transplanted out into soil San Marzano Tomato - 12 cotys unfolded, 6 transplanted out into soil Bistro Hybrid Tomato - Nada. But...

Since the Bistro Hybrid didn't come up yet, I've spent a few quarters at Baker Seeds and we'll see how they turn out.   So, in a few days we'll see how Red Rosso, an old Italian variety, comes out. Supposed to look pretty cool.   So as far as tomatoes go, I have a yellow-orange, a purple, a red...

Today's count:   Hawaiian Pineapple Tomato - 5 cotys unfolded Paul Robeson Tomato - 6 cotys unfolded, 2 more helmet-heads decaptitated Mortgage Lifter Tomato - 8 cotys unfolded San Marzano Tomato - 12 cotys unfolded Bistro Hybrid Tomato - Nada. But, this is old seed. (2005 old.) And the others...

Yep. They need some dinner, other than that that's about as close as you want 'em to get to the lights.   Are they just in seed starting mix? If so, they really don't have much food in the mix, but go half strength for that first feed.

I mean if you had the whole assembly where it wasn't going to be touchable, there would be no problem. It can be HOT, and not damage the LED's at all. But it's about elbow high on the counter in the CNC/Radio office, so being hot enough to deliver 1st degree burns is just not good.   I found...

Same here-I buy a lot of Bonnie plants, but only the ones in plastic pots. I select for big plants, no flowers, and no pests. After that, put 'em in the ground and let 'em grow. The hot peppers they have sold me have ALWAYS outperformed anything else, but the bell pepper plants tend to...