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I think this was a "grab bag" seed from Peppermania.  It keys out as _annuum_ (plain flowers, one pod per node, no pubescence to speak of), but I can't match it to anything in Beth's latest posted catalog.  Pods are thin-walled and pretty hot for the species.  They grow semi-upright, mostly, and...

I've grown a bunch of these peppers this year, and I've fallen in love with them for culinary use; very usable level of heat with a strong and appealing flavor, and they're beautiful peppers as well.   Unfortunately, it seems like Beth at Peppermania, from whom I got the seeds, is having some...

Today I "promoted" my first two seedlings from solo cups to more permanent containers. One was a Czech black whose roots were starting to crowd against the sides of the cup pretty significantly; its siblings aren't far behind and will probably get potted up next weekend. The other is a mystery...

I have a probe thermometer stuck in one of the cells of my seed tray to monitor the temperature. Just like last year, I left that cell unplanted and marked it as "Thermometer" on my layout notes. And just like last year, a seed wandered into that cell and is now growing. It could be anything...

The title sort of says it all. I didn't get a huge number of Suave starts in the first place, but they were looking reasonably good until Sunday, at which point all but one went into that general "floppy seedling" mode. You know what I mean: The stem won't stand up, then the leaves collapse...

I must be living right. I don't know what I'm doing so differently from last year, but after planting the first wave of seeds on January 26, I had the first hook from everything except the _chinense_ varieties by the 31st, and I got up this morning to find the first little pair of true leaves...

It looks like we're past the worst of the much-publicized cold weather in California; down my way, tonight is forecast to drop to 28 F, which is still pretty brisk, followed by a warming trend back to more typical winter weather. The last couple of nights I've seen temperatures as low as 25...

I may be reacting prematurely, but we've had our first cold snap of the year, with predicted lows down in the lower 40s, so I've started moving some of the more delicate plants into my office (which has a nice sunny window and an officemate who doesn't mind a temporary garden in her peripheral...

One of my mystery seeds from Peppermania seems to be growing up into a Scarlet Lantern (photo attached). I know they're supposed to be one of the moderate-heat _chinense_ forms, but I don't know what kind of flavor to expect; the only comment I could find was "fruity undertones", which isn't...

I've been lurking for a year or so, and finally got around to registering. This is the first year I've grown my peppers from seed instead of from starts, and I've found a lot of useful information from this site---unfortunately I started them late, so just as the harvest is really getting good...