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I was growing a few plants to sell at the markets and got left with these two Yellow Morugas.I was too lazy to repot them up as my polytunnel was already full so I just left them in the 1 L pots. I feed them a either Dyna-grow bloom or Grow depending on my mood.Its been really hot here in NZ so...

 

Last season I did a cross with a Male Reaper and Female Dorset Naga. I removed the stamens from a Naga flower that hadn't opened yet and dusted it with Reaper pollen.It grew well and I got about 30 seeds from it. I planted 3 seeds each into 3 pots and they have been up a few days.Should be...

Last June I started a project that turned into a monster. It was my first serious effort at growing chilles. little did I know how big these things would get. After starting way to many seeds under lights and having to give away and cull some I ended up with 9 plants.3 Reapers, 2 Choc Bhuts, 3...

Winter is coming and its almost time to shut things down.10 months ago I started these under lights and so far I have harvested 26kgs(57 pounds) of pods before these pics were taken. I decided to give the girls a haircut before my final harvest.2 Dorset Nagas,2 Choc bhuts,3 Carolina Reapers and...

So I decided to capture the growth of a Reaper pod from pollination to Ripeness. I took one photo every Monday for 8 weeks finishing yesterday.First photo is one week after pollination. :) Sorry.First photo is a bit blurry.

A few months ago two of the branches on one of my Reapers snapped off.One broke off completely,the other about 80% with a small amount still connected to the plant. I taped it back up and supported it and hoped for the best.In the morning the broken branch was wilting badly so I cut off 70% of...

I have this Yellow Scorpion.The seeds were sold as Yellow Trinidad Moruga Scorpions. From pics I have seen the Morugas have bumpy skin with a tail while mine are very smooth with no tail. Can someone give me an overview of the differences?   This is my plant      

As some of you may know Sea Spring Seeds in England have an annual Dorest Naga challenge to see who can produce the most red pods in a season. At the moment it is only for northern hemisphere growers as the cut off date is the 17th of November but I have been talking to them on Facebook and...

A place for all us fellow kiwis to share and discus our projects and ideas. With the new law just introduced prohibiting seed importation into New Zealand it is going to be harder to find those certain seeds you have been after. Hopefully with the growing popularity of pepper growing here we can...

Hi guys I am going to set up a flood and drain bucket hydro system for some of my peppers. Pumice is very cheap here in New Zealand compared  to other mediums and I have two choices,Either 1-4mm or 4-8 mm. I am leaning towards the larger 4-8 mm as it wont compact as much and will retain more...

I was looking for info on pepper pollination and came across this you tube video. This is probably the single most informative piece of information I have ever come across on the subject and really gave me the info I wanted. Hope this helps someone out interested in the subject.  ...

I was just wondering about pepper pollination. Does it only take one grain of pollen to fertilize a pepper flower or can multiple grains from different plants get in on the action. If its only one pollen grain how on earth do peppers get the chance to cross pollinate with peppers being self...

I was just wondering about pepper pollination. Does it only take one grain of pollen to fertilize a pepper flower or can multiple grains from different plants get in on the action. If its only one pollen grain how on earth do peppers get the chance to cross pollinate with peppers being self...

I had 6 Reapers and 7 choc Bhuts soaking in some tea and I went and bumped the tray they were in. 2 from each little cup spilled out so I just put them back randomly. Do bhuts and Reapers look different while small,would I be able to tell after 3-4 weeks of growing if they were in the wrong...

I was going to start off my peppers under lights(CFLs) then shift outside to a greenhouse when things warm up(Beginning of winter here in Newzealand) I am now thinking of starting them off in a large sunny window that gets good sun during winter,maybe a four level stadium style system. Will the...

Hi guys   Greetings from New Zealand We are about a month away from the shortest day so its almost time to start up some chillis. This is my first real attempt at growing chillis so it should be fun. I will be starting off under lights,then moving into a greenhouse that i have yet to build...