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Butch T questions

Wolfman0709

Wolfman0709

I am growing Butch T's with the rest of my peppers in the garden and was told that they tend to grow quite large. Can anyone tell me height, diameter of this plant at maturity. What is the expected yield per plant?

How about some care tips for these peppers? I have been using 5-1-1 fish emulsion, blood meal, and epsom salt sprays every 2 weeks (fertilize one week, spray the next). When should I cut the nitrogen and boost the phosphorous? I think I read to do it around blooming time, but is this the best time for all my varieties?
 
They act like just about any other Scorpion, I use MG 20-20-20 cut in half every few weeks and good old Florida well water. And yep they get pretty big, had to trim it back a little.
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Impossible to say. It all depends on your growing techniques, your environment, and when you started your seeds. Personally I've gotten well over 500 pods from a plant that wasn't super tall but very bushy. I don't believe in growth and bloom cycles for chiles which grow, flower and fruit all at the same time. Much better to use a well balanced fertilizer throughout the plants life IMO.


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I have the same question since im starting to grow super hots too. I understand that it not the same in every situation, but do we have an average hieght /length for them?
 
I have heard that 6 feet (2 meters) can be achieved with the correct growing conditions.What do you guys mean by "balanced" fertilizer? I have seen people swear by the fish emulsion, and some by higher concentrations (20-20-20 though?) Who is right? What should I use for my cooler climate in Maryland? I promised to post some garden pics, so I will go to a site to upload them, then post them here.

So, here is the garden. It gets shade early in the morning, then full sun from 9:30 until sundown.


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The soil has been placed in rings around the plant to help with watering. The water always soaks in within 10-15 seconds, even when I fill those rings up. Good drainage and great soil under the native soil is the reason.



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Here is a giant jalapeno which will be giving me 4" chiles this year. I have 15 of these plants.


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Here is the star of the show: one of 5 Butch T trinidad scorpion plants.


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I half my 20-20-20 mix effectively making it 10-10-10. I would suggest keeping the BTs potted to over winter em. Very Nice Set Up!
 
POTAWIE said:
Impossible to say. It all depends on your growing techniques, your environment, and when you started your seeds. Personally I've gotten well over 500 pods from a plant that wasn't super tall but very bushy. I don't believe in growth and bloom cycles for chiles which grow, flower and fruit all at the same time. Much better to use a well balanced fertilizer throughout the plants life IMO.


Aug5 006 by potawie, on Flickr
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Nice looking plant!!!!
 
initially i go for higher nitrogen in the beginning ..... and jus when buds are about to appear i cut back..... a 20-20-20 shud be good...... i got a butch-t jus under 3 and a half feet already
 
Thanks guys. I'm noticing an explosion of growth. The poor rootbound plants had to stretch their "legs" and now it's "off to the races". I believe that the top growth was slowed in order for the plants to extend their roots a bit and now the top growth is just phenominal. I planted marigolds around the perimeter, as seen in the previous pics, and I have spotted those wonderful aphid sentinels... the lady bugs! I do beileive that my yield this year is going to be awesome! I got my new dehydrator today from nesco (FD-80 model), and am trying it out with some herbs before a true run on some peppers. I have to admit that this thing is amazing. I am super excited to try the peppers this year, fresh and hot.

I found some organic stuff to fertilize with, but nothing near 20-20-20. I did, however, find a local supplier for an organic sulfur mix, and also a triple phosphate organic preperation. Anyone recommend using either of these for encouraging flowering in the next month or two?
 
Here is a small sample of the progress. The new growth on these plats are amazing!

Here is a giant jalapeno, ripe with new growth:


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Here is a beautiful habanero carribean red plant. the size is awesome, considering that these plants had only 3 or 4 sets of true leaves 2 1/2 weeks ago.


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Here is a butch T trinidad scorpion, doing very well after an initial scare that it wasn't going to make it.


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This is happening with most of the 50 plants I have... tremendous undergrowth and healthy color.


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