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Carolina Reaper (HP22B) Community Grow

A few members including myself are growing seeds for this variety ASAP. I and a few others here on THP thought it would be fun to have a "community glog" strictly for this variety, a fun thread about the HP22B and growing this pepper for the first time.

I think we should start a community glog like this anytime there is a new pepper with alot of attention and alot of people growing it, possible world record holder or not. It would be fun, and this should be fun! That's why we all love this hobby is it not?

Therefore, this will be a drama-free, controversy-free, fun glog for all of us growers and others to enjoy. If you grow, please chime in. If you're growing this variety, please post pictures and chime in about your observations.

Again.. This thread is ment to be fun and informative, but mostly fun :)
Please. Pretty please with sugar on top.. lol. Keep it drama-free.
I, and many others would really appreciate this thread to stay that way.

Now lets get to growing!

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I went with the paper towel method for this guy just like I have with all my mid-season starts. It is far from my favorite way to germinate seeds but I'm in no hurry this time of year which is why I went this route. I've had the seeds in the paper towel for about a week now on top of my HOT5 lighting closet. The seeds should be showing root tips soon, then they will be visiting some real soil :D

How's it going for everyone else?

Brandon
 
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Wonder why dales glog he last posted in April had been edited on July 5? If anyone has reapers to part with I'd like try. :). Just. A pod or two
 
I'm gonna have to agree with Armac and the rest saying this is still very unstable strain. Mine are def looking more Naga like compared to Reapers. Very disappointed. I sent Steve954 seeds as well and he is saying the same thing. Blurry pic but you get the idea.

 
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This one has it's tail tucked with all this hating goin on!!! Hahah...anytime you get as many growers payin $2 a seed to say here are my Phenos 1, 2 and 3 it ain't a good thing. I only have two phenos though, so I guess that's alright...but I do only have two plants going.
 
millworkman said:
Waaaaaaa? Choc reaps?
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I don't know you guys tell me. Is it turning brown or maybe it's just a really dark red? My pods all look as advertised othr wise. Sorry for the bad light, cell phone pics.




 
 
I finally got a chance to crack open one of my ripe "ReaperHabs" from plant #1 to see what they taste like.  Definitely a Caribbean habanero taste but WAY hotter.  The walls are thick and it smells exactly like a hab.
 
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Here's the other ones.  
 
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Ed Currie The plant people I work qith at the different universities say it's generally accepted that an f8 is stable, but what is the deffinition of stability. I've heard a lot about and gotten a lot of slack about pod variation. Commissioned a study by grad students about it. If the seeds that were sent to me are true, so far all the "stable" varieties of superhots are running between 40-50 %. Even the guy who hates me and claims 95 % pod stability is running @ 42 % so far ( 100 plants each, 24 different varieties). I have yet to find over 50 % from my plants, even the habs
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Jim Duffy The purpose of this thread was someones disgust with all these new crosses that are not stable. Really most of us know the Capsicum chinense genus does not throw 100% consistency in pod formation. You will not see it especially in the superhots from Trinidad. But now if someone gets some plants with a slightly different pod shape they are quick to say they have something new. They don't isolate and they don't grow out for a few years they just trade or sell right away. Thats whats happening and it has increased exponentially over the past two years. John Hard a saucemaker for over 16 yrs who goes through about 40,000 pounds of peppers a year told me he has seen more of these so called strains this past year than the past 20 years put together!! Let me cite an example. About 4 years ago Woody stumbled upon a plant which later he called the Infinity. Now since he had no idea of its origin he could not duplicate it. But seeds were traded and later sold anyway. His original photos show majority of pods looking like a large CARDI or 7 Pot SR or a small Moruga Scorpion. Now in the last month I have seen people put pics up of their Infinity peppers. They all look so different than the original in fact none even resemble the original!! But none the less they will be called Infinity and traded and sold as Infinity! Or an Infinity special strain. So either Infinity was never even slightly stable to begin with or during the past 4 years amateur seed sellers that grow everything together screwed up the strain! We all as pepper growers have a responsibility here. Whether you are hobby or a business. That responsibility is to keep things pure so future generations can enjoy them!
 
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