Seed catalogs starting to come in. Baker Creek seeds is in that new class of catalogs. Very professional catalog. Even if you do not think they are main stream, they are mighty close. Might have happened earlier and I missed it, but this year they feature the Carolina Reaper and a few others on two pages dedicated to super hots and so called rare peppers. They also had things like the original Trinidad Scorpion and if I remember right a yellow scorpion. I figured it was coming with all the media around the hottest pepper in the world thing, but didnt expect it this soon.
On those two pages, probably under the Carolina Reaper is this little note. Its the type of thing that most folk would overlook. It warns that soil temperature needs to be 85 degrees or better for many of the rare peppers to germinate properly. Great place to put an advertisement for those heating pads that go under trays.
I remember my first time growing ghost peppers as very disappointing. Back then, heating mats were very expensive. The next year, I used a 100 watt bulb under the tray and thought I had become an expert.
So I am wondering. Obviously the big boys think there is expanded interest in super hots and rare peppers, but will their inclusion in main stream catalogs expand or retard interest?
On those two pages, probably under the Carolina Reaper is this little note. Its the type of thing that most folk would overlook. It warns that soil temperature needs to be 85 degrees or better for many of the rare peppers to germinate properly. Great place to put an advertisement for those heating pads that go under trays.
I remember my first time growing ghost peppers as very disappointing. Back then, heating mats were very expensive. The next year, I used a 100 watt bulb under the tray and thought I had become an expert.
So I am wondering. Obviously the big boys think there is expanded interest in super hots and rare peppers, but will their inclusion in main stream catalogs expand or retard interest?