I had an idea. I wondered if anyone would be interested in a race here on The Hot Pepper to grow a pepper from seed to first ripe pepper?
We'd select a variety that most of us were planning on growing anyway, select a day to start, then see who gets the first ripe pepper. We would be on the honor system, and the only prize would be bragging rights.
Contestants could document progress and techniques in their blogs, and we could have a trash talk thread in the Lounge.
We'd need to pick a variety and start date. I was sorta thinking of January 1st and Naga Morich. That would give us a month to get organized and make sure everyone interested in playing had seeds.
Should we limit the number of plants that can be entered? I'm thinking 5, people who grow more than 5 Nagas could designate 5 of their as contest plants, once again the honor system would have to cover that.
Anyone is welcome to jump in, although the season is obviously better for the Northern hemisphere. We can pick a later start date, too, if that would work better for those in more northern latitudes.
Anyone interested?
We'd select a variety that most of us were planning on growing anyway, select a day to start, then see who gets the first ripe pepper. We would be on the honor system, and the only prize would be bragging rights.
Contestants could document progress and techniques in their blogs, and we could have a trash talk thread in the Lounge.
We'd need to pick a variety and start date. I was sorta thinking of January 1st and Naga Morich. That would give us a month to get organized and make sure everyone interested in playing had seeds.
Should we limit the number of plants that can be entered? I'm thinking 5, people who grow more than 5 Nagas could designate 5 of their as contest plants, once again the honor system would have to cover that.
Anyone is welcome to jump in, although the season is obviously better for the Northern hemisphere. We can pick a later start date, too, if that would work better for those in more northern latitudes.
Anyone interested?