DotCom's 2015 Glog

Thought I'd get my seeds selected & Glog started.
 
Heres what I have in mind so far:
 
Assam
Douglah (3rd attempt is a charm )
7-Pot Merlot
Bhut Jolokia Red
Naga Viper
7-Pot Primo (2nd attempt is a charm)
Devil's Tongue
JA Hot Chocolate
 
Will prolly add 1-3 more types depending on germination rates.
 
The two that I have not been able to sucessfully grow? I have a better batch of seeds this time I think (fingers crossed )
 
Meanwhile, outside my window. My "state fair"    grow pots and my re-purposed tomato cages:
 
 

 

[Dot Com]

All of them doing well except for the J A Hot Chocolate (foreground in 2nd pic). Its surviving but some of the leaves arer malformed and dying-off. Might re-pot it next week w/ diff soil if it persists as it is still smallish and easily manageable.
 

 
 

 

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got a few pepper buds on a couple of plants. I know the plants can grow up to around 2 1/2 ft but I never nip the buds.
 

 

[Dot Com]

starting to take off. A little too much rain for my liking lately but they have grown despite that. Have TO TAKE THEM INSIDE WHEN STRONG STORMS COME WHICH i DON'T LIKE DOING BECAUSE PEPPERS HATE AIR CONDITIONING imo (Ooops!! Caps lock)
 
7-Pot Merlot & Unknown (bottom):
 

 
first flowering of the season:
 

 
Plant w/ most advanced growth (already branched):
 

 
and last but not least J A Hot Chocolate (compact but lush):
 

 

[Trippa]

Looking nice and healthy there bro .... Hopefully the rain stops for you .. I feel your pain with the rain ... We have had over a metre of rain since April here ... It's winter so I can excuse it but still makes things tough to grow or to get much accomplished. Keep on growing!!

 

[Dot Com]

Just had a solid week of good strong sun & light winds
 
Procured some potting soil & potted-up 2-3 plants.   They will be in these pots for the rest of the season.
 
potted-up the three youngest unknowns from my list into a nice large pot w/ proper potting soil:
 

 
 
line-up of the rest (7-Pot Merlot on the right and JA Hot Chocolate 2nd from right
 
(most all of them have branched and been pruned leading up to the branching):
 

 
 
closer view of JA Hot Chocolate. A really verdant green and wide lush leaves:
 

 

[az1000]

Very healthy plants . Good luck

 

[Dot Com]

update
 
7-Pot Merlot (3-4 plants in the pot):
 

 
three unlabelled plants (they are from my grow list in the first post but labels got lost:
 

 
 

 
this one is really branching-out nicely:
 

 
and my JR Hot Chocolate plant:
 

 

[Dot Com]

J A Hot Chocolate, largest leaves of all my plants plus lots of flowers (hope a pod takes hold  ) :
 

 
 
first pod of the season (i started late)

 

[Dot Com]

just ate a pepper I rec'd from a grower that Nigel also got some peppers from. My plants are not far enough along yet as I started later than usual. My list has a primo as I'm guessing that is what this is. Ate the 1/2 w/ the tail. It was a scorcher from the get-go. Intense burn on roof of mouth & tip of tongue   Was able to regain my composure after 5 mins so it appears I still do have a tolerance somewhat:
 

 

 

[Dot Com]

just one month + left in the season. Hope some of these make it:
 

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[Genetikx]

I think I was pulling pods close to Halloween last year so I hope you have a good 2+ months to go. Real nice pods

 

[Dot Com]

update:
 
entire garden  pic:
 

 
JA Hot Chocolate:
 

 
lady bug on the JA Hot Choc plant:
 

 
unknown putting flowers out everywhere, from my list (I'll know soon enough):
 

 
nice pod developing on one of the other plants that I lost the label to   
 

 
 
Flower (future pod) pron
 

 
my 7-Pot Merlots (on far right of garden pic seem to be growing slower. Prolly should have culled another of them as there are 3 in one pot?

 

[Dot Com]

Three out of Five of them have at least one pod w/ the exception of the 7-Pot Merlot & one which is missing its label  
 
JA Hot Chocolate

 

 

 
quite large pod:
 

 

[Dot Com]

on the road right now but will find the time to upload pics as my roommate is being couteous by watering them and sending me pics

 

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JA Hot Chocolate ripening

https://flic.kr/p/zc6s4E

https://flic.kr/p/zcmhDY

https://flic.kr/p/zeEWsp

 

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entire garden:

https://flic.kr/p/z1j9qY

 

[Dot Com]

just ate one from one of my unlabeled plants. Had to be > 800,000 Scoville  :
 

Going to eat this Hot Choc after its done ripening:
 

These look like they'll be hotter than the one I just ate:
 

 

[Dot Com]

Thought I'd get my seeds selected & Glog started.
 
Heres what I have in mind so far:
 
Assam
Douglah (3rd attempt is a charm )
7-Pot Merlot
Bhut Jolokia Red
Naga Viper
7-Pot Primo (2nd attempt is a charm)
Devil's Tongue
JA Hot Chocolate
 
Will prolly add 1-3 more types depending on germination rates.
 
The two that I have not been able to sucessfully grow? I have a better batch of seeds this time I think (fingers crossed )
 

looks like I found my Red Bhut plant as the label got lost. The phenotype looks right. They ripen from green, to orange, to red (see below). I'll know when I eat one because Bhuts have a particular taste like tobacco. What do you think?
 

might've also located my douglah although the two pods on the plant are dwarves. If/when it turns brown, I'll know
 

 

 

[Dot Com]

red bhut plant:
 

Finally ate a JA Hot Chocolate ystrdy. Was hot but not as hot as the prolific plant w/ peppers all over it (top of post #37). The heat-level qualified as a superhot, thats for sure.
 
Harvested the prolific plant to make hot sauce ystrdy. Got 1/4 lb of peppers.
 

 

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

Ja chocolate looks great!