first super-hots grow, late start 2016

Hi THP,
I discovered you one week ago while googling for info about some peppers. I decided to grow some super-hots this year and at the same time to start a glog here, which will be my first post. The hottest pepper I've tried so far is the Mighty Jalapeno ...and off course the Reaper will be one of the plants I will grow, I guess this happens to many new to super-hots, right?

So I have these seeds:
Carolina Reaper
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Bhut Jolokia Red
Habanero unkonwn
and ofc Jalapeno
... + other non pepper related stuff

This will be a raised bed grow, I know it's a pretty late start for super-hots but still hope that they will give me some ripe pods, we usually have a nice weather here May to September (Lesson learned for next year, to start them in january)
Their "sun" till May will be a dual spectrum 250w HPS, 33k lm:

Prepared also some food to recover few lost days

I had some "unkown" problem with germination in soil so I started other seeds in paper towels, after a while I moved also the seeds from the soil to paper towels and later added more seeds to paper towels because I was afraid that I will have not enough plants. So in total there are about 40 seeds started in 3 different dates but I am not sure if the old ones are still alive. I will not throw them anyway, yet.

Progress so far:
21.03 the first peppers germinated and they were moved to soil:
4 habanero
6 jalapeno
1 reaper
 

22.03 I can already see the Reaper's head

22.03 moved 2 Butch T in the soil.
23.03:
4 habanero (2 of them germinated in 4 days?)
1 jalapeno
4 attris and 1 palladio, these are sweet peppers that have been in soil for 2 times then moved to paper towels (initially started in 21.02), I guess they are really wanting to live.

More seeds are "on their way", as I can see the life in them (the small white root)

This is how they look today, not very much to see yet, most of the peppers haven't broken the soil, but they are all germinated in the towel. The plants in the below tray are tomatoes, tomatillos and eggplants:

I am moving the seeds in the soil as soon as they're germinated in the paper towel, they are in a dark room with the bottom heat turned on at 29 Celsius. I'm checking them everyday, but they seem so sloow and this wait is so haard...

 

 

[morro]

Update, some peppers moved in beds:
 
2 Black Pearl
2 Scotch Bonnet Red
9 Jalapeno
2 Habanero
 

 
 Reapers:

 
Habanero, lots of side growth:

 
2 Reapers
4 Habanero

 
Eggplants bed:

 
Tomatillos and tomatoes:

 
Lots of tomatillo fruits already:

 
Tomato bed:

 
Some peppers getting used to the air outside:

 
6 Butch T
1 Bhut Jolokia Red
1 7 pot Brain Strain Yellow:

 
Bhut Jolokia:

 
Butch T:

 
Sweets that had a long time in small containers but starting to recover:

 
Kale and salad:

 
And the ones still inside:

 

[morro]

Long time since last update.
Are the very hots so slow or I'm doing something wrong? All annuums show visible signs of improvement since last update. I'm having some pest damage and is affecting only the chinense After reading more about it I suspect it's crickets, I don't remember having any problem with those before, but first time growing chinenses. I've seen a lot of crickets in the beds but never thought they do damage, so I started to send them in cricket heaven since 2 days ago... also made some beer traps but I don't think they like it.
We had a lot of cloudy days, maybe that's another reason for going slow.
 
Some pics...

 

 
Reaper:

 
Reaper with cricket damage:

 
The most affected plant I have:

 

 

 

 
Tomatillo and tomatoes already huge

 

 

 
Bed with most additions, still wondering if they will have time to ripe this season...

 
Butch Ts

 
Sweets

 

 
This is what I'm talking about, getting very bushy and they are not topped, instead of growing vertically they go horizontally.

 

 
 

 

[az1000]

Your plants are looking good.
I think they are damaged by slugs not crickets.
The Chinense are growing like that,it's nothing wrong with them.
Good luck!

 

[moruga welder]

plants are looking good !  

 

[morro]

Thanks
I went outside this night, equipped with a flashlight and saw slugs crawling towards the plants. I've sent to heaven at least 5 of them. And now starting to feel sorry for the poor crickets...
Next week I'll get a big bag of used coffee grounds and spread around.

 

[turbotvl]

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[morro]

Update 9 July

 
Not sure what this is, should have been a Black Pearl (maybe crossed with something else):

 
Black Pearl:

 
Jalapenos:

 
This should be Reapers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sweets:

 

 

 

 

[Malarky]

Pardon my asking but how are you using those strings? Is it a form of trellising?

 

[morro]

Pardon my asking but how are you using those strings? Is it a form of trellising?

It's tomato string and hooks, not sure how it's going to be later in the season, I guess I'll have to sustain more branches as the weight increases. In the first picture you see the hook and the string, in the 2nd and 4th pic you see the black clips.

 

[morro]

25 July update.
It was getting dark, so some of the pics are low quality. Starting to become a jungle, especially in bed 3. There are still some plants that are just starting to form flowers.
 
Bed 1

 
Black Pearl:

 

 
Habs:

 

 
Jalapeno:

 

 

 
Scotch Bonnet:

 
Bed 2:

 
Moruga scorpion:

 
More habanero:

 

 

 

 
Advertised as reaper, not sure about it:

 

 
Reapers:

 

Can't upload bed 3, too many pics

 

[twilliams386]

Bump! Looking good, coming right along

 

[morro]

Thanks, bed 3

 

 
Red Jolokia:

 
I think Peach Jolokia:

 
Scotch Bonnet Red, lots of pods:

 
I think 7pot Brain Strain Yellow:

 

[twilliams386]

Man you're going to be swimming in peppers soon! I think your red scotch bonnet may be a habanero. Can't wait to see these when they ripen!

 

[morro]

Starting to get some color.
 
Bought as Reapers from a Romanian vendor, doesn't look very scary

Reapers from Nicky's Seeds UK:

Fatalii:

Not sure what this is, it's red when ripe:

Red Scotch Bonnet:

Habanero:

I guess orange is the "final" color?

Trinidad Moruga Scorpions:

Fatalii:

Bed #1, mostly annuums:

Bed #2:

Red Scotch Bonnet, very productive:

 

[morro]

I think Brain Strain Yellow, which turned to red:

Peach Bhut Jolokia:

Bed #3, jungle, can't really check what's under those leaves. I'm afraid that I will brake the flowers.

 
Sweets:

 

[az1000]

Looking great!

 

[morro]

Last week I had my first harvest
 

 
I turned them into a pineapple/mango/orange sauce, heat is pretty mild but the taste is good.

 

[morro]

There's been a while since last update - I always forget to take pics before the harvest.
It was a nice season, freezer is full and dehydrator running non-stop
Some pics from yesterday:
 
7 pot Brain Strain Yellow that is red:

Bhut jolokia red and peach:

Butch T:

Douglah Brown 7p:

Fatalii:

Hab:

Reapers:

Scotch bonnet Red or habanero:

Unknown:

One of the beds after harvest:

 

[twilliams386]

Looks great! How much longer before frost?

 

[morro]

Avg first frost is end of October but next week we'll have min temperatures of 3-4 degrees Celsius.