Name: Douglas Chambers
Location: Durban, South Africa
Age: 22 years old, 23 in March.
Occupation: Entrepreneur/ Web Designer
I developed a fascination with Succulents because my mother loves them and as such I grew some (It also helps that the garden in the house that I live in was planted full of them). Whilst at a nursery in December buying my Mother a X-mas present, I mentioned that it would be cool to grow some chillies, pointing at a packet of Habanero seeds.
My mother for X-mas bought me a packet of Habanero seeds, a packet of Serrano seeds and a Jalapeno plant. I assume that the plant is about 2 to 3 months old as it has its second Jalapeno pod growing.
Well with Xmas, comes X-mas money and with X-mas money comes shopping sprees.
I first bought some Styrofoam cups for the seeds, bought a bag of bone meal, 2 bags of potting soil.
I Started by planting 2 seeds per cup in to 10 cups 5 cups of Hab’s and 5 of Serr’s.
Then I went shopping today...
I went to a new hardware shop that had just opened and I see their substantial array of Seeds and Plants.
So I bought:
1 x bag of “Hot Pepper, Hot Chilli Mix”. A special selection of Chillies varying in shape, size and pungency – “R14 - $0.89)
(inserted picture incase someone has used them and/or knows what pods are in the picture.)
1 x seedling tray of “California Wonder’s (12 x plants) – (R12 – $0.77)
1x seedling tray of “Chilli Long Slim” – (12 x plants) – (R12 – $0.77) No idea what the hell these are but heck at this stage I need the practice and spending R1 per plant that I can experiment on will be fun, interesting and good.
1 x small pot with 2 x what they call “Capsicum Paprika – AKA Sweet Pepper or Paprika” – These plants were so close together in the pot that they could not be separated. (R18 - $1.15)
So suddenly I have a lot of plants that I was not expecting but I had been collecting bottles of Milk and Concentrate juice that I can cut in half and put the top inside the bottom bit, sort of making a bigger version of the Styrofoam cup method – this should do okay for a while, at least until I get some big pots.
In total I now have:
1 x Jalapeno Plant - With one Flower and one Pod (Still Green).
1 x “Paprika” (Although it is 2 plants but too tangled to separate)
5 of 12 x California Wonder (other 7 will be fully replanted later)
4 of 12 x Chilli Long Slim (other 8 will be fully replanted later)
10 x Habanero Seeds in 5x Styrofoam cups – Planted 01-01-2016
10 x Serrano Seeds in 5x Styrofoam cups – Planted 01-01-2016
5 x Habanero Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap. “Planted” 02-02-2016
5 x Habanero Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap after being soaked in tea. “Planted” 02-02-2016
5 x Serrano Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap. “Planted” 02-02-2016
5 x Serrano Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap after being soaked in tea. “Planted” 02-02-2016
20 x “Hot Pepper, Hot Chilli Mix” seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap after being soaked in tea. “Planted” 04-02-2016
I plan to keep this low budget and experimental at this stage. I want to learn as much as possible. I want to learn how to Graft, Cross Pollinate, Create Seeds, Hot Sauce, Chilli Powder and I want to have fun. Once I feel comfortable I plan on going onto the bigger (And HOTTER) ones.
I will create a Glog once I am able to upload pictures and have tidied up my growing area.
Location: Durban, South Africa
Age: 22 years old, 23 in March.
Occupation: Entrepreneur/ Web Designer
I developed a fascination with Succulents because my mother loves them and as such I grew some (It also helps that the garden in the house that I live in was planted full of them). Whilst at a nursery in December buying my Mother a X-mas present, I mentioned that it would be cool to grow some chillies, pointing at a packet of Habanero seeds.
My mother for X-mas bought me a packet of Habanero seeds, a packet of Serrano seeds and a Jalapeno plant. I assume that the plant is about 2 to 3 months old as it has its second Jalapeno pod growing.
Well with Xmas, comes X-mas money and with X-mas money comes shopping sprees.
I first bought some Styrofoam cups for the seeds, bought a bag of bone meal, 2 bags of potting soil.
I Started by planting 2 seeds per cup in to 10 cups 5 cups of Hab’s and 5 of Serr’s.
Then I went shopping today...
I went to a new hardware shop that had just opened and I see their substantial array of Seeds and Plants.
So I bought:
1 x bag of “Hot Pepper, Hot Chilli Mix”. A special selection of Chillies varying in shape, size and pungency – “R14 - $0.89)
(inserted picture incase someone has used them and/or knows what pods are in the picture.)
1 x seedling tray of “California Wonder’s (12 x plants) – (R12 – $0.77)
1x seedling tray of “Chilli Long Slim” – (12 x plants) – (R12 – $0.77) No idea what the hell these are but heck at this stage I need the practice and spending R1 per plant that I can experiment on will be fun, interesting and good.
1 x small pot with 2 x what they call “Capsicum Paprika – AKA Sweet Pepper or Paprika” – These plants were so close together in the pot that they could not be separated. (R18 - $1.15)
So suddenly I have a lot of plants that I was not expecting but I had been collecting bottles of Milk and Concentrate juice that I can cut in half and put the top inside the bottom bit, sort of making a bigger version of the Styrofoam cup method – this should do okay for a while, at least until I get some big pots.
In total I now have:
1 x Jalapeno Plant - With one Flower and one Pod (Still Green).
1 x “Paprika” (Although it is 2 plants but too tangled to separate)
5 of 12 x California Wonder (other 7 will be fully replanted later)
4 of 12 x Chilli Long Slim (other 8 will be fully replanted later)
10 x Habanero Seeds in 5x Styrofoam cups – Planted 01-01-2016
10 x Serrano Seeds in 5x Styrofoam cups – Planted 01-01-2016
5 x Habanero Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap. “Planted” 02-02-2016
5 x Habanero Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap after being soaked in tea. “Planted” 02-02-2016
5 x Serrano Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap. “Planted” 02-02-2016
5 x Serrano Seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap after being soaked in tea. “Planted” 02-02-2016
20 x “Hot Pepper, Hot Chilli Mix” seeds sitting on a wet paper towel covered by cling-wrap after being soaked in tea. “Planted” 04-02-2016
I plan to keep this low budget and experimental at this stage. I want to learn as much as possible. I want to learn how to Graft, Cross Pollinate, Create Seeds, Hot Sauce, Chilli Powder and I want to have fun. Once I feel comfortable I plan on going onto the bigger (And HOTTER) ones.
I will create a Glog once I am able to upload pictures and have tidied up my growing area.
to the THP forums from South Carolina! Sounds like your off to a very good start! You certainly found the right spot to indulge all your pepper growing talk and to find any information you may want to know... or people who can offer you first hand knowledge for anything you may be interested in, need opinions/need clarification on, etc. All of the things you mentioned you'd like to get into are also detailed all over Youtube as well. It's easy to jump in with both feet and end up getting burnt out, just go a bit slow I'd say- plenty of time for growing, grafting, crossing, powders, sauces, etc...etc. 'New' excitement is always awesome, enjoy it! Don't overburden yourself wanting to try everything all at once though! (I speak from experience- I'm sure MANY others know all about this too!!) 
You are already plagued with the capsicum disease.