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GyO = 2025 = BACK IN BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL PLANTS MATTER

HELLO AND WELCOME ALL TO THE 2025 EDITION, WHERE I GO ALL BLACK EVERYTHING:

in the past, i have been enamoured with the lovely look of purple/black foliage plants. my mystery plant from two years ago was a pleasant surprise as it should have been possibly a purple reaper, but turned out to be something much different-looking which kept me interested to see it play out. the peppers themselves were nothing great, but the plant was so magnificent-looking.

therefore, it's always been back of mind to want to try more black/purple plant varieties. so this is the year and we're going full tilt with 11 different types in this theme, all of whom are purported in the 1M+ heat range and are strikingly beautiful from the website's pictures which feature either or both of: dark limbs/foliage, antho-mottled pod colour.

sowing shall occur mid-late january for pubescens, and throughout february for everything else.

2025 SEEDS - BLACK BEAUTIES - ALL ARE 1-1.5M SHU

Black Panther Orange
Red Gum Tiger x Chocolate Naga Brains
Pimento De Neyde x Carolina Reaper Orange
Pimenta Da Das Fio
Carolina Reaper Dark Magma
7-Pot Bubble Gum x Jays Ghost Pink Purple
Orion
Mojo Black
7-Pot Bubble Gum Dream
Bhut x Neyde
Black Bhut Jolokia

(example pics from website further down, so that what you see next is my cover pic)

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because of course i have to grow a few non-black ones out of my personal catalogue, but i am going to try to keep it under 25% of the total plants. a few "staples" and some retries of types that failed or underperformed in the past. i am not actually deliberately trying to "black-breed" any of these, but my attitude is they'll be placed in the very situation depicted above and come what may. and we'll only know if i try to grow those seeds in a future year and get lucky not to pick seeds from a self-pollinated pod. the ones that i'm currently thinking of including:

planned-
Rocoto (Rio H, EPFH, Giant Yellow) - i can't not? just 2-3 seeds of each and see what makes it, and as the earliest sow to ease me into the season
Scotch Brains Yellow - for sure, as it's highly touted here and i was excited for it but all failed on me last year
Sugar Rush Peach - good chance, to represent milder-level peppers as no or few annuums to be grown, also might be cool if it gets black genes (if it's even possible with baccatum crossed by chinense, i have no clue on that stuff)

considering-
Fatalii - did well for me last year and pods were full of heat and nicely shaped, and if it went black i think it would look fierce
Apocalypse Chocolate Scorpion - nice brown large-pod superhot
7BBG x Lava Chocolate - nice brown large-pod superhot
Oracle - only grown in a poor year and purportedly 2M+ SHU
C22 - only grown in a poor year and purportedly 2M+ SHU
Dragons Breath x Brain Strain - also only grown in a poor year
Bahamian Goat - truly one of the goats
and these are just off the top of my head, once i go look in my seed bag i may find some additions or substitutions.

AFOREMENTIONED EXAMPLE PICS:
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MEMES:
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I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY SEASON, AND LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO THE GOOD TIMES AHEAD. #GROWYOUROWN!

comments and suggestions are always welcome. otherwise, next episode will be when the first seeds are down (and hopefully soon up).

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Nice lineup!

growyourown said:
Sugar Rush Peach - good chance, to represent milder-level peppers as no or few annuums to be grown, also might be cool if it gets black genes (if it's even possible with baccatum crossed by chinense, i have no clue on that stuff)
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I don't think true SRP should show anthocyanins, but C. baccatum x C. chinense hybrids sure can (see my glog here).
 
growyourown said:
if anyone wants to send me seeds for it, i'd definitely include it.

willing to do a trade with someone, but i have no experience with sending seeds, especially to/from america, and may need help (or i'll just pay for the other party to handle everything).
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Happy to send seeds. PM your address.
 
thanks, brother. pepper people are the best!

this is also pleasing because now i will have 12 dark varieties to grow, and my starter trays are the 12-cell kind.

even just looking at my post above is irritating to me with the one empty space to complete the rectangle lol
 
quick post from work:

first seeds are finally down! just a small batch (2x 12-cell starter trays), the bulk of my grow list will be sown in the coming weeks but i wanted to start the following ones earlier:

3x ROCOTO GIANT YELLOW (G24)
3x RIO HUALAGA (G24)
3x EPFH (G24)
3x SCOTCH BRAINS YELLOW ($24) - failed last year so by starting early i can try again if poor results here
3x CHOCOLATE BHUTLAH (G21) - just to attempt to rejuvenate my seed stock for this type
9x TASMANIAN BLACK (c/o Bou) - for the GROWDOWN!!!

(G## = seeds from my grow/year, $## = purchased seeds/year)

this year i added an inkbird thermostat to hook up the heat mats. i have it set to come on at 78F and go off at 82F. does this seem appropriate? the room the seeds are in does get colder than room temp.

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growyourown said:
this year i added an inkbird thermostat to hook up the heat mats. i have it set to come on at 78F and go off at 82F. does this seem appropriate? the room the seeds are in does get colder than room temp.

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I just checked and mine is set at 81.5F, 0.3F HD & CD.
 
Bou said:
I just checked and mine is set at 81.5F, 0.3F HD & CD. For optimal accuracy, I pass the probe through a small hole drilled in my tray and insert it into a Jiffy pellet (or a cup filled with soil).
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thanks for the speedy reply. i have those trays where there's a rotating disc at the top of the lid to trap/vent humidity so i just passed the probe through there and into the corner of a cell and then closed the disc as much as possible. i might consider making a small hole, or i might just tape the vent holes shut if it looks less humid inside than the other tray does when i get home today.

and i will follow your lead and adjust the thermostat to maintain a tighter range as well.
 
i didn't research anything, just looked through the site of the vendor i have always used with search terms of dark, black, purple.

i had started a thread here last year hoping to glean some insights from fellow users, but the conversation was limited.

as of right now, i have the 11 types i bought, @Bou provided me with CGN21500 x Barrackpore and Blackwater JS, and i am still waiting on the " @PaulG purple thunder mystery" en route from @Downriver .

none of these black varieties have been planted yet though. this weekend is a long weekend for us here, so in all likelihood i will try to get a bunch down then.
 
the purple thunder has arrived!! now, off to plan my strategy for planting...

loosely i'm thinking to drop 3 seeds each of 16 types (all 14 dark kinds and two others yet to be selected) into 4x 12-cell trays this weekend, and then 2 weeks later doing another batch of any that only came up 0 or 1 of the 3 from this run.
 
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growyourown said:
loosely i'm thinking to drop 3 seeds each of 16 types (all 14 dark kinds and two others yet to be selected) into 4x 12-cell trays this weekend, and then 2 weeks later doing another batch of any that only came up 0 or 1 of the 3 from this run.
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It would suggest to sow more to ensure you can select the darker, more vigorous ones right from the start. Also, it would be better to cull more rather than losing 2 weeks due to a poor germination rate on the first attempt IMO...
 
thanks for the suggestion. my worry is that i don't have enough seed trays/heat mats/table space to start that many at once.

though i suppose i could drop two seeds per cell, but it also gives me pause thinking about separating them from each other rather than just dumping the whole cells into a pot.

i will ruminate on this...
 
growyourown said:
thanks for the suggestion. my worry is that i don't have enough seed trays/heat mats/table space to start that many at once.

though i suppose i could drop two seeds per cell, but it also gives me pause thinking about separating them from each other rather than just dumping the whole cells into a pot.

i will ruminate on this...
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I should have clarified that this was mainly for unstable crosses. Plus, when I use Jiffy or (cells), I usually sow up to 8-10 seeds per pellet/cell. Maybe I'm a little abusive when it comes to sowing though, IDK🤔:crazy:
 
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yeah my trays are that kind you see all over amazon, the green base with the clear 12-cell insert and lid. there isn't a lot of room for multiple seeds per cell, especially if you are going to try to keep more than one from each cell.

and reading @Englander glog and how he was having trouble separating ones from a same cell and losing out on possible growth makes me nervous, and i'm not the gentlest or most dextrous (well as a lefty i'm the opposite of dextrous) to do such fine surgery.

maybe i will look for the other kind of tray, like the single-piece 1020 with 72-100 cells or something to save space for this operation.

definitely some food for thought. thanks, bou.
 
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so, 1020 trays are quite dear on amazon, all i was seeing were 10-packs of the bottoms for $40-50, 200-cell inserts a 5-pack for $20, and no domes/lids. being not interested in buying each piece separately and in such numbers, i started looking at websites of actual stores. trays and lids abound for $3 apiece (but out of stock at the locations nearby except for canadian tire which is more out of my way), and no cells or once again only a 10-pack for $40+. they also had the tray+lid+72-pellet combos for $15-20, and i thought about getting one or two of those just because time is running out, but i've never used the jiffys before so i was wary.

i ended up going back to amazon to search harder, and found an alternative, which is these 40-cell trays (x4 units, $30) in the style i am used to using. and the size it gives for them means i can (i think) squeeze 2 of my 12-cell trays along with a 40-cell onto one heat mat, so i would have room for 128 starts on the two mats. and we have prime, so it's scheduled to arrive saturday.

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wish me luck!
 
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