I have been meaning to keep better notes and records on what I have been messing around with. This past spring/summer was my first year growing anything. In July I saw the writing on the wall. Winter would arrive soon enough and then I would be without pepper plants to keep me occupied until next spring. So in July I germinate some giant chocolate hab and bhut jolokia indian carbon seeds. A couple of months later I did the same with some aji limon and tobago seasoning.
The goal is to produce some pods this winter and then have some kick ass mature plants to plant out in the spring of 2014. All of these plants are potted up with Coast of Maine Potting Soil that I amended with perlite, bone meal, and some tomato-tone. I am guessing the red pots are about 4 gallon each. I think the blue ones are about 1 gallon. I have a 2' UltraGrow fixture with some T5 bulbs. In the fixture I have three 6500k and one 3000k bulb. I am running the light on a timer from 6am to midnight. I also hit them with a fan for a few hours every other day.
So far the bhut is kicking ass. I am noticing a lot of flower drop though... Need to keep an eye on it. The choco hab went through some rough times. I was getting leaf drop and some black spots on a lot of the leaves. The choco hab also got an aggressive pruning that has since taught me to ease up on being all up in my plant's grills. lol Both plants were topped at some point. The bhut also saw a little pruning.
A nice tight family photo (red pot on left is the choco hab, red pot on the right is the bhut, blue pot on the left is the aji limon, blue pot on the right is to tobago seasoning)
Zoomed out to show the set up...
Giant choco hab stem...
Bhut stem...
Bhut flowers and lots and lots more wanting to open on this plant...
The goal is to produce some pods this winter and then have some kick ass mature plants to plant out in the spring of 2014. All of these plants are potted up with Coast of Maine Potting Soil that I amended with perlite, bone meal, and some tomato-tone. I am guessing the red pots are about 4 gallon each. I think the blue ones are about 1 gallon. I have a 2' UltraGrow fixture with some T5 bulbs. In the fixture I have three 6500k and one 3000k bulb. I am running the light on a timer from 6am to midnight. I also hit them with a fan for a few hours every other day.
So far the bhut is kicking ass. I am noticing a lot of flower drop though... Need to keep an eye on it. The choco hab went through some rough times. I was getting leaf drop and some black spots on a lot of the leaves. The choco hab also got an aggressive pruning that has since taught me to ease up on being all up in my plant's grills. lol Both plants were topped at some point. The bhut also saw a little pruning.
A nice tight family photo (red pot on left is the choco hab, red pot on the right is the bhut, blue pot on the left is the aji limon, blue pot on the right is to tobago seasoning)
Zoomed out to show the set up...
Giant choco hab stem...
Bhut stem...
Bhut flowers and lots and lots more wanting to open on this plant...
