Ignite's 2015 Superhot Grow

juanitos · Jun 9, 2015

man i'm about a month behind you, pods look great.

mpicante · Jun 9, 2015

Everything over there looking great!both plants and pods.That DOUGLAH x CH.BUTCH T. THAT POD LOOKS OUTTA THIS WORLD!!!!!SERIOUSLY WANT SOME OF THOSE...

Ignite · Jun 9, 2015

Thanks for all of the kind words. The late nights from feeding and singing to the plants is worth it when someone else appreciates it.

We had some really bad storms come through this afternoon and a few of the plants have some minor hail damage as a result. It's nothing major though, just a few torn leaves and some dropped flowers. I gave them some of our light compost tea to ease the stress a little.

The Douglah x Chocolate Butch T is a Chris Phillips creation. The plants are showing alot of variations right now but only one is producing those really gnarly types. I'll take some pictures tomorrow to illustrate the variations.

As long as the weather doesn't pound us for a few days straight we should have fresh peppers ready to ship in the next two weeks. I hope you guys are ready for some peppers.

Thanks,
Stephen

Ignite · Jun 12, 2015

I tried to create video tonight and just wasn't happy with the quality my Note 3 was giving me, so I guess I'm going to go pick up a go pro this weekend and see if it works better. Video updates should be easier and will allow me to show more of the plants and pods than a few pictures here and there.

We've been getting alot of rain over the past few days but the plants don't seem to be too phased at this point. I learned from a few mistakes last year and upped my perlite content in order to keep things draining well during those summer days when we get inches of rain out of the blue. Most of the peppers have finally started turning colors and it's exciting to see them change and develop. I've finally got the nutrient mix really dialed in and the feeding systems setup which is good because I'll be able to devote my time to picking instead of feeding.

This one isn't a superhot, but it's a very interesting Wes Lane cross between a yellow jalapeno and a bubblegum 7.

7 Pot Katie starting to turn red

Moruga UV

Yet another gnarly Chocolate Borg 9

I meant to post these in my last reply, but here's a little "root porn" for the guys that are into that kind of stuff. These plants are in our custom made undercurrent system running chilled 65F water that is highly aerated and maintained. Each bucket is 8 gallons and we have to prune the roots once a week to keep them from growing down the 2 inch PVC pipe that pulls the water through the system. Plants are in 6 inch pots with hydroton and are less than 2 months old from seed.

mpicante · Jun 12, 2015

stephen as always very nice pics.Very interesting grow tecniques.

Ignite · Jun 12, 2015

mpicante said:
stephen as always very nice pics.Very interesting grow tecniques.

Thanks! Undercurrent systems aren't anything new in terms of the design, it's basically just a RDWC system but instead of pumping water into each bucket or relying on pressure to equalize the buckets, you pull water through the system. This creates a natural flow in the system and helps to oxygenate the water while ensuring that fresh nutrients are available. We couldn't run ours without chillers because of the SC temps, but I wouldn't recommend running any type of RDWC or DWC system where water temps are going to be 72F+ for extended periods of time.

Thanks again,
Stephen

Yellowfin2na · Jun 13, 2015

When you prune the roots do you just cut from the bottom or is there a special technique you use?

Ignite · Jun 13, 2015

You want to cut the runners first and then remove some of the remaining long roots. You never want to remove more than 20% at any given time. By pruning the runners and longer sections it will encourage nice white fibrous roots to grow in bunches. Current Culture actually has a blog post about it if you would like aome light reading.

Ignite · Jun 17, 2015

It's been one of the hottest weeks I can ever remember, and it's only mid June! Since Saturday we've yet to have a day under 100F with the heat index. We've been watering the potted plants almost daily to keep them happy and I've been checking on them mostly at night when it's bearable to go outside. I hope we get a little break in the weather soon.

The good news is that the plants have really started turning colors and almost all of the plants have peppers that should be ready any day now. We've been picking a few here and there and should have plenty ready very soon. We may have ended up with a Troy Primo BRM (Big Red Mama) to go along with our BBM and it's producing the gnarliest pods I've ever seen.

Hydroponic BBM:

Douglah x Chocolate Butch T Scorpion: I posted an errant pic of these earlier, more on that later

Red Borg 9:

Ripe BRM: I first thought these were the Douglah cross mentioned above, but my tags were mixed up. I blame my wife

Ripening 7 Pot Katie:

007 Orange:

Thanks for looking! Stay tuned for updates.

Pepper North · Jun 17, 2015

Wow, great pods Stephen. That BRM looks like it will be a killer!

Trident chilli · Jul 13, 2015

Stephen any chance of an update of your superhots especially the Borg and Chocolate Borg growing both varieties have heard that there is a lot of untrue seed in circulation and I would like to use your photographs as a benchmark

Superb 007 perfect lobes could it have been crossed with a Bonnet

Ignite · Jul 13, 2015

Trident chilli said:
Stephen any chance of an update of your superhots especially the Borg and Chocolate Borg growing both varieties have heard that there is a lot of untrue seed in circulation and I would like to use your photographs as a benchmark

Superb 007 perfect lobes could it have been crossed with a Bonnet

Sure. We've been incredibly busy shipping out fresh peppers and I haven't had the time needed to keep this thing up to date.

There are alot of Borg 9 types floating out there right now, and you need to understand why. The Borg 9 was released without the creator's, Jon Harper, permission by someone who did a video review for him. The seeds that were shared were from a F2 pod. The "bleeding" pheno that most people are growing is from the pod reverting back to its Bubblegum 7 roots. The others that you see floating out there are probably crosses or variations from the original F2 seed that came from open pollinated stock. The correct version has no calyx, no bleeding stem, and is very bumpy and gnarly.

The chocolate Borg 9 was discovered by Chris Saunders while growing out true Borg 9 seeds from Jon. It has a slightly different shape but has a brutal heat. We're waiting on our chocolate pods to finish ripening up, but I have some great pics to show you.

Correct Borg 9 Pheno:

Here's one of ours. It's very close to what we need to see. The pic above was from F3 pods. Ours is currently F4 so some pod variation is normal.

True Chocolate Borg 9:

Trident chilli · Jul 13, 2015

Stephen phenominal pods thank you very much for posting these pictures ... judging by the British Chilli Forum there must be less than a handful of us growing these varieties hopefully with true seed ... I will post a picture when my Chocolate tiddler puts on some weight

Thank you again

Ignite · Jul 13, 2015

Trident chilli said:
Stephen phenominal pods thank you very much for posting these pictures ... judging by the British Chilli Forum there must be less than a handful of us growing these varieties hopefully with true seed ... I will post a picture when my Chocolate tiddler puts on some weight

Thank you again

That would be correct. I can count on one hand the number of people I know that have true seeds from the UK. There's a lot of stuff floating out there, but very few are true Borg 9. We only released a small amount of the red this year and will not be releasing any chocolate pods. We will not be offering seeds for either type as well. It's too rare and deserves time to stabilize. The yellow bubblegum 7 is the only other pepper that we won't be releasing anymore of this year.

Thanks,
Stephen

Bhuter · Jul 13, 2015

My god! Your pods look fantastic, Stephen! You've got some of the gnarliest pods I've ever seen. That BRM is something else. Very wicked! And I love the chocolate Borg 9. Incredible! I might have to look into getting those for next season. I always look forward to your updates. Keep up the good work!
-Adam

Scorched · Jul 13, 2015

Everything looks great man. Glad I got two of the yellow BBG7 pods. Seems like I made it just under the wire. If you do end up with another one or two I'd love to buy em (in a mixed box of course) but if not it's all good. Just got done trying a few slivers of one and gotta say I absolutely love it. Just glad I was lucky enough to get what I did. Shame about the Choc Borg. Would've loved to try one of those bad boys but completely understand wanting to keep it under wraps for now. Keep up the awesome grow.

96strat · Jul 24, 2015

Super looking pods!! Going to place an order!

N8thaniel · Oct 17, 2015