It's never too early to get started!

Sooo... 2022 season is over and most of my 2023 plants are already there - no reason not to start a new thread already!

See my previous glog... https://thehotpepper.com/threads/2022-too-early-to-get-started.75362/

While all my current plants are technically overwinterers, only a couple have grown through the 2022 season and are considered interesting enough to keep for next seasons grow.

Let's start with the famous Schneider farms SB plant, which will be going into it's third season in 2023. It currently doesn't look all that nice but that was also the case during the winter of 2021 so no worries here...

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Next in row is my Scotch Brains plant...

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And then there's the Humble Servants Homestead (HSH) SB, which was also elected to stay for next season...

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[Marturo]

. Unfortunately, US customs would not allow that to be shipped to the US. They have a thing about seeds entering the country

Send your friends a

card with special wishes inside.

 

[NJChilehead]

I did a little taste test this week, putting 2 different scotch bonnet varieties on a pizza. One half was topped with a Papa Dreadie SB, the other half was topped with a HSH SB. There was a clear color difference before the pizza went in the oven but when I took it out again, the halves looked virtually the same. Taste and heat were clearly different though. The Papa Dreadie half was clearly hotter and with a more pungent taste that the HSH half. I preferred the Papa Dreadie half for the heat but the taste of the HSH was nicer.
All in all, this was a hot pizza!

Scotch bonnets on pizza are about the most addictive combo that I've found so far!

 

[MarcV]

I ordered 2 of these kits. Even then the shipping costs (€20) are more that the cost of the actual goods... Now it is waiting untill it arrives...

Expected to arrive today...

 

[MarcV]

The package arrived in the mean time

The contents of the kit...

• two peat pellets
• sachet with seeds
• growing instructions

I haven't opened the seed sachet yet, but keeping it against the light reveals that there must be 20 or so seeds inside.

And, just in case you don't know how to grow peppers from seed, here are some instructions for you!

 

[MarcV]

Send your friends a

card with special wishes inside.

Done!

 

[MarcV]

A nice harvest of jeromin peppers . They actually taste quite nice and sweet! There's only a little heat though...

 

[MarcV]

And there's the first hook from the jaranda seeds!

 

[ahayastani]

I see that you're already at ~15ºC at the moment, almost tempting to start growing outside.

 

[MarcV]

Yes it felt like spring outside, I measured up to 19.6°C today. But these temperatures aren't going to last unfortunately... (or maybe that's a good thing? it's only February...)

 

[wiicek]

Omg, you have winter harvests there! That is so nice