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pics My First Harvest (very small)

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sadams

Here is a pic of the peppers I have gotten over the last couple of days. Not a lot, but there are plenty more on the way...we planted them late, but now that they are starting to turn we should start getting some decent numbers.

The back row are Red Hot Cherry, middle row is premature Mammoth Jalapeno on the left, then three Habanero (I knocked the mostly green one off picking the one to the left of it) and two Red Chili to the far right, then the front pepper is my sons premature Mammoth Jalapeno....he just could not wait to get his first from the plant..;-).

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Shane
 
Here are a few shots of the plants themselves...as well as a few close shots so the green peppers can be seen.

Most of what we have planted is shown here, the tallest one (back row) near the center is my Habanero:
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The Long Thick Cayenne:
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The Red Hot Cherry:
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The Red Chili (that's all it says on the tag) and Long Thick Cayenne behind it:
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Shane
 
Thanks Silver_Surfer and thanks to all for the kind comments. To answer your question...negative, we bought young plants locally and set out.

I am considering next year going with seeds for at least part of what we will grow. I would like to grow a few of the ones not available locally and it looks like seeds would be the primary option. I am just not so sure that I can handle them from seeds. I know I can germinate them, but after that is where I get fuzzy. The hardening off process worries me a bit, as me and my wife both work through the week, and we are not able to put them out and bring them back in within a few hours time during the day. I am still pondering it, but from what I read the hardening off process is very important.

Shane
 
Yeah, seed gives you a much wider range of choices, the sky is the limit.

Hardening plants off isn't too difficult even if you aren't around most of the day. Find an eastern facing sheltered area with an overhang exposed to morning sun until 9 or 10AM, I set the seedlings at the back of a porch that faces east. Then each day slide the plants farther east to give them an additional hour of sun. Keep this up until they are in full sun until 3PM; after that they can usually make it all day. Just be sure to bring them in at night if the temps are still dropping below 50.
 
good looking plants...that "red chili" looks like a super chili to me...
 
Great looking plants. I'm in the same boat. Tons of pods on each plant, but none of them have ripened except the ones I pick green like jalapenos and pepperoncini. Seems like it takes a LONG time for green pods to ripen.
 
All: Thanks for the comments.

AJ: I think you are probably right, the plant itself seems shorter though than other Super Chili's I have seen, but the pepper size, shape and production seems to be that of the SC. I have three of those plants, and the tallest is not more than about 14" tall...and that's a guess. They seem to grow as wide as tall, or even wider.

LGHT: My habs are starting to turn it up a notch now, got 4 on there turning as we speak...and I picked one today...it should be like that for a while, it has 80 plus pods on it, just need to get them mature and ripening...:). My Chili's have a couple dozen or more each, the Red Chery has about the same...the only slackers I have are the Cayenne, they all only have between 5 and 12 on each plant....they are of the Long Thick variety...or at least I think so, seeing as how they are bout 1 1/2" at the top tapering to a point over their 8" length.

Shane
 
Beautiful plants and pics, nice work. What's up with that view over your deck rail? Any pics? Looks nice and green there.
 
Hey boutros, just trees behind the deck railings.....and some briars....lol.



boutros said:
Beautiful plants and pics, nice work. What's up with that view over your deck rail? Any pics? Looks nice and green there.
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