• Blog your pepper progress. The first image in your first post will be used to represent your Glog or Vlog.

glog SadisticPeppers 2025 Glog

I plan on restarting small. I ordered Chocolate Reaper seeds from Matt's Peppers (ETA Tuesday 2/14) and will be using my patio to grow the plants. I measured it out, and with the 5-gallon Home Depot buckets from my previous venture, I should have space for 24 on the balcony, using drip irrigators and a fertilizer injector.

I'll be sure to post up pics soon when I begin the seeding process.

Update 2/14/2025: Here's the first pics. Thanks to Matt's Peppers for the quick delivery and the freebies included in the package. I'll be starting my grow this year with Chocolate Reapers.
 

Attachments

  • PXL_20250214_193642355.jpg
    PXL_20250214_193642355.jpg
    88.3 KB · Views: 520
  • PXL_20250214_193749872.jpg
    PXL_20250214_193749872.jpg
    99.3 KB · Views: 23
  • PXL_20250214_193852147.jpg
    PXL_20250214_193852147.jpg
    100.8 KB · Views: 23
  • PXL_20250214_193912364.jpg
    PXL_20250214_193912364.jpg
    60 KB · Views: 30
  • PXL_20250214_194134514.jpg
    PXL_20250214_194134514.jpg
    82.4 KB · Views: 24
  • PXL_20250214_194230255.jpg
    PXL_20250214_194230255.jpg
    86.4 KB · Views: 23
Last edited:
Click to expand...
Unless Pepper Joe's has changed its spots, there's a fairly good chance you'll be enjoying Bell peppers. jmo.
 
DementedWelder said:
TexasHotPeppers, MattsPeppers, WhiteHotPeppers, The ChiliPepperInstitute, and BakerCreek are a few that come to mind. And of course SemillasLaPalma when their store isn't having staff and international shipping issues.
Click to expand...
Thanks. Placed an order with Matt's Peppers for some Chocolate Reaper seeds
 
SadisticPeppers said:
I was under the impression Pepper Joe's got bought out by someone a few years back and was under new management?

Who else has a decent supply of seeds?
Click to expand...

Not sure - quit following them years ago. I know Joe's father started the business in PA, then Joe took it over. He then applied his used car salesman skills to it. After a while, he moved south, (Myrtle Beach maybe?) eventually retired, and handed the business over to his daughter. She continued on in Dad's dubious ways, and that's where I left it. Maybe they have been sold, and things are better. Dunno.

As far as vendors, I usually point people HERE. I've dealt with most of these vendors over the years, and consider them reputable. Also, I've dealt with Garth at Texas Hot Peppers for years, but I can't edit that post to add him to that original list.
 
Last edited:
Downriver said:
Not sure - quit following them years ago. I know Joe's father started the business in PA, then Joe took it over. He then applied his used car salesman skills to it. After a while, he moved south, (Myrtle Beach maybe?) eventually retired, and handed the business over to his daughter. She continued on in Dad's dubious ways, and that's where I left it. Maybe they have been sold, and things are better. Dunno.

As far as vendors, I usually point people HERE. I've dealt with most of these vendors over the years, and consider them reputable. Also, I've dealt with Garth at Texas Hot Peppers for years, but I can't edit that post to add him to that original list.
Click to expand...
Thanks for the info. I made sure to bookmark that list when I need more seeds

It also slipped my mind that Joe was good buds with He Who Shall Not Be Named, whom I had a very bad experience with years back...
 
Last edited:
Overnight soak finished, and placed the seeds in the tray. It's outside enjoying the sun :)

When I put it out on the patio, I made sure to tape the cover in a couple spots so it won't fly off with the slightest breeze
 

Attachments

  • PXL_20250215_134801430.jpg
    PXL_20250215_134801430.jpg
    174.2 KB · Views: 18
  • PXL_20250215_134307276.jpg
    PXL_20250215_134307276.jpg
    148.8 KB · Views: 24
  • PXL_20250215_130253430.jpg
    PXL_20250215_130253430.jpg
    120.4 KB · Views: 23
  • PXL_20250215_124944703.jpg
    PXL_20250215_124944703.jpg
    211.8 KB · Views: 21
  • PXL_20250215_124939460.jpg
    PXL_20250215_124939460.jpg
    161.7 KB · Views: 22
Last edited:
Good luck with your grow. Can’t wait to see your setup with the buckets and drip system. Hope you figured some space in between those buckets. I’ve made the mistake of putting plants too close together and when I tried to separate and move around they couldn’t support themselves on their own. Just something to think about if you haven’t already.
 
Grass Snake said:
Good luck with your grow. Can’t wait to see your setup with the buckets and drip system. Hope you figured some space in between those buckets. I’ve made the mistake of putting plants too close together and when I tried to separate and move around they couldn’t support themselves on their own. Just something to think about if you haven’t already.
Click to expand...
Sure did, since I ran into the same issue years ago, and I learned my lesson then
 
Here's an update/photo dump of the last couple of days. I now have 11 seedlings/hooks, including a seedling with triple leaves starting out. I did a pressure test for my in-line fertilizer and the tank ruptured, but it was a small crack, so a healthy application of some Gorilla Tape should do the trick. It occurred to me (mea culpa) that I should've gotten a pressure valve to take the water pressure down to 25 PSI. I had one the last time, but of course, it was so long since my last run, it was one of a couple items I didn't have this go around. I ordered one from Amazon and it should arrive today.

You can even see my cat, TomTom managing things as I do my thing.

484902615_583737868022338_6947984063028195275_n.jpg
484915196_583737671355691_1045166801223371405_n.jpg
484596816_583737638022361_2235878737220612769_n.jpg
484904216_583737761355682_6548603954886543619_n.jpg
484522738_583737821355676_2679102517885850890_n.jpg
484715722_583737824689009_8405565788457322788_n.jpg
484868322_583737764689015_7430614821685303557_n.jpg
484652127_583737698022355_444918227803098919_n.jpg
484913541_583737838022341_7809030926257461245_n.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 484915196_583737671355691_1045166801223371405_n.jpg
    484915196_583737671355691_1045166801223371405_n.jpg
    108.4 KB · Views: 12
  • 484902615_583737868022338_6947984063028195275_n.jpg
    484902615_583737868022338_6947984063028195275_n.jpg
    211.2 KB · Views: 9
Nice! Quick update... Two more hooks popped up overnight, so I now have lucky 13 sprouts!

I'll also be putting up a tarp to have the excess water spill over the side of my balcony over the bushes besides my walkway, and not off the front of the balcony and (incidentally) my front door.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top