Update time, and a little bit of everything in this post.
First off, a small harvest from my hydro plants. Yellow Bullet Habanero and Peter Pepper Red:
Was away for a few days and came home to a near dead Yellow Bullet Habanero plant, didn't think it would recover so I harvested what I could. But it recovered and kept all unripe peppers as well, so should give me another 20-30 peppers or so.
The Peter Pepper has now filled it's purpose, I've gotten a few pods (4) and have saved isolated seeds in case I want to grow it again, so the plant has now been turned into compost.
Speaking of Peter Pepper, here's a couple of photos from the one I saved seeds from:
Fairly low heat but still packs a punch and has that typical "prickly", "stingy" annuum heat that I really, really dislike.
Nothing really special in terms of flavor either, a bit fresh and hints of bell pepper.
And here's one of the Yellow Bullet Habaneros I've tasted:
Feels way hotter than it's white counterpart and despite its small size it gets plenty hot.
It's a bit hard getting flavors from them since they are so small, but there are some citrus notes.
Going to keep eating these as a way to start building up my tolerance again so I can be a little bit more prepared for the super-hots this year.
I also decided to move the plants to the balcony. We still have fairly low night time temperatures (5°C / 41°F) but I think it will be okay. They seem happy this morning at least. And if the weather forecast is correct for the coming week then spring is finally arriving in full force, which will help. Anyway, some balcony photos:
I can't believe all those plants fit in the grow tent because now the balcony is full and it's twice the size, at least.
And I couldn't quite fit all plants in the balcony, which I was prepared for, so five plants remain in the grow tent:
And if you remember, I moved three plants outside of the grow tent due to space issues about a month ago (or was it two?) and it's quite a significant difference between the tent plants and the ones that relied on sunlight.
Here's a sample comparison where the left plant is from the tent and the right one has relied on sunlight:
While we're on the topic of comparisons, here's the state of the plants I grow in two different types of containers.
Starting off with Trinidad Moruga Scorpion White (unfair comparison because the left plant was very droopy due to lack of water):
Black Scorpion Tongue:
Papa Joes Scotch Bonnet:
Sugar Rush Peach Striped:
That last one is really difficult to compare because the plant in the wide pot has so many pods that the branches cannot support the weight (they were propped up against the tent walls) and it has also grown really weirdly because the main stem is really short and then it has very long branches. After moving that plant outside I actually noticed that two branches had nearly snapped off due to the weight of the peppers, so I gave them some support and hope they recover.
To me there looks to be a slight difference in the plants where the ones in the wider pots have been growing a bit better, especially the two chinense varieties. It's not a huge difference but it's there, and if I had gotten my hands on some even wider pots then maybe the difference would be more apparent.
now I have too many plants anyway and I can't walk where I want without moving the pots, but in the early stages (plants only in the growbox) I solved it by removing the mylar sheets and leaving only the skeleton of the structure, so you can walk around it to water and observe the plants better without stress
