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seeds seeds and nbr days to ripe fruit

habman

habman

When you buy seeds and on the package it says 90 days.
What exactly does it mean?

90 days to get mature fruit from seeds.
90 days from immature fruit until ripen?
90 days from when the flower is pollinated to ripen fruit?
90 days from when the flower is pollinated to mature but unripe fruit?
I think it means 90 days from when the flower is pollinated until fruit is ripe.
I'm always confused by this.
 
I don't understand it either. I think it's 90 days from the time you transplant in the ground if you follow the directions and start 4-8 weeks(or whatever it says) before last frost. I don't like following directions so it doesn't help me much.
 
POTAWIE said:
I don't understand it either. I think it's 90 days from the time you transplant in the ground if you follow the directions and start 4-8 weeks(or whatever it says) before last frost. I don't like following directions so it doesn't help me much.
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AH! I think you're right.
So for an orange hab rated at 90 days, it would take 156 days (7*8 weeks + 90) from seed to fruit.
Sounds like BS to me.Takes way longer then this.But what do I know.

Well next year I'm starting the Habs January 1st.
This year I started March 15th (8 weeks before last frost)and I doubt they will produce much.
They are tiny and only now they are starting to flower...bummer :)
 
Who is telling you that chinenses (habanero) is a 90-day plant?

Those I've grown are 120 days minimum from planting out.
 
willard3 said:
Who is telling you that chinenses (habanero) is a 90-day plant?

Those I've grown are 120 days minimum from planting out.
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When you look at seeds they say bla bla then something like 90 days.
That's the question what does the 90 days mean?

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/hot2.htm

Habanero (Red) #9586 (30 seeds) $2.20
This bright red version of Habanero is one hot pepper - a staggering 285,000 Scoville units! The fruit shape and size are much like the regular Habanero, wrinkled 1 inch to 1-1/2 inch long peppers with a tapered end. These peppers turn a brilliant red upon maturity and grow in abundance on 3-1/2 foot tall plants. Hot enough to suit even the most dedicated chile lover. 85 days.
 
My understanding, which is know to be wrong at times, was that it is from transplant date. I think its this way because germination can take from 5 days to 3 months etc.
 
habman said:
... Well next year I'm starting the Habs January 1st...
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If you plan on doing any nagas, start even earlier than that. I started my Naga Morich & Naga Dorset around then & I'm still waiting for flowers.
 
My nagas started around Jan are the biggest plants I've ever had and its only July:mouthonfire:
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Ok now I'm even more confused.
I gave a Red Caribbean Habanero plant to my brother in law.
The plant was fully matured and was previously in my hydro setup.
It was transplanted on the first weekend of June with flowers but I removed all pods before transplanting.
Today I got a pic of the plant. It's got 5-6 fully ripe pods.
So from flower to ripe pods, it took about 60 days.
On the seed package it says 110 days.

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Thats from flower to ripe pod 60 days.
I'm not sure but maybe they mean 6-8 weeks to grow(Approx 50 days)+ flowering and ripening(approx 60 days) I'm just guessing.
Nice lookin peppers, have you tried one yet.
 
POTAWIE said:
Thats from flower to ripe pod 60 days.
I'm not sure but maybe they mean 6-8 weeks to grow(Approx 50 days)+ flowering and ripening(approx 60 days) I'm just guessing.
Nice lookin peppers, have you tried one yet.
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I tasted a few pods grown in hydro. Very hot and tasty.
These should taste even better.
I'm going to pick them this weekend and try the Habanero Gold Jelly recipe.
WOOHOO I'm so proud of my precious :lol:
 
habman said:
Ok now I'm even more confused.
I gave a Red Caribbean Habanero plant to my brother in law.
The plant was fully matured and was previously in my hydro setup.
It was transplanted on the first weekend of June with flowers but I removed all pods before transplanting.
Today I got a pic of the plant. It's got 5-6 fully ripe pods.
So from flower to ripe pods, it took about 60 days.
On the seed package it says 110 days.
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Wait a minute habman... first weekend of June to first weekend of july is 30 days not 60.:oops:
That's ridiculous 30 days from flower to ripe pods :shocked:
Holy crap that's got to be the earliest habanero variety ever!
Anyone else grow Red Caribbean Habanero ?
If I wasn't habman I'd say habman is lying.
Where's my damn tin foil hat.
 
As I understand it, the number of days to ripeness is from the time a seedling is transplanted, and that includes the time it takes a plant to develop flowers, then fruit, then have the fruit ripen. If your Caribbean Red was fully mature with flowers, that would certainly cut back on the time. Plus, I think that number is an average, so there are bound to be examples of earlier and later fruit production.

That being said, Caribbean Reds always were among the first habs to produce for me, usually a little behind the Limons.
 
Pam said:
As I understand it, the number of days to ripeness is from the time a seedling is transplanted, and that includes the time it takes a plant to develop flowers, then fruit, then have the fruit ripen.
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That may very well be true, but what is considered a seedling? Six inches tall? Eight inches? Some of the "seedlings" I planted out this year were over a foot tall, and watching them, I still can't make sense of the number of days system.


Okay people I am mailing a seed company and asking the question.
 
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