SKULLBIKERS Fun with peppers in 2021 GLOG

And so it begins, another year of growing some peppers. This will be a sort of continuation of last year
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73129-skullbikers-roaring-into-the-twenties-glog/page-1
 
as several of those plants are still going(and many got whacked and ended up on the burn pile). 
 
Anyway, I have 3 trays of peppers sown and many have germinated already(mostly annums). I wanted to compare several different jalapeños for taste in real time. This tray is all jalapeños, ten types from 7 different vendors. The seeds in block 3 are from 2014.
 

 
Another tray with annums at each end and mostly rocotos in the middle(and they're taking their sweet time).
 

 
 

 

[skullbiker]

It's nearing the end of the year so I better get in a couple of updates.

A few shots of rocotos, one is now flowering and one is starting to produce some pods.

The Brainstrains are still doing their thing but the one in the smaller container is struggling a bit.

 

[ahayastani]

I sowed my first rocoto a few weeks ago. I'll be glad if I can achieve your results.

 

[skullbiker]

I sowed my first rocoto a few weeks ago. I'll be glad if I can achieve your results.

It should work for you, I think our climates are "somewhat" similar. I would give you pointers but I know nothing!

 

[skullbiker]

I planted some pepper seeds on Christmas Eve as a bit of an experiment. I had about 25 solo cups full of "dirt" that held dead Miracle Fruit seeds that hadn't germinated. I dug out the MF seeds and took a spoon and scooped out a divet about 1/4 -- 3/8 inch deep, and put several seeds in each one and covered with a little of my regular seed starting mix hoping that a few might germinate. Keeping in mind this was probably the least sterile environment for germinating seeds I was surprised at the results(even though almost every one was a helmet head).
Yesterday at lunch time:

This morning:

 

[PaulG]

That is pretty amazing, @skullbiker. Some
of those seeds must have been pretty fresh.

Now what?