This being my first year for growing peppers from seeds, and thanks to rareseeds.com and some helpful posters here, I either bought or received about 50 different types of seeds. Three-four weeks ago, I was ready to go back to eggplants and tomatoes - most of my peppers looked worse than Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. But since getting rid of the bugs and watering once with a solution that had some ammonia nitrate in it, they are looking like something I'm almost happy to post pictures of.
One thing I've noticed - the super hots: Bhut and Nagas, Trinidads and Thai Scorpions look - by far - the best. Not the tallest, but the leaves are much bigger and closer together, and seem to be considerably thicker.
The more mild the pepper, the leggier they seem to be, the leaves are smaller and thinner and they are blooming sooner.
All these guys and gals have been treated roughly the same. Sowed within a week of each other, same potting soil, watering method, lighting and heat
Is this what you find?
Mike
One thing I've noticed - the super hots: Bhut and Nagas, Trinidads and Thai Scorpions look - by far - the best. Not the tallest, but the leaves are much bigger and closer together, and seem to be considerably thicker.
The more mild the pepper, the leggier they seem to be, the leaves are smaller and thinner and they are blooming sooner.
All these guys and gals have been treated roughly the same. Sowed within a week of each other, same potting soil, watering method, lighting and heat
Is this what you find?
Mike