Today's harvest

Many types here. Carolina reaper, red ghost, chocolate ghost, yellow fatalii, lemon lime scorpion, unknown lemon lime scorpion variant, peach habaneros, orange habaneros, various Caribbean habaneros, orange Thais, boonies, tiny Thais, purple Thais (ripened to red), red Thais, bahamian goat, scotch bonnet, lemon drops, cayenne, aji rainforest, 7 pot, paprika strain, sante fe, and Trinidad moruga scorpion

 

[kanikedude03]

Epic harvest (to get what I can before the frost hits)!

 

[luvmesump3pp3rz]

thats a lot of peppers the last couple of days. frost came late this year for us. what do you do with them? freeze? make sauce? make powder ? or sell them? anyways, nice haul!

 

[kanikedude03]

Thanks! I freeze some, make powder with some, and give away the rest to friends and family to do with as they wish. This was my first year really getting into it. I used 2 Gallon nursery pots for the grow this year. Although I've read on THP that yields are effected when you use less than 5 gallon containers, I feel like if you grow a variety and space is a concern, smaller can still be a good option. My biggest complaint is them getting top heavy and falling over when it was really windy. I guess I have the cold season to research good solutions or alternatives. :-) 

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Kevin! Nice harvest - looks like you have
your work cut out for you. Those should make
some great powders and sauces!
 
I grew ten plants in three gallon pots (thread here) this season,
and had great success with them.  I kept them well-watered,
so the pots didn't blow over too easily. I found the production
to be quite acceptable. Sometimes the pods are a bit smaller
because of the small pot size, but not too much. I am going to
expand to a 20-plant grow in 3-gallon pots next season, along
with some plants in the 10, 15, and 20 gallon containers.
 
The main advantage is the ability to easily move them around
to take advantage of sun, shade, shelter, etc.
 
Have fun with your 'cold season research'!