Your peppers please!

xtsho said:

Oh come on. Bud Light? Nooooooo!

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I've grown accustomed to piss water swill. What can I say?

Dorian2 said:

I've grown accustomed to piss water swill. What can I say?

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Say that you're next beer purchase will be something like this.



Just joking. If that's what you like to drink then drink it with pride. I got hooked on microbrews during the beer revolution back in the 80's here in Portland and have been drinking it ever since.

Billy the Mountain said:

What's the objective with experimenting with the plant that is very slow to develop and has yielded just a few peppers?
Not to denigrate your efforts, just genuine curiosity.

This habanero is nothing special, a neglected leftover in a 2 gal pot.
Its probably yielded a hundred peppers so far and plenty more to harvest despite losing a few branches from falls off the table.


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Good point. I want to see what will happen if I apply slightly different conditions to this one from seed. It's more for curiosity than anything. I'm probably going to order some seeds from a decent source as well. Not sure if it'll be Habanero's yet though. We're in a cooler climate zone so I may have to check out some options. I'm assuming you're way down South.

Dorian2 said:

Good point. I want to see what will happen if I apply slightly different conditions to this one from seed. It's more for curiosity than anything. I'm probably going to order some seeds from a decent source as well. Not sure if it'll be Habanero's yet though. We're in a cooler climate zone so I may have to check out some options. I'm assuming you're way down South.

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Good luck
Peppers readily cross-pollinate, you might get something interesting.
I had some mexibells last year; a small bell pepper with a bit of heat
I'm in the midwest but do start things indoors by March

Billy the Mountain said:

Good luck
Peppers readily cross-pollinate, you might get something interesting.
I had some mexibells last year; a small bell pepper with a bit of heat
I'm in the midwest but do start things indoors by March

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I have all mine besides the mammoth jalapeno in close proximity to each other.

Just a past time as beyond my heat levels. I gave them away a few times. Now no takers. LOL. Pat my own back. Making dried chillis.

I was out in the garden and decided to eat one of the Thai peppers. Even though it was still green it was hotter than shit. I experienced some mild pain for awhile but then once the pain was gone I felt great. Better than I did before I ate the pepper.

I won't be just nibbling from the garden with the Carolina Reapers. I only grew those so I could get someone else to eat them. No way I'm touching those. I'll make some hot sauce and use them for that but there is no way in hell I'm eating one raw like I did with the Thai. I've been down that road before and there is no place to turn around. I have no desire to revisit that scenario.

Speaking of eating hot peppers. I was dating a lady years ago and her son ate the Great Balls of Fire at a local restaurant called Salvador Molly's. It didn't take long for him to end up in the bathroom laying on the floor in the fetal position next to the toilet. His mom was really worried about him but I just laughed. She wasn't impressed with my laughter. I caught hell for it. We parted ways shortly after. I laughed then as well.

Billy the Mountain said:

Good luck
Peppers readily cross-pollinate, you might get something interesting.
I had some mexibells last year; a small bell pepper with a bit of heat
I'm in the midwest but do start things indoors by March

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I saved seeds from two Mammoth Jalapeno peppers yesterday. The plant is next to my hab'ish so I'm hoping for a little more heat. The last round of poppers I saved lots of f4 MJ seeds. (out of the 12 f3 plants, I have 10 that the fruit are both long and wide. One that is long and thin, and one that is short and curled)

Yesterday's picking was smaller than the last, so I've passed maxime piperis for the year. The wife was like, "what do you mean there is only enough for one bottle of pepper sauce?"

xtsho said:

Speaking of eating hot peppers. I was dating a lady years ago and her son ate the Great Balls of Fire at a local restaurant called Salvador Molly's. It didn't take long for him to end up in the bathroom laying on the floor in the fetal position next to the toilet. His mom was really worried about him but I just laughed. She wasn't impressed with my laughter. I caught hell for it. We parted ways shortly after. I laughed then as well.

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Interesting timing on the video. Wife's going to her Mom's today to make Pitticelle Cucuzza (Zucchini flower fritters). She's using some of my Thai Chili's in the mix.

injinji said:

I saved seeds from two Mammoth Jalapeno peppers yesterday. The plant is next to my hab'ish so I'm hoping for a little more heat. The last round of poppers I saved lots of f4 MJ seeds. (out of the 12 f3 plants, I have 10 that the fruit are both long and wide. One that is long and thin, and one that is short and curled)

Yesterday's picking was smaller than the last, so I've passed maxime piperis for the year. The wife was like, "what do you mean there is only enough for one bottle of pepper sauce?"

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Pulled the mammoth in 3 days ago. Hit 39F 2 nights ago. I over winter inside. Be 3rd time now. LOL. And the peppers seem to get hotter with age of stalk. A thought.

Peppers to pick galore here. Cold sent em all on ripening fast.

Almost there! I picked the rest of the Habanero's about a week ago. lol.

rowit red x black bullet

We went to Jackson Farms before Thanksgiving. I always eat as many Cubanelle in the field as possible, saving the seeds.

Dec 23rd, 24th, 27th and 28th are good above ground days. I will be planting pepper seeds one of those days. (I still haven't dug my next underground greenhouse, so I need to get started on that soon)

made my selection for this seasson pepper grow.

wascaptain said:

made my selection for this seasson pepper grow.


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I really like that you make me look almost normal. lol

I planted on the two good above ground days last week. This is from memory, which is a chancy preposition, but. . . . I planted cayenne, habs, hatch, Mammoth Jalapeno f2, f3 and f4, mini sweets and cali wonder bell. Wrong tread, but also 4 or 5 kinds of tomato seeds.

Today is a good above ground day too. I need to look and see if there is any stragglers that I want to add.

I have 3 each of ghost pepper, Trinidad scorpion, and Carolina reaper. A buddy gave them to me, and I am terrified of them.

Opening them to extract the seeds was like microsurgery on a thermonuclear device.

I kept them separated but I forgot to label them. Oops. They were all grown together, so no telling what they will produce. I’m hoping to start and sell them as seedlings. Here’s the parents.

I'm going to drop these seeds in a couple days for the 2023 Summer outdoor crop.

I've cupped up about 8 peppers. Cayenne and mini sweet mostly. I checked the trays last night. I have a few more that are ready to go in cups.

Only one of my tomatoes is really kicking ass. I raised my lights, as some were showing signs of heat stress. Also culled a couple three and used the soil to top off the others.

Roxa latern black first pepper.