r/HotPeppers

I’ve been growing peppers from seedlings for a few years now and for next year I’m going to attempt starting from seed indoors. So I’d love recommendations to reliable seed sellers especially of rare/strange varieties.

The past couple years I have bought from pepper joes and the seedlings sent to me seemed to be okay? But the more I’ve been reading the more I’m seeing negative reviews of their seeds which makes me nervous. So please hit me with your suggestions! Picture of my purple UFO pepper for tax lol.

My grandsons picked all of these peppers when they were at my house for 4th of July. This has gotten completely out of hand. Quite a few of you were interested, so I'm willing to send out a small flat rate box to folks who are interested. Just pay shipping and a bit extra to give to the grandsons' college fund. It will truly go to them. I make no guarantees on quality or pepper type but I'll do my best to get you what you like. I'm just growing peppers for fun as a hobby to take my mind off work stress. I started doing last year when I was afraid of getting let go at work. I am not a seller or small farm. Anyway, DM me and I'll do my best to get some peppers to you!

Plants were supposed to be aji lemon drop but I don’t think that’s what this is. Is it just a hab or bonnet?

I live in the city and don’t have an open space that gets enough sun. But I have a couple spots that get 3 hours each so I made my plants mobile.

Semi-crystalline deposits of capsaicinoids in super-hot peppers and the material when it is removed from the peppers.

When peppers are really pungent the capsaicinoids crystallize and sparkle in the dried pods and can be removed. They are often like a transparent yellowish waxy semi-crystalline material that is extremely pungent.

Oddly these crystals are flavorless, but devastatingly hot. You don't want them on your skin.

In the first image the crystalline material is more colorless, but it's usually slightly tinted with a yellowish color.

Both peppers are from the same pepper plant.

I'm using 4-4-4 AP and worm castings in a 5 Gal pot. Soil is inert(no nutes) with 4 ingredients, yucca, peat moss, dolomite lime and perlite.

We got a lot of rain this season, but very little blossom end rot. This is what it’s all about.

So I did a rookie mistake and planted multiple pepper seeds in one pot . Will any of them fruit or is it doomed ?

These are some chocolate habaneros. Two smaller fruits with identical round holes bored into them. What's this typically caused by?

First year growing chillis

I didnt lable anything

I have cayene, anaheim, jalapeno naga and habenero

Spent a few hours reading up which could be which and thinking i may have a idea now but time
Will tell

Just sharing some
Pics of my 12 plants that i started on a windowledge with no lights and proberly put them out while
Still a bit cool

Loved watching them
Grow

No till living soil fed with compost teas and fermented plant extracts, compost teas are bus biodynamic, oly mountain fish compost, cowoco worm castings, seacoast compost, pro bio complete, blackstrap molasses brewed for 35 hrs then fermented extracts added. Soil is foxfarm ocean forest with 6000 red wrigglers added and clover cover crap and straw. Also I dechlorinate my water for any kind of watering.

i planted those seedlings a month ago, any tips? do i need to add compost to it

Both became totally infested with aphids and have yet to produce any sign of fruit. I think I might chuck both and focus on my jalapeño, tomato, and herbs.

I don’t have a hose and limited sun on my balcony, so by quarantining those two plants I doubt they get the sun they need anyways and the aphid infestation has kinda sucked the fun out of them for me.

My first time growing Mammoth Jalapeños. They’re stunning and about to get stuffed!

I’ve grown fish peppers several times, never had them look like this. Any ideas? All insight is appreciated

Catching some early morning sun and looking so much like the the multi-colored decorative peppers.