Gardening: My Tomatoe and Pepper Progress

[Oldskewl]

I had the same problem as a poster above with the chocolate habs getting knocked over in the rain after growing to a monsterous size. One thing that helps is putting tomato cages around the peppers from the start. I only have one Chocolate hab and one Red Savina but for me that is plenty. The rest of my peppers are Jalapeno and Hot Hungarian Wax. Got about 10 lbs from those I have to get pickled up this weekend. Those go great with pizza.

Interesting! Must be the variety! I have never had a pepper plant get over 2 ft tall. These are pushing 5 ft now and I have more peppers than I know what to do with. 1 plant would have been too many. I have made 2 batches of sauce and dehydrated some and made a sweet heat seasoning. Thought about fermenting some but not sure I'll use them. Frost is probably gonna hit tonight or tomorrow night here in southern PA. I'll probably pick a few more tonight and do something with them. I also need to pick some jalepenos and cayennes.

 

[brew703]

7 pot Primo. Finally got peppers after almost 11 months (from seed to pepper). This was by far the most difficult pepper I have grown. Major flower drop earlier in the summer, had a slug issue that started eating the leaves. Finally my plant is loaded with peppers and flowers.

 

[estricklin]

I got a set of T5 LED lights from China, that I'm trying out as grow lights. I still have some of my nightshades under brooder lamps, but these LEDs are working great for my cabbages, lettuce and onions. Also have some herbs sprouting under there. I'll post pics of my pepper and tomato seedlings next time I check on them.

Picked up some seeds from my local Co-op, love that place for bulk seed purchases. Looking to grow some field corn to make hominy with this year, the variety I bought was Hickory King. Going to try Silver Queen for sweet corn this year, and some of my stand by G90.

 

[Hanglow]

Nice grow setup.


I'm keeping things simple this year, only growing jalalpenos, biquinho and hopefully espelette peppers this year, although no espelettes hav germinated yet oh and two plant Imanaged to overwinter, I think they are bulgarian carrot.

 

[user 211287]

My 2 Mini Red Rocotos i started very late last year for this year. Hoping for pods before the temps get too high at night this year.

I already had to trim them back twice

 

[catdaddy66]

My 2 Mini Red Rocotos i started very late last year for this year. Hoping for pods before the temps get too high at night this year.

I already had to trim them back twice

I have over wintered my peppers also. My 4 Bell's and habanero are looking good, but my two cayenne pepper plants look to have died. That may not be the case. I have seeds for about 12 veggies of which 5 are peppers (including cayenne). I will need to get those seeds started in the next week or two.

Either way the garden will expand, whether I grow them or buy seedlings.

 

[z-bob]

I will be planting my red rocoto seeds (or maybe they're manzano, I don't know if there's a difference) and two kinds of tropical milkweed for Wife when I get a grow light set up in my office next week.

I'm trying to figure out what other peppers to plant in mid-March because I have so many different kinds of seeds, half of which I've never grown before: biquinho (both red and yellow), some kind of chinense pepper with purple leaves and black fruits that eventually turns red, Murupi Amarela, serrano, 7 Pot "Yellow Golfball", tepin x "Lemon Drop", jalapeño, Aji Bolsa de Dulce, and puya. And that's just the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

I haven't had much luck with tomatoes in the past several years, so I'll probably just put in one or two cherry tomato plants and that's it.

Edit: and little Thai peppers. Almost forgot those; I'll definitely plant a couple. They are great for munching with a sandwich.

 

[estricklin]

My peppers are just now getting true leaves, but I planted cayennes, Takara hybrid, Don Matias hybrid, sweet banana, pepperocini, habanero, jalapenos, ghost chili, serrano, hungarian wax, pablano, anahiem, tabasco, and some bell pepper varieties that I don't remember the name of.

I need to build up a collection of super hot seeds, I have a big pepper seed stash that I'm trying to kind of use up.

Oh and the Takara, is basically a hybrid version of the the forum will not let me type "Shee-shee-to", I'm very excited about this variety.

 

[z-bob]

Biquinho peppers. Are they hot or mild? Or somewhere in between? (I've seen them listed both ways)

 

[HoppyDaze]

I’ve got some Sri Lanka reds, scotch bonnets, pumpkin habanero, carbanero cream, P Dreadie Scotch Bonnets, Madballz,
Jimmy Nardelo, Turbo Pube, antake stuffer and a couple others

 

[z-bob]

I started the Puya and red Manzano seeds today. (I don't know if the Puya seeds are viable) Still haven't totally figured out what other varieties to plant, but should mostly get that sorted out by next week. (eeny meeny miny moe...)

Anyone grown Biquinho before and can tell me what to expect?

 

[user 211287]

I got at least 4 of these bad boys to germinate and then sprout from the pellet. Im sure i got more too. They just havent broke the surface yet after germination in the paper towels

Lawrence Family Farms...Big Brown Bhuts from old Pepperlover seed stock...They are supposed to be brutal at 1.5mil SHU or more.

 

[NeilMac]

Plants slowly getting on, temps getting warmer but still below zero.

 

[catdaddy66]

Just started my seeds for peppers and tomatoes Sunday. Should see some germination in another week or ten days. Fingers are crossed!

 

[Still Brewn]

Lawrence Family Farms...Big Brown Bhuts from old Pepperlover seed stock...They are supposed to be brutal at 1.5mil SHU or more.

I made the mistake of searching for "Big Brown Bhuts" on yahoo to find out about those peppers...... definitly got a lot of results I wasn't looking for.

 

[user 211287]

Here you go https://lawrenceproduce.com/collections/seeds/products/seeds-brown-bhut-jolokia

Another one that is similar is the https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/products/leviathan-gnarly-scorpion
Peter Stanley's review on Youtube shows how brutal those are. That guy can munch hot pods and these hurt him a bit.

Trent told me the brown bhut pods he got are from old Pepperlover seeds. The pods he got last year were crazy hot for ghosts and production was super high. He grew his about 3-4 hours away from me.

Just checked mine this morning. Upto 6 sprouts now with their "baby leaves".

 

[Still Brewn]

Is that a relation to the ghost pepper? They look somewhat like the ones my oldest son grew last year in Virginia. The "heat" description make my 2 year old habanero I had in my garden look like some type of lip balm remedy.

 

[user 211287]

Bhut is a ghost but these are some kind of cross with a ghost. Hotter than a ghost too. Pepperlover has been known for some scorching crosses in the past.

Ive got a couple Dragons Breath plants coming after 4/22. They are supposed to be hotter than Reapers.

 

[catdaddy66]

These are jalapeno seedlings after a week. I also have tomatoes (Roma, San Marzano and rainbow asst), Karma and Cabellero hybrids, and some red habanero peppers on the way.

Hope to get half to a size to transplant by May 1st. Last year we bought starter plants and put them out on Mother's day in mid May.

Also my red habanero and 4 California wonder bell peppers overwintered very nicely!

 

[z-bob]

A couple of my Puya pepper seeds (collected from dried pods from a Mexican market) germinated yesterday. I wasn't sure if the seeds were viable, or if they'd been heated or irradiated. I moved them to little pots, and waiting for more to sprout. The red Manzano haven't sprouted yet. And I've just started some Thai and black habanero seeds in some agar-agar, and will plant some more varieties today. Never tried growing them that way before.

It has been interesting figuring out how much agar powder and how much water; it takes a lot less agar than you'd expect.

 

[jrgtr42]

I started my seeds a couple weeks ago. My tomatoes and cucumbers came up like gangbusters, but zucchini and peppers didn't. Not sure what's up with the zukes, but I guess the pepper seeds are too old - mostly from 2013 and 14. They came up last year, though so...
Anyways, I went and got more pepper seeds - planted out 4 sets each of habanero, jalapeno and cayenne.
I don't like tomatoes (except cooked in sauce or something) but my wife and kiddo do so...
4 each of Cherry, Beefsteak and a variety I haven't seen before called Black Krim. Kinda looking forward to seeing what those come out to be.

 

[user 211287]

Well i got everything i wanted to germinate except the damn Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion. Trying my 2nd pack of seeds but i think i just got some duds. All the other seeds from that vendor germinated. Only thing i have left now is West Indian Burr Gherkins and i cant start them this early unless i want an indoor jungle. I also saved some seeds from last year to try plus the seeds from Baker Creek.

These suckers love the heat and are super easy to grow. The cukes are awesome for pickles of just simple cukes & onion salad. They taste nearly identical to a cucumber.
https://www.rareseeds.com/west-india-burr-gherkins-cucumber/

 

[Apple_Jacker]

I only started my collard greens so far. I'm trying it out in pots this year to see what happens.

Most are in the pic, but I have 20 plants total [emoji106]

 

[z-bob]

Germinating seeds in agar gel seems to work really well. But large seeds like peppers and tomatoes need to be transplanted out soon after sprouting (I'm using petri dishes) because they hit the lid when they try to grow up. And if I take the lid off, the agar dries out very quickly. I think this method really has potential for dust-like seeds such as petunias, begonias, and tobacco. Those shouldn't outgrow the dish until they have some real leaves.

I have about a half a dozen puya peppers sprouted now; the first is potted and has its seed leaves, and I will pot the rest tomorrow. One of the manzano seeds is finally germinating. Also, the jalapenos that I just started 2 days ago are sprouted

 

[passedpawn]

I've got a bunch of plants going now.

• 4 or 5 different tomatoe varieties (couldn't decide, so got one of each).
• Anaheim chili peppers,
• hot banana peppers,
• Carolina Reapers
• Strawberries
• Basil

I've got so many trees in my back yard, no sunny place to put a garden. I think I'm going to take one or two of the trees down this year and open up an area for veggies. I hate to do it, love the trees, but between the wood pile and the little creek behind my house there's an area that I could clear out (it's a little jungly there now), and if I remove a couple of scraggly live oaks I think I can get some sun.

Everything's in buckets again this year. They are on the back patio behind the pool, one of the only places that gets a lot of sunlight (though, through the birdcage). I know the tomato plants will become a problem though. I have cages for them, but the plants get big, the fruit is heavy, and with the cage the wind will tip them over. Plus, wife is getting edgy about my bucket farm back there. Directly viewable from the kitchen I used to put the buckets out front where it's sunny, but the HOA got after me (haha, I'm on the board tho).

 

[applescrap]

I only started my collard greens so far. I'm trying it out in pots this year to see what happens.

Most are in the pic, but I have 20 plants total [emoji106] View attachment 619538

looks super awesome and clean. The bags allow for air pruning. The pots will do well but eventually the roots will start to choke or at least theoretically. As the roots grow out of the pet bags, root bags, the air and sun prune them sparking massive growth. At least in theory. I think some pics of my bags are somewhere on this thread, since my phone died I don't have any on me.

 

[applescrap]

I've got a bunch of plants going now.

• 4 or 5 different tomatoe varieties (couldn't decide, so got one of each).
• Anaheim chili peppers,
• hot banana peppers,
• Carolina Reapers
• Strawberries
• Basil

I've got so many trees in my back yard, no sunny place to put a garden. I think I'm going to take one or two of the trees down this year and open up an area for veggies. I hate to do it, love the trees, but between the wood pile and the little creek behind my house there's an area that I could clear out (it's a little jungly there now), and if I remove a couple of scraggly live oaks I think I can get some sun.

Everything's in buckets again this year. They are on the back patio behind the pool, one of the only places that gets a lot of sunlight (though, through the birdcage). I know the tomato plants will become a problem though. I have cages for them, but the plants get big, the fruit is heavy, and with the cage the wind will tip them over. Plus, wife is getting edgy about my bucket farm back there. Directly viewable from the kitchen I used to put the buckets out front where it's sunny, but the HOA got after me (haha, I'm on the board tho).

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Srsly, they got on you ehh? Sorry to hear, the buckets look great. This year I plan on Setting up a drip system with the little nipples in each plant. Anyone ever try that?

 

[passedpawn]

Srsly, they got on you ehh? Sorry to hear, the buckets look great. This year I plan on Setting up a drip system with the little nipples in each plant. Anyone ever try that?

I got a letter. Not bitter, I did deserve it. I've got to build a garden.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Progress

 

[NeilMac]

Kratky progress, 9 day time lapse. Peppers.