any hot pepper enthusiasts?
 

Well I know we have a lot of gardeners on here and this is our first year doing it. And my hands are dirty.

Are there any pepper enthusiasts on here? Hot or superhots in particular?

Here are my babies right now started from seeds from pepperjoes

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Left to right
Red habanero
Devils tongue
Scotch bonnet
Bhut jolokia (x2)
Fatalii
Trinidad scorpion moruga
Trinidad scorpion butch T (x2)
Carolina reaper (current guiness world record holder)

I'm hoping to get these bad boys in to some 5 gallon pots soon as I can line up 10 lol.

Here's my scotch bonnets already setting fruit
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If anyone grows hots or superhots feel free to give me some pointers as its my first time and want as many as I can get :)

The place where I am from, people sometimes try "hot and spicy" stuff to overcome constipation ;) But I love it since it just makes food tastes so much better :D

I typically grow a number of different plants in my garden (this year will be the exception - no time). The craziest I grew were Naga Bhut Jolokia (Ghost pepper). Those things were vicious! I have a high tolerance for heat but... holy balls those things kicked my ass!

You can smell them from several feet away :P

LOL. I think they're actually trying to tear your sinuses out of your head from several feet away.

I love spice and heat more than most but what are you trying to do with those things...chemical warfare? Uncooked Jalapeño is about as crazy as i get....and dang those can be hot.

OMG! Yes! I love hot peppers.

I try to grow as many as I can every year and make them into hot and spicy pepper jelly.

Did you start everything yourself or pick them up?

Haha it would seem so. But no. I make hot sauce and salsa in the fall usually a batch of mild, medium and burning hot. But the last few years has been tough to find peppers locally and fresh to boot. So I figure 10 superhots plus 4 medium/mild will suffice as well as my onions and tomatoes if all goes well I should have a butt load of glorious burning sauces

Oh the irony. :lol:

Haha we shall call it @$$ burn sauce. Or something gross to ward off the non believers :lol:

Last year was habanero and ghost pepper hot sauce and salsa which was a good heat level but this year I want a little more ;)

Yup
I am a pepper fan myself....I am a bit late starting this year so no fruit yet but I have about 10 varieties and 30-40 plants started in the greenhouse right now.

That awesome next year I hope to dig in a decent garden and a small green house
Your lucky!

I often realize that eating hot and spicy is about the only thing I really do well. It's too bad I can't make a career out of out-eating-anyone with the hot and spicy because I'd be ... well, I dunno. Something else, probably.

You folks are my people. It's warms my heart to be among you. Which is way nicer than saying "it burns my ......." ummmmm on second thought, never mind. At least we burn in unity! Solidarity my brethren!!!!

My mom has by far the highest heat tolerance of anyone I know. Habaneros are like candy for her. So I am growing Habaneros for her, Jalapenos & Thai Dragons for the rest of us. We're from Malaysia where spicy is normal. My mom even brings her own homemade chili sauce to bbqs, restaurants, and other eating functions cause none of the ones other people supply are hot enough.

I have the exact issue. Nothing local satisfies my craving for heat I can order online or I could make my own. Making it is much more rewarding. This year I'll be doing it outside (cooking it) as I nearly gassed out the house last fall lol

Anyone grow peppers indoors throughout the winter months for an onhand fresh supply?

Is everyone starting their own plants? I've found Calgary doesn't have a lot of pepper variety this season, first time in awhile.

I'm a hot sauce person myself, but that little grow op of yours will sure be a hot commodity :lol:

I got my seeds online from pepperjoes and started them in mid march. Shipping was fast and easy. Mind you its just seeds. If you ever take a trip up near edmonton there is a green house just south of beaumont called BMR greenhouses and water gardens that stocks 85 varieties of hot peppers.

Haha yes that what I'm hoping. I'm hoping to try to wimter a few but I'm assuming they be crosses in the spring since they are all growing inches apart. We'll see. May just plant again

I used to be more of a pepper enthusiast until it got me in trouble with the wife. I made supper one night for the family and added what I thought was a very mild degree of spice to the meal. My daughter who was about 5 at the time took a bite and then cried for the next hour. For the next 3 years she wouldn't even touch her meals without me putting it in the fridge so everything was cold first and asking every meal if daddy cooked it. My wife has still never forgiven me for this and banned me from adding any spices to the meals by myself. Does every woman feel the need to tell every single person they know all the bad things their husbands do?

:lol:
Haha thats rich. Not to laugh at your expense just the story is cute about your girl. Its strange for me, cause my dad has 0 heat tolerance to the point that some mustards and even green peppers can be too spicey and give him heartburn etc. Where as me I've eaten at some of alberta's "spiciest" places including some dishes that require a waiver be signed prior to eating.. lol never phased me. My wife is similar but her stomach isnt quite as invincible as mine. I look forward to seeing how hot the new "hottest" pepper really is as crazy as that may sound :P

My understanding is that not all peppers are created equal? Like, on one plant you may have some peppers that are 10x as hot as others on the same plant? That could be frustrating! :eek:

I love spicy stuff, and it seems like I have more tolerance than the average Joe, but I draw the line at about a half cup of raw Habanero salsa. Beyond Habanero I think it's just sport! :lol:

I have ordered seeds from pepper joe and a couple other places for the last 3 years.
I have to say your plants are looking great so I dont think you need any pointers. I have personally eaten scotch bonets, taz habenaro, ghost pepper, fatali pepper, and brain strain pepper. I grew the butch t last year but my plant never produced any peppers.

This year I planted many super hots including the caronlina reaper and the morgua. But life has been really busy for me lately so my plants were neglected and most of them died. The only survivors were the fatali pepers.

For heat and flavour wise here is my experience. Taz hab and scotch bonnet are similar in heat. Very hot but standable with no milk needed. Burn lasts about 15 to 20mins. Flavour is ok on both but not great. The fatali pepper is similar in heat maybe slightly less but it has great flavour, almost tastes lemony. The ghost pepper is hotter than the previous 3 but not alot hotter. The burn lasts about 25 mins and you will need a bit of milk. I used these in salsa with the scotch bonnets and fatali peppers and it was just right. The salsa was hot but still edible lol.

Now the hottest pepper I ever ate was the brain strain pepper. All I can say is holy sh@t. If you think a ghost pepper is hot then this thing will kill you! Ghost peppers are hot to me but I like them and eat them regularly. The brain strain pepper I tried it once and probably never will again. It was that hot! I really wanted to try the butch t but like I said my plant never produced.

When I tried the peppers for the first time I ate them raw and whole. Not just a little sliver. I wanted to get a true sense of what each pepper was about.

Good luck with your pepper growing!




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Well if your interested provided I get a good yield id be happy to mail you a couple butch t or moruga if you wanted. My trinidads are just starting to bud so I expect fruit for the end of summer. Never mailed peppers though lol so it could be interesting.

Yes that what I gather as well Myka. When they measure a SHU of a pepper they mash up the entire yield from the mother plant to find the over all heat average. So while one could be much hotter you may just as easily find one that is no hotter than a jalapeno.. lol although those are very hot for some folk.

At any rate I'm glad to see so many heat fanatics! Let me know if you want to swap seeds or post pics of your harvests! Recipes etc. Gotta say there is nothing quite like a burning hot spoonful of hot sauce on just about anything.

Wtf! You are a pepper eating monster! I picture Godzilla! Wow.

I grow sweet peppers atm indoors via hydroponics. Keep in mind as I understand it peppers easily cross pollinate. So if you grow sweet peppers next to spicy varieties then your spicy peppers won't be nearly as spicy. And your sweets may be spicier. I grow one variety at a time and many greenhouse farmers will grow one variety per greenhouse. And peppers love heat, they will grow great indoors under mh and one pepper plant will produce many peppers for a year or more!

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Although I could be wrong lol. I know that if you save any seed for next time your flavors will be different.

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That what ive heard too. What are you using for lights? I'm thinking of growing indoors next winter but don't want a 200-500w light running. Think a t5 light for an aquarium would do the trick with the right bulbs any info you can share is great I have no clue how I'm going to do this yet

Atm I am using t5. But as soon as I can afford it 400w mh with a lumatek ballast. A 4ft t5 with 8 bulbs would work as well but will use the same electricity and cost more in bulb replacement. If you use an 8ft light mover you can offset the extra electricity by growing that much more per watt. You will get a full head of lettuce in 6 weeks from seed!

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Thanks for the tip! I'll be looking for a light shortly in that case

And don't add too much blue light. Swap the bulbs for 6500 or 5000k and 2700k. 50/50 would do ok. The bluer light will give you denser growth and the red wavelengths will promote flowering.

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Again thanks :) I know how to grow out doors (plant seed.. water..lol) but in doors is totally different. I'll be sire to message you with questions in the near future! I don't plan on doing hydroponics just dirt and lights lol. Or vermiculite or something

EBay has some good prices on t5 for indoor growing but I really like the lumatek ballasts. Electronic and it will light 400w 600w or 1000w. Metal halide or hps. Or they have one that will light 250w to 600w. So you can start with a small garden and grow.

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Haha I'm planning small this year 2-4 pepper plants only so 100w or less is my cut off. Too many renos going on and what not for big juice sucking lights. In the next few years that could change but we have 2 bathrooms to do, the floors and the kitchen so I don't want energy suckers adding to my bills :P haha

Then t5 is perfect. 4-6 bulbs would be good. Great prices on eBay. Some come with bulbs. Or check out your local hydro store they may have the sunlight supply t5. 4 bulbs. Good price. :-D

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I start all of my peppers indoors. I use a 4 bulb t5 fixture used for aquariums. I changed the bulbs that are sutable for plants though. They grow really well and they have produced peppers for me under the lights.

For clarification if you keep a bell pepper next to a jalapeño they can and will cross pollinate. But it will not affect the heat or flavour from the pepper that is produced. However if you take the seeds from the cross pollinated pepper and grow them, then yes you will have a hybrid pepper plant. You will not know what the heat or flavour will be from this plant until you grow it and try it :D

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Thought of this thread

http://youtu.be/zywchJPKdLg

That was a great video! LMAO!

You guys like hot pepper, then you should give this product a try http://www.langbros.com it has just been launched. Company out of Vancouver
I just finished a photography shoot for these guys and got some samples. The images on there are by me.
Great stuff. You get the heat without the vinegary taste of the hot sauce.
Cheers