Things are moving along, still have another month inside. Gonna start hardening off plants in about two weeks. Just started bells and faster growing peppers last week.

The black pearl with more green leaves grew faster than the darker one and has already started to flower. Maybe a hybrid?

Top view.

Some more hots.

Black pearls, a lot of variation between the two. The pepper on the far left is taller and flowering, while the darker one 3 in on bottom row is darker and more compact.

Nice! Some of the spunkiest plants I've seen. In the pic above, what is the one bottom R with the purple cast to the leaves?

Dennis

DMF, That is the black pearl that has been purple since germination. The one on the top left had green leaves after germination and I wanted to compare them as they grow up so I kept both. They have been in the exact same conditions from day one, the taller green one only has a purple hue to it and a totally diffrent growth habit. It has nice white and purple flowers though!

Coming along really well, Chad!
I have four Black Pearls growing - two with the classic purple leaves, and two that are green. The green, of course, are much larger and faster growing. I look forward to seeing if mine are hybrid, as well :-)

Josh

Can you guys tell me what you did to adjust the shop light chains?

I bought two standard shop lights from Home Depot, but they are about 2-3" too short to where I went them to be. Do they sell chains that are longer?

They have rolls of chain that they cut to length for you at the depot. I just put hooks on the ends that I hook the links with. It is hung from the rafters through an eye hook. I think mine are around six feet long. Easy enough to adjust, just don't let go or thats a wrap!

Ok, thanks chad. I did a quick google search, and i was seeing 6 foot chains for $40, which seemed ridiculous to me. I'm guessing your way is cheaper.

Nice looking plants :-)

Dave

Black pearl

Trinidad scorpion

Brown scorpion

Caribbean red

Chocolate bhut finally putting out some pods

Hungarian hot wax

Red manzano has a ton of pods. The orange manzano only has one.

Aji limon

Main garden

Side bed shot.

Your plants look very healthy. I'm not sure exactly where you are located, but you must have a favorable climate. Those healthy plants will be cranking out more pods than you can handle very soon.

Tim

Thanks Tim, things are finally starting to get some color around here. With exceptions such as Choc. ghost which just started setting pods and my red ghost (which I snapped in half) has recovered after two months of being zip tied. Things are about to be in full swing and I can't wait to start harvesting. I should be able to pull a few pods this evening.

Caribbean red

Trinidad scorpion

First pull of super hots this year. Not much but enough for some skewered jerk chicken tonight. Mostly Caribbean reds and two Trinidad scorpions. Plants are really loading up with pods now!

Bishops crown was the last plant to set fruit although it is one of the largest.

Not a hot pepper but sweet chocolate showing some color.

The seeds I used to start this plant were labeled Hungarian hot wax however these pods do not remain upright. I have not tasted one yet any thoughts on what it is?

Chiero Recife.

Chihuala negro

Very nice indeed,

Sorry for the sideways pics, i cant remember what way to hold the darn phone. Red manzano is starting to show some color as well. Can not wait to taste that one! We have been having some great weather here in central NJ, hope it continues as it has really helped the tomatoes and peppers in the last few weeks.

Chiero recife

Bishops crown

Sweet choc. Ready to pick.

Things are really looking good. I like the look of those sweet chocolate pods. Let me know how they taste. If they are good, I'll be interested in trading.

Tim

Stuffed some jalapeños with bacon and cheddar cheese. Turned out real good. Sweet chocolate were stuffed with sausage cheese onion garlic eggplant and zucchini from the garden. Gotta love summer.

Hey I saw a recipe for stuffed jalapeños wrapped in bacon and then smoked for a couple of hours till the chorizo sausage and cheese they were stuff with was done. They looked yummy. Do a search for Gary Wiviott and or Dragon Turds or ADT, Atomic ones.

Yes, I don't like the name.

Small harvest of red manzano, Caribbean reds, paprika, and ahi limon. Made a delicious salsa.

Some Trinidad scorpions in various color stages.

Red bhuts will be ready for some sauce shortly.

Woowee! Them chilluns sure growed up big and strong!

Nice pepper patch!

Dennis

My one and only ripe orange manzano. The plant is huge and healthy just did not set alot of pods. I think these cooler nights may have triggered something in the plant as it appears to be setting a few that are not dropping.

Aji limon

Chocolate bhuts near harvest time.

Some red manzanos.

My new dehydrator has been running like a charm. Dried about six freezer bags worth so far and have a lot more ready to be picked.

Some ghosts.