Lori starts our peppers from seeds sometime in late December, and then puts them in our grow tent.
We set our peppers out after Mother’s Day when the soil is warmer and the forecast is for nights not getting below 50 degrees.
Spotted one of the first babies! I think it’s going to be a Mexican 6 pepper? We bought some seeds at the dollar store and this is one of them. Not sure if it’s supposed to be hot but by the size of the stems, I’m guessing they’re gonna be big!
YEP! They’re gonna be biggies, hopefully with a little heat 🙂
We have several habaneros that are filling out nicely!. The seeds we used for this guy goes back to 2009 when we started growing our own peppers instead of purchasing them. We use them in everything from our Smoked Habanero Shaker to our Sweet n Smokey Beef Jerky
July 24th pictures
First ripe pepper of the year
August 16th pepper pictures
So we’ve picked peppers twice now, bringing in around 100 peppers. Most have been long red cayenne, the plain crushed red, habaneros and then a few Scotch bonnets.
This year we didn’t use Loris root formula or the leave enhancer but we are still getting some really nice peppers! I think the size of the plants and the quantity of peppers they are producing is smaller compared to last year….BUT we were blessed with a HUGE crop year!!!!!!
More progress pictures coming soon!