How and When to Water Pepper Plants
One of the most common problems people have while growing peppers is over watering. Pepper plants need a lot less water than people think and regardless of whether the pepper plant is growing in a pot,...
View ArticleCaramel Bhut Jolokia 2012 Grow Part 1
In the 2011 growing season I found what I’m calling the caramel bhut jolokia growing in my garden. I had a number of chocolate bhut jolokias growing and they all looked the same except for one plant....
View ArticlePeach Bhut Jolokia Grow 2012 Part 2
My peach bhut jolokias are starting to ripen. I have two peach bhut plants. One of them grew quickly and produced an early round of pods. Those are the ones that are ripening and pictured here. The...
View ArticleYellow Bhut Jolokia 2012 Grow Part 2
As I mentioned in part 1 of my yellow bhut grow post I’m on a quest for the perfect yellow bhut this year and am growing yellow bhuts from 3 different sources. Despite a slow start to the pepper...
View ArticlePeach Bhut Jolokia Grow 2012 Part 3
The peach bhut jolokias from one of my two plants are ripening quickly. 2012 Peach Bhut Update Posts Peach Bhut Jolokia Grow 2012 Part 1 Peach Bhut Jolokia Grow 2012 Part 2
View Article5 Bhut Jolokia / Ghost Pepper Varieties
Here’s a picture of 5 bhut jolokia varieties I’m growing this year. Starting with red and moving clockwise: red bhuts, peach bhuts, chocolate bhuts, yellow bhuts and caramel bhuts.
View Article2013 Pepper Grow
My 2013 pepper growing season is officially underway! Last year wasn’t all that great primarily due to the drought. The season started great but then the rain stopped and the temperatures climbed. I...
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Pepper Seedlings
2013 Hot Pepper Seedlings My peppers have been going for about a month and I have healthy seedlings for all but a few of my original list. A few of the seedlings are a little yellow but the same thing...
View ArticleCaramel Bhut Jolokia 2013
In 2011 I found the caramel bhut jolokia in my pepper garden. I grew a few of the plants in 2012 and they came out of but the pods were much shorter and fatter than the ones I grew the the previous...
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2014 Pepper Grow Update
2014 has been one of the most interesting/challenging pepper growing seasons I’ve ever had. I moved to Duluth Minnesota in the middle of winter and let’s just say it was pretty cold. Spring started a...
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2017 Pepper Growing Update
This year’s pepper garden includes jalapeños, big cayannes, peach bhut jolokias and a hot charleston. Plants have been in the ground since mid march. The cayannes are off to a very fast start.
View Article2020 Caramel Bhut Jolokia
This year I started more than 30 seeds for 4 different kinds of super hot peppers but only 2 survived. Both of the survivors are caramel ghost peppers that came from seeds I saved from 2012. One of the...
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