No need for frustration, gardening is supposed to be calming and relaxing. Peppers produce best in September until frost , so no hurry.
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Been a slow year this year but the peppers are in the beds but its cold and theres no sun. The sarit gats, the big green, ones are getting there as are the filius blue.
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Hi! Mine will make it to their outside home this weekend hopefully. I’ve been waiting for the overnight temps to improve a bit as it’s been my experience that peppers don’t like cold feet.
I think I sowed the seeds the seeds Easter weekend, can’t remember and didn’t write it down. I did Chocolate Jalapeño, Fresno, Poblano, and Candy Cane. I could eat the poblanos every meal, we love the smokiness of them. Fresno is my favorite spicy pepper, Candy Cane just looked cool and I like to eat sweet peppers as a snack. The Chocolate Jalapeños were thrown in front the seed vendor and sounded exciting!
Yesterday, I brought them out of my tents and put them in the front window to start getting used to the sun before going into the planters.
Been a cool post to go through and see what everyone’s growing!
They are in the black pots getting some sun;
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my first time growing chili peppers. all of these have been picked at the same time. are any of these picked at the right time?
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Sure, you can pick peppers whenever you like. Those look like they could be stringed and dried , ristra style.
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lol thanks so once they are fully red they are good to go? Plan on drying and using for salsa and seasoning.
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Yes , those are perfect.
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So another noob mistake wtf! Who thought taking a piss after picking hot peppers without washing their hands? This guy right here did! 
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ha!
or mistakenly rubbing your eyes after cutting them up. i did that once after dicing some habaneros for chili.
not fun.
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Worst part is I’ve spent many years working in kitchens I know better lol.
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Got a late start on the seeds @RadioWaves shared with me, but it’s coming along nicely.
Thanks again!
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Victory!
I hope you like them as much as I do.
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I have a rare variety of jalapeño I got from this Mexican family. It’s the hottest jalapeño I ever eaten by far, and hurts far more than a habanero which should not be…one day I am chopping up a bunch for my home made hot sauce, and didn’t wear gloves. I thought, they are only jalapeños…wrong! them damn things burned my hands for 3 days lol…I laugh but it was not funny at the time. Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to take a piss, but can’t get back to sleep because of the pain…
Don’t get me started on private parts lol. A few too many times…
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Them ain’t Anaheims lol, you got something hot there lol. Seems like every time I do seeds, I get some kind of mystery pepper. Do they have a smoky heat or is it bitter? Looks like you grew them well!
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Honestly I’m a bit chickenshit to try one. Some google research is telling me it’s a “pretty purple” pepper and on scale with a cayenne pepper.
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Yep, cayenne on it’s own is plenty of heat for me.
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If those came from a store bought Anaheim pepper, it is likely that the pepper came off a hybrid plant, and you are seeing one side of of the cross expressing itself.
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