r/HotPeppers

I just received these a few days ago shipped from a nursery out of state. I gave them a little bit of fertilizer and have them by a window that gets sun.

First time growing from seed and most of what Ive seen shared here the plants are stockier, busier and bigger leaves. Wanna know if maybe there is something Im doing wrong.

They have been outside (So. Cal) for about 2-weeks now and I havent seen much growth. Been using Neptunes Harvest every week and a half or so. Any thoughts?

You’re all evicted, time to get out of my basement and make something of yourselves.

Hi all, first time grower here. Somehow, two seedlings ended up in the same seed starter pod and I need to get them into larger containers as I’ve been reading. I’m pretty sure now that I should have probably separated these sooner, but I’ve honestly been surprised at the early success of the other seedlings and have been struggling to keep up with repotting dozens of others with work and life.

Any hope for these two? Any way that I can separate them now? Or, do I perhaps pot them into something larger and just see how they do?

Thanks.

My green chilli peppers have looked weak and slow compared to my other peppers like habeneros.

I thought it may have been due to too strong grow lights, looking at the roots they seem very weak. AI suggests root rot, will they survive? Anything I can do to improve chances like reportting with fresh compost?

Today I evicted ten pepper seedlings and moved them into their final pots!

I started my seeds indoors in late February and its been about 7 weeks since most sprouted. I've got two each of Guajillo, Thunder Mountain, Cayenne, Sichuan Erjingtiao, and two Sugar Rush Peach seedlings that I got in a trade with someone local last week.

The SRPs are a little small and pale: I think they were (heavily) in need of more nitrogen/nutrients and also not getting enough light, but I really wanted to them and was excited to see that someone local had them so I got them. I've been fertilizing them and they are looking a little healthier than when I got them. Hopefully they'll continue to improve, otherwise they'll get replace with some more Thunder Mountain or Erjingtiao.

I got ten 7-gallon squat planters from that I got from a local shop that specializes the indoor cultivation of a certain leafy green which some folks might be partaking in the burning of today.

I filled the pots with a mix of Fox Farms Happy Frog(three 2 cu ft bags so 6 cu ft), compost bought in bulk from a local nursery(five 5-gallon buckets so about 4.2 cu ft), a bit of perlite and vermiculite, and a dash of Espoma Tomato Tone. I mixed the soil in batches in a bin, filling the pots as a went.

My batch recipe was one 5-gallon bucket Happy Frog to 2/3 a bucket compost plus 3 cups perlite, 3 cups vermiculite, and 1 cup of Tomato Tone granules.

I have not used Tomato Tone before (it's an organic 3-4-6 fertilizer plus some calcium, magnesium, and other nutrients) but thought that sounded like it should be pretty good for peppers too so I'm trying out. The TT directions say to mix 2 cups per cu ft but I only used half that much, so I plan to supplement with some occasional 3-1-2 liquid fertilizer.

Anyways I'm really excited to watch these peppers grow up!

Happy 420 folks! Don't get evicted!!!

I originally got these from a sushi chef who used these peppers to make a very spicy tataki sauce. Not only are they extremely hot but they have an incredible smell and taste. I dry them and make a powder from them.

Made a giant cup of coffee and used extra infused sugar. Sitting outside looking at my pepper plants (and my wife's tomatoes) and enjoying an abnormally cool evening.

(alt text: a bunch of plants sitting in trays in a driveway that really need to be planted into the two empty raised beds behind them)

Update from 8days ago from my March 4th seeds. All tucked away and growing for field plant out end of May here in Michigan. Already have blooms!! Feed them babies. Have only lost one out of 300 from transferring and must have damaged the roots. oops. Thanks to #Pepper Guru for knowledge and @NCPepperseeds for awesome stock!

Second year attempting peppers. Last year wasn’t very good but things seem to be looking up this season. Plants seem to be healthy and growing well.

What pests might be eating holes in the leaves and what are some methods to stop it? I’m not actually seeing any bugs on the plants.

We got a few days of low 40s at night and 50s during the day. Then its back to 60s and 80s.

7a East Tennessee

Zone: Between 10a & 9b

Varieties:

Chinense - Moruga, 7 Pot Primo, King Naga, Habinero

Annuum - Jala-Fuego, Calabrian "Sigaretta", Cayenne

Baccatum - Aji Amarillo

Timing/Method: Indoors from seeds sewn 01/04/2026

Experience: Rookie (2nd year)

Cheers!

Started all these from seed and using my greenhouse for the first spring since i built it. Its still 50° at night here so im thinking I will wait a month to transplant to the beds. Its a mix of tomatoes and peppers.

It turned orange about a week ago. Scandia seeds says it’s a red habanero.

How can I tell when it will be ripe/hot?

Scorpion, Chile de arbol, Thai dragon. In the past I’ve grown all the fun nasty superhots but recently just kinda haven’t. Forgot how much I enjoy the hobby though.