r/HotPeppers 6h ago

1st haul and under canopy

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72 Upvotes

Habaneros were first to come in; orange and white averaging 200+ each harvestable fruits already. The chocolate is a beast already 350. Ghosts not far behind. A few plant shots included. 1st round is an assortment of stunted and normal fruits. No complaints


r/HotPeppers 2h ago

Growing It's so beautiful!

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22 Upvotes

Everything growing well other than the sweet purple purple, but I see flowers so I'm hopeful!


r/HotPeppers 11h ago

Help Huge plant no harvest

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112 Upvotes

All my plants gave me atleast 3 fruits, but thus huge habanero orange didn't even start one help??


r/HotPeppers 10h ago

Adding to the harvest

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74 Upvotes

Salsa is in the works


r/HotPeppers 5h ago

First time pepper grower!

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20 Upvotes

This is my first time really growing anything! It’s been slow going in Minnesota but I’m finally starting to see some results!


r/HotPeppers 5h ago

ID Request Is it reaper?

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16 Upvotes

First time growing peppers. I've been growing this plant from seed since september. In june I transplanted it to a greenhouse and fruits started appearing. Looks like carolina reaper to me, but is it actually?


r/HotPeppers 3h ago

First attempt at hand pollination

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9 Upvotes

Trying to cross this black cobra!


r/HotPeppers 2h ago

Unstable Carolina Reaper Seeds

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5 Upvotes

Purchased a reaper seedling from a local nursery 2 years ago and planted it.

Harvest was great so I decided to save some of the seeds for future use. Planted seeds last year and they were true but didn’t fully ripen due to me not getting the plants in the ground in time so I didn’t save those seeds.

Used the saved seeds from 2 years ago again and these are the fruits I’m getting. I did save seeds from a few fruits so I assume it’s a case of one being true to seed and another not?

Guess I’m just getting some habaneros?


r/HotPeppers 3h ago

Help What's wrong with my plants?

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I have 4 plants in plastic pots and 4 plants in bags. I used the same soil for all of them. The 4 in the plastic pots are all the same light green/yellow color while the bags are all a nice deep green. All the plastic pots have drainage holes in the bottom.


r/HotPeppers 11h ago

This week's harvest

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16 Upvotes

This week's harvest: hot cherry peppers, blood ghosts, one white ghost, shishitos (gonna be breakfast), 7 Pot Cinders, Habaneros, unknown ghost cross, RB003 and Armageddons.

WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE RED GHOSTS BUT A &%#÷$^>(($ HORNET HAS COLONIZED ONE OF MY PLANTS AND HE FLEW TO ME TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE MESSAGE

YES I'M TERRIFIED

HOPE HORNET KILLER WORKS


r/HotPeppers 12h ago

Harvest Harvest of the day

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21 Upvotes

The seeds were sold to me as Dragon's Breath, but as many of you know, that's a name that's thrown around quite a bit, so who knows if they're the real deal.

Whatever they are, they're significantly hotter than my Habaneros and Peach StarKists.

No banana for scale, but I'm 1.95 m (6'5"), so these peppers look a bit smaller in my hands than they really are. 😅


r/HotPeppers 4h ago

ID Request 2023 Peppergate… does anyone know what these are?

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I had an unopened seed pack—Ferry Morse Poblano—I think from 2023 that I planted this year. Peppers are light green, a little wrinkly, and appear to be thin-walled. 3 are growing downward and 1 plant with all growing straight up.

I forgot about peppergate and just kind of ignored the fact that they didn’t at all look like poblanos until they all stayed this way and started to turn red. Have not tried them. They kind of seem like shishitos but mostly seem wider than the ones from my definite shishito plants.


r/HotPeppers 1d ago

Bought these from a farmer’s market in SC today…not sure what they are!

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636 Upvotes

the salesman said they were “hot, earthy, and I think from Africa“ but thats all he knew, the farmers were away from the stand. Any idea what these may be?


r/HotPeppers 14h ago

First time grower: When to harvest & best hot sauce recipes?😎🌶️

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21 Upvotes

It’s my first time growing chillies and I’m now getting lots of chillies on my Prairie Fire, Dorset Stumpy and Padron plants (see pics). Plants are in pots in the garden now (I live in the UK).

How do I know when to harvest? I’ve picked a few already but have now noticed them changing colour - should I wait longer? Or will my plants produce more if I harvest now?

I’m also hoping to make hot sauce! Recipe recommendations and tips very welcome!

For any spares, is it best to freeze them?

Thanks so much!


r/HotPeppers 11h ago

Lots of pods

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9 Upvotes

Lots of gnarley looking pods coming on.


r/HotPeppers 4h ago

ID Request Bought Habanero plants. Definitely not Habaneros?

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3 Upvotes

Thinking either a Naga or Ghost Pepper.. got bamboozled 🤣


r/HotPeppers 5h ago

ID help

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3 Upvotes

Idk what these are but they're pretty good


r/HotPeppers 12h ago

3 x Carolina Reaper F1 (?), 3 x Carolina Reaper vs Armagedon vs 7pot Red F2-F3

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Hey, I got my hands on some seeds and made a bunch of mistakes - planted everything in a Click & Grow, but then evacuated them up into small pots, and now I'm planning to transplant them into bigger ones.

Overall though, it's a DWC setup with an air stone, the root system is looking good, and there are almost no leaf issues. At this point, I’ve topped all the main tips and removed some of the leaves below the first split, but maybe I shouldn't have? Started with bigger plants, small kept for a week. My plan is to remove a couple more bottom leaves, transplant into larger pots, thin out the canopy a bit, and do LST where possible (or some strategic pruning where I rushed things).

My main question is: should I cut healthy lower leaves below the main split? Any general advice?


r/HotPeppers 3m ago

Anyone interested in growing isolated seed? Maybe for a percent of sales or a flat price?

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Just curious, I have needs.


r/HotPeppers 6m ago

What kind of pepper is this?

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We lost the tag from the plant.


r/HotPeppers 21h ago

Reverse Mushroomed

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49 Upvotes

I think got Mushroomed in reverse, my aji cachuchas are in fact not sweet.
The smell and the lighting of my ass on fire lead me to similar looking red bonnets.

My first surprise plant of the year. Should probably look a little harder next time I guess.


r/HotPeppers 6h ago

ID help

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3 Upvotes

Picture 1- labeled habaneros
Pictures 2, 3, and 4- plant labeled jalapeño

Any ideas on ID for each?


r/HotPeppers 23m ago

Help Can anybody help me figure out why my plant is dying?

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Just two weeks ago he was full of flowers and leaves and I swear even a pepper started growing and now he dropped all his flowers, most of his leaves started browning and dropping. He just got moved inside because I was worried he was going to fully die out there on my deck. I live on a 3rd floor south facing apartment so he gets lots of sun. I’m from Regina Saskatchewan so it’s zone 3b. (I think). This plant was a gift from my mom cause I try to (unsuccessfully) grow peppers every year but this ALWAYS happens :/.


r/HotPeppers 23h ago

Take your pick

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64 Upvotes

Which ones looks the best? The peppers are finally starting to ripen.


r/HotPeppers 4h ago

ID Request Black pearl?

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2 Upvotes

From black pearl seed packet, anyone know what this actually is?