I had stopped growing peppers the past few years as it turned out that eating all the peppers on a daily basis was causing my eyes to be bloodshot and my vision was getting blurry... seems strange but true.  It took 3 years to figure it out, but once I cut out my daily dose of chilli peppers things returned to normal.

However, I will be starting a new batch this year to produce jams and hot pickles.

I will be purchasing my seeds from eBay and looking for a large variety on the extreme heat side of  the scoville scale 500,000 +

2006 - pepper crop - 31 types



 

2006 - Pepper Crop




 

Just a few close ups from the peppers started on Jan 1st. 

Day 1 Feb 16th... Still waiting for 9 more to arrive in the mail. I hope they get here real soon. As you can see the Mini greenhouse is already warming the soil up and it has been running for only 15 min. 

All the seeds from my plants in 2005. I was selling them on ebay to make money to pay for the seeds I bought on ebay.

Here is the whole list im growing:

Red Habanero
Orange Devil Habanero
Naga Jolokia
Ring of Fire
Nepali Orange
Scotch Bonnet
Thai Hot - red
Pretty in purple
Cherry Bomb
Aribibi Gusano - Caterpillar Pepper
Burning Bush
Aji Benito
Aji Cito
Bishop's Crown
Peter Pepper
Peter Pepper - Yellow
Quintisho (Bolivian
Turk's Cap
CHOCOLATE HABANERO PEPPER
White Habanero Pepper
HANOI RED
Brown Congo
Caribbean Red Habanero
Habanero Red
Hanoi Red
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet - Orange
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet - Yellow
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet - Red
Solar Flare
Tepin

Seeds I bought on ebay and Tepins that Canadain Tire had in stock. I was surprised how many pepper seed Canadian Tire carried. I picked up 4 types of pickling cucumbers there and some Dill 

Here is the grid that maps to the seed tray so i know what the hell everything is. Over 30 types of peppers... 3 seeds in each cell if I got 100% germination that would be 216 plants. 

Heating Pad that keeps the incubator at a nice warm temperature for germination. 

I got a Seed starter for Xmas. So I tested it out early to make sure I used it correctly. the plants above were planted pretty much Jan 1st. They will definatly be mature for June. I also use a table with a grow light to give them maximum light 16-18 hours a day.

Im looking to trade chilli seeds this year. This is what I have to trade.

Plant => Seed Count
Orange Devil Habanero 400+
Naga Jolokia 100+
Ring of Fire 1000+
Scotch Bonnet 100+

Have you ever planted a pepper and had no clue what type of plant it was?

Well this is one of the best resources I have found that can help identify Pods.

John Fiedler photos at Pbase are just perfect. Take a look.
http://www.pbase.com/chiles400/pods

Those pickles I made earlier this year were just unreal. The 2 jars with the peppers in them turned out perfect. I wish I made more than 1 jar of each. This year I will make as many as I can. I could not buy pickles in the store that good.

This year I will start tracking the peppers on this site from seedlings to maturity. And try to grow about 10-15 varieties. I Taking an inventory of my seeds yesterday. It's amazing how many seeeds I have from my original plants.

The First Sauce - I have ever made. I will keep it in the fridge and using it right away. Later in the week a whole new batch for storage. 

close up

A few picked today for a buddy 

Trying to make Hot Pickles - using a ring of fire and a Orange Devil  

A pic looking Down form the top of the Scotch bonnett 

I was able to eat a raw scotch bonnett yesderday. It will be great for a sauce. Not nearly as hot as the orange devil. No bread required 

1 Naga is ready. looks hot. 

Another Orange devil picture