Blafa's indoor garde 2010. First time grower. [Many pictures]
Hello everyone, Doing my first real post here. I'm a novice chiligrower, growing for my first year in a basement where I also live. Chilis and hot foods have always been a passion of mine. My favourites in taste and cooking have been the hot chinense's variates and that's what I'm focusing on, though I'm growing a quite wide selection of other chilis I've come across and found interesting. Seeds have been collected, some bought from Fatalii, The Chilli Pepper Company as well as swedish nursery Örtagården.
This is a list of I'm what growing currently, still awaiting 1 more delivery from Fatalii and hopefully I will germinate those seeds this year.
[Last edited 04/08]
C. chinense 'Habanero, Red '
C. chinense 'Habanero, Caribbean Red '
C. chinense 'Habanero, Brown Large
C. chinense 'Habanero Lemon'
C. chinense 'Habanero, Orange'
C. chinense 'Fatalii'
C. chinense 'Naga Morich' - Nagaland strain. Imported seeds.
C. chinense 'CPI. Bhut Jolokia' - Seeds from The Chile Pepper Institute
C. chinense 'Trinidad Scorpion' - Morouga Blend, said to be hotter then a Bhut, time will tell!
C. chinense 'Pimenta da Neyde' - Very hot, black or purple leaves.
C. chinense 'Pink Habanero' - Habanero taste without the heat!
C. annuum "Hungarian" - Bought at a market place in budapest, medium hot typical annuum look.
C. annuum 'Apache'
C. annuum 'Chiluacle Negro'
C. annuum 'Hot Lemon'
C. annuum 'CAP 1042' aka. Prik Ki Nu - A hot thai chili with very piercing pungency.
C. annuum 'CAP 1473 (C. microcarpum)'
C. annuum 'Fish pepper'
C. annuum 'Monkey Face'
C. annuum 'Nepal Snakebite'
C. annuum 'Short Yellow Tabasco' - Ornamental plant with stingy heat.
C. baccatum 'Jamican Bell'
C. baccatum 'Starfish'
C. baccatum 'Don Xaun Market'
C. baccatum 'CAP 220' - Fastest one to germinate, 4 days.
C. pubescens 'Turbo Pube (PI 585267)' - Large, yellow, tasty rocotos.
C. unknown "Thai red hot" - A small hot red chili from thailand. Bought dry pods from a local asian market. I don't have a proper name for it but its a common variety and its used for everyday cooking.
Wild chili's:
C. lanceolatum - Wild chili pepper species was though to be extinct for over 50 years until it was recently rediscovered!
C. parvifolium - 1/3 germinated in soil, 29 days. New batch on rockwool started 26/3
C. galapagoense - 0/3 germinated in soil. New batch on rockwool started 26/3
From fatalii's suprisemix:
C. unknown - Black seed, Most likely C. pubescens, Took 8 days to germinate
C. unknown - Black seed, Most likely C. pubescens, Took 12 days to germinate
C. unknown - Took 8 days to germinate, fast bushy growth, might indicate a annuum or baccatum species.
C. unknown - Took 11 days to germinate, slow growth, thicker leaves, might indicate a chinense.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera available until just now so I have no pictures of the germination process. I started of with a HPS lamp but recently switched to LED's. I'm now growing under two 90w LED lights with a setup of 60% Red, 30% Blue and 10% White LED's. Im also running a rotating fan most of the time when the Lights are on. Id love some constructive criticism on my garden!
These two pictures show the HPS lamp I was using at first, I borrowed it from a relative but it didn't work to well, It got a bit too hot around it and the plants seemed to grow a bit spindly and not bushy. At the left on the low table my heatingpad is shown, this have worked great when germinating seeds. I can keep it at a steady temperature with a thermostat.
This is how my growing setup looks as I'm writing. I had to turn on the other lights in the room to get a better light to photograph in. On the shelf on the left I'm trying out a few bonsai experiments.
Hello everyone, Doing my first real post here. I'm a novice chiligrower, growing for my first year in a basement where I also live. Chilis and hot foods have always been a passion of mine. My favourites in taste and cooking have been the hot chinense's variates and that's what I'm focusing on, though I'm growing a quite wide selection of other chilis I've come across and found interesting. Seeds have been collected, some bought from Fatalii, The Chilli Pepper Company as well as swedish nursery Örtagården.
This is a list of I'm what growing currently, still awaiting 1 more delivery from Fatalii and hopefully I will germinate those seeds this year.
[Last edited 04/08]
C. chinense 'Habanero, Red '
C. chinense 'Habanero, Caribbean Red '
C. chinense 'Habanero, Brown Large
C. chinense 'Habanero Lemon'
C. chinense 'Habanero, Orange'
C. chinense 'Fatalii'
C. chinense 'Naga Morich' - Nagaland strain. Imported seeds.
C. chinense 'CPI. Bhut Jolokia' - Seeds from The Chile Pepper Institute
C. chinense 'Trinidad Scorpion' - Morouga Blend, said to be hotter then a Bhut, time will tell!
C. chinense 'Pimenta da Neyde' - Very hot, black or purple leaves.
C. chinense 'Pink Habanero' - Habanero taste without the heat!
C. annuum "Hungarian" - Bought at a market place in budapest, medium hot typical annuum look.
C. annuum 'Apache'
C. annuum 'Chiluacle Negro'
C. annuum 'Hot Lemon'
C. annuum 'CAP 1042' aka. Prik Ki Nu - A hot thai chili with very piercing pungency.
C. annuum 'CAP 1473 (C. microcarpum)'
C. annuum 'Fish pepper'
C. annuum 'Monkey Face'
C. annuum 'Nepal Snakebite'
C. annuum 'Short Yellow Tabasco' - Ornamental plant with stingy heat.
C. baccatum 'Jamican Bell'
C. baccatum 'Starfish'
C. baccatum 'Don Xaun Market'
C. baccatum 'CAP 220' - Fastest one to germinate, 4 days.
C. pubescens 'Turbo Pube (PI 585267)' - Large, yellow, tasty rocotos.
C. unknown "Thai red hot" - A small hot red chili from thailand. Bought dry pods from a local asian market. I don't have a proper name for it but its a common variety and its used for everyday cooking.
Wild chili's:
C. lanceolatum - Wild chili pepper species was though to be extinct for over 50 years until it was recently rediscovered!
C. parvifolium - 1/3 germinated in soil, 29 days. New batch on rockwool started 26/3
C. galapagoense - 0/3 germinated in soil. New batch on rockwool started 26/3
From fatalii's suprisemix:
C. unknown - Black seed, Most likely C. pubescens, Took 8 days to germinate
C. unknown - Black seed, Most likely C. pubescens, Took 12 days to germinate
C. unknown - Took 8 days to germinate, fast bushy growth, might indicate a annuum or baccatum species.
C. unknown - Took 11 days to germinate, slow growth, thicker leaves, might indicate a chinense.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera available until just now so I have no pictures of the germination process. I started of with a HPS lamp but recently switched to LED's. I'm now growing under two 90w LED lights with a setup of 60% Red, 30% Blue and 10% White LED's. Im also running a rotating fan most of the time when the Lights are on. Id love some constructive criticism on my garden!
These two pictures show the HPS lamp I was using at first, I borrowed it from a relative but it didn't work to well, It got a bit too hot around it and the plants seemed to grow a bit spindly and not bushy. At the left on the low table my heatingpad is shown, this have worked great when germinating seeds. I can keep it at a steady temperature with a thermostat.
This is how my growing setup looks as I'm writing. I had to turn on the other lights in the room to get a better light to photograph in. On the shelf on the left I'm trying out a few bonsai experiments.