hot pepper TEST

[daveb]

Ok so last fall i started a few seeds from a pepper cross i made as experiment between a chili and an anahiem pepper( which is also a chili type) . well the basic plant did not get massive and i grew in a 5 gallon deep water set up for hydroponics .... threw it in the bucket lid and filled the the bucket. Plant reached a total height for foliage of about 27 inches tall and bushed out about 50% wider then in photo , it was loaded consistent sized fruits of a most beautiful orange pepper.
The peppers fresh picked have a very rich sweet smell with that same full under tone of pepper scent you would expect from a sweet pepper. anyone picking these up and thinking them sweet or mild are in for a serious surprise. I love hot pepper and can handle so extreme peppers including ghost peppers . A little nip off tip of one of these maybe a piece of maybe 4 or 5 mm in size first impression was nice subtle a light mild taste, that's when the surprise kicked in . Now mind you i did not get any of the center membrane or seed just outer flesh of pepper in nip so was still in the sweeter mild part of the pepper , when the heat suddenly crept up and hit it me it was OMG what on earth did i make for a cross breed. My mouth 10 to 15 minutes later after the fire died down was just plain void of any sensation of telling if spicy or bland. As you see in photos i held a few in palm and took a picture .... palm later itched and had slight redness skin. after that i wore gloves to pick the rest and placed dehydrator on outside deck to dry them , sliced and froze others and roasted one as a test. then diced it up very fine in an 8 liter kettle of chili and beans it turned out great just the shear volume cut and dispersed the heat it next time i'd add two maybe. Roasting they took on a nice nutty very aromatic tone and the heat was more noticeable in scent.
Yes i will grow more from seeds next season to see if the cross stayed the same or similar but all i can say is it was much more of a surprise in character then i expected and i would put them up there in ranking of heat equal on more then many i have tried including some hybrids of ghost pepper and definitely extremely hotter then either of the two original parent plants.

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

Hahaha oh no! That'd definitely be too spicy for me!
The plant itself looks very healthy though. Was this plant easier or similarly to normal to grow?

 

[daveb]

by the way this was the plant i had thought was a sweet pepper i started late last fall and noticed after it was the hybrid cross i had made. Final count i took 118 of those peppers off one plant so a pretty good harvest. and no at no time have i had habenaros and the visual of the peppers my first thoughts were that somewhere in one of the Anaheim hybrid there were some and these were a throw back but i cannot find any info the would reflect there were any in the anaheim pepper original stock and these are way hotter then any habenaro i have had ..
The plant grew pretty quick and with very solid strong growth, I did no maintenance on it what so ever just started the seed in a small peat plug about 16 mm diameter 25 mm tall then set in the lid partial fill with clay pellets placed in around it and as it grew more added to act as support. The hardest part was the first few weeks making sure the roots growth and nutrient level matched so at least half the roots were in the solution. Other then that it was basically threw it in and forgot in except occasional as walk past lift the bucket open up check nutrient level.
Advantage of the pail system you can move it where you need for light. Disadvantage the buckets i have are black so need plants around the bucket to help shade it from over heating or wrap in reflective Mylar the keep pail cool. Where it was beside a sidewalk from drive way to a porch at entrance to house., various flowers and leafy plants grew around the pail shading it from direct sun on the plastic bucket but leaving the pepper open to sun from morning until about 1:00 to 1:30 pm as it passed over the house and started to put plane into bright shade. Next year i plan to cover the lid itself in the same reflective mylar i use on the Hydroponic indoor beds this will keep top cool and reflect some light up under and into the plant.
I have a couple new peppers started and just put a few tomatoes out in a porch so they will be out of way while i move some things around and build light frames form them. they are getting leggy and need some extra light and tips nipped back to force them to fill out.



Looking at possible winter project of a back room ( aprox 3.75 x 4.5 m ) , emptying it of clutter and stored items and setting in frames so multiple tiers vertical of grow beds can be set up but first because it is furthest from my wood pellet stove its also one of the coldest room come winter i need to check average temperatures in it