Central to my gardening efforts is nurturing peppers that achieve full ripeness, especially those that attain the red color, to unlock their full heat and flavor potential. While this process demands more time, the outcome is well worth the patience. In Clearwater, the short growing season often forces some peppers to be moved to a controlled environment to ensure they mature properly.
Cherry Bomb pepper - SHU 500 ~ 2,500
Flavor: Sweet, fruity, and tangy with a subtle earthy undertone
Tight seed cluster, thick walls
Cherry Bombs are ornamental and culinary
Piquillo Pepper has meaty flesh
Piquillo SHU: 100~500 Origin: Navarra, Spain
Sweet, smoky, complex
Witch's Hat Pepper - SHU: 50,000–100,000 (medium-hot, like a cayenne)
Padróns Pepper - unpredictable heat
Padróns Red - Range: 500–20,000 SHU (like a serrano)
Apocalypse Scorpion pepper plants' first sunlight after wintering.
Red jalapeños - milder and sweeter than green version.
Red jalapeños 2,500–5,000 SHU - requires late harvest.
Ripe, plump Ghost Pepper.
Overwintering Ghost pepper plant.
Ghost pepper plant overwintered.
Ghost pepper plant 1st day hardening off.
Ghost pepper.
Beautiful large ripe Habanero peppers.
Inside an Orange Habanero.
Germinating starts in January.
Germinating pepper plants.
Fast growth and healthy.
Cherry Bomb plants grow rapidly.
Starter plants.
Starter plants.
Rootings from a broken branch.
Flowering in mid winter - indoor.
Spicy super hot Naga Brain peppers.
Large canopy on tall Carolina Reaper plants.
Healthy indoor grow.
Indoor pepper gardening.
Getting ready for spring hardening.
Full house.
More indoor pepper plants.
More yet.
Hardening off in overcast sky. Perfect!
Hardening off near complete.
Separated and rotated for overall exposure.
Fruiting and flowering throughout the winter.
Ladybugs to control Aphid population.
Just some of the (253) outdoor pepper plants which were sown in January.
Click image to see video on Bees.
Video- rooting broken branch.
Happy Gardening!