Any Green thumbs?
I live in a big city. My house is a row home in the concrete jungle so I have no lawn and up until last year, no garden. I have always loved growing veggies ,especially hot peppers! I have a bunch of exotic pepper plants now, along with 3 different kinds of tomato, basil, blueberry, strawberry, cucumber, squash etc. I build a garden out of cinder block in my back yard. Raised 3' off the ground, 3' off the back wall running the length of the back wall! I had to get creative living in a city but i'm sure lots of you do not have my problem. So are there any gardeners out there? It's such a relaxing activity for me. I actually look forward to tending to it. I'm still searching for a Ghost pepper Plant (Bhut Jolokia). It's got such a high rating on the scoville scale that the Indian military is weaponizing it! Lol, I probably couldn't or wouldn't attempt to eat it but I want the plant. I ordered online and the turd sent me a habenero plant! It's called the ghost pepper because it's so hard to find! Anyone have it?
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Anoni gots a green thumb and it gets sticky
beavisI have two large gardens that I get most of my food other than protein from. I too am a pepper lover. I had the ghost peppers last year but got the new hottest pepper on the face of the earth this year... The trinidad scorpion pepper is even hotter!! but realistically at this point it doesn't really matter.
I've got a large garden. Roughly .5 acres. I turned half of it into an apple and peach orchard. The other half I grow pretty much everything. Potatoes, peas, corn, carrots parsnips, beets, lettuce, tomatoes, squash's, various peppers. I love growing peppers. I've never grown ghost peppers but had a few Habenero plants.
There is something about gardening that kind of soothes the soul. Last year's garden was too damn big though. This year I scaled it back a bit so that I could stay on top of the weeds.
Holy shit! 5 acres? You have a farm my man, not a garden! Lol
CleyonYou missed the period. He said ".5" acres, or "half an acre". That's a good sized garden no doubt, but hardly a farm.
Lol, I damn sure did miss it! 1/2 an acre is a very nice sized garden! I wish I could post pics of my concrete rain forest
Yeah bro. 5 acres would kill me. I have a hard enough time staying on top of a half an acre.
CleyonAs I told my high school girlfriend, "It's amazing the difference a period makes."
Why do you have to rain on my parade Cleyon? I liked having the NIttster think that I had a 5 acre garden.
CleyonMy bad, I didn't realize you were tying to fool the Nittster...
I wasn't trying to fool him but, you know it's like when someone hears you wrong and they think that you said that you benched 450 when you really said 415. Lol.
CleyonI have no idea what you're talking about... LOL! I think mine was 215 and they heard 415...
juiceinatorI prefer bonsai trees. I think I'm actually going to buy another one now after reading this thread.
My daughter bought me a Bonsai for my birthday! Well the seeds. I failed miserably at getting it ti germinate. I love bonsai! I actually have some hot pepper plants that I over winter (yes they are perenial). Prune them to tiny little trees, bring them in, bonsai chilli!
juiceinatorGet you a lil hydroponic room. A friend of mine who is a cable guy said he was over at this guys house the other day, and the guy offer to show him this room that light rolling out all the way around the door. He said no, if you show me I'm supposed to report you. The guy said c'mon, and had a huge room full of nothing but dif varieties of peppers, he gave him a gal ziplock of all differnet kinds. Pretty cool but I guess it cost him a couple thou in grow equip to grow peppers. He can grow tomatoes or anything I guess, but he likes peppers?
Also, here is the place that originally grew the bhut jolokia aka "ghost pepper" when it was first tested over 1 million scoville units as the worlds hottest before the butch t took over as worlds hottest pepper. They are a legit source for good bhut seeds too.
http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/
I am trying to learn more from my father. Both my parents are certified master gardeners. In my Dads garden, he has everything from a greenhouse full of tomatoes and other related plants ;), carrots, peas, potatoes, swiss chard, then plants he has grown from seeds, but he has a whole lot to do this on, so pretty fortunate. My mom sticks to strictly plants. Me though, I am wanting to carry on the legacy of homegrown tomatoes. My father is meticulous about the care of them. He spends at least 2 hours a day on them. I may have to fill out a fucking binder of his tips just for them lol. That and I would like to grow some rare cacti and other related things.
56tooThats one of my passtimes. I enjoy the therapeutic effects it has on me not to mention the reward. I know this may sound redundant but have u ever tasted the difference between a home grown tomatoe and the shit u buy at the store? I grow a lot of roma tomatoes and eat them during thhe season but also can them for later in the year.This year I have eggplant, cucumbers green and red peppers, beans and cantalopes. I also grow these big ass jalopenos and make hot sauce with them. Last year I grew some habaneros but man, that shit is too hot for me plus I dont like the taste of them as much as the jalos
Absolutely! A huge difference in home grown and store bought! I love the theraputic effects
Believe it or not there seems to be a lot of scammers out there for hot pepper seeds. I got into researching how to grow them last year and ordered some seeds off of ebay. They ended up being a cross at best. This year I found a website like this ine, except for hot peppers. Lots of great info there. Anyway, I am growing the trinidad scorpion butch t and it is the real deal this year! Ghost peppers are childs play compared to these. I ordered from The Hippy Seed Company. They are a great company. Also, if u want the forum for more great info on growing superhots check out thehotpepper.com.
Im growing all mine in 5 gallon buckets. It works real well.
That's what i'm talkin about! Have you ever seen the peter pepper? Lol, awesome! I like the Trinidad scorpion too btw!
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1347&bih=536&q...
Haha. Yeah! I was going to grow some of them next year! Imagine the neighbors look if u said "Have some peppers bud!"
Aside from the Ghost pepper question, i'm still interested in what people have in their gardens
that lineup sounds ambitious. Like your style. my wife and I are what you would call "professionals". Degreed and everything. Edjamakated horticulturists. So whatcha wanna know? Just where to find Bhut jolokia? Ive seen some at our farmers markets here recently. Just trying to get your hands on a plant?
If I could get my hands on the plant already through germination that would be awesome! But i'd take the seeds or even a single pepper if I could find one
hmmm there must be a way to do this... anonymous pack shipping style i would imagine. pm me and ill do what i can.