harold59 same thing happened with my peppers only with jalapeno and serrano and the same hot. I have picked a short fat jalapeno and a longer bullet shaped serrano off the same branch. Some of the peppers get about the size of a nickel and turn red, they have a sweet tast when first bitten into then feel like a match head for about 20 minutes. Guy at works claims to eat Ghost peppers but admits my peppers make him sweat. I have a cayenne plant also they are a little hot but real bitter. I planted 3 Jalapenos directly in the ground but the serrano I had bought earlier and kept in a pot in the house when it got a pepper I put it outside close to the jalapenos and brought back inside at night after the jalapenos started blooming I planted the serrano about 5 feet away. the serrano only has serrano looking peppers on it, but they are dark green before turning red. in the spring i'm going to add a bell pepper.

Ottawa is on the same page as me. First, you could germinate in a dark closet. You dont need light until shortly after they sprout. If you had a dome on that "greenhouse" then just putting that alone in the sunlight will easily hit 100 plus even without a heat mat. If you cannot control the heat, then just germinate at normal room temps and expect a couple extra days to germinate. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Bruce

From what I read they can be used either way. Sort of like green bell peppers versus red. Perhaps the riper red ones are more mellow??

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