nc-crn I am not sure who you are and I am not sure what comments you think were deleted but there were no comments deleted to my knowledge other than possibly trolls..and we all know they are out and about. In terms of the videos I made, that was simply to hush some critics and I would do that with any pepper I knew to be true and right. We have grow for two years now the carolina reaper. I think I have a voice hear because other than Ed we are the largest grower of them in the world. Each of the last two years ALL our seed came directly from Ed. Last year we had around 2200 plants and all but I think 22 (have to watch vid again because I dont remember) were true and good producers. This year we are doing 2800 plants and got about 85% germination. thats a good germ rate by any standard. In terms of what I gain, no I cant say I dont gain anything because obviously I sell these pods back to ed but if i were not doing that, I would simply use that land for other peppers and sell them at the same price as the reaper so no, the "reaper" itself really makes no difference to me. I was simply making a point to all the people that say they dont germinate or they dont grow true. Fact is, they do on both counts. Are there some bad seeds out there? Im sure there are, but in most instances they didnt come from Ed. And remember also that when dealing with hundreds of thousands of seeds it is always possible to mix a bag. No that shouldnt happen but we are all human. If there was a mix up and you bought from me or ed I assure you it would be fixed immediately. Say what you want about Ed but if you think he is bad or evil or whatever then I will say for 100% fact that you don't know this man at all. If and when the day comes that I dont sell to Ed anymore, I assure you I will still talk highly of him and will still call him a friend. No, Ed might not be perfect but are you? Ed is an extremely busy guy right now with the attention on the reaper, his family, his business and other things like planting for this year so yea maybe he directly might be hard to get in touch with personally at times but if you email he will get back with you or someone at PB will. Again, you don't know him if you have nothing but bad things to say so you really have no voice in the matter. By the way, I love the comment about not buying from Ed because his seeds are junk but to go get from others that will give them away. Where do you think ALL of the seeds orginated? ED CURRIE. Now if other sellers water them down so to speak, that isn't Ed's fault. And you might want to do a recheck on his relationship with someone else mentioned in this thread.... Thanks This post was edited by mmcdermott1 on Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 8:46

Flower drop probable causes: 1. Day temp too high >95F 2. Night temp too low 85F 3. Too much nitrogen fertilizer 4. Too much water 5. Low light levels (reduces fertility). 6. Very low humidity (reduces fertility) 7. Poor air circulation (air circulation contributes to pollination). 8. Lack of pollinating insects. 9. Size of pot Too much mineral in feedwater. Too much grower attention/anxiety.

You might be right on the Fad thing. But I can tell you that the reaper plants I had last season out produced everything else I had with the exception of the Moruga Scorpions and they were truely about equal. My Fatalis were good producers but not stable as 1/2 of them turned out yellow not red as the parent fruit was. They are also very perishable compared to most other super hots. The 7-pots I had produced beautiful pods but were the least productive of everything I had. The ghosts were consistant producers, but that variety IMO may not be fully stable either, this years pods were more orange compared to the deep red last season (from a nursery not seeds from last year). So who knows? I'm experimenting this year with only Reapers, to find out how stable they really are. I will definitely let all of us know. I'm not a promoter of any variety, just an avid grower.... :-)

Yeah, the problem with Pepper Joe/Penny's Tomatoes isn't the customers he's delivered to... ...it's the people he's threatened ...it's the seed he's renamed in order to create false exclusivity ...it's the photos/text he's stolen from others to fill his websites ...it's the excuses he makes and blame he re-directs rather than accepting responsibility ...it's his treatment of critics, from threats of lawsuits to all out attacks on other businesses and works (such as the attack on fellow GardenWeb tomato expert Carolyn Male (amongst others) or websites that are critical of his businesses) This guy is working hard to put his name/face/business out there as the defacto face of the pepper industry. He not only doesn't deserve it...he doesn't have the credibility to make a claim to it.