First Ghost of the Season :-)
Always a delight when the first Ghost pods begin to set.
The coolish Spring reduced the overall plant development, as far as size, but the plants haven't dropped nearly as many flowers as usual. The Hungarian's are loaded, and the Thai's are loading up.
Last year, two of my four Red Ghosts mutated naturally, one yellow and one brown mutation. I decided to sow seeds from the yellow and brown pods, just to see if the mutation would hold...although I'm expecting the pods to revert to the dominant red phenotype.
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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
last yearAs much as I dislike responding to (and bumping) my own post, I figured I'd go ahead and provide an update. A dead forum is a dead forum, though, so no one should mind :-)
It looks lke the Yellow mutation held and is stable at least for now. Yellow Ghosts, and a really great shape. Only sad thing about this first pod is that it has a slotch of blosoom end rot. I'll excise it and harvest the seed.
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Comments (1)Seed catalogs come out around December/January, so that's the time to order seeds. You can make a wish list before then and also write down what you already have. For me, I like to shop in the stores, too, so I buy some off the rack in late winter. Ah, springtime......See More'First Ghost' Maple Seedling
Comments (1)You won't find seedlings but you can find small grafted starts - ForestFarms, Bloomriver and a few other mail order sources offer it. If you are interested in maples that have "ghost" as part of their name, there is an entire 'Ghost' series of Japanese maples developed by Talon Buchholz of Buchholz and Buchholz Nursery in Oregon -- 'Amber Ghost', 'Sister Ghost', 'New Ghost', 'Purple Ghost', 'Ghost Dancer', etc. All are reticulated sports and feature delicate veined, patterned foliage. I grew 'Ghost Dancer' in my old garden and it truly was a stunning plant. These all need protection from afternoon sun, even in my mild climate. FWIW, named forms of JM's are never seedlings and these are notoriously tricky to grow from cuttings, so looking for small grafted plants may be your best bet....See Morecan I re-pot a ghost pepper during growing season?
Comments (6)Yes, I would try to repot during the cool evening hours but probably not critical. It sounds like you are using about a 2-3 gallon pot now and I would go up to at least a 5 gallon. 14-16" at the top. I use 5 gallon pails for most of my peppers. I would not disturb the root ball too much in hopes of lessening the transplant shock unless it is severely root bound, then you will want to spread it out a bit as the will have trained themselves to grow inside that area and will have trouble breaking out even after transplanting. You might want to keep it in the shade for a day or so if the sun is hot and intense right now. It might slow progress for a while, but the summer is still young and once it rebounds, it will go fast. Bruce...See MoreFirst Ghost Pepper of the season.
Comments (11)Thanks for the link John. This was my first year growing ghost peppers, and I now realize this plant is not what is was labeled at the nursery. I do have some chocolate ghosts that do display the proper shape, size, and skin texture. No comparison between the two. I'm not completely sold on the thought it is a Trinidad Scorpion, though. I've grown these in previous years and mine all had a very bumpy skin texture. These are almost smooth. They also don't display the "stinger" shape that gave the Scorpion its name. I'm inclined to agree with one of the earlier posters that it is a habanero or hybrid. I have a Caribbean Red, with a few pods getting ready to ripen. I'll post a side by side shot when they do, as I think these two plants are one in the same. Whatever it turns out to be, the recipients of the peppers I grow will still be happy. Most of my garden harvest goes to a church run food bank, but the super hots go to a relative of a work associate that makes one mean hot sauce with them. He usually reciprocates by sending me back at least one small bottle of the sauce. I won't be able to try it this year, but hoping to do so next season....See Moregreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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last yearI find that my Ghost peppers are typically good-sized, although there are always a few smaller pods, and pods with "off" phenotypes.
Yellow variants are typically not as hot as the dominant Red, or the brown mutation. And I'd say the Peach mutation is even milder. However, they are all brutally hot.
The plants that I grew from the brown mutation seem to be growing stable, as well. Check this out.
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last yearlast modified: last yearI'm a "hot head" and I'd like to see this forum come to life.
I check in once in a while over the years.
I do the superhot thing with Reapers , Scorpions , Ghosts , Dragon's Breath ,Habs...
Keeps me reminded about "that place" I was told about when I was a boy.
I tried to overwinter some superhots last winter in my house , didn't have any success.
Anyway I got some Reapers and Ghosts in containers in the green house.
Okie HU
May the devil have horns.Okie HU
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