May 5, 2017 | #1 |
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Orange Habaneros
Does anyone grow these? I started a couple of plants and they sure are tiny little things. Are these just slow growers? Are they just small plants? Did I do something wrong? They look perfect just tiny.
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May 5, 2017 | #2 |
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Okay went and took a picture. The Orange Habanero is on the left and a Sweet Banana Pepper on the left. Both planted at the same time.
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May 5, 2017 | #3 |
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I'm growing some Scotch Bonnets, which are similar to orange habaneros, and plant size is similar to yours. Which is why they have a longer growing season than other peppers. I plant mine in late May and probably lucky to get anything until late September or October. But if they are started in a warm, humid space, they should take off.
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I grow them every year and they just seem to sit there and do VERY LITTLE until SUDDENLY, they're growing. I have one I wintered over and it slow putting on growth. Just be patient and you will be rewarded.
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May 5, 2017 | #5 |
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Thanks!! I was so worried that I did something wrong or ???? But the plant is simply perfect! Just little. So I will quit worrying and let it be!
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May 5, 2017 | #7 |
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They need high temps and humidity to thrive and grow in their long season.
Bright light, 80* temps from the time you start the seed, to the time you transplant outside. Think of a tropical environment, that's what it needs to grow well. It should take off with high light and temps. Lots of waiting in our northern climate. |
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All of the superhots grow more slowly than the sweet ones. They are more complex chemical factories, after all.
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Big Sun Habanero is my favorite.
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Spike, your Habanero and Sweet Banana peppers look just like mine right now. Perfectly normal.
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May 5, 2017 | #13 |
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And here is the advantage of over wintering the superhots - I already have ripe Chocolate Congos and Yellow Scorpions, in early May.
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Habs are C.chinense while IIRC Banana peppers are C.annuum. Chinense just tales longer to get cranked over than annuum. Don't worry; when it really gets going it will make the banana look like the piker.
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May 10, 2017 | #15 |
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Big Sun is a PITA to grow, but I like 'em too.
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