Dunno, but that thing looks like it was made for fermenting. :)

The peppers were great grilled with tomatoes & onions & steak.
The pepper plant is still a baby at 38 days old, only 6" tall, in a 6" pot & way to young to have flowers. I think I'll let it set pods (if the flowers open) & see what happens, may end up with a dwarf plant, who knows........

It'll keep growing, even if you let it flower.
My seedlings start flowering between 2 and 3 months old typically.
The plants that I dug up and potted for the winter are now flowering in
a sunny window. I pull the flower-buds to conserve the plant's energy.


Josh

Thanks Greenman!
This one is not quite 6 weeks from the day I planted the seed, must have been the calcium nitrate sprayed on the leaves.
I overwintered one (1) Jalapeno plant in the ground that has survived 3 less than 32 degree nights so far, & it's still producing pods, but the frost killed all the flower buds & a few leaves. Oh well, the pods have black skins on one side, are not as hot as they were during the summer, but still better than store bought!
Although I grow other vegetables from seed, this is my first year for peppers from seed, I usually just buy plants at HD or OSH, so I'm excited about all the varities I have to choose from.
Ajijoe was kind enough to send me lots of great HOT pepper seeds & some of those are already in the "hot house", can't wait to see them sprout.
Regards, T...........

I'm not an expert, but I have found that when I allow plants to flower at a young stage, they suffer from the toll. If I let them grow more I get better fruit. I'm doing my first overwintering experiment this year, and it scared me when the plant flowered. Flowering isn't always a good thing. It can signal stress and an evolutionary need to breed before it dies. Delaying it isn't a bad thing, in my opinion.

Thanks for the input Jesky
re: stress
Possible, but I was thinking more along the line of genetics. The "Chimayo" of northern N.M. has been known to flower when only 4" tall & bear pods quite early. My plant is an F2 "Anaheim" type, and might have an early variety ancestor; since these peppers originated in N.M. (at least according to all the blurbs I have read)
Anyway, they seem healthy enough and I intend to grow the 3 plants I started in Nov 2010, indoors, under FL in the hope of edible pods by Feb/Mar 2011 (90-120 days) just something to do for a winter project & If FL doesn't work out, oh well; maybe a HID grow next year....... I have "Trinidad Perfume", "Mucho Nacho" Jalapeno F2 & the "Anaheim-type" F2 plant, currently in 6" pots & a fast draining organic soil mix.
The summer garden plants, different story. Maybe start them around mid Feb or so since it seems to take about 6-8 weeks to attain transplant size.
Mostly use root riot grow plugs, peppers & tomatoes sprout in about 6-7 days.
Regards, T............

Plant is now about 7 weeks old, 10-1/2" tall & the first flower opened with lots more buds showing. I had to up the light to 1 ALZO 45 Watt 5500K CFL per plant ($10-Amazon), and that seems to be working OK. Also have the ceiling lights (incandescent-2700K) & West side window for supplemental light. Still hope to get a few pods to grow to maturity, but we'll see.........

Regards, T.........

Two varieties that I know are early are Ring of Fire Cayenne (60 days) and the Super Chile F1 (about 70 days I think). Both were great in hot sauces.

Update: Two weeks ago I went to wally world for a 4 shelf wire rack and 2 - $10 shop lights, set them up in the garage, up-potted to 8" and moved the plants into their new home. The garage stays above 50 degrees (mostly) & gets up to 65 on the warm days. Last week, started putting the peppers outside when ambient temps hit 50 for up to 4 hours of sun & breeze and yes, it was done slowly in 1 hour increments. We have had unbelievably nice weather in the SF bay area, although the W-man says cold & rain starting Tuesday!
Of the 3 plants I've been TRYING to grow under house arrest, I got a few surprises.
The "Anaheim-type" is now 18" tall with lots of flowers & small pods, the largest is 1 1/2" long. It grew about as I expected. May meet my goal of peppers by March/April, Wu-Hu........
The "Mucho Nacho Jalapeno" F2 got 12" high & stopped growing but has flower buds and appears healthy. I thought it would perform about the same as above.
The "Trinidad Perfume" also grew to 18" high, set some flower buds and then dropped them all. It now has several new buds, but it also has quit growing & none of the buds have made into flowers. It HATED the sun, (had to put it in filtered shade) & several of the leaves are badly sun-burnt. That was a surprise as I thought a C. chinense would LOVE the sun, nope it wants back in the house, LOL!

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COS: On advice of an experienced chilihead, I started my Bhut Jolokias on 1/3/11, they ALL sprouted in 8-12 days (controlled heat mat @85/Jiffy grow tray-dome/rapid root plugs/4 hr pre-soak) & although slow growing, they are doing great.

Regards, T.........

The earliest jumbo sized pepper is likely the Super Shepherd (candy sweet). 65 days till red ripe under the right conditions, which is incredible imho.

The larger Serrano "Del Sol" is supposedly also a super early clocking in at around 62 days or so, nearly two weeks earlier than regular serranos.

Some Jalapenos can be pretty early, like the "Fooled You sweet Jalapeno" for instance...