Its very hard to determin becosue of how young the plants are.

lol

Ok, I'll repost when they're a bit older. :)

Glad to see you "made it easy" for us. :)

I'm no expert by any means but I can identify those as tiny green seedlings in potting soil. I could be wrong. :)
Some even look like they could be peppers based on the first set of true leaves. LOL

Paul B.

evhthebest is right. No way to tell at that stage. And since they appear to all be C. annuum it will probably take pods setting before you can positvely identify them. I assume you were hoping to not end up with all one variety. If that is the case I would plant more of the seeds increase my chances.

John

John

with over 6,000 varieties plus all the possible crosses

I gave up on this dept.

Byron

Byron, It's not 6000, It's out of 5. Here's a new picture.
Leaves all look the same so far except 1. lol

Long Red Cayenne
Large Cherry
Hungarian Wax
Anaheim Chili
Jalapeno

When they set fruit, it should be easy, each fruit is different

lol, yeah, I figured that, I figured the experts might be able to identify the leaves of the plant. To young still. I'll keep updating.

These things are growing nicely! Dont want to transplant yet.

Ha, ha!

Sorry, cannot help you or me out here! I am assuming you might have started growing peppers this year for the first time as I have decided a 5 variety Burpee pack is as good and simple as anything else.

Well, I did and dumped 3 of each into Jiffy pellets prime for germination in the window sill. After 7 days, the first seedling popped out. Next day, I had 6. A few days later, it occured to me that I can really only keep one per pellet, so it was time to weed stuff out. So, what to do? Pick all the big ones? Maybe all the Jalapenos germinate tha fastest? Or maybe the Anaheims? End result, I've weeded out the smaller plants (heartbreaking really!) and have transplanted 24 plants into 2.5 inch pots, having no idea what each plant is :)

Another is the type of seeds. I've gotten 2 dual flourescent lamps and a very nice 4ft wide Chrome shelf system that looks great in the living room. Jalapenos are 99 cent per pound, so I only need to get about 130 pounds of yield on the 24 plants to break even. Next year if I develop green hands, I'll get special seeds from plants in which I cannot go and buy locally. :)

Oh well, live and learn! :) At least we are in for exciting times! Cannot wait to see them grow bigger and develop flowers!

Funny story- especially about breaking even. Last year there was a fellow who liked the adventure of planting a mixture and seeing what he got. I had a batch of seeds that were collected from the bottoms of the storage jars, loose seeds from packing or sorting, etc. Many many varieties but no way to distinguish them except for the few pubescens. I'm hoping we will hear from him this year and find out the results.

John

"I only need to get about 130 pounds of yield on the 24 plants to break even"

If you think about it, that is not an unrealistic expectation. If you save seeds from a few peppers, think of the endless supply of peppers that you can have from your initial investment. There is even the possibilty of cloning the pepper plants, giving you identical plants, thereby extending the life of the plant indefinetly.

An investment in one plant, can provide you a lifetime of peppers (and possibly even more).

If there is a jalapeño in the bunch, it isn't a Purple Jalapeño.

Love the Burpee 5 pack story.... any of you mathematicians out there want to take a crack at what the odds are of getting one of each after keeping only one seedling per cell?

Jals are 69¢/lb in my area and are much hotter than any I've ever been able to grow. If you want a special treat, buy an institutional size can of pickled jals at Sam's Club, Costco etc & dry them for powder. Unbelievably good!

I am doing this for the sheer pleasure. I am not overly concerned about yield, but I am of course hoping this becomes a real success! I am an addict to Peppers, but I have never tried to grow plants before. Quite honestly I am just really hoping I got green enough hands to make them flower and thrive somewhat. It's so damn exciting to see the wonderful nice soft green leaves (not brown or yellowish yet at least!) in the morning growing bigger and bigger. This forum is just the best and my lighting setup is definitely mirrored after John's setup (thanks!). It's actually so nice that my wife loved it after just a day in our living room. I am going to get a fan too for circulation this week. Maybe it's even getting close to the time to add severly diluted fertilizer.
I have studied these forums and other sites every day since about March 1 (started germinating the 5 pack of seeds March 10, which should not be way late I believe. I actually bought 6-7 different packets (one or two of every type I could find at Wal-mart), so I did not do it this way to be cheap, just that it occured to me that 100 plants in pots in a rented town-house maybe was not in my best interest for the first attempt afterall :).
Anyway, back on topic. I've been studying the true leaves and the stems for my 5-in-a-pack attempt and definitely see at least 3 distinctly different types, so I am pretty certain that this is going to be aalright. I am betting that Naturalstuff's plants can be identified pretty soon too? My guess is that the first picture was taken about 15-18 days old from trying to Germinate (or 7-10 days after sprouting) which makes his around a month and 20 days old? Mine on the other hand are only about 14 days old from sprouting.

Guess I should post a new picture of them. Tomorrow morning I will. Thanks for bringing this thread back up. :)

You're welcome. I was just excited to see I used the same packet as somebody else. And besides, if somebody can identify your plants, then maybe I can find out what my plants are as well. I have been taking pictures almost daily. They have only just started getting their second set of true leaves and I am already looking at Pickling/Salsa/drying/freeing receipes/procedures. LOL!

ROFL I think they'll all be the same kind. Dam. Wouldn't the leaves be different for different plants? Well, anyone want to take a lucky guess on which of these it is?

 Long Red Cayenne
 Large Cherry
 Hungarian Wax
 Anaheim Chili
 Jalapeno

Some peppers have major differences in leaf design, many are very similar and some have slight differences.
I am not schooled enough to determine a pepper by it's leaves. I'm sure that even experts in the field would only be able to take an educated guess at best on most of what you're showing and still be completely wrong.

For an element of surprise, my advise would be to plant them in the "variety section" of your garden and wait to see what developes. :)

Paul B.

I think I'm going to use pots for these. I have six more growing which are Banana Bill and a mixture of Bell peppers.

I think the hot peppers in the picture will be in pots.

jt

FWIW

Hasn't been pepper that made my socks go up and down like Jims Chimayo.

Byron

I agree with Paul --still too early to tell, especially since they are all annuums. Love the one you're with.

JohnF

"Love the one you're with."
Ahh...Crosby, Stills & Nash. Saw them last year at Mohegan Sun. Great show!

Paul B.

Been a while since I've been to Mohegan! Time for a run to the sun.

Mohegan Sun Casino? as in the big $1 million World Series of Darts tournament next month (May 19-21) I presume?
I guess I am very clueless as far as the peppers go as well. But I definitely believe that you have at least 3-4 different types. I have a big contrast between the stems that are brownish all the way up to the true leaves and further (farly dark green leaves), whereas another type has a much lighter green color which the top part of the stem also has. There is also the difference in the leaves size. I got a couple of dark green ones with very wide big leaves (actually more than a couple), whereas others are slimmer. I also have two that look identical and is developing at the same rate, which are growing way slower than the others. They have all been watered the same way and are in the same "self-watering" plant holder (individual pots).

Ok, so enter the totally wild no-clue guessing game. When I look at your picture, the wide green ones are like the one on the top left. Slow growing down to the left maybe, the soft green bottom middle and third from the top left. The second one from the top left has longer and sharper blades than the rest and perhaps that is another type. I just checked mine and I do have a few that display the same long sharp blades.

I guess I got to admit this guessing is a little exciting. It was not such a bad idea going this way with trial and error efforts for the first season. I had mine in 2.5 inch pots and I took a few out of the pots looking at their roots. One actually had 2 inches of root sticking out of the bottom of the pot already!? I had no idea it was going to go that fast. I did buy some 6inch pots that I am going to transplant into as the last step before putting them into 12 inch pots (for stability and no clue to how big the surprise peppers will get. And 12 inches sounds like a good compromise between 10 and 14 :).

Well, 3 months later, here we go. Can you identify it now?

It's either Long Red Cayenne, Large Cherry, Hungarian Wax, Anaheim Chili, or Jalapeno

Looks like my last years cayenne, I don't know the other plants but my jals look different, that's for sure. I think it's the cayenne, but I am not sure

Could be Hungarian Wax also. I should have made this a contest and given away a price.

I should almost get mine up here as well. I have one plant that has a 3 inch long curled pepper by now. Tadaaaa! Long Red Cayenne. I initially did not think yours was one, but maybe the picture is not giving the right perspective, because it looks fatter and shorter. On the other hand, the Cayenne seems very fast and prolific (definitely the first one to show flowers as well as a real pepper). I definitely got at least 4 peppers and seemingly another 5-10 is on their way on that plant. My Cayenne pepper started very very thin and grew longer before expanding. I have a couple of plants with "ball" peppers standing upright. Large Cherry I think! I have one that looks like yours, except the pod is sticking upwards (can't be the same I think) Another thing, the Hungarian Wax is a big pepper right? Shouldn't that cause a bigger plant right off the bat?

I gotta get some of my pictures linked up as well because these are exciting times!

well that one is nice. I think we can safely say it is not a cherry and not a long thin Cayenne.

is this a burpee mix.

the hungarian wax might be faster to set fruit.

Grow baby Grow.

Ha ha this is fun.

Yes, it's a Burpee mix. Thanks for sharing the fun with me. Sun has been out for 2 days straight now and it got really warm today. Mid 70's. So I'll post pictures this weekend. :)

Well, I'm back with another plant. You know the drill, which is it?

It's either Long Red Cayenne, Large Cherry, Hungarian Wax, Anaheim Chili, or Jalapeno

By process of elimination, I'd say long Red Cayenne

john

Cool john, can't wait. How about this one for you?

the first picture of may 31 must be the Long Red Cayenne. that one has a very good pepper in the background on the right and it is big.

the 2nd one is still early but should know soon. I really can not see any peppers on it. just lots of flowers.

the 3rd one might just be an anaheim or the hungarian wax. the wax might be a little more round in cross section and the anaheim might be more flattened. but we should know soon enough. it is too pointed at the end for a proper jalapeno. but I did see a picture on the web that was suppose to be a jalapeno with that shape. but to me that is not a jalapeno. the jalapeno should be blunt on the end.

I am enjoying this. It is fun to guess. I have a lettuce mix I am trying to figure out. much harder on the lettuce. I have 2 lettuce mix. one of 7 from cooks garden and one of 5 from burpee. I did get at least one or two so far. but the others are still up for grabs. part of the problem is I dont know how they are suppose to look. haha.

Hey organic nut, the 2nd picture is actually the same plant as the first picture. Just wanted to take one of the whole plant itself. :) Yes, this is fun. I have 5 more growing which we can take guesses on. Still waiting for those to form too.

Got a beatiful plant there!

I am betting it's an Anaheim. I believe strongly that the Hungarian Wax pop turn straight up in the air :) I ate a couple the other day :) The Hungarian Wax I ate a few days earlier was hiding behing foilage and hanging straight down, just like yours.

It was quite easy to figure out which ones were Large Cherry :) Cayenne was easy too. Hungarian Wax, Jalapeno and Anaheim was tougher. There's really not a lot of difference on the plants, but the Jalapeno and Cayenne seem to grow much bigger than the rest. Less and smaller leaves, whereas Large Cherry is very compact and very thight foilage protecting the Cherries. Litterally crowding them. The Habaneros has very dark green and glossy foilage (none of the others have any of those two characteristics). Very beautiful. If I did this again, I would definitely know extremely early if it was a Habanero or not (given the same choices).

Makes me want to get the flash-light and sit outside a little bit :)

Ok guys, it grew some more. Still think its Anaheim or Hungarian Wax?

Looks more like an Anaheim than a wax to me.

john

I agree 100% now. it sure looks like anaheim.

Cool, this is fun. I have 3 more plants that we need to identify but they haven't grown anything yet. Probably in a week or so.

Nothing growing on the other 3 plants. Hey, where are these ready to be picked??

the june 9 pictures are cayanne over hungarian hot. that looks like a hungarian hot not an anaheim. too pointed at the end. the hungarian is pointed that way. also it looks more round in this picture. the anaheim is more flattened. and there is an indented ring around the top similar to what forms on hungarian hots if my memory is correct.

well still having fun. lets see what the other think.

I still do not have any peppers and do not think I have anyh opened flowers yet. too cold out there. next week maybe will warm up and we can get some growth.

Agree 100% with Organic Nut.
It's going to take some time before the Cayennes are done (turning red). Probably more than a month.
I don't know much about the Hungarian Hot. I've got 3 plants with those and I keep on munching one once in a while, but I have no idea of how they look when they are deemed 'done'.

Hungarian Hot Wax will go red if you let it, which gives a nice ripe-sweet, yet still hot flavor. Takes some patience to wait though! ; ) It's worth the wait.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hung Hot Wax

Well, I'm back with another plant. I planted 6 seeds from the mixture packet. We identified 2 of them. Here's a 3rd.

It's either Long Red Cayenne, Large Cherry, Hungarian Wax, Anaheim Chili, or Jalapeno.

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id go with the cherry

Me too. :) We'll know better in a week or so.

Ok Hang On. Lets make it easy because there are 2 plants now to guess what it is. I think they look different to me.

I made it easy by labeling them. #2 & 3.