They will not pop off before turning orange (peppers don't tend to pop off). When the weather starts to get a little cooler (particularly at night), they will all start to turn orange. Habs require patience. You are lucky you didn't have to germinate the seeds yourself, that truly feels like an eternity.
If you are looking for a nice early habanero type pepper, try the Limo Chile, It's not as scorching as an orange hab but it grows quickly and abundantly and the flavor is delicious. Beni Highlands is another early chinense type (like a hab) that is very early and prolific.

If you contact me in the fall, I should have some Limo and Beni Highlands seeds I can send you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Article about the Limo chile (you'll never guess who wrote it)

Thanks for the info. I'll post a picture just to give you an idea of how they are looking so far.

I've had the plants for about 2 weeks and they've grown really fast. The first pic is of my (orange) hab plant. The second is of my ghost chili. The habs don't feel so slow when I stare at this plant.

Thanks for the offer on the seeds. I'm a total beginner so I started with sprouted plants. But I think I will take you up on the offer when fall comes because as much as I love heat, most people around me don't.

I guess one image per post, so here's the mini ghost chili:

Those plants look great. Both of these peps are late season (the ghost is especially late), so you're actually right on schedule. Nice healthy plants.

@ reemas... I don't mean to insult your intelligence. I apologize if you're already aware of this, but you can harvest seeds from your ripe pods. Just wait until the pods fully ripen. Then you can scrape the seeds out of the pod onto a paper towel,paper plate, etc. and let them dry for 3 or 4 days. Then place them in a coin envelope,plastic bag, or if your super anal......a test tube (:) just kidding Bruce). Good luck.

Tim

Tim, not an insult at all. I appreciate the info very much. I just walked into a nursery the other day, grabbed a few plants and hoped for the best. I slowly realized, I needed a certain soil, had too many plants in a container, didn't use enough soil, etc.

Do I need to let the pepper dry before taking the seeds out? Or can I consume the pepper while it's still fresh and ripe, and then let the seeds dry on the side?

By the way, this whole growing hobby started because ghost chilis are so hard to find but I love their flavor (that lasts micro seconds before the flames rush in). I keep chasing it.

As long as the pepper is ripe(ie. if it's supposed to be red it's red), you can cut the pepper open, scrape the seeds onto a paper towel, and enjoy the fresh pod. It's not anything mystical. Just make sure the seeds are dry before you store them. If they are still moist you could experience mold or other problems. I know for a fact this works. My wife bought some orange habaneros at the store at the end of March or early April. When she was cooking I asked her to save the seeds. A week or so later I planted them. Here is just one of the harvest I've taken from the 7 or 8 plants I now have.

Peppernovice:
Those are pretty pods. I grew an orange hab last year. Great producer and great fruit. I think everyone should grow a hab their first year. They are easy, productive and about as hot as any novice would want to experience. The plant I grew last year was from seed I harvested from a plant I grew the year prior. This year I am growing an Orange Bell Pepper plant from seed I took out of a store bought pepper last winter.
Bruce

I never knew they were so easy? I really should get a pack of orange habanero seeds next year.

Themastergardener: What I did for my habanero seeds this season is easier than sending away for seeds and cheaper. Go to a farmers market or grocery with a decent produce section. You pick a couple of habs that are really big and really ripe. Take the peppers home and pluck the seeds out of those.
Last fall I had a tremendously tasty organic habanero from a nearby farm that I know uses only organic practices so I knew the seeds would be right for me. The plant that I have from those seeds is doing really well and just started to set pods (I started the seeds in early April)

Here is a link that might be useful: PEPPERMEISTER! Hot Pepper Gardening, Recipes and Chile Info

Yup, you'd be surprised how much "kitchen waste" is actually valuable gardening stock.

All pepper seeds can be germinated to grow a new plant from. They hybrid sweet peppers will give you weird results, but hot peppers are rarely hybrids and should pretty much always grow out true for you.

If you like fresh pineapple, the leaves you twist off the top can actually be prepped and planted as a new pineapple plant. They already have roots and everything, you just peel off the bottom rows of leaves to uncover them and stick it in the ground.

I've even heard success stories of people buying those "tomatoes on a vine" where you get a half dozen tomatoes on the cut section of stem where they pulled the tomatoes off and actually got the stem to root and grow as a cutting.

Even better, you can buy a bag of most uncooked beans at the supermarket and sprout them. Most people just do it to have fresh salad sprouts, but they'll grow into a whole new plant like anything else. I did that this year with some lentils (which the rabbits apparently loved -_-).

Onions, garlic, you could start a whole vegetable garden just with the scraps from last night's dinner.

Edy, I'm a special education teacher. This year I did a recycled garden project with my class. My students and I sorted out an entire bag of Goya 15 bean soup mix, We planted dozens of them and we had a bean forest in our windowsill in the spring. We even harvest a bean from those plants that we got to germinate before the last day of school. Circle of life!

Wow, not that's off topic. We're talking about cultivating who knows what and Reemas' habs are poppin off like crazy.

Reemas, based on those pics, you should have a butt load of habaneros in the early fall. Way more pods than my orange hab. If I'm lucky I'll be able to make little orange Jack-o-lanterns from mine by halloween.

Here is a link that might be useful: PEPPERMEISTER! Hot Pepper Gardening, Recipes and Chile Info

nice website peppermeister. your chili garden is impressive! i've been reading more lately and have found that red habaneros might be fun to grow (i love the habanero flavor and heat). i've only eaten orange ones, so i'm curious to get my hands on a red one soon.

i'm attaching a pic of my small ghost chili that just busted through the flower about 5 days ago. this chili (and it's lack of availability) is the reason why got involved in this whole gardening business. it's really fun, and while this website has a dated look and feel to it's forums, i couldn't find better advice if i paid for it.

My "habanero" plants are producing pods that look more like your ghost chilis, but one is turning orange. I'm so confused as to what I actually have haha.

1st year growing scotch bonnets. Still no orange yet :(

Habanero, Scotch bonnets, and ghost peppers are the same thing. 1 is spanish, 2nd is traditional , 3rd is a hype

I beg to differ. They are not all the same thing.

Hype is one of the primary characteristics of all hot pepper advertisements.

Ghost peppers are much spicier than Habs/Bonnets. I'm very careful when I cook with them. Bonnets look better than habs and taste better. Habs smell very minty/chemical. Habs smell sweeter. I have a seed grown Chocolate Scotch Bonnet and every time I slice 1 open, I smell it and love it... unlike the store bought habs.

Supposed to be a ghost pepper plant these grew in first super hot next the ghost pepper started coming in Orange