Wow, 1,700 peppers. Very impressive for three plants. Sound like winners to me. :)

Chris

And i thought i was doing good with around 500-600 on my 4 Bolivian Rainbow plants..lol

Good work..!!!

Arthur.

awesome, don't despair if they lose all their leaves and look pitiful, cause they will spring right back when it gets warm and sunny again and be fantastic plants

Call me "Doubting Thomas". I live in a State that is one of the major chile growing States in USA, (New Mexico). I do not believe that 3 chile plants can produce 1700 chile peppers. I have grown a semi-ornamental called "Florescent Purple". It is a small pepper and the plants produced perhaps 75-100 peppers per plant. That was the most "prolific" pepper that I have grown personally.
I can't off-hand "swallow" the premise that 3 plants produced 1700 peppers in one season. That is MORE than 500 per plant!
I grant you that there are many places in the USA that have a LOT BETTER SOIL than we have here in New Mexico.......
and I would not accuse anyone of fabricating such a pepper count.....I just think maybe there was a typographical error in the number of peppers produced by ONLY 3 plants!
IF it was not something like a typographical error..., I would suggest that the grower get in touch with the Agricultural Department at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I AM SURE THAT
THEY WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH THIS GROWER! (You never know, there may be $$$$$$ in it.)

As I have said, my opinion, until proven wrong: RUBBISH!

Honestly AND Best Regards,
Bruce (Junkmanme in New Mexico)

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Ok so my counting in the head was a little off.... but still over 1,000 picked alrready and you can see what is left! Aboot 1,150 were picked.... 550 off..... but I aint counting whats left on the plants yet

There were more picked and given to lawn care guys who always eyed the peppers each week. And one or two maybe three that were given to unsuspecting pepper liking friends "Hey here try this it's not too hot, kinda like a Jalapeno ;)"

I used 5 or 6 different potting soils. I bought different kinds 3 having Organic on the label and 3 not. Mixed the dirt up like a big dirt salad. Used it for my potted plants. Aboot in July or so I bought some phosphate pellets by recomendation of someone here for the dark stalks of my Hybrid. I figured a little can't hurt since there was more than enough there for all my plants. Also these seeds came from what I had hoped to be Habanero/Tabasco hybrids, they look like normal Tabascos.... They might hold some kind of hybrid gene, who knows. My Tabasco plants last year did next to nothing.

Looks lot a LOT of peppers to me regardless. I'm impressed! I wouldn't even want to count that far. lol.

Chris

i always find that putting the plants in a north facing window keeps them alive all winter. Am I alone?

There are more than 3 pots in the picture.
-Junkmanme-

Hey junkman 1700 is a humble count in my opinion..my 3 tabasco are over 8 feet tall now
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and I have have a couple more months of growing before frost hits,,,I have saved a bunch for seeds, fermented some and already have a two gallon freezer bag full
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Tabascos are awesome producers and taste great!juicy juicy!Mmm
-Kevin

Pardon me. I must make a correction to my first posting on this thread: (Brain-stall/memory slip) My most prolific pepper was NOT "Florescent Purple", it WAS "Thai Dragon".
Please excuse the honest mistake.
-Junkmanme-

Web of Hair,

Is that a bottle of Tabasco powder in the picture? I've never tried powdering Tabasco and was wondering how it would taste.

I do very much like Tabasco sauce.

Might need to try that next year.

Posted by junkmanme z5 N. NM, USA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 21, 06 at 4:07

There are more than 3 pots in the picture.
-Junkmanme-

The fourth pot is my hybrid. How the hell did you see that anyway?

Posted by bob_in_pc z8 FL (My Page) on Sat, Oct 21, 06 at 10:05

Web of Hair,
Is that a bottle of Tabasco powder in the picture? I've never tried powdering Tabasco and was wondering how it would taste.

I do very much like Tabasco sauce.

Might need to try that next year.

Tastes good but I need to mix it down with something like Garlic n some salt. As it is, the seasoning is tastey but very very hot. I used it once and put it on some chicken tenders, my whole face was red n sweating and it felt like I had a fever from hell! What I am making now smells just like Buffalo wing sauce. I mixed a ton of peppers, mixture of everything I grew, slow cooked in some vinigar, sugar, lemon juice, lime juice, salt and some water. I drained all the liquid and am now drying out the pepper mash that was left over. And canned the sauce.

However since I have soo many Tabascos left I'll prolly try n deseed a bunch and try for another powder.

Posted by wayright zone 7 Ga (My Page) on Sat, Oct 21, 06 at 4:37

Hey junkman 1700 is a humble count in my opinion..my 3 tabasco are over 8 feet tall now

8 FEET????? Holy crap! I think I might have to build a green house to wintrerize my plants next year. I have no idea how I'll bring 8 foot plants in my house if they get that big! Maybe a dolie (sp)

WEB of hair,

I don't know how the hell I saw that either, Ha-Ha!

Gotta get some new spectacles....these are so scratched-up that I've got to "tilt" them to see the computer screen!

Try that very prolific "Thai Dragon". It's small and very hot. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7.5.

Best Regards for another successful season next year.

By the way, some areas (like Florida) can overwinter peppers and then they can get BIG (like 8 feet). But, I've heard that they are not as prolific in subsequent years. (No personal experience at this, just 'hearsay')

-Junkmanme-

Well I know now I am really doing well.... My hybrid still wants to produce peppers! A real tiny one grew without me noticing it until today! It was hiding under some new foilage. And one of the abasco plats have the sprouting of some new foilage!

Junkman
By the way, some areas (like Florida) can overwinter peppers and then they can get BIG (like 8 feet).

Mine were sown directly into the garden from seed mid march...
I do use growth hormones ,but my tabascos were my tallest growers for years before I started .
--Kevin

web of hair I have the seeds saved from my tabasco/serrano or cayenne hybrid for our trade for your hybrid. Email is kjm20005ataol.com

suggestions if you still need them...
try some fertilizer. try hitting them once with a high nitrogen (veg fert) and them give them a few of bloom fert. alternating with water. if they have enough light to grow strong they will need more fert by now.

Michael

PK OK contact me via e-mail

also to the three PPL I haven't sent seeds to yet, no woory as I am sending them out on Monday. I have been extremely busy with my new store location.