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Old October 21, 2016   #289
Cole_Robbie
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Frost tonight, so I chopped down the last of my pepper plants. I picked 4/5 of a 5-gallon bucket of Habs off two plants, and 3/5 of a bucket off 3 Crunch Sweet Orange plants. Georgia Flame and Golden Treasures had a good yield earlier in the season, but were done producing by this point.

Someone on here pointed out to me that my garden plants are not the real White Bullet Habanero, because it does not turn red when ripening. Upon reflection, that is absolutely correct. My seeds I got from a non-tville swap are apparently crossed. I had one plant in a container that was the real White Bullet, and I didn't care for it. The peppers were tiny.

So I have White Bullet x something red. The closest example I can find in searching pics is someone's White Bullet x Ghost cross. I guess there's no way to know if I am at F1, F2, etc? I had three plants total; two were the cross. I am hoping the cross version is dominant, because I like it so much better.

Pics from today:
This is one plant's root ball. It had a single stem when I planted it: http://i.imgur.com/Fm3buVK.jpg

A typical loaded branch: http://i.imgur.com/5jn0rFS.jpg

4 Gallons of Habs: http://i.imgur.com/6nQNafL.jpg

Close up: http://i.imgur.com/MzZIsie.jpg

It was the biggest pepper plant I have ever grown, the size of a small tree. And that's with no fertilizer at all, no spray of any kind, and no watering for the past three months.
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