I grew purple ghost from seed outside. One round of fruit. Can I now bring inside and grow/fruit again under grow lights? Is there a guide to this anywhere? I live in Coastal NC. Thanks!
Yes, they grow just fine under lighting. You will want at least 100 watts per plant, and you really want horticultural grade lighting.
Unless you are willing to spend quite a bit of money on LED, these should not be looked at. The high end ones are the best lights on the market, but the cheap panels should be avoided at all costs, as it is a complete waste of money.
Th best option that centers in compromise will be a ceramic metal halide fixture. They come in 315 watts and 630 watts (this is simply 2 315 watt bulbs) the smaller fixture will light a 4x4 area.
With the proper lighting you can treat them as you did outdoors, feeding occasionally.
On a side note, I have a pepper plant that is currently 3 years old under lighting, and several before that that have matched the length. They just get too unruly after several years.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-hot-pepper-plants-inside.htm
Thought I would send update on current status of plants I was having problems with earlier in summer. Didn’t know how to find my old posts to add pictures, so sending them here. They are looking healthy and plenty of leaves. They have slowed down production, but it has been extremely hot here. Moved them under roof with open sides. Still get plenty of sun. Continuing with same program that brought them back to life. Added spraying a water mixture of magnesium about every 10 days. A few blooms coming back. When they are ready, they will produce again. If there is anything else someone thinks I should do, always ready to listen. Still applying CalMeg as directed.
Other than, general, chili care... Nothing more is necessary, unless you plan on bringing them in and under lighting for the winter.
I'm glad to see that they are still thriving!
Just make sure that you are letting them dry out a bit between each watering to avoid issues. They are well equipped to deal with the heat.
This article will refresh you on general chili care: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-chili-pepper-plants.htm
I had a beautiful 4'x 4'x 3' tall plant. I checked peppers for heat as they grew green-orange-red . I got close to a hundred peppers from one plant. Not one had any heat at all -- my other varieties did well too, and normal heat for its kind. I have 2 year old raised beds. My tomatoes were 8 ft ? First time for ghost. Help
Were you able to provide the high humidity and sustained warm temperatures as required?
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-ghost-chili-peppers.htm
Here are more tips to get hot peppers:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/chili-peppers-not-hot.htm
these fruits are also really dry and kind of hollow. their "heat" is intact.
This appears to be a bacterial or fungal infection.
There will, likely, be some issues with the leaves as well. A fungicide will be necessary to clear up the disease. The fruit will still be edible, but will be unsightly.
Make sure the soil gets a chance to dry out very thoroughly, down to about 4 inches between watering. These plants are quite drought tolerant, but will not tolerate wet soils. Underwatering will be much preferred to overwatering.
Here are some articles that will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/using-fungicides-in-garden.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-ghost-chili-peppers.htm
My Jolokias are in a very compact clay like soil location. This was my first garden and they are also too close together. Its neighboring plants are Zucchini and cucumbers which i am having a problem with the ever evil cucumber beetles and some powdery mildew. I dont want my peppers to go down in flames (haha) with the squash! What to do? P.s the white powder in the photo is diatomaceous earth for pest control.
They will survive, OK, in that close of proximity. Since they are in the process of bearing fruit, I would not move them. If you want to wait until after a harvest, then this could be appropriate.
Keeping them in containers, and under lighting, is a good way to keep one or a few alive during that time. Even in container, they will get quite big and overproduce, so you may only want to keep one. They can be treated as Perennial in container, and in fact, can resemble a small tree after a few years.
Between fruit sets, dig one up a good foot out from the stalk, shake off extra soil, trim excess roots if necessary, and place it into a container with plenty of soil below and above the root ball, and water in. It will grow in container quite well.
Here are some articles that will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-ghost-chili-peppers.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-peppers-container.htm
o know what they are/mixed with? The one has peppers turning purple. Normal purple jolokia plants have purple stems and flowers...mine dont. And they are becoming odd shaped and have like a lipped/tail bottom. The one next to it, has yellow/ very light peppers with little marks of purple. Different from all the others still with ghost pepper resemblence. The next has been giving me all orange peppers but now are producing tailed bottoms as well. The one next to it has normal ghosts which have been all orange as well. The other two have just been normal super spicy red jolokias. Help identify? Ive looked all over the web trying to get questions answered. Ive found similiar images to resemble mine but no answers.
Because there is so much genetic variation among peppers, you should expect to see differences in appearance. It all does appear to be normal variation. Some more intense coloring can be achieved with environmental stresses, like a cool snap in the weather.
Sometimes pruning stress can bring about changes in appearance.
Most likely, these are from a previous crop that was allowed to open pollinate with something nearby. In this case, you can see quite a bit of variation among the fruit sets.
Be sure that the soil has plenty of phosphorus and potassium to keep them producing their best.
Here is an article to help you grow these peppers:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-ghost-chili-peppers.htm
We've had problems with white flies this year, but this is different.
Most likely, a ladybug or Asian lady beetle larva. This is, actually, beneficial.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/beneficial-insects.htm