Aloha, I have been receiving some emails regarding pests eating your young Bhut Jolokia transplants. Yes they are young and tender and many a pest likes to dine on the young stems. What you must do is to protect the stems with a drinking straw. Cut a one inch long piece and put a slit in the side all the way down. Now you will be able to open up the straw at the slit and put it around the stem of the Bhut. It’s OK to have part of the straw in the dirt. This now makes it impossible for a cutworm or the like to eat the young, tender stem.
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Thanks for sharing
Comment by Chilli-Alex — April 21, 2010 @ 12:40 am
Aloha Jamie,
Just got my first pack of Bhut Jolokia seeds and can hardly wait to get started.. Regarding the several transplantings.. What is your experience using those peat based starter pots? I have a bunch and was curious if they are useful for this or if you risk root binding. Iʻve used those with uhiʻuhi tree seedlings with great success and those are notorious for tangled roots.
I discovered that Iʻm not sure what an optimum long term environ might be here.. Weʻre on the Big Island at about 1500ʻ. Nice sunny southern exposure to the house but we average an air temp of about 75-80F during the day. My two year old Hawaiian chilis on the shadier side of the house are about 5 feet high and always bearing so theyʻre happy there. Since I just got the seeds, it will be a while. Iʻve also been nagged to build a greenhouse anyway..
A hui hou…
Comment by Greg Garriss — May 28, 2010 @ 5:20 pm
Aloha,
Soak the seeds overnight in water. Plant in full sun. The Bhuts like 80-90 degrees and plenty of deep watering every 2-3 days (slow, drip to 16″ deep).
I have had good luck with the peat pellets.
Good luck,
Jamie
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