![]() Getting Started, Hot Pepper Seed Sourcing Tips Just how much? Boutique inferno peppers can fetch up to $25 USD for 4 ounces, plus shipping. Besides our goal of satisfying even the most ravenous ChiliHead for how-to hot pepper cultivation information, we’ll share some numbers and results from trial marketing efforts–it seems these homegrown hydroponic devils are in high demand, with plenty of people willing to pay shipping and handling for quality packs of fiery peppers delivered to their door. Homemade fermented Scorpion pepper sauce–this will blow minds!Īll in all, growing hydroponic hot peppers proved to be a really fun experience. ![]() This being our first attempt with growing hydroponic hot peppers, we think we could do about +40% better next season. We’ll discuss from seed to sauce how we yielded over 16 pounds of primo hydroponic grown hot peppers from a modest lineal area of only five feet by ten feet with only six (6) plants. Sounds a little hard to believe? Follow our journey from this growing season of 2021 in our hydroponic greenhouse, one of the hottest on record in our part of the world (Canadian Pacific Northwest). In highly aerated RDWC or DWC hydroponic systems the same plant genetics can reach nine feet tall and around, in the same growing environment and time frame. Here’s a quick real world example: in conventional soil gardens, even in very favorable growing climates, super hot chilies like Carolina Reapers typically only get to a few feet tall. Growing hot peppers (capsicum) like Bhut Jolokia aka Ghost Peppers, Carolina Reaper and Trinidadian Scorpion with water culture systems like DWC (deep water culture) or RWC (recirculating water culture) can improve growth rates, yield potential, fruit size, shelf life and possibly even heat units (Scoville Heat Units). Growing hydroponic hot peppers is fun and can be very rewarding. Growing Hydroponic Hot Peppers Cultivating Chilies for Fun & Profit with Water Culture Part One | Part TWO |
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