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by The Botanist
The Carolina Reaper is the most famous super hot pepper on the planet. The RB003 might be hotter. If you're trying to decide which one to grow this...
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by Atomic Pepper Seeds
Welcome back to Grow Diaries. This is only the second one of these, and it has already left the country.
On 9 August 2025 I ran a seed giveaway, a...
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by The Botanist
By The Botanist at Atomic Pepper Seeds. We grow every variety in isolation on our farm in Polk, Nebraska. Updated August 2026.
Pick a pepper ...
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by The Botanist
By The Botanist at Atomic Pepper Seeds. We grow every variety in isolation on our farm in Polk, Nebraska. Updated August 2026.
Choose pepper ...
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by The Botanist
Here is the short version: you cannot reliably identify a pepper variety by looking at it. Not the plant, and not the pod. Pod shape, size, color, ...
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by The Botanist
By The Botanist at Atomic Pepper Seeds. We grow every variety in isolation on our farm in Polk, Nebraska. Updated July 2026.
Growing a great pe...
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by The Botanist
The Botanist, Atomic Pepper Seeds
Two peppers can carry the exact same Scoville rating and feel nothing alike. One hits fast and fades, an...
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by The Botanist
Yes, you can keep your pepper plants alive through winter. All domesticated peppers (Capsicum) are perennials, short-lived evergreen shrubs in thei...
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by The Botanist
Almost every pepper problem traces back to one of five things: watering swings, heat or cold stress, a nutrient issue, a pest...
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by The Botanist
You got the seeds up. Now the tricky part begins. The seedling stage is where most pepper losses happen, and it is also where a little diagnosi...
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by The Botanist
Peppers are tough plants, but a handful of pests show up on them again and again. The good news: almost every one of them can be managed, and mos...
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by The Botanist
To clone a pepper plant, cut a healthy shoot 4 to 6 inches long just below a node, from a disease-free mother. Remove the lower leaves and any flow...
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