Amir's 2014 rookie year

Sm1nts2escape · Jun 27, 2014

HolyP said:
I'm not sure which this is, but i had a go at it today. nice flavor with a little heat. this will probably be great for pickling

Cho

Chocolate Hab, first to pod nicely. All 6 plants are showing nice fruit.

The first pic looks like a white 7 pot and your chocolate hab is very translucent/light/peachy colored. It looks nothing like mine. My chocolate hab/brown congo has very dark green colored pods. Your plants look very nice and healthy.

Swartmamba · Jun 27, 2014

Looks like a hot wax variety, def no 7 pod

Maybe santa fe grande?

randyp · Jun 27, 2014

HolyP said:
Wow looking at the other Glogs it looks like I'm about a month behind everyone.
A bit green with all the ripe pods out there....
Over here I am getting ready for the next move.
Neighbor has agreed to lend me his "Hoop house", so i now have a place to host my peppers.

Ground is crap, and it's a loan so i'll do it all in containers.
I've already recieved my potting mix

The wooden crates on the left should give a proportion of the size... if i got the conversions right, that is 160 cubic feet of mix.
I chose (with the assistance of the guy at the company doing the mixes) a peat moss lava rock mix.
It's meant to be good, a bit heavy but that is not a factor for me. Easy on the roots and great in water retention.

Looks and feels nice

I should be getting my pots early next week, I ordered 150 4 gallons pots, and 50 5 gallon pots. It's going to be a lot of fun filling them up.
Peppers are definitly ready.
I've had this little fetish to do a top shot of nice healthy peppers since i've started. Next on the list is a ripening pod, to be followed by a massive harvest shot. knock on wood

Figured i'd also do a few of the plants surrounding the peppers in the nursery.

Got to love verbenas. nice flower, strong plant.

But the plant i chose to focus on is New Guinea Impatiens, under rated in my opinion.

Till next time, thanks for dropping by

This pic reminded me of the month before Mothers Day over here.All the hanging baskets and plants that had to be moved so they could get to the big box stores and other places to sell them.Moms day made or broke the year,cold weather always put the breaks on people buying plants for the yard.

maximumcapsicum · Jun 27, 2014

Interesting grow Amir! Glad I checked it out. Will be following along. You have some great resources at your disposal.

Happy growin!

pvpaul7 · Jun 27, 2014

That top pic looks just like my Santa Fe grande. Tastes very mild too

HolyP · Jul 1, 2014

Swartmamba said:
Looks like a hot wax variety, def no 7 pod

Maybe santa fe grande?

I think you've hit it. I remembered I started a few Santa Fe Grande and had problems labeling the sweet and mild peppers (problem = i got lazy)
Thanks for the ID

randyp said:
This pic reminded me of the month before Mothers Day over here.All the hanging baskets and plants that had to be moved so they could get to the big box stores and other places to sell them.Moms day made or broke the year,cold weather always put the breaks on people buying plants for the yard.

Fortunatly the business here does not rely on a Single day, but it is as seasonal as can be, and the weather in combination with the holiday season timing will determine if it's a good year or not. Having said that, the price of cyclamens will drop by almost 30% if there is no rain in December

pvpaul7 said:
That top pic looks just like my Santa Fe grande. Tastes very mild too

I slowly get the feeling i am in way over my head with the heat that i am growing.
to me the pepper has heat, not mild but heat. definitly more heat then the Thai which is ranked way hotter.

HolyP · Jul 1, 2014

maximumcapsicum said:
Interesting grow Amir! Glad I checked it out. Will be following along. You have some great resources at your disposal.

Happy growin!

Thanks, I am happy to have visitors.
A bit of stating the obvious, but having your grow in a professional nursery makes things alot easier.
I did a bit of a scan through my pictures and i have shots of them growing ornamental peppers from 2012, and they have been doing it for a few years then.
I thought i'd share a few images

maximumcapsicum · Jul 1, 2014

Wow those are some stunning pictures Amir!

HolyP · Jul 2, 2014

While watering today i realized i have enought for my first pod porn collection.

First an overall shot, it's been a week since the plants recieved nutes for the first time and there is already a significant a;mount of new growth. I gave them nutes again today and will probably settle on a weekly every 10 day routine.

A bit of color on this one , but no heat... it was labeled bishop's crown but it is definitly not.

This is a bishop's crown

This thai is packed with little tasty hot pods

This fatalii has the most pods by far, all the others have only one or two so far

But this Fatalii is by far the biggest (or it's anothe mislabeling)

Nice looking brain

This doesn't look like a reaper, but it sure looks nasty

Cool, a stinger

randyp · Jul 2, 2014

They all look great.A controlled grow like yours is hard to beat.But like us outdoor growers,you still have to stay on top of them.

Islander · Jul 2, 2014

Runescape · Jul 3, 2014

Those ornamental plants are fuckin neat...

dani8538 · Jul 3, 2014

Rookie?

Rocket!!

captainpepper · Jul 3, 2014

זה לא מנומס להוציא ככה לאנשים את העיניים! :rofl:

super pepper · Jul 7, 2014

איך אפשר לתאם אצלך איזה ביקורון ?

HolyP · Jul 20, 2014

Time for an update.
Unlike current events, the peppers are quietly moving along. I had to space them out to give them more room, and myself easier access.
An overall shot

My annums are showing color

This Thai is great

Jalapeno is corking

Bishop's crown looking nice

Random pod shot

Foodorama scotch bonnet

A true form reaper

Looking at othr GLOGs, i see some of your showing tens of pods, for me it 5-10 mostly.
This is a typical output on my plants at the moment (I'm fine with it...)

And to wrap it, JAFSH starting to show color

I accidently knocked off a reaper pod while watering. couldn't resist trying a tiny bit from the tip.
wasn't too hot so i felt braver and took a bigger bit (maybe a dime size), made my entire mouth heat up. felt great.
had a burning for a good ten minutes, could really feel the heat in my stomach.

Can't wait to taste a ripe one, though i don't see putting an entire pod in the mouth.
I can deal with the heat in the mouth, i fear what it will do to my stomach.

John1234 · Jul 23, 2014

Like drinking, make sure you're stomach has something in it beforehand. Otherwise you'll learn the joy of cap-cramps

Looooookin' good otherwise

HolyP · Jul 27, 2014

miguelovic said:
Like drinking, make sure you're stomach has something in it beforehand. Otherwise you'll learn the joy of cap-cramps

Looooookin' good otherwise

Thanks, will keep in mind next time.

My cousin was on a few hour leave from reserve duty down south.
Makes me proud that my first harvest will go to our troops, and will hopefully keep them alert and safe.

Also had pulled some tomatoes, i did a reservoir change with a peroxide flush. That together with neep oil spray seems to have had a very good effect on my plants and most are showing signs of renewal and regeneration.

randyp · Jul 27, 2014

Looks good Amir,you are going to have buckets of pods very soon.

HolyP · Aug 3, 2014

I had my first nice harvest

Also picked my sweets

And with a size reference

[SIZE=10.5pt]I have given a few, and sent the California wonder to my mother in law for stuffing.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]The rest I have laid on a cloths hanger to dry and will grind to a powder.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=10.5pt]It was time to finally try one, the first one selected was the Foodorama scotch bonnet.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=10.5pt]Pan fry with some Olive oil and garlic slices[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=10.5pt]Add some home made tomato sauce from my home grown tomatoes.[/SIZE]
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Crack in a few eggs, and cook (partially covered) till eggs are ready but still runny

Serve with plenty of bread

The dish is called Shakshouka, and it is great for breakfast or a light dinner.
It was hot, but not mouth burning. next time i'll try it with a hotter pepper.