CMPMAN1974 - 2012 Grow Log - Started 2/26/12

Justaguy · Oct 14, 2012

Chinense?

JoynersHotPeppers · Oct 14, 2012

My Chiltepin Amarillo's, 2 of the 3 are over 6 foot.

cmpman1974 · Oct 15, 2012

Seeds were sown 3/1/12 - not old at all.

First year plant.

Dot Com said:
6 foot pequin? Very nice. How old is it?

The Pequin in an annuum.

Justaguy said:
Chinense?

I have grown that variety in the past. It's a great one! Mine never got that big. I wish they did!

JoynersHotPeppers said:
My Chiltepin Amarillo's, 2 of the 3 are over 6 foot.

SocalChilehead · Oct 17, 2012

That Not Black Super Hot exterior looks amazing how was the flavor and heat

PaulG · Oct 17, 2012

Chris, your glog is a rogue's gallery of fire! It took me half the basketball
game to get here from page 15 tonight. Almost too overwhelming!

"Is it just me or can you see a face in the pod picture of the Nebru variety - the pod on the right?"
Sure, I can see the face clearly. Can you see Dick Cheney in the pod on the left? :high:

Thanks for sharing your outstanding grow with us this year, Chris.
Looking forward to see what you come up with for 2013.

cmpman1974 · Oct 21, 2012

Wow, these take forever to ripen. lol. My first ripe pod off 1 of my 3 plants I had to bring indoors! Hey, it's ripe though, right?

Chris

Justaguy · Oct 22, 2012

Nice, I have ~~baseballs~~ manzanos I am still waiting on to ripen.

wildseed57 · Oct 25, 2012

Nasty weather on the way , looks like what warm weather we had is defiantly over, I will be drying my last few peppers and cutting my four plants I plan to overwinter back. I'll keep them under lights till spring, I hope that they will do better the second year.

Paul G. we keep telling Chris that he needs to compile a few coffee table books for us fans to buy, I bet they would sell out fast when it comes to peppers and the best way to grow then from seed to final pod filled plant, Chris has the jump on most. Bet He could correspond with a couple of his seed buddies to add a few pics of their own. I can see a best seller in the making, at least with us chili Heads.

wildseed57 · Nov 8, 2012

Hey Chris how has the weather been up your way? Its just been mildly cold, so today I spent most of it pulling dried out Bean and tomato vines and burning them, I'm trying to get the garden ready for next season so I won't have to work on it when i need to be taking care of my seedlings. I'll need to lay my hands on about twenty to forty 5 gallon buckets along with 500 to a 1,000 pounds of top soil and compost, and thats just the tip of the iceberg.

cmpman1974 · Nov 10, 2012

Season is long over, but yesterday I harvested my favorite plant - the giant tree Pequin from Mexico! Quite a haul of peppers. What I show here was ,maybe 1/3rd of what I pulled. The plant has now been cut back. I hope I successfully overwinter it. I can't imagine what it would do 2nd year! The pods are nice, very thick walled, and good heat.

Chris

George, the weather has been very cold most days, but this weekend it is perking up a bit (mid 60s). On average, low 50s and down as much as mid 30s a few days. Gardening outdoors is definitely no more this year.

Good luck finding the compost / top soil you need. Transporting that is quite a job!

Chris

wildseed57 said:
Hey Chris how has the weather been up your way? Its just been mildly cold, so today I spent most of it pulling dried out Bean and tomato vines and burning them, I'm trying to get the garden ready for next season so I won't have to work on it when i need to be taking care of my seedlings. I'll need to lay my hands on about twenty to forty 5 gallon buckets along with 500 to a 1,000 pounds of top soil and compost, and thats just the tip of the iceberg.

PaulG · Nov 10, 2012

wildseed57 said:
Paul G. we keep telling Chris that he needs to compile a few coffee table books for us fans to buy, I bet they would sell out fast when it comes to peppers and the best way to grow then from seed to final pod filled plant, Chris has the jump on most. Bet He could correspond with a couple of his seed buddies to add a few pics of their own. I can see a best seller in the making, at least with us chili Heads.

I think that's a great suggestion! You go, Chris!

Portuge · Nov 10, 2012

Those look like they pack a bunch... Nice little harvest for having it indoors...

Justaguy · Nov 12, 2012

Another add-on...."The Pubes", though I still think the The Chinense edition will be the best seller.

wildseed57 · Nov 14, 2012

Yeah I think so too, first edition "Chinense not fron China" and the second could cover "Pubs,Baccatums and Annuums" and the third could be Called "Frutescens and other wild delights" and to round it off "Mutants I have known" I better get my order in now,maybe I can get a signed edition.
Really though I was looking at some C.chinense and trying to figure where I could put them, as for the top soil and compost I will bribe a dairyman I know, He runs a Organic Dairy and tomato farm. I think I can get a 1/2 ton of each for $40.00 and a case of Beer. I can drop the front fence so he can back up to the garden and just dump it. That would save me a lot of back breaking work.
I have been thinking about getting some T12s and new ballast but they are not cheap I'd like to get some of the fancy LEDs but can't afford them. Oh well I can dream about it, and there is always next year hopefully.

wildseed57 · Nov 20, 2012

Hi again Chris, I was looking at your list of peppers that your grew wow, so many tepins and C. chinense. Did you happen to grow a C. chinense called Goronong from Malaysia? I know it was not on your list, but was wondering if you had grown it before and how the plants did and what the pods were like?

jedisushi06 · Jul 9, 2014

cmpman1974 said:
Season is long over, but yesterday I harvested my favorite plant - the giant tree Pequin from Mexico! Quite a haul of peppers. What I show here was ,maybe 1/3rd of what I pulled. The plant has now been cut back. I hope I successfully overwinter it. I can't imagine what it would do 2nd year! The pods are nice, very thick walled, and good heat.

Chris

George, the weather has been very cold most days, but this weekend it is perking up a bit (mid 60s). On average, low 50s and down as much as mid 30s a few days. Gardening outdoors is definitely no more this year.

Good luck finding the compost / top soil you need. Transporting that is quite a job!

Chris

I love the color of these pods!