HBJ 2018

Should have more time for gardening this year as I am not working for the company, but self employed finally.  
 
Wanted to hit 100 varieties this season but came up short with just 76.  Not sure if they will all germ anyways.  Got many more varieties from the trains I rode and from ones I grew in the past, but they didn't really speak to me when I took the extra time to dig into them.
 
Pepper Plant List
 
HOT
 
Manzano
 
Sugar Rush Cream
Inca Red Drop
Aji Meloncoton
Aji Golden
Aji Habanero
Aji Mango
Aji Jobito - Very Mild
Aji Pineapple
Aji Norteno
Aji Fantasy
Aji Finlandia
Aji Cachucha
Bishop's Hat
Sandia
Lemon Drop
 
Temon
Tepin
Cascabella
Cumari
Thai
Fresno
Fish Pepper
 
Paper Lantern
Yellow Habanero
White Bullet Habanero
Mustard Habanero
Orange Blob Habanero
Peach Habanero
Pumpkin Habanero
MoA Yellow
MoA Red
CGN21500
Jamaican Yellow Mushroom
Jamaican Red Mushroom
 
Reaper
Yellow Reaper
Chocolate Reaper
Peach Bhut
Peach Ghost Scorpion
TS Yellow Cardi
TS Peach
TS Yellow Cherry
TS Yellow
TS Caramel
Fatalii
Fatalii Jigsaw
7 Pot Pink
7 Pot Burgandy
Peach Wasp
Star of Turkey
 
Jalapeno Goliath
Chenzo
Cajun Belle
Big Bomb
Biggie Chile 
Budapest
Hungarian Hot
Giant Jalapeno
Serrano
Super Chili
HBJ
Monkey Face Yellow
 
Pink Tiger
Orange Tiger
 
 
SWEET
 
Cherry Pepper
Sweet Banana
Gypsy
Jimmy Nardello
Lipstick
Melrose
Pimento L
Pimento Elite
Patio Red
Dulce Rojo
Golden Treasure

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

If you use older used ties the creosote would be leached out by now.  And I believe they've gone green on that process since some time in the 80s.

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

This was suppose to be a yellow mushroom pepper.  Doesn't look right to me at all.  Grew em before and they came true.  I think this is from a packet I purchased too.  Knew it was off since the leaves look nothing like the leaves on the red mushroom.  It has a pretty good kick to it.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Nebraska tomato review:
 
Very juicy, yet meaty at the same time.  Quite tart for a yellow tomato.  It is looking like a keeper to grow next season.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Looks like my Fresno is throwing a chocolate strain.  Not sure if it will stay this color or not, but I will have to save seeds from this pod.  They grow bigger than a jalapeno, and once ripe, can be hotter.  Make a great stuffer.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Aji Cachucha pepper. Sweet, but has a little mild heat to it. Less than a bishops hat. I was expecting a Capsicum baccatum taste, but these are Capsicum chinense.
Saving the seeds...
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Quite juicy too.  Skins not quite like a Nardello, but close.
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

My Aji Mango didn't grow true.  Mild fruity aroma and a massive tongue burn.  Hotter than my yellow scorpions.
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

7 Pot pink.  Only 7 pot that I've liked in the past has been the burgandy, and I love that one.  Thought I'd give the pink a try.  First one I cut smelled green.  Second one a light fruity smell.  The weather here has been the driest I have ever seen.  It is not good on anything.
 
Will taste test a little later tonight.  After this morning, the Tidy Bowl might quit if I hit him again tomorrow morning.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Nowhere near as hot as the Aji Mango cross

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Orange Tiger
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

[Walchit]

Been super dry here too. We just finally had a couple decent rains

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Gotta love farm auctions.  Picked these up for 25 bucks and got them all working within an hour.
 
 

 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Also picked up 100 or so tomato cages.  They work great for peppers.

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Aji Melocoton.  Has the typical baccatum taste, which I don't enjoy, but it isn't as noticeable in these pods.  Didn't really get a flavor other than to say mellow.  Thin skinned, but that could be with the year I am having here too.
 
Tongue and lip burn that doesn't get too hot and peaks pretty fast.  If it had better flavor it would be a great garden muncher.
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Round two of picking jalapenos.  Got 64 and some nice big stuffers in the bunch.  They are producing well this year.  I need to make some pico de gallo.
 
 

 
 
 

 

[juanitos]

those are some thicc jals

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

I am totally digging the sugar rush cream peppers.  I think they will replace my cajun bell peppers for salads.  Nice crisp peppers.

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Jeff, glad to see you are doing well with your peppers.
You have some interesting varieties growing, for sure.
 
If you are interested in growing some of Trippa's PdN x BMJ
cross, give me a shout out, and I'll send you some of the F7
generation seeds.