Hottoddy 2015 - 2016

This is my first full year growing in the Boise area. Last season turned out mediocre at best. Hopefully, I learned my lessons about the weather and soil differences and make the correct adjustments.
 
Here's the first 4 trays to germinate (72 plants). These are under a 4 bulb T5s. I've got another tray under the desk, and another 72+ in the germination station starting to sprout.
 

 
Closer shot of some of the early performers. While the T5s run much hotter, the plants seem to be growing out (sideways) better.
 

 
I'm also working part-time with a small, organic farm this year (5 acres). They supply produce to Boise restaurants, and even a local sauce maker. I will be in charge of the peppers. They are already growing about 5 varieties, but I hope to add another 100 plants. My hope is to buy some farming land in the future, and this will be an education!
 
Check out my profile for the 2015 grow list ... and feel free to give me a bump!

 

[Trident chilli]

Thanks for the update. That red SB x NM pod looks great! I'm getting both orange and red phenotypes on both that cross and the Fatalii x TSMB.

Todd really looking forward to a picture of your SB x NM varieties if you have a moment ...

 

[hottoddy]

Here's me playing with fire a few weeks back. This was kinda an ambush video. It sure beats hand cutting holes! This method allows for 200 peppers on a 100ft x 3ft no-till row.
 
https://youtu.be/WaREOqHXfsg

 

[Trident chilli]

Isn't that cheating .... what ever happened to the therapeutic use of a knife and a template .... haha .... great idea and holes in seconds

 

[hottoddy]

Here's a few of my red F2s. Sorry about the bad light, I took the picture inside last night.
 

 
 

 

[hottoddy]

Some of my farm peppers at farmers market.  Pictured are Biscayne (light green) - a type of Cubanelle, Islander (purple), Tiburon (dark green) - a type of Poblano. I know these varieties aren't hot, but most regular folks buy them like crazy. We will be selling Aleppo and Ghosts soon as well.
 

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Very nice looking pods!

 

[hottoddy]

Here's one of my Maui Purples. The peppers stay purple for a while before turning red. I keep these out front because they're so purdy!
 

 
Here's PDN x 7 Pot Douglah starting to show color. These ripen into a nice burgundy color.
 

 
One of my favorites from last year - Bhut Orange Copenhagen. Great producer, hot but tasty.
 

 
7 Pot Brown Long - hoping for the correct coloration. Another plant reverted to red.
 

 

[hottoddy]

I spaced out the plants since they no longer need to crowd under the sunshade. This will let them stretch out a bit more over the next few months, and better isolation for seed harvesting.
 

 
Part two on the patio block.
 

 
Some of the plants along the side of house (a good place for non-chinenses).
 

 
Pods! Lots of plants are starting to look like this ...       !!
 

 
Some beefy MOA Scotch Bonnets - gotta love'em!
 

 

[hottoddy]

I have two Maui Purples in front of my house. I picked the ripe ones today.
 

 
Ready for the dehydrator!
 

 

[hottoddy]

Peppers (tomatoes too) I planted at the farm. We've been picking them heavily but lots more are coming.
 

 
Ghosts (left) and Aleppos (right) in pots.
 

 
Ghost pots. Should finally be able to start picking these next week.
 

 

[hottoddy]

Unbelievably, the season here is still chugging along. We are way above average for daytime temps (80 today), and nights are only getting down into the 40s.
 
Here are some recent pictures. The first is a nice big pod of my Fatalii x TSMB F3 taken today.

 
Maldivian Heart x Purple Bhut (from Chris Phillips)

 
An interesting Bhut Orange Copenhagen.

 
Yellow Ghosts!

 
I hope to get a few more weeks before culling the herd and putting a select few into the greenhouse.

 

[dragonsfire]

Very nice handfull, nice sizes

 

[hottoddy]

Looks like frost might be coming in about a week.  I'm busy try to clone and organizing a few "garage finishers." Time to break out the space heater for the little greenhouse! 
 

 
Here is another picture of part of the little farm I help manage. This was taken from atop a new high tunnel.
 

 
Lastly, the CGN21500 x 7 Pot Barrackpores are coming on strong. Chris Phillips did this cross. Love these buggers! They're like little cherry apples, with thick flesh and nice medium heat.
 

 

[hottoddy]

Sadly, this is the last decent haul of 2015. It includes many green Aji Amarillos - which take forever to ripen - and most the remaining peppers in the greenhouse. With the weather now in the 20s most nights, the greenhouse won't hold out much longer. We pulled up the final peppers at the farm last week. I've decided not to overwinter very many this year, as many didn't do as well as the new starts this year. I do have 13 clones to play with. We'll see how they do. On to 2016!
 

 

[Lovepeppers]

Very nice Todd!
I love your playground.

 

[hottoddy]

This is the first 2016 post in this merged thread. Here are some of the baby plants a few weeks ago moving into the greenhouse.
 

 
 
This is the farm I where most of my plants will go this year again. Below are early season salad rows - soon to be tomato and pepper. This small farm sells about $1K/month in salad stuff!
 

 
Here's an area I'm prepping for superhots. I grew some here last year and they did well. Drip irrigation and partial shade helps. Official last frost is May 20th, but I may jump the gun this year - it's been warm.
 

 
... and baby goats! Everyone loves baby goats. These are about 1 month old now.
 

 
I wish everyone a good growing season!

 

[pepperguy1]

 Nice looking goats.

 

[dragonsfire]

Nice Goats, do you milk them ?

 

[Trident chilli]

All the very best for this season Todd hell of a growing area and a herd of mobile fertilisers to help

 

[az1000]

Nice baby goats. What breed are they?