PaulG 2017

PaulG · Oct 13, 2017

Mostly sunny and cool - 34˚F (1˚C )last night, 36˚F tonight and 39˚F Saturday night.
Then lows up into the 40's for 4 or 5 days, with high's in the 50's and 60's (10-15˚C).

Hoping for a bit of a harvest by Sunday or Monday, then that should about do it.
Some plants soldier on, like the Aji Amarillos, still flowering and setting pods!

Meantime, some powder making going on; lots of sneezing included

Scotch Bonnet MoA:

105 grams of power:

Aji Lemon Drop:

220 grams of powder:

Smoked Yellow Scorpions and BOC:

195 grams of powder:

Costeño Amarillo makes brilliant, mustard colored powder:

Smoked Padrons with Smoked Poblano - 152 grams of powder:

Smoked Mulato Isleño with Smoked Padrons:

qandeel · Oct 14, 2017

Looks like a lot of pepper processing work. Great stuff. Enjoyed your glog.

stickman · Oct 14, 2017

Boy, that's a lot of powder Paul! I'd declare your grow a success. will you use any of your Ancho powder to make a chili powder blend?

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Walchit · Oct 14, 2017

You got that powda!

Devv · Oct 14, 2017

Just a crazy amount of powder there!

Plenty to warm the cooler, and colder months

PaulG · Oct 14, 2017

Thanks for the visit, fellas!

qandeel said:
Looks like a lot of pepper processing work. Great stuff. Enjoyed your glog.

Thanks, qandeel. Its enough work that I am sort of glad
When its all over!

stickman said:
Boy, that's a lot of powder Paul! I'd declare your grow a success. will you use any of your Ancho powder to make a chili powder blend?
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Thats the plan, Rick - I might try to make some kind
of dry rub or something as well.

Walchit said:
You got that powda!

thanks, bud!

Devv said:
Just a crazy amount of powder there!

Plenty to warm the cooler, and colder months

Hey, Scott! Next step is blending them to make
some nice combinations.

Aji Amarillos getting some color on in the morning sun:

Some red-colored BOC and big Scorpions in my
next door neighbors grow:

stickman · Oct 15, 2017

The Saveur website has a good recipe for a rub using Chimayo chile powder that can probably be modified. I'd use a powder blend with sweet paprika in it to substitute.
Cheers!

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PaulG · Oct 17, 2017

stickman said:
The Saveur website has a good recipe for a rub using Chimayo chile powder that can probably be modified. I'd use a powder blend with sweet paprika in it to substitute.
Cheers!

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I have some mild powders that I mix with the really hot
ones to modify the heat a little and to add some flavor.
Usually Padrons, but I have some pepperocini powder
tucked away somewhere that might be good as well.

Hope Fall is treating you well, Rick!

PaulG · Oct 19, 2017

Late harvest; BOC, Aji Lemon Drop, MoA Scotch Bonnets.
More pods to de-seed, dry and grind. Sigh

Some late season BOC pods:

Small but gnarly MoA pods:

The last of the Yellow Scorpions:

Awesome stinger!

PaulG · Oct 19, 2017

Aji Amarillo plants in the #2 nursery pots:

One of the last nice days of the Fall:

Poblanos and BOC destined for the smoker:

My neighbors BOC produced red pods of varying phenotypes:

qandeel · Oct 20, 2017

Still going strong Paul. The Amarillos are beautifully loaded. Keep up the good work.

stickman · Oct 20, 2017

PaulG said:
I have some mild powders that I mix with the really hot
ones to modify the heat a little and to add some flavor.
Usually Padrons, but I have some pepperocini powder
tucked away somewhere that might be good as well.

Hope Fall is treating you well, Rick!

It is Paul... It's kinda dry since it hasn't rained in a few weeks but I only had to cover the chiles twice in that time to protect them from frost. The extended forecast was changed to predict the next frost in another week, so I'll probably get one more pull before the season's done here.
Glad to see you're keeping your dehydrator busy. [emoji106]

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karoo · Oct 20, 2017

Wow!
Some great pepper and powder pics .
Thank you.

Devv · Oct 20, 2017

I see you're grow is hanging in there Paul

It turned out really well, kudos to you for yet another great year!

Powder you got! :dance:

PaulG · Oct 24, 2017

karoo said:
Wow!
Some great pepper and powder pics .
Thank you.

My pleasure, friend!
Your grow should be picking up speed.

Devv said:
I see you're grow is hanging in there Paul

It turned out really well, kudos to you for yet another great year!

Powder you got!

Thanks, Scott. I was mostly just along for the ride!
We are in the midst of an 8-10 day spell of beautiful Fall
weather. Looking good for another harvest of BOC, Ajis Amarillo
and Lemon Drop around this weekend.
Some nice Fall color in the bonsai pots:

OCD Chilehead · Oct 24, 2017

Hey Paul!

Sorry Ive been MIA. Powder looks great. You did well this year. Glad thing worked out better than last year. Thanks for providing a awesome glog. I like the colors of the Maple.

PaulG · Oct 26, 2017

OCD Chilehead said:
Hey Paul!

Sorry Ive been MIA. Powder looks great. You did well this year. Glad thing worked out better than last year. Thanks for providing a awesome glog. I like the colors of the Maple.

No problem, friend.

Cant complain about this years results, thanks to a
pretty decent October. Thanks for visiting, Charles!

Nice weather has ripened up some peruvians:

Also some BOC:

Both going into the dehydrator; the BOC after
a brief stint in the smoker.

Ajis in the #2 pots are liking the weather:

Walchit · Oct 26, 2017

Still looking good, we have a possibility of frost tonight. I'll have to drag a couple plants into the garage lol

PaulG · Oct 26, 2017

Good luck with that Wal!

More Fall color on the blueberries in back of spent Fatalis:

Poblano and Jalapeno hanging in there:

Essegi · Oct 31, 2017

There's not a single photo i don't like. Yeah, that's so good!