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Devv-2017-Having a good time in the dirt

Another season has come and gone. Time to start a new one!
 
Although I did already a few weeks ago :shh: . After last years dismal (late) start I jumped in a bit early to insure I could have viable plants come dirt day. I can always cut them back, if I need to. I have to compile a list yet, but I'm growing the full spectrum. Sweets, to supers, based upon what we will actually use. Most of my list is to make LB happy; I'm really glad to see her infuse peppers in more and more dishes. Can't beat that when the wife takes interest ;)
 
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Not the best pic; but the shelf is being sketchy, and I don't need all the babies bouncing off the floor.
 
Good luck to all this season :party:
 
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Guatemalan Insanity Pepper said:
nice lookin large orange Thai's Scott    :clap:
 
makes great powder  :drooling:
 
hoping to see you warm weather growers continue on with this season as ours is coming to an end up here in zone 4 (down to 53F tonight here :( )
 
 
great rainbow pic too :)
 
 
 
- G.I.P.
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Thanks!,
 
Oh yeah, we're running the dehydrator 24x7 for weeks now. The Chinense are setting again. We should have a nice harvest before things cool down here. The hard thing to deal with, is we lose any real production after June, until it starts again around mid September. It is what it is ;) I'm going to shoot for a good spring harvest next season with plants started in early December. Fingers are crossed ;)
 
 
These critters have been destroying my pods once they get some color:
 
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This whole pull went into the compost pile, so many damaged pods we just chunked them
 
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So the cure is Neem oil, they (Leaf footed leaf hoppers) simply hate it. Been going out most everyday and checking the plants and spot spraying the bastages. Down to just a few now and then.
 
The young ones look like this:
 
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pic stolen from google images.
 
Next season I'll plant Marigolds and Sunflowers; they like the colors, and will go there so I can killhide them before they damage my goodies :D
 
They may be a southern pest, but if you see them, the neem works. Everything we read was "just squish them" well they have wings and are fast! They're right up there with Aphids on my poop list after this season.
 
'Yall behave, cuz I can't :rolleyes:
 
Damn man, about the bugs....but good to finally know what's been populating my gardens this last month. Luckily they haven't done much damage yet. Thanks for getting me prepared to go out and spray some neem!
 
Jubnat said:
Damn man, about the bugs....but good to finally know what's been populating my gardens this last month. Luckily they haven't done much damage yet. Thanks for getting me prepared to go out and spray some neem!
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Ahhh, so you're seeing them too?  They usually show up around here during late tomato season; and damage them badly. This year they decided to stay.
 
 
stickman said:
Yikes! I hate it when critters overrun the perimeter... Good thing you found a biodegradeable counter for them.
How close are you to ripe Chinense pods Scott?

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Not near as close as I'd like to be :shh:
 
The only true performer this year has been the JA Hab.
 
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The JA plants aren't what I would consider loaded, but I have enough of them to fill my needs. The rest: B.O.C, P. Dreadie, ScotchBrain, NagaBrain, White Bhut, B-goat, and MoA have flowers. And may even have pods...I'm not worried, I still have close to 90 days if the weather holds. They had a rough summer, then 2 bouts of 6" rain falls..time will tell. But I'm not expecting much
 
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Now this Large Orange Thai has been a real producer, and I think I have the Leaf Footed Hoppers under control. I check for them daily now. I'm having a bit of a hard time figuring out why this plant is doing so well and others are not. I haven't fed it in quite awhile either. And yeah, that fence is 6' tall, the bed 5' wide. The trunk is larger around than a golf ball, just a crazy plant.
 
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This one is the growdown plant. From ground level to the top is over 6.6"s tall. Pod production has really just started now that the weather is better suited to production. It's fairly loaded and still flowering like crazy.
 
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I figured out, this one is a Mini Red Rocoto. I got a few pods from it this spring and here it goes giving me a few more. Also it continues to flower.
 
Cool front in the morning, temps are slated in the low to mid 80's for next week and should stay there.
 
I have this feeling that once again I will be starting seeds while the garden still has plants in it again...LOL
 
Soil test samples go out Monday, after this dismal season I need to know where the dirt is.
 
Devv said:
 
Not near as close as I'd like to be :shh:
 
Cool front in the morning, temps are slated in the low to mid 80's for next week and should stay there.
 
I have this feeling that once again I will be starting seeds while the garden still has plants in it again...LOL
 
Soil test samples go out Monday, after this dismal season I need to know where the dirt is.
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Good on ya for getting your soil tested Scott. It'll be good to know where the nutritional holes are in your garden.
Jeez Louise... That orange Thai really is a monsker! Think what it'll docwith another 12 weeks!

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stickman said:
Good on ya for getting your soil tested Scott. It'll be good to know where the nutritional holes are in your garden.
Jeez Louise... That orange Thai really is a monsker! Think what it'll docwith another 12 weeks!

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Yeah, I just have too. I'm thinking when I added the heavy soil 2-3 years ago that it was heavy and all, but dead soil. That and the tilling in the finely ground mulch. Like a 1-2 punch (to me in the head!). I do have a really nice compost pile consisting of kitchen scraps, leaves and about 1.5 yards of cow manure mellowing. It's roughly 3.5 yards on a guess, and the leaves are 75-85% digested.
 
The hugel bed amazes me. The 6" top layer above the wood is about the same as the rest of the garden. That's where the Thai monster lives.
 
 
charlesquik said:
Man that throw down bush is huge! Hope you win this year!
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Thanks Charles!
 
I think #1 is spoken for. I'm hoping to slip into second if the weather holds. And that will be tough. Now that the 95-105° temps have passed it's loaded, and I'm happy to know now it was the temps. Because the routine has been the same: feed it, water it feed it, water it.
 
 
Hi Scott...glad to know the weather is better & you're still pullin' peppas :P
I see you're in for some serious October Baseball  with no less than the Bronx Bombers ,should be fun,ya think. :P
They certainly are beating the odds..we'll see.yes, inDiDi they just beat the team that everyone picked to win it all.
So excited  for them, :onfire:
                                                                                             :party:   GO  YANKS  :party:
 
                                                                             
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wiriwiri said:
Hi Scott...glad to know the weather is better & you're still pullin' peppas :P
I see you're in for some serious October Baseball  with no less than the Bronx Bombers ,should be fun,ya think. :P
They certainly are beating the odds..we'll see.yes, inDiDi they just beat the team that everyone picked to win it all.
So excited  for them, :onfire:
                                                                                             :party:   GO  YANKS  :party:
 
                                                                             
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Hi Sandy,
 
Yep, we're still going here. Not breaking any records but we're staying in the fresh, pepper wise.
 
Go Yankees!
 
Pulled a few small pobs for Chili Relleno's
 
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We could have let them go longer, but we were hungry :shh: :D  For some awesome Mexican food :party:
 
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The rest of Sundays pull. That's half the habs we pulled, the others were too damaged by the Leaf Hoppers. We have certainly learned a fall garden is risky due to them. But I will figure them out ;)
 
 
Beautiful, Scott!
 
The banana-in-a-bag gimmick worked for a number of anuums for me, thanks for suggesting it. I actually have enough Urfa Biber to fill a 6.5 oz bottle with powder! But I got a grand total of two Kurtovska Kapijas, fairly small, that ripened in the bag. I'm drying them now. I'm thinking they may go ok in the bottle mixed with the Urfa Bibers....?
 
I was really hopeful on the Orange Thais, I picked about a hundred green, but that banana is having a rough time with them, I've got two with any indication at all of ripening. But the Paprika and Gochus are going to be coming out my ears! They both love the nanner, I'm thinking they'll like nanner bread even more!
 
I appreciate your help this season. As a reward I'm gonna let you come up and let me drive the Hella.... :party:
 
Christmas in October ;)
 
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A great big thanks to Randy for the fantastic pods!
 
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And many thanks to Adam for these seeds, I will be planting them for sure!
 
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Got a pair of tom's growing for late fall maters if the weather holds.
 
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Scotchbrain, it has around 15-20 pods, many covered with the heavy foliage.
 
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P. Dreadie's, flowering some, no fall pods yet. :confused:
 
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Marli dog ;)
 
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Charli dog. They are like impossible to get pics of. Perpetual motion.
 
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The B.O.C.'s and a few pubes. A few onions there too.
 
I moved all the plants in pots to "wind safe" places. Cold front tomorrow and we get hella winds here. 37° Sunday???? Whaaaatt??
 
ThatBlondGuy101 said:
Looking good!
 
Hopefully the pods ripen up in time!
 
Looks like as you pick your last pod, I'll (hopefully) pick my first!
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Thanks TBG!
 
Yeah, it kind of blows my brain up how we're 180° out weather wise :rolleyes:
 
The ones in the pots will for sure complete their pod-task. Here we get the cold weather in (usually) 3 day blasts like so:
 
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The "norm" allows me to usually grow until January. Although that 36° for Sunday morning is not a happy temp! Hopefully we're warmer due to the ridge effect; I'll get a better idea after seeing where tomorrows morning temp is at.
 
I do have a insulated shop to bring the potted plants in. ;)
 
 
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