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Not all annuums are great when eaten green though. Kapia peppers are great when ripened to red but horrible when eaten green. same goes for cayenne for instance. I grow some Goccia d'oro this year and they are great when eaten green so are my Jalapenos. On the yellows i encourage you to grow...

Pepper processing again! Started out with these this morning: Most of them are processed, still running a loaded dehydrator of Fatali right now. The smell coming out of my kitchen can be smelled way down the road! 😁 Earlier this week i also took care of a ton of sweet peppers coming from the...

The Bahamian goats are once again and by far the most productive Chinense in my garden. Unbelievable how much pods such tiny plants can produce! My chickens always like harvest day... moving the pots around reveal loads of worms and other critters for them to snack on! The Papa Joe SB...

CGN 21500 changing colors Same for the Mako akokosrade Prik Khee Nu finally started a few pods... was afraid they would never produce any fruits! Counted a grand total of 12 pods on three plants... they look yummie though!

I'm a big Piquillo fan! One of my favorites for sure. I always roast them fast and hard with a roofing torch and then skin and can them (sometimes i freeze them too) Just roasted about 6 kilo of them a couple of days ago and still much more to come! 😀 Some pictures of the process in my 2022...

Mine look pretty much the same as in the post above. no signs of the typical bonnet shape until now. Plants had a very tough start and started to fruit quite late. Harvested the first ripe pod today! They do have a lot of spikey knobs on the skin though. just like the papa dreadie supposed to...

First substantial harvest this season!!! 🥳 Sweet peppers from the vegetable garden. About 2 1/2 KG. of peperoncini Lombardo (when green a bit too bitter for my taste and when red they are very sweet but when colors just start turning they are at their best, complex in flavor and not too sweet...

Update: Still struggling healthwise... had surgery again two weeks ago and hopefully things will finally go better now. Been absent a lot on the forum this season, but i'm still following along with most of your glogs though. Summer has been not very pepper friendly so far. lots of rain and...

Sweet peppers in the vegetable garden starting to pod up nicely. Hail damage was less severe for them, just torn up a lot of leaves but no broken branches at all. Plants on open ground are a lot tougher. Ancho mulato Goccia d'oro Piquillo de Lodosa Peperone Lombardo Very bushy plants...

Most plants seem to recuperate well after the hailstorm, they do look like s*** though... torn up leaves with brown edges everywhere and all the broken branches make the plants look very ragged. The only ones that were sheltered for the hail were the Rio Hualaga and the Orange Thai. Protected...

Long overdue update from the Netherlands.. I have been in and out of the hospital the last two months. Had anti biotics for 4 weeks straight and had some surgery done last week. Must say surgery sure helped a lot and besides a leaking drain hanging out of my body i'm feeling pretty good right...

Hardening off is done and i potted up all hot peppers... way more than last year and with less space in my backyard due to my new chicken coop i'm in for a challenge this year. Most of the chinense: Annuums and a couple more chinense: More chinense and in the back the sweet peppers that...

All plants are outdoors now. Lights are off and growclosets are cleaned out and ready for the 2024 season. :D Todat they experienced their first ever rainshowers and although they seemed to like it they probably received more water today than they had in their entire life until now! hope this...

The sacrifices we make for our precious! 😁 Been keeping the anuums outdoors during the day for the past week. With the annuums out of the growcloset, the chinense have a bit more space. These will also go outside during the day once the daytime temps are just a little bit higher. Spring...

Mixed up the potting soil today.... about 1500 liters this time! Started out with recycling the potting soil i used last year. Last fall i emptied all pots and got rid of most of the roots. Ended up with approximately 750 liters of clean soil, mixed it up with 200 liters of compost and a lot...

Think i will start hardening off outdoors very soon. Growspace is getting crowded and some edema starts to appear on some plants. Temperatures outside are starting to get pepperfriendly,

That sure is a lot of nice growing space! 😍 I've done a lot of greenery work when i was younger and you're right it's hard work, but to me it was very satisfying. Thanks for the info... i see a little project coming up! :D

Did some research and Lambda cyhalotrin is allowed in the Netherlands and readily available too. Only problem is that it looks to be only available in sprays and concentrates, not in granulated form combined with an attractive additive for mole crickets. Might have some to do with the protected...

Dayum, good god Vivian... you feeding them steroids again? Incredible grow rate, yours put on the same bulk in two weeks as mine do in two months. Makes me question my approach to pepper seedlings... although i'm not gonna quit growing in soil i think my approach with slow releasing granulated...

Looking good Alex! I enjoy reading your updates. Any clear winners and keepers in your grow this year? Sure got some to choose from!