alkhall 2015

Going to start in coir around first weekend of February.
 
The list so far, subject to amendment:
 
 
BROWN LARGE SCORPION-saved seed from last year

7-POT YELLOW-saved seed from last year

ORANGE(ISH) BRAINSTRAIN-saved seed from last year

ORANGE DOUGLAH-saved seed from last year
 
CHOCOLATE BHUT JOLOKIA <REPLACED ORANGE DOUGLAH
 
CARAMEL MADBALLZ-seed saved from last year <ADDED
 
NOT PEACH (ORANGE(ish)) GHOST-SCORPION-seed saved from last year <ADDED

RED BRAINSTRAIN

YELLOW BRAINSTRAIN

CHOCOLATE BHUTLAH

BIG SUN HABANERO 25 seeds, not one germinated. However, the vendor gave me 8 starter plugs for free to make up fo it. Unfortunately, none were the Big Sun. I found another vendor that had Big Sun (or Yellow Sun, as they called it) plants for sale, so I bought 2 of those.

7-POT WES

TRINIDAD HOT CHERRY

YELLOW PRIMO
 
RED BHUT JOLOKIA

JALAPENO Biker Billy, Big Guy, Jalapeno M (all Burpee Seeds) < Updated
 
CAYENNE Ecuadoran Hot Lemon, Long Thin, Large Red (all Burpee Seeds) < Updated
 
BELL PEPPERS California Wonder, Orange Sun, Great Stuff, Honey Crisp, Fort Knox, Big Dipper (Burpee Seeds) <Updated
 
RED SAVINA HABANERO <ADDED
 
VENUZUELAN TIGER <ADDED
 
BUTCH T (POTTED, OVERWINTERED TWO YEARS)
 
 
5x10 trays in netted coir, on heat mats:
 
                                                                                                      TRAY #1

 
                                                                                                        TRAY #2

 
 
 
I have couple of freinds who love bell peppers, so I will probably give them several of the bells, along with some of the Jalapenos, and maybe a select few of the superhots.

 

[alkhall]

Wow.  Great plants, pods and what looks to be a bumper season ahead for you.  Nice work.  

Thanks. I would hazard a guess of several thousand pods from the 43 'hots' plants. At least a couple hundred more from the Jalapenos and Cayennes.
 
I cannot take all the credit, though. I believe the extraordinary amount of rain we had in June and July really helped.

 

[Bumper]

I have to ask, what do you do with that many?

 

[alkhall]

I have to ask, what do you do with that many?

Dehydrate most, and grind into flakes/power and give to friends.
 
I also usually make several batches of sauce, mostly with fresh peppers, but I have been experimenting with dried pods.

A few I picked after work, red Bhut Jolokia, Yellow 7-Pot cross:
 

 

[alkhall]

Picked a few:
 
Yellow Sun Habanero, 7-Pot Wes, CrazyHotSeeds Chocolate Bhutlah
 
King Naga (long type), Trinidad Hot Cherry.
 

 
Also, some tomatoes:
 
Roma VF and San Marzano. From four plants in Homer buckets, about a weeks worth. I did not bother to separate. Giving to neighbors and friends.
 

 

 

[alkhall]

A few pics:
 
How tall are yours? This is one of the Yellow 7-Pot/King Naga/Brown Large Scorpion cross in my raised bed:

 
Wide angle shot:

 
Three-year old Butch T is really doing well this year:

 
Is this a perfect Butch T pod, or what?
 

 
Thanks for looking, hope everyone's season is going well.

 

[alkhall]

Just a few, Yellow 7-Pot cross and Brown Large Scorpion:
 

 

[alkhall]

7-Pot Madballz, seed from a caramel pod from last year.
 
Both caramel (inner circle) and red (outer circle) pods on this plant. Hard to see, I know, but the difference is more obvious in person. Also, this plant is producing pods that are a bit smaller than the parent plant:
 

 

[alkhall]

PODS:
 
Red Bhut Jolokia (left) Not Peach Jay' Ghost Scorpion (right):
 

 
King Naga short (center, some Trindad Hot Cherry lower left, NPJGS, far left):
 

 

[alkhall]

This morning:
 
Top row, left to right - Red Brainstrain(31), Red Brainstrain but smooth pods???(11), CrazyHotSeeds Chocolate Bhutlah(23), Red Savina Habanero(58), Jamaican Hot Chocolate Habanero(78), Not Peach Jay's Ghost Scorpion(9).
 
Center row, left to right - Orange(ish) Yellow Brainstrain(52), Peach Jay's Ghost Scorpion (seeds from the same pod as the Not Peach, top row right)(7), Brown Large Scorpion(2), Yellow 7-Pot cross(10), Venezuelan Tiger(2), Yellow Sun Habanero(37).
 
Bottom row, left to right - 7-Pot Wes(35), Pumpkin Habanero(26), Yellow 7-Pot/King Naga/Brown Large Scorpion cross(6), Red Bhut Jolokia(18), Chocolate Bhut Jolokia(42), King Naga short(16), King Naga long(32).
 
Total of 495 pods.

 
EDIT:
 
Picked some Cayennes.
 
Left - Large Red, Center - Ecuadoran Hot Lemon, Right - Long Thin:
 

 

[Comptine]

Wow, just wow.

 

[alkhall]

Wow, just wow.

While this is the single largest one-day harvest so far this year, I have already picked at least that many, a dozen or two at a time, over the last month.
 
And there are probably at least twice that many unripe pods yet to go.
 
Also, I did not pick any from my Jalapenos, nor my three-year old Butch T. I could have easily added another hundred or two.

 

[alkhall]

7 inches of growth in one week:
 

 

[alkhall]

Did not feel like picking today.
 
Three-year old Butch T is loaded:
 

 

 

[alkhall]

More pics of the Butch T:
 

 

[alkhall]

Dehydrator is full (12 trays) and the #2 Yellow 7-Pot cross is loaded:
 

 
 
#1 Yellow 7-Pot cross also loaded, making large elongated pods:
 

 
 
Have to tie up the branches to prevent breakage from the pod weight:
 

 
 
 

 
 

Volunteer peppers:
 
I believe these are VV7 Scorpion (EDIT) Large Scorpion.
 

 
 
 
These, the small green pods in the foreground, may be Madballz.
 

 

[tsurrie]

Beautiful plants. Just beautiful. And so full of pods!
Respect!

 

[alkhall]

Beautiful plants. Just beautiful. And so full of pods!
Respect!

 
Many thanks.
 
I have been fortunate this year.
 
Good weather and a consistent fertilization regimen appears to have paid off.
 
Hope everyone else is having a successful year as well.

 

[alkhall]

Brown Large Scopion:
 

 

[alkhall]

I probably should harvest the pods from my three year old Butch T:
 

 

 

[Runescape]

Wow, just wow.