Buncha Malarky 2018 edition

Malarky · Oct 1, 2018

I cut most of them down this weekend. The weather here is going to be awful for the next 2 weeks. lots of rain and cold.
I kept my aji oro's and red rocoto's try to finish ripening up whats left.

Here's my Halloween Trick or Treat Bowl

final harvest

10 Things I learned this year
1. Don't Start on Jan 1st
2. Don't Start on Jan 1st
3. After 3 years I finally got decent CGN21500...and I didn't really care for them. YMMV
4. I only really need 1 Aji Limo plant...yellow or red, they are both great producers and I've got way more than I'll be able to use.
5. My C.pubescens did not like full sun, even in Wisconsin. Next year I will try them in shady areas. (Dale->what exposure do your pubes get on that fence line?)
6. Watch out for Brown Marmolated Stinkbugs. Aphids weren't so bad this year...
7. I need to find a compact roma/paste tomato
8. maybe only grow 1 stupid hot pepper per year.
9. definitely think hard on what peppers I can buy in the store (frozen amarillos, frozen red rocoto, dried pequin, mail-order hatch chiles), so that I can use my limited space to grow others.
10. I need to get my peppers off the deck so my wife will be less unhappy with my hobby.

2019 pepper list here I come!

Malarky · Oct 17, 2018

Still slowing ripening in the garage, getting almost no sun because its still too cold for them outside night or day...

aji oro

stettoman · Oct 18, 2018

Malarky said:
Still slowing ripening in the garage, getting almost no sun because its still too cold for them outside night or day...

aji oro

Your Oros are marvelous, Matt! Mine was....stunted this year, only got about a foot tall, never did flower....until a couple weeks ago, after I brought it in. Now I have flowers and fruit setting. Not sure what to do but go with it. Next season she gets a new home, a 10 gallon Air-Pot (or cheaper reasonable facsimile)...I'm still thinking of a raised bed plot specific for summering over-winters...and a greenhouse............

Malarky · Oct 18, 2018

stettoman said:
Your Oros are marvelous, Matt! Mine was....stunted this year, only got about a foot tall, never did flower....until a couple weeks ago, after I brought it in. Now I have flowers and fruit setting. Not sure what to do but go with it. Next season she gets a new home, a 10 gallon Air-Pot (or cheaper reasonable facsimile)...I'm still thinking of a raised bed plot specific for summering over-winters...and a greenhouse............

If you're able I'd maybe try an experiment with your looong season plants.
try a 5ga and a 10 ga and see if their is a difference in yield. You could even clone one of your OW's for the project.
I think confining the plant to a smaller container may be the way to force a harvest rather than getting bigger and bigger plants...with more green pods.

A green house would probably help out a lot. especially if you had some passive/active heat source.
This Fall came too cold too soon here as well

stettoman · Oct 19, 2018

Malarky said:
If you're able I'd maybe try an experiment with your looong season plants.
try a 5ga and a 10 ga and see if their is a difference in yield. You could even clone one of your OW's for the project.
I think confining the plant to a smaller container may be the way to force a harvest rather than getting bigger and bigger plants...with more green pods.

A green house would probably help out a lot. especially if you had some passive/active heat source.
This Fall came too cold too soon here as well

I do have two Rocoto Rojos and two Peruvian Reds in my overwinter harem, so that experiment should be an easy one to try. Last year I grew a Rocoto Amarillo in a 5 gallon grow bag and one in the 8th acre. I did observe that the Rocotos have a tendency to sprawl a bit if left untrained. The bagged plant didn't achieve the size, but if I remember, the harvests were close, maybe because I brought the bagged one in so the it could finish ripening up.

The Darlin' Bride & I are negotiating for terms on location of a greenhouse. I have a really strong argument in favor of attachment to a permanent structure, namely the house...Electricity could be easily managed without stringing drop cords across the lawn....

Yeah, Fall. We're having a string of really nice days now, high 50s to 70....Except EVERY night suffers a hard freeze.

PaulG · Oct 24, 2018

Hey, Matt, I looked at Trippa's PdN xJMA pic on the last page. I think this are ripe.
The late Fall pods usually have a bit more of a violet blush to them. I pick them
when they start to soften a bit.

That is (was?) an awesome plant. Loaded with great looking pods :woohoo:

PaulG · Oct 24, 2018

Hey, Matt, I looked at Trippa's PdN xJMA pic on the last page. I think this are ripe.
The late Fall pods usually have a bit more of a violet blush to them. I pick them
when they start to soften a bit. Two out of three of my White specimens cast violet
pods this year. Only one F6 had really white pods, and all of the F4.

That is (was?) an awesome plant. Loaded with great looking pods :woohoo:

Pepper-Guru · Nov 13, 2018

Malarky said:
10 Things I learned this year
1. Don't Start on Jan 1st
2. Don't Start on Jan 1st

4. I only really need 1 Aji Limo plant...
5. My C.pubescens did not like full sun
6. Watch out for Brown Marmolated Stinkbugs. Aphids weren't so bad this year...

8. maybe only grow 1 stupid hot pepper per year.
9. definitely think hard on what peppers I can buy in the store
10. I need to get my peppers off the deck so my wife will be less unhappy with my hobby.

2019 pepper list here I come!

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YUP! buahahahaha

PaulG · Nov 20, 2018

Hahahaha I see that I mis-spelled Trippa's PdN x BMJ cross
above. Either fat fingers, or senior moment, not sure which!
Serves me right for not reading my post before hitting the button.
especially with the crazy spell check in this editor!

How was your harvest off the cross? The pods look awesome.
Did any go to white, or did they all stay violet?