glog CaneDog 2025 Indoor/Outdoor Glog

Seems like it's been forever since I made a glog post, but 2025 is right around the corner and as someone once said, it's never too early to get started! Last year was a tough year with aphids getting into my early season starts and generally cool sucky weather, so I'm hoping for better in 2025. I'll kick things off with some pic's of my current indoor grow, which I've taken over the past couple/few weeks.

First up is a Scarlett's Chili x Poblano. They're cool looking plants with great tasting mild peppers. I'm doing a lot of work with Jalapenos and planned maintain this variety going forward while also backcrossing it a bit toward its jalapeno roots.

Another Jalapano type I have growing inside is Chile Rayado. I like how fuzzy these guys are. In addition to needing more true seeds, I want to cross it with both zapotec and orange spice jalaps.

Farmers Market Jalapeno. Another fuzzy type. Somehow I've gone forever without growing these before. I'm impressed with how vigorous and robust they are.

Mayan Cobanero. Another first time growing for me. I've been keeping it in a solo to rein in its growth, as I often do indoors, but shortly after this pic I saw it start to bud/fork so I moved it up into a 5.5" pot to fill out.

Baccatum Fragilis, with its rather unique mutated look.

Rhomboidium. After my OW finally died, I had only old-ish seeds to start again so I planted a bunch. I ended up with almost a dozen of these guys so had to cull them back. This guy was one of the lucky few that made it.

Rocoto Manzano Amarillo Ollantaytambo. Some of the rocotos haven't been too happy being restricted in solo cups, but they're looking good and still staying fairly small after getting upped to 5.5's. This guy still shows a little chlorosis on its lower leaves, but seems happy enough.

Anyhow, enough for now.
Cheers!
CD

 

[CaneDog]

There's hasn't been much to post about as it's mostly been digging and getting things in the ground. Plants that look big on my deck look small transplanted into the community garden plots and most everything pretty much disappears in the photos.

I finished redefining the perimeter of the east plot today and digging out all the grass roots. It's the last time I'll have to do any serious digging this season. Tomorrow's plan is to drop a bunch of plants into the soil, which should go quickly now that it's been turned over and sifted through,

A good haul of grass roots

The east plot's ready for tomorrow. I was surprised how quickly the weeds came in around the first few peppers I planted in this plot. I scraped up a bunch of them and the rest will get dealt with tomorrow.

Row-cotos I just don't have room on my deck, so the plan is to leave these guys in the pots and sink them roughly halfway into the ground. I think that will keep the roots cooler and preserve water, plus discourage theft. Potted plants just sitting on the ground might be a bit too tempting for some people. Plus I'll be able to pull them up easy at the end of the season to bring back home. These are mostly of the OW rocotos. The new starts are bigger so I'll have to take them in a separate load by themselves.

Aji Largo is starting to flower again. It's one of the bigger new starts.

Ollantaytambo Amarillo

Giant Red Arequipa.

Puno Amarillo

De Seda

 

[CaneDog]

Things are getting close to finished at the east plot now. The sun was high and harsh when I was wrapping up, but I took a few pictures anyway.

I dropped another 26 chiles into the east row, including some good paprikas in Aleppo, Jeronomin, Maras Biber, Urfa Biber, and Haskorea

Plus 1 more in the middle row, a Jamaican Yellow Mushroom.

Jamaican Yellow Mushroom close-up

I dropped 11 of my total 12 rocotos into holes along with their 3 gallon containers. I figure they're hold water better and someone's less likely to run off with one if they're sunk into the ground, but by leaving them in their containers they won't slow down to extend their roots like they would after transplant, plus it'll be easy to yoink them up at the end of the season if they need to finish up ripening the pods back home in the garage. The San Pedro Orange is the only one I left at home and that's because it's just starting to ripen some isolated pods.

Here's rocoto row

And toward the back end of the plot are:

SLP's Yellow Giant (right) & Chocolate Rocoto X PS (left)

and Puno Pica Orange in the end-cap space

Lastly, in the west plot the tomatillos are growing in well. The recent stretch of hotter weather seems to have really done them some good!

 

[CaneDog]

And a few quick snapshots of some of the smaller isolated peppers on the deck.

Scarlett's x Poblano

Zapotec Jalapeno x Hidalgo Serrano F1, with F2 generation seeds hanging. I have another one of these in-ground at the community garden and I'm curious how it will do with unlimited footroom. They seem vigorous and productive, though I have no idea yet what the pods will taste like.

Zapotec Jalapeno x Orange Spice Jalapeno F1. I like the Orange Spice Jalapenos, but they don't grow all that well or me. I'm hoping a combination will share in the best of each.

Lesya Orange. I'm wondering just how much like the Red Lesya these will be. I have a Red Lesya growing too and if the orange don't measure up the plan is to cross these with the red and make them orange again.

Cheers!

 

[Doctor Scoville]

Nice. smart to drop the pots as well. We had some in ground plants stolen from the front yard. You never know.

 

[NJChilehead]

Everything's looking really good 'Dog!

 

[CaneDog]

Nice. smart to drop the pots as well. We had some in ground plants stolen from the front yard. You never know.

It's really disappointing that people will just take them like that, especially after all the effort that goes into them. I've had them dug out of the ground and taken too, but I figure this will at least make it less likely. It also helps that most people don't know what rocotos are, compared to a big jalapeno plant, for instance.

Everything's looking really good 'Dog!

Thanks NJC! Time for nature to do its thing and get these guys big.

 

[growyourown]

ScarJo:...................................................ScarPo:

 

[CaneDog]

I planted the last few peppers today and gave the more established ones a booster shot of fish fertilizer. Unfortunately, that will get the weeds going as well and they're already out to a quick start in some areas, especially the raised beds. Here's a few pics of the gardens and a some of the plants.

The east garden. I transplanted a Tabasco, Brad's Bahamian, and a Piri Piri Luadium today, plus I moved the San Pedro Orange rocoto to the plot after harvesting some ripe pods off it and sunk it's container into the ground.

The purple variant of the Zimbabwe Piri Piri is certainly showing purple. These got hammered by some very hot weather right after transplant and the pods are both smaller and darker than expected. I'll have to wait until the plant sets a next round of pods to see what I really have with this one.

The Mozambique Piri Piri is getting right to business.

Bulgarian Carrot is also off to a quick start.

As are the Banana Peppers

A have a few blueberry plants in the back of the plot that have been woefully mistreated. Still, it looks like I may get a few berries anyway this season.

 

[CaneDog]

In the west garden the tomatillos are the early stars and are already setting lots of pods. There just doesn't seem to be much one can do to goof up with these guys.

I haven't seen a ton of growth in the Jalapeno bed yet, but they do seem to be settling in and putting on some growth. Hot weather's due shortly so I hope that will really get them going.

The tomatoes are getting big - and so are the weeds! There are so many tomatillo volunteers from prior years that I've come to think of them as weeds.

This is the Jalapeno M plant. Not sure what's going on here.

The Pasilla Mixe has a nice little first round of pods

Mirasol Mosco

And the Mucho Nacho has a few pods. I haven't grown this one before, but I've heard it's a very productive hybrid so I'm counting on it to put on some size and start really cranking out the pods.

Anyhow, just a few pics. Time for the weeks of weeding, watering, and waiting.

 

[Harmonic_Heat]

All that effort is paying off! My plants look so small in comparison lol. Have you grown Bahamians before? I searched this thread but not your others. I'm trying to grow a couple this summer and will be fun to see how your plant does given how much bigger it probably already is than the ones I have.

 

[CaneDog]

Thanks, HH! This will be my first real go with the Bradley's Bahamian. I started one last season, but it had some trouble and never really amounted to anything. This one's off to a good start already though, especially as I had it in a 2 gallon container for a good month or so before transplanting it. I'll try to remember to get a picture of it next time I'm out watering and post it.

I just checked out your glog and noticed it just says "Bahamian." Are you growing the Bradley's Bahamian or a Bahamian Goat pepper? I've grown the Bahamian Goat lots of times and they're great.

 

[Downriver]

Lookin' good CD!

 

[mcbob]

I wish my outdoor plants looked that good. You have what appears to be a very unique collection of plants. Most I am not familiar with.
I will be watching how your effort works out in the PNW. I love in ground grows!

 

[stettoman]

Dang, Dog! Your glog gets me hard for Texas. So many varieties to try again. Dunno about any community gardens, but the new landlord said to use the 5000 Sq ft backyard as I wished. I have wishes...

Two tomatillos is too much AFAIC. I know that from experience and literally HUNDREDS of fruit. Never tried pre-roasting before freezing, but I froze mine right off the bush in vac-packs and STILL have many packs from a MN grow 4 years ago.

Keep it up buddy and soon enough you'll evolve to where you require a tax stamp to continue...

 

[CaneDog]

I wish my outdoor plants looked that good. You have what appears to be a very unique collection of plants. Most I am not familiar with.
I will be watching how your effort works out in the PNW. I love in ground grows!

Thanks, mcbob! Many of these I haven't grown before either and I'm looking forward to trying them out. Hopefully we'll have a good growing season in the PNW this year. It's getting close to the time things heat up around here.

 

[CaneDog]

Dang, Dog! Your glog gets me hard for Texas. So many varieties to try again. Dunno about any community gardens, but the new landlord said to use the 5000 Sq ft backyard as I wished. I have wishes...

Two tomatillos is too much AFAIC. I know that from experience and literally HUNDREDS of fruit. Never tried pre-roasting before freezing, but I froze mine right off the bush in vac-packs and STILL have many packs from a MN grow 4 years ago.

Keep it up buddy and soon enough you'll evolve to where you require a tax stamp to continue...

Sounds like a new (almost) 1/8 acre could be in the cards for you!

 

[Harmonic_Heat]

Thanks, HH! This will be my first real go with the Bradley's Bahamian. I started one last season, but it had some trouble and never really amounted to anything. This one's off to a good start already though, especially as I had it in a 2 gallon container for a good month or so before transplanting it. I'll try to remember to get a picture of it next time I'm out watering and post it.

I just checked out your glog and noticed it just says "Bahamian." Are you growing the Bradley's Bahamian or a Bahamian Goat pepper? I've grown the Bahamian Goat lots of times and they're great.

I'm guessing Bradley's based on photos between those and goat. Seller only listed them as Bahamian but now that I think about it they did have Bahamian Goats. Are there other types of Bahamians or just those two?

 

[CaneDog]

I'm guessing Bradley's based on photos between those and goat. Seller only listed them as Bahamian but now that I think about it they did have Bahamian Goats. Are there other types of Bahamians or just those two?

There's probably others, but the leaves on yours definitely aren't Baha Goat leaves so I'm guessing the same as you. Hopefully you'll have lots of pods soon, which will make guessing easier!

 

[CaneDog]

Here's a few varieties of isolated seed pods I harvested recently.

Lesya Orange. These were quite good. Sweet and I didn't notice any grassy flavor. I'll likely still cross and maybe backcross them with the Red Lesya then select them orange again, but I don't think there's any real need to.

San Pedro Orange Rocoto - next to a Lesya Orange for comparison. The SP Orange were solid, heavy pods with a good mellow flavor and low heat. I think they'd be great for fresh eating in salads and the like. Also, for sautéing with onions as a lower heat option.

These are my third variety of ripe rocotos so far this season. First was SLP's Giant Yellow rocoto. They had a nice flavor and moderate heat for a rocoto. I could see them being great for stuffing. Next was the Aji Largo, which were darn hot. I didn't notice any flavor significantly distinct with the Largo from what I'd call normal red rocoto flavor, but I was surprised by the heat so may need to assess that again later this season as my tolerance builds back up

Chile de Onza. This one really impressed me. I ate it fresh, despite that it's commonly dried for use. The general description I've seen for it dried is "rich, smoky, and fruity with hints of chocolate and licorice and a warming, lingering heat." The heat part is dead on. It was a subtle heat that took it's time coming on then stuck around for a while. The flavor wasn't strong, but I suspect that drying will concentrate it. I did notice some fruitiness and a bit of complexity; enough to really look forward to drying the next batch of these.

Whole pod. I forgot these in my truck for a couple warm days, so it's a bit checked up versus the perfect brown when I picked it.

An inside look. So juicy it literally pooled and dripped juice when I cut it open.

 

[PurpPepp]

@CaneDog , how do you go about isolating your pods?