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

 

[Marturo]

the elusive and highly coveted Mommy & Me Rojo

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Amazing glog!

 

[CaneDog]

Amazing glog!

Thanks!

 

[SatanicFlatIron]

This bulgarian carrot pepper pod split. All the other pods are fine, so I'm not sure why this one split.

are you going to pick it up or leave it? It happened to me with my NSFW serrano, maybe they are just cracks due to temperature changes

I hope the Chilhuacle Rojo will live up to the flavor

 

[CaneDog]

are you going to pick it up or leave it? It happened to me with my NSFW serrano, maybe they are just cracks due to temperature changes

I hope the Chilhuacle Rojo will live up to the flavor

I left it for the time being because it was starting to ripen. The community garden plots will need watering again today, so I may end up picking it while I'm there.

I'm hopeful about the Chilhuacle Rojo, too. So many of these Mexican heirlooms are nothing special until they're dried, then they really pop with flavor. The Costeno Rojo is a good example, going from "meh" to sweet like candy after I sun-dried the pod.

 

[Flamecycle]

> The Costeno Rojo is a good example, going from "meh" to sweet like candy after I sun-dried the pod.

Oh no you just added another variety to my list...

Have you ever compared sun dried vs dehydrator dried pods of this or any other peppers? Many New Mexicans swear sun drying makes the best red chile, ive always wondered whether theres anthing to that, or maybe its just because commercial producers of non sun-dried peppers tend to overheat the peppers or something.

 

[CaneDog]

> The Costeno Rojo is a good example, going from "meh" to sweet like candy after I sun-dried the pod.

Oh no you just added another variety to my list...

Have you ever compared sun dried vs dehydrator dried pods of this or any other peppers? Many New Mexicans swear sun drying makes the best red chile, ive always wondered whether theres anthing to that, or maybe its just because commercial producers of non sun-dried peppers tend to overheat the peppers or something.

Hey, Flamecycle. I was amazed at how sweet that one was and am really looking forward to trying all of the varieties that are new to me. I've done a lot of dehydrator drying and I think it's exactly what you suggest; that the lower heat and lesser convection of sun drying are what yield the better results. I know some varieties, like Urfa Biber for instance, are sweated, where they're sun dried during the day then wrapped/covered overnight night to preserve more of the oils and such. I may end up having to use my dehydrator with bigger harvests as the season progresses, but if I do there are some tricks to getting better results with the dehydrator that I intend to try too.

 

[growyourown]

... there are some tricks to getting better results with the dehydrator that I intend to try too.

do tell!

 

[CaneDog]

do tell!

Ha! I might have implied more special tricks than I have. I've heard about leaving them sitting out for several days first - even just on the counter - until they start to wrinkle a bit first (especially when smoke drying pods). Beyond that, I've done basic stuff like using low temperature settings, shutting the dehydrator off periodically to let them rest some of the time during the drying process, partially dehydrating then sun-drying, sometimes even setting them on the dehydrator instead of in it.

 

[growyourown]

thanks, dog!

i always use the lowest temp possible (85-95F) because i learned here that above 105-110F you risk the seeds becoming non-viable.

and i also don't run it 24/7, because the instructions on the machine said max 24 hours continuous use. so i turn it off when i get home from work and back on again later in the evening.

 

[PaulG]

Just a quick check in, CD. Glad to see you are still setting the bar high!

 

[CaneDog]

Happy Saturday all. With the warmer July weather the plants are putting on growth quickly now and the last of the early isolated pods are ripening.

Costeño Rojo and Chilhuacle Rojo, left to right. I've tried one Costeño so far (sun dried) and I was impressed. I'm hoping they're consistently as sweet as that first one. I haven't tried a Chilhuacle Rojo yet, but I'll be sun drying this one to get a feel for its full potential.

A few more. Clockwise beginning with the orange 3 pods on top, Onza Amarilla, Jalapeno Zapotec x Chile Rayado F1, Ring of Fire Cayenne, Pasilla Bajio Negro, Jalapeno Zapotec x Hidalgo Serrano F1, Jalapeno Zapotec x Orange Spice Jalapeno F1, and an Amarylla Tomatillo in the center. My Ring of Fire plant isn't doing so well I'm hoping it gets a second wind, as it hasn't grown much since being transplanted despite getting a primo location in the corner of a raised bed. Usually they're unstoppable.

The plants in the east plot were the last to get transplanted this year, but are showing consistent growth. The weeds have been out of control, but I found some time to clean them out of the plot last weekend.

Things are a bit further along in the west plot, with the tomatillos getting about ready to crush it. This row is 2 Amarylla Tomatillo in front and 2 Queen of / Chupon de Malinalco in back. The Malinalco is the slowest tomatillo to ripen for me and the Amarylla the fastest. Both are loading up well.

Center row with 2 Plaza Latina Giant Green in back and 2 purple tomatillo in front. The Plaza Latina are definitely the biggest I've grown, but so far I'm seeing them closer to 3" than 4". Perhaps they'll get a little bigger still as they fill out and as the plant gets more established, though they're already solid. The fruits tend to disappear in the pictures, especially from above, but there are tons of them on the 2 purples.

And the right row consisting of 2 verde tomatillo. The rear plant in particular is getting busy.

Reverse angle of rear verde plant

Continuing the "non-peppers" theme, the first of the tomatoes to have full size fruit are the Chocolate Stripes and Moskvich.
Choc Stripes

Moskvich

And the Sun Gold F1 is the first to have fruit ripening

Switching back to peppers, most of the jalapenos in the Jalapenos raised bed are putting on size. The lower right plant had been the more vigorous of 2 Mucho Nacho plants (the other is in the other plot), but it's seemed anemic since transplant. I was hoping for big things from it. I gave it a good dose of fish yesterday in the hopes that might wake it up.

Directly above the Mucho on the left with the yellow and orange pods is what should be a Jalapeño M, but appears to be a Jalapeño Jaloro, instead. Apparently there may have been a seed packaging mix-up at Sandia Seeds, because I saw a review on their site that someone else bought Jalapeno M and they grew as Jaloro. I've never tried a Jaloro, so maybe there's a silver lining to the mix-up.

Here's a reverse shot of the jalapeno bed. The plants on this end are a little bigger, including the Lytle's jalapeno on the lower left that's absolutely killing it after being the latest transplant. The little bush on the lower right is a Chilcostle Rojo, one of a few non-jalapeños in the bed. Man, I really need to get after the weeds in this plot. I'll probably get after it tomorrow.

The Banana peppers put their all into producing big pods while still small plants. I'll be happy if they flower again soon because I'd like to get a more productive second round from them.

The first round pods on the Guntur Sannam will be ready to harvest by next weekend.

The Guntur Sannam plant is filling in nicely, so I think I'll get a second big round of pods from it. They seem to ripen pretty quickly.

This is one of two Pusa Jwala / Finger Hot plants. The pods recently turned orange and I'm waiting to see if they'll turn red. They do have a "we're going to stay orange" look to them, though.

One last photo - though it's probably been too many already. This is SLP 1.0's Giant Yellow rocoto with a spattering of new pods. It, the aji largo, ollantaytambo amarilla, and the chocolate XPS are all setting pods at a good rate. The recent couple cool nights we've had should benefit all the rocotos.

And here's the "one last photo" I promised I love to see the vigor of the second round growth on this Pasilla Mixe as the first round pods are ripening. I hope there's time enough for a big second round of these. They're a little slow to ripen, but not bad compared to some of the other Pasilla varieties.

Cheers
CD

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Sending you an empty box right now!