Charlesquik's Growing log

Hello Im from quebec so this year I will try to grow super hot (120+ days).
 
Last years I grew one habanaro plant but I only got 2 ripe peppers out of it because the night started to get cold by the end of the summer (only hot from june to september)
 
This year pepper growing list:
 
I got the seed from semillas , pepperlover and some from my friend Wicked Mike

Thank you very much by the way Mike for the seed The peach bhut jolokia will be growing this year. Sorry couldn't grow any other I dont even grow half the kind I have because I have restricted room.
 
Reaper                                      2x
Peach bhut jolokia                     2x
Jonah 7 pot                               1x
Chocolate 7 pot                         1x
Dorset naga                              1x
Red devil tongue                       1x
Yellow 7 pot                               2x
Fatalli                                        1x
P1281429 habanero                 1x
Red Dominican habanaro          2x
Pastel habanero                        1x
Scotch bonnet TFM yellow        1x
scotech bonnet red                    1x
aji cito                                        1x
aji habanero                              1x
orange habanero                      1x
cumra cherry                            1x       
tomato pepper                          1x
rosemary pepper                      1x
thai orange                               2x
thai burupa                               1x
joe's long cayenne                    2x
lìmon                                         2x
star turkey                                 1x
early jalapeno                           1x
fresno                                       2x
oily paste                                  1x
farmet market jalapeno             1x
 
 
So there is 36 peppers plants in my garden. I grew more of each kind, but I gave many sprout to my friends
 
I tried many kind this year to see which one give the best result in this kind of climate
 
My garden is 244 feet square which is big considering my yard ( about 1/4 of my yard) 
 
Here is the plan for this year

 
All the bottom left square is new from this year. Removed the grass and dug 3 feet with a shovel
 
Here the garden before ( Removed the grass on this one)

 
While digging I found a huge rock (HUGEEEE) This thing still go deeper 
 

 
Well trust me it stayed there and the walk path is on top
 
 
My setup is really amateurish, but it work
 

 
I have this little tent indoor and inside the tent I have a little greenhouse with a heating plate.
Peppers are happy inside. Here an happy scotch bonnet
 

 
I have no picture of the sprout this year because I was really busy.
 
God I have no room I have to spread them through the house
 

 
The big one on the left is a starfish I overwintered but sadly he is full of aphids but Im looking forward his prompt healing

 
I planted them last week after I installed my marmot protection (chicken fence)
 
 
Some pepper are surrounded by bottom less pot to protect them from wind

 
Im really happy of my garden this year and I hope the late pepper will work 
 
Have a nice growing year guys !

 

[charlesquik]

some super hot are coming "soon"!
 
Peach bhut jolokia
 

 
Jonah 7 pot 
 

 
Yellow 7 pot
 

 
Yellow fatalli.... I think?? Can someone put light on this one
 

 
Pastel habanero
 

 
aji habanero. this one is doing so well, cant wait for them to ripe
 

 
Onions! . The garlic season was better than onion but there is still some nice one in there.
 

 

[charlesquik]

I need you guys help to indentify three peppers plants
 
First is a plant someone gave me and told me it was one of the hottest in the world ( nope )
 
The plant is really small because I planted it really late but it still give out pods
 

 
 
Second and third one are the same and I have no idea where they come from, yesterday I saw orange in my tomatoes plantation and there was two peppers plants. O_o??
They have barely no sun at all and still managed to grow.
 
First one
 

 
Second one
 

 
It kinda look like the small bell pepper we find in buffet plate
 
 
 
Otherwise, this tomato pepper is driving me crazy! I want to taste this thing but it take so damn long to turn red!
 

 
 
Thank you guys! 

 

[charlesquik]

Little update!
 
The orange pepper was indeed a small bell pepper I have no idea how it grew there because I planted no seed of them
 
Fist cumra cherry of pepperlover.com of the season.. this is a beautiful little pods
 
 

 
My concern about this pod is that it had no heat at all and the website say its hot
 
Is this because pod get less heat with colder temperature? Do I need to let it ripe more? Maybe its normal for the first pod of this plant?
I guess nobody really know because its the first year of this kind of pepper on pepperlover

 

[charlesquik]

This week is hot!! Some pepper will ripe !
 
I was really excited when I saw a red rosemary pepper
 
Here my little harvest! (I know this is sad compared to you guys..)
 
 
-4 starfish
-1 unknown pepper that maybe Guamalan Insanity pepper found out => http://store.puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/collections/mild-seeds/products/cp-135-biquinho-yellow
-1 rosemary pepper from pepperlover => http://pepperlover.com/pepper-seeds/pepper-species/capsicum-annuum/rosemary-pepper-detail
 
The rosemary pepper is around cayenne heat and there was a little bit of bitterness when I ate it.

 

[tsurrie]

Nice pods!
The 'unknown' one looks like Chupetinho. Very tasty pepper with decent heat. I love this one.... snacking on them everytime I'm checking on my plants.

 

[charlesquik]

This is really a CP 135 biquinho I think because there was almost no heat and there was a citrus flavor. Im going to grow them again next year! Tasty pepper to eat raw

 

 

[charlesquik]

small harvest !!
 

 
we dug two potatoes plant to see how they were and this zucchini is huge!
 
two new peppers today! tomatoes pepper from judy
 

 
cut open
 

 
same story as the cumra cherry, the heat is inexistant... what is going on with my garden
 
Still having surprise!  One big fat 1/2 oz yellow beans
 

 
 
I also made a hot sauce with all my starfish and some peach. Best sauce I made so far! so yummy   
 

 

[Wolf1888]

The color on this sauce is awesome! What are the ingredients?

 

[charlesquik]

peach, starfish, garlic, onion, orange juice, vinegar, lime juice and honey
 
best tasting sauce i made to date but is mild 2-3/10 so everyone in the family love it

 

[charlesquik]

going to build this greenhouse over my pepper garden section to extend my season.
 
http://www.howtospecialist.com/garden/greenhouse/how-to-build-a-small-greenhouse/
 
stay tuned

 

[bloozer]

Little update!
 
The orange pepper was indeed a small bell pepper I have no idea how it grew there because I planted no seed of them
 
Fist cumra cherry of pepperlover.com of the season.. this is a beautiful little pods
 
 

 
My concern about this pod is that it had no heat at all and the website say its hot
 
Is this because pod get less heat with colder temperature? Do I need to let it ripe more? Maybe its normal for the first pod of this plant?
I guess nobody really know because its the first year of this kind of pepper on pepperlover

If it's anything like a cherry bomb the heat is really only in the center and similar to jalepeno heat. I love cherry bombs for mild sauce making :-)

 

[charlesquik]

well mine are medium but the one that grow at my gf house have 0 heat.

 

[charlesquik]

Almost done with my greenhouse ! I changed the plan a little bit and now it look like a shed
 
Wall are straight, roof is 45 degree and I added a window hole
 
I made it so I can disassemble the greenhouse in small part for storage during winter.
 

 

 

 
 
Ill finish the plastic on the outside in 2 hours
 
 
edit : Just finished the outdoor but its too dark to take a picture ill upload one tomorrow !

 

[charlesquik]

Finally have time to upload picture (dem girlfriend take time )
 

 
cool night shot 
 

 
We added traverse to solidify the greenhouse  and a lateral beam to fix the light
 

 
500 watt hps light bulb
 

 
Happy plants
 

 
 
I still need to make the door but for now its perfect

 

[bloozer]

Got any plans for a ventilation system in there?

 

[charlesquik]

well in the hole of the windows next year I plan to put ventilation but now it drop to 50 degree during night so.. My only problem is the fog on the plastic
 
I will add a ventilated warmer in there to keep it to 68 degree during night

 

[charlesquik]

Man that greenhouse is god sent.
 
Here is today harvest.
 
Plenty of aji cito , aji habanero, rosemary pepper, tiny thai orange, and starfish.
And also one peach bhut!
 

 
I also made some sauce with the pods I bought from Drew at peppernorth. The red one is devil haha there is like 15 pods in there .
 

 
Update on plants:
Peach bhut jolokia are doing good I think I will be having 10 pods by the end of next week.
 

 
Yellow fatalli are starting to ripe

 
Reaper is finally starting to do something
 

 
Yellow 7 pot ( one of my favorite )!!   
 

 
Pastel habanero
 

 
Rosemary pepper plant is pretty productive
 

 
Temperature is hitting 104 degre in the greenhouse. Doing my best redneck style to cool it down.
 

 
 
Yeah I know I was too lazy to make a real window and a door.. haha   

 

[PaulG]

The greenhouse is money, Charles!  Should pay off for a long time.
 
You are getting some nice harvests - hope the =weather holds for you

 

[charlesquik]

Today harvest!
 
3 fatalli
3 starfish
1 peach bhut
6 aji cito
and alot of rosemary pepper
 
I'm doing good but  I am having problem heating my greenhouse even with a 1500 watt heater during the night, the temp is around 9 degree hotter than outdoor so when its 45 outside its merely 55
 

 

[charlesquik]

Trying to do like PaulG haha 
 
Harvest of today 
 
aji cito,
rosemary pepper,
1 scotch bonnet moa !
fatalli
yellow 7 pot
3 red Caribbean hab
2 scotch bonnet red  ( seem they dont have true form )
peach bhut jolokia
pastel habanero
 
1 reaper ( small and difform ) atleast I tried lol
 

 
 
Also a  friend of mine gave me this   
 
A lot of unripe pepper but ill do a pepper mash with some of them sambal oelek style