CMPMAN1974 - 2012 Grow Log - Started 2/26/12

Justaguy · Oct 3, 2012

A signed edition? $50?

cmpman1974 · Oct 6, 2012

My seed stock pods of Trinidad Scorpion Yellow

Note, I'm going for two different spin-offs. The top row is variant 1. The rest variant 2. Note the pod ribbing is much higher in row 1.

Also, I picked a gorgeous spiky large Caramel Bhut Jolokia. This is my 'selection' pod. I'd be thrilled to retain these attributes.

Chris

Portuge · Oct 6, 2012

cool lookin pods...

JoynersHotPeppers · Oct 6, 2012

Great looking pods and shots, we will be talking seeds.

Justaguy · Oct 6, 2012

cmpman1974 said:
And here is November's centerfold.

wildseed57 · Oct 6, 2012

Nice Pods Chris,
I dug up 5 of my plants hopefully to over winter, after I get a few of the pods to ripen. I'm not really set up to overwinter very many of my peppers anymore so I may lose most of them. This cold snap is about two weeks early, and will get down to 34F. tonight , not a good year for my hot peppers, on the bright side there is always next year.

Spicegeist · Oct 6, 2012

Did you get any ripe brown rocotos this year? Banana peel trick???

cmpman1974 · Oct 7, 2012

The final harvest of the year I believe.

I picked the plants the best I could thinking frost is coming tonight..low of 32 the next two nights. I think it's safe to say game over.

Chris

Justaguy · Oct 7, 2012

All this talk of game over has me wondering if my reports of 39 tonight being the coldest in the next 10-day are accurate. Hope they last a little longer for you Chris

Dot Com · Oct 7, 2012

i moved my potted-plants indoors last night because it went down to 50 AND a lot of grey clouds rolled-in this a.m. Hope the sun isn't gone for the season down here either. Seemed like last week we had a few coldish gray days then BAM! it was 85 again. I'm definitely getting at least one 4 ft bulb for my few indoor plants this off-season/winter. I can then use it for sprouting in the Spring too

I tried growing some of the piquin early spring but didn't have any success.

cmpman1974 said:
It's a lot of work, but everyday I am pulling in bowls of pequins/bird types. It's an endless task. lol. Gotta love African and Mexican peppers!

Chris

Hey Chris! I saw that Harare-Zimbabwe pepper pod you posted. Ever try growing any Piri Piri or African birds eye?

SocalChilehead · Oct 7, 2012

Sorry to hear the end of the season you have provided amazing profiles for the awesome pepper varieties. I started seeds from the boxes of peppers I bought from you and everything has almost sprouted thanks again.

cmpman1974 · Oct 7, 2012

The plants made it today, but it's getting colder tonight and tomorrow. I ripped out all but 30-35 plants anyways. Doing it in batches makes life more manageable. Honestly, I love growing them, but it it nice to have a break for a few months. The part of the break I don't like is cold weather / snow! I'm not a winter person for sure

Justaguy said:
All this talk of game over has me wondering if my reports of 39 tonight being the coldest in the next 10-day are accurate. Hope they last a little longer for you Chris

Yes, I grew several Piri Piri strains from Africa this year... many looked similar in size, shape and growth habits. Ones from Laudium, S. Africa, Johannesburg, S. Africa, Seneca, etc.

Dot Com said:
Hey Chris! I saw that Harare-Zimbabwe pepper pod you posted. Ever try growing any Piri Piri or African birds eye?

I'm glad you enjoyed the GLOG. I have fun doing it though it does take effort! Also, I'm happy to hear the seeds did well. The circle of life continues.

SocalChilehead said:
Sorry to hear the end of the season you have provided amazing profiles for the awesome pepper varieties. I started seeds from the boxes of peppers I bought from you and everything has almost sprouted thanks again.

wildseed57 · Oct 8, 2012

We got two hard freezing cold nights enough to kill all the plants left in the garden, forgot I had about a dozen matts cherry tomatoes that I wanted to grab they froze solid along with some Bell peppers I missed. I had left two ghost peppers and a big brown hab along with a wild Praetermissum and Bishop Hat Aji all were froze to the ground.
The ones I dug up and put in 5 gal buckets are looking ok, so I will hopefully get some ripe peppers off of them, before I cut them back.
By the time the weekend gets here it will be a warm 56 to 58F at night and upper 70's in the day time.
Can't win for losing, I'm ready for Spring.

Portuge · Oct 9, 2012

To Chris and his amazing pictures of these rare peppers and ones I've never heard of before... Keep up the good work Chris...

armac · Oct 9, 2012

95 degrees here today, amazing the temp difference.

Chris how do you know when a green scorpion is ripe?

patrick · Oct 9, 2012

Where did the year go?

Glad you got a few Caramel BJ's to come in for ya Chris, your Miss November is the gnarliest one I've ever seen. Looking forward to seeing it's offspring next year.

Dot Com · Oct 10, 2012

it warmed back up to high 70's here today. Last two days were cold/gray 50's. So, I was able to put potted plants back out on the porch :party:

cmpman1974 · Oct 11, 2012

I think these are stunning.

Chris

cmpman1974 · Oct 13, 2012

Finally! Got a few ripe pods off my 6' Pequin tree from Mexico. I really, really like this variety.

Chris

Dot Com · Oct 13, 2012

6 foot pequin? :eek:

Very nice. How old is it?