Dillo's Grow Log 2009

Moving from one house to another at 30° F, though 4 miles only, was a lot of stress for my plants. The neglect during all the moving and cleaning up activities added some stress too and caused some severe setback for my plants. This is how far they recovered until now.

The plants in the wintergarden:

My biggest plant so far: Aji Pineapple

Tepin

 

[Armadillo]

Cayenne:

Turkish pepperoni:

 

[Armadillo]

Cash Cow

Today my son broke off a branch of my Cash Cow pepper plant with a football (you supporters of the various handegg leagues would call it a "soccer"-ball...). Unfortunately one of the two big pods was "harvested" this way much too early and green. I ate it and it wcas about as hot if not a bit hotter than a Cayenne but far away from a hab. I hope to harvest a lot of ripe pods of this variety this year. I'm so curious about how this "Cash Cow" may taste ripe and if anyone of you might be able to tell me what variety that might be.

 

[ABurningMouth]

Never heard of cash cow pepper. Please post a pic soon.
Your plants all look happy.

 

[patrick]

Hope your son didn't suffer too much.

I can't get over how thick the stems on the 7 pots are--almost redwoodish. Keep up the great work Armadillo, I'm really enjoying this thread. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Armadillo]

Never heard of cash cow pepper. Please post a pic soon.
Your plants all look happy.

I posted a few pics above and have no ripe pods by now. But I will keep you updated.

Hope your son didn't suffer too much.

I can't get over how thick the stems on the 7 pots are--almost redwoodish. Keep up the great work Armadillo, I'm really enjoying this thread. Thanks for sharing it.

My son was upset without getting crapped on. The worse challenge for my plants was the bad thunderstorm we had today. A lot of plants are bent, some lost a few leaves and one lost a bigger branch. I hope they all will make it.

 

[bigt]

Very nice collection of plants. They are going to take off outside. Excellent job on the photos.

 

[Armadillo]

Todays new pod pictures:

Turkish Pepperoni:

Sweet pointed peppers:

Nepali Orange:

 

[Armadillo]

Lemon Drop:

Uganda habs:

 

[lee]

Nice Dillo, That lemon looks good.

 

[Armadillo]

Some of my plants produce more and more pods now and some of the pods get bigger and bigger. Here's a few examples:

Uganda "hab":

Jalapeno:

Lemon Drop:

 

[chilehunter]

the plants are looking great. you have a nice selection of chiles, should make for some great harvests.

 

[Armadillo]

the plants are looking great. you have a nice selection of chiles, should make for some great harvests.

Thanx, chilehunter! I really hope for some great harvest.

Here's one Jalapeno pod. My son's football hit again and broke off that little branch this pod was on. But it was nearly red ripe so I ate it. Very fruity and hotter than the Jals I find here in the shops - if I ever find some.

 

[lee]

Great pics. dillo

 

[ABurningMouth]

Those uganda habs of yours are really colorful.
Great job !

 

[Armadillo]

Great pics. dillo

Those uganda habs of yours are really colorful.
Great job !

Thank you guys!

I hope that those Uganda peppers will come out like the pods I took the seeds from. They were dark red and tasty.

 

[Armadillo]

My puppy crippled my Uganda chinense plant... Now I built a cage around it. I hope it will recover and live long and prosper.

My "Cash Cow" has it's first nearly ripe pod. I harvested it a bit early to promote further growth.

 

[caroltlw]

Love that pretty orange on the cash cow. They never turn red or anything?

 

[Armadillo]

Orange hab:

Nepali Orange:

Jalapeno El Jefe:

 

[Armadillo]

Love that pretty orange on the cash cow. They never turn red or anything?

As far as my cousin told me they stay orange.

Does anyone know which variety that might be?

 

[patrick]

There was some talk about Cash Cow on another thread earlier and I had never heard of it. Stopped at Home Depot later that day and lo and behold there they were! Cash cows by the dozens.

Plants are looking great Armadillo. Can you let us know how the cash cow tastes and heat?