DocNrock's 2013 Glog - 7/11/13

My 2013 grow officially began 10/14/2012, when seeds hit soil. After seeing Fernando (SocalChilehead) growing in his greenhouse "sanctuary" and KiNGDeNNiZ continuing to start new growth in his AeroGarden, as well as the community HP22B grow thread already being 8 pages, I broke down and started my 2013 grow. I was going to limit it to 50 varieties, but that ended up being 64, 77 including the plants I want to save from 2012. If some varieties don't pop or I end up losing some along the way, I might still be down to 50 (or less!) in no time. The grow list with pop dates is at the bottom of this post.

Since I had plenty of seeds I wanted to try an experiment. Which is better for germination, soil or Rapid Rooters? I have two mini-greenhouses with 36 soil cups each, and one mini-greenhouse with a 72 cell insert loaded with Rapid Rooters. All seeds were soaked overnight in water that had been boiled and cooled and contained a dilution of brewed chamomile tea and H2O2. The Rapid Rooters and soil were both moistened with the same mix. The soil is Sungro Sunshine mix #1 amended lightly with Ancient Forest and worm castings. Wondering if the organisms in the amendments might help break down the seed coat. Each cell contains about five seeds. This will force me to cull the weaklings, as opposed to trying to save them, hahaha! At most I will end up with two seedlings for each variety. If both survive, I can try to gift one of the two. I am thinking that some varieties may germinate better in soil, some better in the Rapid Rooters, and for some it may not make a difference. I read somewhere that kelp solutions are rich in growth hormones. Has anyone added a light kelp solution dilution to their germination setup? I was thinking of adding a couple of drops to each Rapid Rooter cell. Fert-wise, the kelp solutions are very, very weak. I doubt it would do any harm. Has anyone ever tried the kelp? I have not, but might try it later on anything that seems stubborn to sprout.

I am hoping these guys are all budded up come springtime, and ready for an early harvest. Since my indoor space is limited, I am giving serious consideration to building a small greenhouse in the backyard and putting in a couple of space heaters for the night time. I decided against a raised bed, and will probably go with 5 gallon Root Pouches for the larger plants. Some of the annuums and plants I'm as yet unsure of I will grow in 2 gallon pots. If I end up liking them, I can always up-pot them.

Getting organized:

Man, I hope I didn't mix any of these up! 64 cups to keep straight is a far cry from 3. It will be 6 months until I know for sure!:

Rapid Rooters:

Soil:

Let the waiting game begin!:

Also, in case anyone is interested, the white plastic labelling tags are available at Discount Hydroponics, $2.95/100! Cheaper than popsickle sticks!

Regarding the plants I already have, I am going to try to start cuttings off most of them in the event the plants don't make it over the winter. I won't need to start those from seed, although there are four varieties (Douglah, Fatalii, Barrackpore and Yellow Bhut) I am starting from seed, as well.

Question: When we start a new grow season, is it typical to just add to one's glog thread, or is it appropriate to start a new thread for the new grow year?

Anyway, happy growing to you all and thanks for looking. I'm hoping all the lessons I learned this year will help me to make this grow much more successful!

GROW LIST: I will try to edit in pop dates for both soil and Rapid Rooters. The Rapid Rooters might get earlier pop dates since I can see the rootlets before hooks form.

Sown seeds (65):

Trinidad Scorpion (AJIJOE) 10/20/12 (RR)
HP22B (Pepper Joe) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/27/12 (soil)
Primo (Primo) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Billy Boy Jonah (Silver_Surfer via Coheed) 10/22/12 (RR)
7 Pot Congo Gigantic (Pepperlover) 10/23/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
7 Pot Barrackpore (Biscgolf) 10/27/12 (RR)
Dorset Naga (Pepperlover - pods) 10/24/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Naga Morich (Biscgolf - pods) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/24/12 (soil)
Bhut Jolokia (JoynersHotPeppers)
Red Rocoto (SocalChilihead) 10/22/12 (RR)
Malawi Peppadew (Refiningfirechiles) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/24/12 (soil)
Trinidad PI281317 (Pepperlover) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/24/12 (soil)
Anaheim (Pepperlover - gift)
7 Pot Chiguanas (Silver Surfer via Coheed) 10/23/12 (RR)
Red Devil's Tongue (Pepperlover - gift) 10/28/12 (RR)
Butch T (Pepperlover - pods) 10/24/12 (RR)
7 Pot Jonah (Pepperlover - pods) 10/27/12 (RR)
7 Pot Burgundy (Silver_Surfer via Coheed) 10/23/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Infinity 10/20/12 (soil), 10/22/12 (RR)
Yellow Moruga (Pepperlover) 10/23/12 (soil), 10/23/12 (RR)
Yellow Brain (Biscgolf) 10/24/12 (RR)
Yellow Bhut Jolokia (Biscgolf) 10/26/12 (soil)
Fatalii (AJIJOE) 10/22/12 (RR),10/28/12 (soil)
7 Pot Yellow (Biscgolf) 10/24/12 (RR)
Peach Bhut (AJIJOE) 10/28/12 (RR)
Beni Highland (AJIJOE) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/22/12 (soil)
Trinidad Morova (Pepperlover) 10/23/12 (soil), 10/28/12 (RR)
7 Pot Orange (Silver_Surfer via Coheed) 10/23/12 (soil), 10/28/12 (RR)
Golden Cayenne (SocalChilehead) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/20/12 (soil)
Yellow Scotch Bonnet (AJIJOE) 10/22/12 (soil), 10/22/12 (RR)
7 Pot Brown (Biscgolf) 10/24/12 (soil)
Douglah (Biscgolf) 10/27/12 (soil)
Black Habanero (Refiningfirechiles) 10/20/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Chocolate Scorpion (KiNGDeNNiZ) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/23/12 (soil)
Douglah x Chocolate Scorpion F4 (Silver_Surfer via Coheed) 10/23/12 (RR), 10/24/12 (soil)
Black Naga (Refiningfirechiles) 10/20/12 (soil)
Pasilla Bajio (Refiningfirechiles) 10/22/12 (soil), 10/27/12 (RR)
Long Chocolate Habanero (AJIJOE) 10/24/12 (RR), 10/24/12 (soil)
Chocolate Habanero (AJIJOE) 10/23/12 (soil), 10/24/12 (RR)
Black Stinger (Refiningfirechiles) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/23/12 (soil)
7 Pot White (Pepperlover) 10/24/12 (RR), 10/27/12 (soil)
Giant White Habanero (AJIJOE) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/23/12 (soil)
White Bullet Habanero (AJIJOE) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
White Devil's Tongue (Silver_Surfer via Coheed) 10/28/12 (RR)
Serrano (Pepper Joe - free) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/19/12 (soil) ***FIRST SOIL***
Jalapeno (Pepper Joe - free) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/20/12 (soil)
Red Bell (store bought pepper) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Andy F1 Gochu (Stickman via SocalChilehead) 10/17/12 (RR) ***TIED, FIRST OVERALL*** 10/23/12 (soil)
Korean Winner Hybrid (Stickman via SocalChilehead) 10/17/12 (RR) ***TIED, FIRST OVERALL***
Pimenta de Neyde (SocalChilehead) 10/28/12 (RR)
Trinidad Scorpion Green (SocalChilehead) 10/19/12 (RR)
Most Prolific C.chacoense (Pepperlover - gift) 10/23/12 (RR)
Royal Black (AJIJOE) 10/22/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Assam (SocalChilehead) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/22/12 (soil)
Trinidad Scorpion "FG" (AJIJOE) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/24/12 (soil)
Australian Lantern Habanero (AJIJOE) 10/26/12 (RR), 10/26/12 (soil)
Aji Yellow (AJIJOE) 10/23/12 (RR)
Jamaican Hot Chocolate (KiNGDeNNiZ) 10/22/12 (RR)
Aji Omnicolor (OROZCONLECHE) 10/19/12 (RR)
Not-Trinidad Scorpion (long yellow pod from Arboretum, KiNGDeNNiZ) 10/22/12 (RR)
Mystery Chocolate Mix (Silver_Surfer) 10/23/12 (RR)
Red Congo (AJIJOE) 10/23/12 (RR)
Peach Habanero (AJIJOE) 10/19/12 (RR), 10/22/12 (soil)
Yellow Hablokia (AJIJOE) 10/20/12 (RR), 10/22/12 (soil)
Sown 10/20/12
Yellow Bell (store-bought pepper) 10/23/12 (RR)
Sown 10/28/12
Chocolate Bell (Refiningfirechiles)
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion (Refiningfirechiles)
Malaysian Goronong (Refiningfirechiles)
Douglah (Refiningfirechiles)
Peter (Refiningfirechiles)
Yellow Bhut (Refiningfirechiles)
Chocolate Bhut (Refiningfirechiles)
Aji Pineapple (Refiningfirechiles)
Aji Dulce 1 (Tradewinds)
Datil (Tradewinds)
Goat's Horn (Tradewinds)
NuMex Big Jim (Tradewinds)
Paprika (Tradewinds)
Brain Strain 7 (PepperRidge)


What I hope to save from my current grow, either whole plants or clones (13):

Carribean Red (local nursery)
Aji Panca (Refiningfirechiles)
Peter Pepper (Refiningfirechiles)
Jamaican Yellow Mushroom (Refiningfirechiles)
Moruga (Refiningfirechiles)
Malaysian Goronong (Refiningfirechiles)
Thai Dragon (North Park Produce)
Chenzo (North Park Produce)
Red Brain Strain (Baker's Peppers - pods)
Chinese 5-color (Orozconleche)
Aji Dulce (Orozconleche)
Datil (Orozconleche)
Bonnie "World's Hottest Hab" (Fatalii?) (Home Depot)

I'm going to do my best to keep one of each alive, but with 77 total, I might be lucky if a few croak!

 

[stickman]

Here's a thought for powdering the little guys Doc... pierce them with a knife and put them whole in the dehydrator. The seeds don't have any flavor in themselves and once you've powdered the pods you won't find 'em again anyway...

 

[MGOLD86]

Now this is what I am talkin about!  NICE harvest!  It only goes up from here!

 

[stc3248]

Never though I would say this...but that is one HOT Doily!!! Hahaha! Sweet Doc, only gets better from here on out! You need to get faster at pickin!

oh...and +1 to Rick. Small pods get dehydrated whole. Some of my favorite powder comes from the wilds and I ain't seeding them little bastages! 

 

[WalkGood]

Great harvest Doc, congrats mon! Glad to read the Peach Bhut started putting out correct shapes hope your Reapers come around too.

 

[Peptacular]

Wow man absolutely insane harvests. Great work. How many plants do you have?

Hopefully eventually I can work my way up to those kinda pulls in a few years. A man can dream...

 

[DocNrock]

Sorry it has taken so long.  Freakin' crazy week!

Thanks for the fix!
Waiting till i can pick ripe pods daily!
Some nice pods you got there!

Thanks bro!  Yours are coming along very soon. 
 

Nice haul Doc!
 
This is going to be happening for awhile!
 
Edit: Happy Fathers Day!

Thanks Scott! 
 

 
Thanks Rick, I will take it a compliment!
If I'm right these are the seeds I was sending to you at the beginning of the season. I'm glad to see you shared them with Doc, as this is how this community is working, and without it, I wouldn't grow superhots.
 
Hi Doc,
Though I am not pretty active on this forum, I am checking the glogs every day to see how the chileheads are getting with the peppers. It's good to see folks alredy having nice harvest, when I am just begging to my plants not to drop the flowers.
Regarding the Rapires, this type is called in Hungary 'hegyes erős', which stands for 'pointed hot', but many people call them 'zöldpaprika' which is 'green pepper'. (I have to admit, that the Hungarian name of pepper/chile is paprika)
From its name and the pics you found on the internet you can see that these are consumpted in a light green stage. In the pepper growing industry we distinguish economic and biological ripeness. Economic ripeness is when the pepper ripe enough to go to the market, and to be eaten. In the case of the Rapires it is the light green stage. Biological ripeness is when the pepper seeds are viable, in our case it is when the pepper turns red.
To tell the truth, I have never seen any red pods from this type before. We usually use them as sandwich ingredient, and in some of our traditional dish, mostly which require some pepper flavour, and just a small amount of heat. Unfortunately I am not growing them this year, but I am curious to see, they will probably turn out to be good for even in pickles.
For the Kurtovska Kapija I'd check it with MisterNo, since he is from Croatia, just like the pepper.  (I'm also growing them, but this is my first year, only)
If you have questions you can always turn to me
Nice glog, anyways, beautiful pics, happy plants! Keep posting the pics, and we will give you bumps! :-)
 
Balázs

Thanks Balazs, and thanks for stopping in.  Great info on the Rapires F1.  I have two in the refrigerator right now.  One green and one red.  I'll give them a try later today. 
 

Nice harvests

Thanks!
 

I'd say that is a great harvest man! Talk about the season getting to a full swing!

Thanks Matt!  It is definitely ramping up.
 

[SIZE=12pt]Excellent harvest Doc and Happy Fathers Day back at ya!!! The pods look awesome \o/[/SIZE]
 
[SIZE=12pt]Side note about your statement of the yellow color, while I do not know your camera, it might be possible to correct the white balance there as that is more likely than the screen being far off. BTW you can also adjust the screen balance but that's not as easy and I'm not sure about all screens. If you shoot in RAW it's even easier to adjust the white balance. Hope that might be helpful ... take care and hope you have a great week![/SIZE]

Thanks Ramon!  I will look into the white balance. 
 

Awesome harvest! That's a crazy amount of peppers to have in June!

Happy Fathers Day.

Thanks, Carson.  It's only because I started mid October. 
 

Party at Docs place everybody! Bring tomatoes and onions he'll bring the peppers...salsa time! 
 
Wow...what an amazing pull so early! I guess we should all start in November!!!

Hahaha, thanks Shane! 
 

 
 
Hey Dock.
 
Yes, Kapija can get huge. From what I've seen they usually get about the same size as Poblanos or a bit bigger, 10 - 15 cm long, 4-7 cm wide with 4-6 mm thick flesh. One pod usually weights around 100 g, but first pods of the season can get significantly larger and heavier, up to 300 g.
 
They can be used green or red (fully mature), but people mostly use them red, they are more flavorful when ripe.
I personally don't like the taste of green Kapija pepper, I always pick them when they are fully ripe
 
They are mostly used for making Ajvar (delicious East European pepper relish), or you can fry, cook or roast them.
They are also great eaten fresh, because of their thick juicy meat.
 
If you have dehydrator  you can even try making some powder (it's hard to sun dry them because of the thick juicy flesh), I made some last year. It took me double amount of time to dry them (compared with other peppers), but I got some strong pepper flavor, with a smoky note .
 
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask

Mr. No, thank you for stopping in and for the information.  I love Ajvar!  Now that you reminded me, that is why Rick sent me the seeds for the Kapija.  I learned of Ajvar last year from Rick and made some using what was locally available:  Red Bell Peppers.  It turned out awesome, but I'm sure it will be even better when I make it this year using an authentic variety. 

I guess I need a bump for more quotes...

 

[stickman]

speaking of which... how are your kapia peppers Doc?

 

[DocNrock]

speaking of which... how are your kapia peppers Doc?

Thank you for the bump, Rick!  I'll try to get a shot up later today. 
 
 

Hi Brent,
 
Incredible harvest! You are doing something more then right.
Make sure you save seeds from those varieties, as I'm sure everybody on this forum (including me) would be happy to trade some seeds with you.
By the way, have you tasted the Rapires F1 yet?
 
Balázs

Thank you, Balazs! If it wasn't for this fourm and especially the members, I would have no idea how to grow these things. I have learned so much from the members here, directly and indirectly. It didn't hurt that I started in October. Luckily, the timing worked out perfectly for my climate. Had I started in late December/early January, we'd be coming into the hot weather and the plants probably would have dropped flowers all summer. Right now, I haven't saved seeds. When I start thinking about doing that, I will isolate a branch on each plant so that I know the seeds from pods on that branch are true, and not a cross. I hope to have a good variety of seeds at the end of the season.
 
I haven't yet tried the Rapires F1. I have a green one and a red one in the refrigerator tagged to try later today.
 

WoooHoooo!!
 
Incredible harvest! And just the start!
 
Ain't it saweet! Really nice looking pods!
 
Good job Doc!

Thanks Scott! Now that watering is automated, I can focus on harvests and pest control!
 

Great looking harvest shots! I bought seeds for the burgundy 7s and they did not end up being planting this time around. How is the flavour compared to other 7 pods?

Thanks Stefan! My Burgundy 7 plant only grew to about 2 feet above the soil line, but it is loaded with pods. Also, the pods are larger than golf balls. The flavor and heat are quite similar to other Red 7 varieties. Very aromatic. I am definitely growing it again next year.
 

Here's a thought for powdering the little guys Doc... pierce them with a knife and put them whole in the dehydrator. The seeds don't have any flavor in themselves and once you've powdered the pods you won't find 'em again anyway...

 
Thanks for the tip, Rick!
 
EDIT:  Just noticed... not only top of page, but post number 1000 in my glog...ding, ding, ding...we have a winner! 

Now this is what I am talkin about! NICE harvest! It only goes up from here!

Thanks, Matt! I have a feeling my dehydrator is going to be running non-stop through the end of the year! I filled all eight trays yesterday and still have a couple of one-gallon bags in the freezer! I think I need more trays.
 

Never though I would say this...but that is one HOT Doily!!! Hahaha! Sweet Doc, only gets better from here on out! You need to get faster at pickin!

oh...and +1 to Rick. Small pods get dehydrated whole. Some of my favorite powder comes from the wilds and I ain't seeding them little bastages!

HOT Doily!!! Hahaha! I probably could have picked faster, but I was also inspecting for pests, pruning, etc. Anyway, excuses, excuses. Unless C. chacoense "Most Prolific" and/or Wild Brazil are wilds, then I don't have to think about wilds, for now.
 
Question: before I made my first powder last year, I read up on it as much as I could. I vaguely remember a recommendation to remove the seeds because, when ground, they impart a bitter flavor to the powder. I'm guessing you don't find this to be true.
 
Worst case: leave the seeds in and get a bitter flavor. Best case: they have no flavor but would probably be almost half of the volume of the final product as they don't lose as much mass as the fruit itself does.
 
Regardless, I agree that I'm not seeding a bunch of tiny pods.
 
Thoughts?
 

Great harvest Doc, congrats mon! Glad to read the Peach Bhut started putting out correct shapes hope your Reapers come around too.

 
Thanks Ramon! The Peach Bhut has been funny. The first pods had the right color and were plenty hot, but they were small, smooth, and round-ish. The were almost shaped like small bells (literally bells, not bell peppers). The next wave were either shaped like peanut shells or like a squid body sans tentacles. The most recent ones are finally looking bhut-ish.

Wow man absolutely insane harvests. Great work. How many plants do you have?

Hopefully eventually I can work my way up to those kinda pulls in a few years. A man can dream...

Hey Peptacular! Thanks for stopping in and for the kind words! After your comment I counted the number of varieties in my harvest pic: 62. I think I have 137 plants. Only like 10 varieties are represented by more than one plant (2 to 4), so I think I have about 110 varieties growing. The only variety in my harvest to come off of more than one plant was the Jalapenos. The rest of those piles were each from a single plant. Some of these plants, like the Peach Hab and the PI281317 are incredibly productive. Large piles off of each of those and the ripe pods were only like 1/4 to 1/3 of the total number of pods on the plant! Crazy productive.
 
FWIW, this is my first "real" season. I started last year in early July and killed learned from that experience. Only about 10 plants survived out of 40+. Honestly, I was expecting that kind of attrition when I started my grow this year. My target was 30 - 50 plants. I started with about 140 and have only lost 3. So my grow has turned out to be much larger than I was targeting. If it wasn't for the drip irrigation system, I probably would be losing many more now that summer is upon us. Point is: you can do this now!

 

[stc3248]

Doc...the ONLY thing the seeds will do is soften the color of the powder a little and add more "filler" to the powder. The flavor won't change aside from seeded powder will be a tad more concentrated if you're careful not to remove the placenta with the seeds. Wild Brazils and Chocoense are both wilds and will make some really good powder. Is your WB of the Chinense or Baccatum variety...mine last year were the "Bird Aji" type and a really cool plant...I would like to see what yours looks like. Let me review back a few pages. I think my "Charapita Yellow" is another one that is often referred to as "Wild Brazil" or Cumari...to make matters worse, I am not sure all the folks that distro seeds understand the differences so the gene pool gets muddy.

 

[DocNrock]

I need more trays for my dehydrator!  I have eight trays loaded and going.  Finished about 11:30 last night. 
 
Here is the last batch (five trays).  One tray was various green chiles that either got knocked off the plants, accidentally picked, or were on broken branches (oops).  I have another bag of unripe chiles, as well as a Trinidad Scorpion Green plant that is loaded with pods.  The next time I fire up the smoker I am going to smoke green pods and see how the powder turns out.
 

 
Next up, I've got enough now to make powders sorted by color and some even by types of chile. 
 
Peach Hab and Peach Bhut: 
 

 
Paprika and Browns (to be powdered separately): 
 

 
PI 281317: 
 

 
Two trays of yellow supers (Yellow Brain, Yellow TSMB, Yellow 7 Pot, Fatalii, Trinidad Scorpion FG), and a Bahamian Goat and Scotch Bonnet TFM: 
 

 

 
Jalapeno, Fresno, and Nhu's Pepper: 
 

 
Yellow hots (Jamaican Yellow Mushroom, Golden Cayenne, Beni Highland): 
 

 
Red hots (Congo Red, Red Hab, etc.): 
 

Doc...the ONLY thing the seeds will do is soften the color of the powder a little and add more "filler" to the powder. The flavor won't change aside from seeded powder will be a tad more concentrated if you're careful not to remove the placenta with the seeds. Wild Brazils and Chocoense are both wilds and will make some really good powder. Is your WB of the Chinense or Baccatum variety...mine last year were the "Bird Aji" type and a really cool plant...I would like to see what yours looks like. Let me review back a few pages. I think my "Charapita Yellow" is another one that is often referred to as "Wild Brazil" or Cumari...to make matters worse, I am not sure all the folks that distro seeds understand the differences so the gene pool gets muddy.

Cool, good to know.  The Wild Brazil must be chinense.  The flowers do not look like baccatum and there are two to three per node.  The leaves are smallish, as are the flowers.  I don't think I posted any pics of it.  It just started podding.  I'll try to snap a pic later today.  Thanks for the info!

 

[GA Growhead]

Way nice Doc!
How are the aji pineapples?
Yellow TSMBs looking killer? Taste?
7oranges are orange or red? Looking off color in the shot.
That harvest shot was crazy cool!
I'm pretty sure you have me beat on varieties, but looking forward to being able to do a spread like that!
I don't know if you saw or remember spicy chicken's dehydrator he built. It was a wooded box with metal screen shelves, powered by a space heater. I'm really thinking about building one similar. I just do not see mine holding up.


Once again, simply awesome!

 

[saugapepper]

Doc, great pics! I grew out the Chinense Wild Brazil last year and with only two plants, I had hundreds of pods. Tasty little things but I was sick of picking them and cutting them for the dehydrator by the end of the summer.

 

[MisterNo]

Mr. No, thank you for stopping in and for the information.  I love Ajvar!  Now that you reminded me, that is why Rick sent me the seeds for the Kapija.  I learned of Ajvar last year from Rick and made some using what was locally available:  Red Bell Peppers.  It turned out awesome, but I'm sure it will be even better when I make it this year using an authentic variety. 
 

No problem Doc.
 
I also sometimes make Ajvar from what is locally available, but  Kapija is one of the most used varieties for making Ajvar in Eastern Europe. Generally speaking, all horn shaped peppers with thick and juicy flesh should be a good choice.
 
If you like, I can send you some seeds of Vesena and Elephant pepper - those are mild to hot horn shaped peppers, also often used for Ajvar.
 
A lot of grocery stores have recently started selling ''green ajvar'', a variation made form green tomatoes (usually from leftovers at the end of season due to frost), horseradish and mustard. Of course it can be spiced up with hot peppers
 
I'll try to post a recipe one of these days on my glog.

 

[Jamison]

Jeez Doc! A pepper a day keeps the Doc at bay! Hows the Hawaiian Sweet Hots taste?

 

[Devv]

Doc, I'm lovin' it.
 
Glad to see you're having such success!
 
Powder you will have my friend!
 
Great work!

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

Woowwwww. Nice harvestsssssss. Will be glad to give you a rennie plant in a gal that's flowering Just have to meet me half way

 

[DocNrock]

Way nice Doc!
How are the aji pineapples?
Yellow TSMBs looking killer? Taste?
7oranges are orange or red? Looking off color in the shot.
That harvest shot was crazy cool!
I'm pretty sure you have me beat on varieties, but looking forward to being able to do a spread like that!
I don't know if you saw or remember spicy chicken's dehydrator he built. It was a wooded box with metal screen shelves, powered by a space heater. I'm really thinking about building one similar. I just do not see mine holding up.


Once again, simply awesome!

Thanks, Jason!  I was so stoked to be able to do a shot like that after looking at so many similar shots on this board last year.  If you notice, I had orange in quotes.  My 7 Orange ripened Red.  The seed was from a pod I got from Coheed196 via Silver_Surfer so either it is a cross or simply regained it's red color genetially.  Either way, I still like it.    
 
Regarding the Yellow TSMB, it's hot.  Has a very fruity/floral scent and fruity flavor.  Very similar to a Yellow Brain or 7 Pot.  I haven't tasted the Aji Pineapple yet.  All of my baccatums are in the freezer until I can figure out what I am going to do with them.   
 
I don't recall Spicy Chicken's dehydrator, but that sounds like something for large-scale powdering!  Very cool.  Anxious to see what you come up with!
 
Thanks for stopping in, bud!
 

Doc, great pics! I grew out the Chinense Wild Brazil last year and with only two plants, I had hundreds of pods. Tasty little things but I was sick of picking them and cutting them for the dehydrator by the end of the summer.

Hi Saugapepper!  Thanks for stopping in and for the kind words!  I'm laughing because I'm barely into the season and already I am tired of cutting up little pods.  I'm thinking they go into the blender and then I can strain out the seeds. 
 

No problem Doc.
 
I also sometimes make Ajvar from what is locally available, but  Kapija is one of the most used varieties for making Ajvar in Eastern Europe. Generally speaking, all horn shaped peppers with thick and juicy flesh should be a good choice.
 
If you like, I can send you some seeds of Vesena and Elephant pepper - those are mild to hot horn shaped peppers, also often used for Ajvar.
 
A lot of grocery stores have recently started selling ''green ajvar'', a variation made form green tomatoes (usually from leftovers at the end of season due to frost), horseradish and mustard. Of course it can be spiced up with hot peppers
 
I'll try to post a recipe one of these days on my glog.

Thank you for the kind offer!  Right now I am set on peppers...in fact, I am beyond set, hahaha!  The "green ajvar" sounds interesting.  So they use green tomatoes instead of peppers?
 

Jeez Doc! A pepper a day keeps the Doc at bay! Hows the Hawaiian Sweet Hots taste?

 
Jamison, my man!  How are you?  Have you started moving yet?  Just tried the first Hawaiian Sweet Hot last night.  Great taste and just the right amount of heat for a snacking pepper or to chop up into a salad.  Thanks again for the seed!

Doc, I'm lovin' it.
 
Glad to see you're having such success!
 
Powder you will have my friend!
 
Great work!

Thanks, Scott!  As you have noticed, it is just incredible how little powder comes out of a large volume of pods.  Thanks for the kind words. 
 

Woowwwww. Nice harvestsssssss. Will be glad to give you a rennie plant in a gal that's flowering Just have to meet me half way

Thanks King!  Your grow is coming along great, as well!  Thank you for the offer, but I literally do not have room for even one more plant.  I have a few left in 2 gallon bags that I need to put into 5's and I'm not even sure where they are going to go.  Might even have to give a couple away to my neighbors.  Maybe we can trade some pods later in the season and I'll harvest seed from a pod for next year's grow? 

 

[stc3248]

Wow...most folks don't realize how much effort goes into just prepping them for the dehydrator as well as you did...I know! Well done!!!! The colors should be very vivid!

 

[Silver_Surfer]

Nice harvest! That's gonna make some tasty powder.

 

[MGOLD86]

NIIIICE!!  Now that is what I am talking about!  That is gonna make some tasty powder, gotta let us know how it turns out.  We expect a play by play on every pepper combination.   Get to work!!!