Essegi 2017: at bare minimum

Essegi · Apr 9, 2017

So... All on ground!
Planted yesterday except CAP363 #2 and #3 today.

From right to left: 2x Primo Orange, 2x Avenir, 2x Serrano, 2x Zuzqua

Same plants from a specular angle:

Now they have some shade on noon afternoon, on longest days they should be always in sun except late evening.

CAP363 #1

This is the one with pods.
This in front of home facing east... It'll take sun in morning and early afternoon. I just hope rose don't grow too much!

The usual pod:

2nd pod:

Maybe it's setting others...

CAP363 #2 and #3
Yeah, i got lazy and put all on ground, no pots...

#2

#3

I hope the position is good... They're on front of other peppers, in west-nortwest side of the house. They should have some shade around noon and on late evening even on longest days... We'll see.

Now those rocoto are better to grow a bit in height!

Last giveaway for a relative:

From left: Avenir, Serrano, Primo Orange.
That Avenir is small, at least healthy...
I guess that will be a nice array of heat!

Devv said:
Very nice Giancarlo. I'm happy for you, that you have all this beautiful countryside to explore. That's the only thing I miss about Virginia, hiking in the mountains; such a nice escape

Well, Texas too don't seem bad at all for hiking too!

stickman said:
I'm happy spring has come for you Giancarlo, but a little jealous too. Just gotta soldier on 'til it finally gets here. Nice pics of your fruit trees and the (so far) lone C. Pubiscens pod. +1 on Scott's comments of the scenic places you've pictured... your corner of Italy has some ruggedly beautiful areas!

I've read on your glog, snow and low temps... Keep strong!

PaulG said:
Makes me yearn to get out in the mountains! Great pic, Giancarlo, and kudos
for getting into the advanced hiking class.

Thanks! Can't wait for the course to start, i'm planning some via ferrata hiking that it should be a nice training for mountaineering next year if all goes well.

tsurrie said:
Nice places you've been too Giancarlo.... and the figs and apricots already... that's great!

Thanks! Fig plants growh is awesome. Apricots are young and i'm glad they are doing something.

Devv · Apr 9, 2017

Glad to see you have them in the dirt! Now I'm wishing you great success

Texas has some really nice places to hike, but none very close to where I live. Once I retire, which is less than 3 years (yay!). I'll have the time to travel a bit. It's rather flat where I live, and semi desert. So a winter sport for sure

tsurrie · Apr 9, 2017

Congratulations on replanting. Everything looks good.

Datil · Apr 10, 2017

Looking great Giancarlo!
I will probably plant in the ground in the easter weekend

My planting space is similar, near a hedge... plants seem to love it my only problem is cutting the hedge without messing the peppers

stickman · Apr 10, 2017

Beautiful pics Giancarlo... glad to see you have all your plants in the ground! :woohoo:

Wishing you continued success this season, and loads of pods!

OCD Chilehead · Apr 11, 2017

Congrats!

Plants look really good. They will reward you for your kindness.

dragonsfire · Apr 11, 2017

Great Looking Garden

Essegi · Apr 15, 2017

Thanks all!

So, some pods are coming.
CAP363 #1

Pod 2.
What? Yesterday that was fine. And it was growing nicely. At least bigger Pod 1 is still fine.

Pod 3

CAP363 #2 is setting too...

CAP363 #3 maybe is setting something too...

Also Primo Orange #1 has a couple of pods!

Other stuff:

CAP363 #2 and #3 on right, then some zucchini, tomatoes and bell peppers.

I'm not cooking much lately but i had that at restaurant:

Grilled cuttlefish and polenta. Great!

I went to walk to my hills since weather isn't stable these days...
Now it's late for most of flowers but i found something interesting.
First that nice Judas Tree:

Then i found a spot full of peonia officinalis:

Devv said:
Texas has some really nice places to hike, but none very close to where I live. Once I retire, which is less than 3 years (yay!). I'll have the time to travel a bit. It's rather flat where I live, and semi desert. So a winter sport for sure

I suspected that... The problem is that Texas alone is twice Italy. Here we have regions and within a day you can travel everywhere one of that... In US all is in bigger scale and you have states!

Datil said:
Looking great Giancarlo!
I will probably plant in the ground in the easter weekend
My planting space is similar, near a hedge... plants seem to love it my only problem is cutting the hedge without messing the peppers

Next week here seems that minimin will be low... I hope week minimum not below 5°C...

Cadis · Apr 15, 2017

You planted the rocotos directly into the soil. Did you plant some in pots as well?
How are your experiences?
Thanks!

stickman · Apr 15, 2017

Everything's bustin' out for you Giancarlo... It's good to see somebody who's getting full-blown spring weather and Pubiscens pods to boot! Cuttlefish and Polenta looked tasty. Was that gremolata I saw on top?

Essegi · Apr 15, 2017

Cadis said:
You planted the rocotos directly into the soil. Did you plant some in pots as well?
How are your experiences?
Thanks!

Hello, that year just soil,first time with rocotos.
Only rocoto i had was Locato last year. It was on pot and produced nicely, it was dying on summer and i didn't kept it.
Also i had a Red Rocoto 3 or 4 years ago, on a pot. It grew well but produced nothing. I did something wrong after overwintering and it died.

stickman said:
Everything's bustin' out for you Giancarlo... It's good to see somebody who's getting full-blown spring weather and Pubiscens pods to boot! Cuttlefish and Polenta looked tasty. Was that gremolata I saw on top?

Thanks Rick! Yeah, that was a gremolada, nice catch!

moruga welder · Apr 15, 2017

All is looking well ! Best of luck on this years grow , :party:

beautiful land !

PaulG · Apr 23, 2017

Pods coming for Giancarlo :woohoo:

!

Your garden space is looking just great, ready to roll!
I hope you have a great season, my friend!

Essegi · May 6, 2017

Thnaks!

Not much progress here... Since i put all on ground weather has been cold and rainy... I hope on next week things change.

Chinense then annuum + Lupin...
Something is making all that holes in the leaves... Not much growth that month.

First one is a primo orange that is setting some pods, other chinense or annuum stil have to. Others are CAP 363. They aren't setting much pods.

On the other hand hiking has been more interesting...

First, a travel to cima Palon:

Even if those mountains aren't that high (cima Palon is 2239m) they are really beautiful.

Here some memorial shelves:

After the hike a well deserverd sandwich with lard and some beer:

Then i took a trip to Sorapis lake... There was more snow than i thought.
Mountain scenery is great in those places.

Ok, probably the lake is cooler on summer that has an unreal blue colour, still that place is magic. The mountain on background is called "Dito di Dio" (Finger of God).

The lake itself is surrounded by mountains and sometimes i've heard the term Sorapis circus.

From left, to right:

Here some scenery during the walk:

moruga welder · May 6, 2017

gorgeous !

PaulG · May 6, 2017

Reminds me of the mountains I hike in here in Oregon. Really beautiful,
Giancarlo. Your plants will shape up when the weather gets better. Holes
are probably slugs or snails. A little slug and snail bait and some NEEM oil
in case off insects should help with that. IN the meantime, I'd just cut off
the yellow leaves and the leaves touching the ground.

Devv · May 7, 2017

I'm in awe of the beauty Giancarlo! Simply amazing sites! That heritage site with the memorials is so special; my Mom grew up in Germany during the war. What a terrible time for all. She's told me some real scary stories from way back when; and she never shared them until she was in her late 70's.

Glad to see the gals in the dirt; and pods!

Good work here!

Datil · May 9, 2017

Essegi said:
Since i put all on ground weather has been cold and rainy...

I hear ya... i've delayed peppers plant out 'til yesterday and it was a smart move, my toms almost died but are recovering nicely

I'm sure all your plants will rebound shortly!
Nice mountain shots!

stickman · May 9, 2017

It's been pretty cold here too Giancarlo... hopefully it'll warm up for us soon. +1 on #75, just gorgeous... and the scenery isn't bad either.

Essegi · May 13, 2017

Yesterday i thought that it would have been a good day since it was hotter. Then came the hail. Not that it rained big chunck of ice, but, stil...
So today, with some concern i checked stuff:

And now there's colour! Maybe i'm eating a ripe CAP363 soon!

Also Zuzqua is setting pods:

Those seems also the most affected plants by the hail.

Now some fruit:

Plums

Figs

Vitillo apricot

Reale d'Imola apricot...

And about apricot... I've read somewhere a report about various apricots varieties... To summarize it seemed that the worst a quality looks the better it taste... In my case i can say that this works... Vitillo looks bigger and better but they're no match for Reale d'Imola for taste.

moruga welder said:
gorgeous !

Thanks!

PaulG said:
Reminds me of the mountains I hike in here in Oregon. Really beautiful,
Giancarlo. Your plants will shape up when the weather gets better. Holes
are probably slugs or snails. A little slug and snail bait and some NEEM oil
in case off insects should help with that. IN the meantime, I'd just cut off
the yellow leaves and the leaves touching the ground.

Thanks, i did as you say for the leaves and you are right, snails almost for sure.

Devv said:
I'm in awe of the beauty Giancarlo! Simply amazing sites! That heritage site with the memorials is so special; my Mom grew up in Germany during the war. What a terrible time for all. She's told me some real scary stories from way back when; and she never shared them until she was in her late 70's.

Glad to see the gals in the dirt; and pods!

Good work here!

Thanks! No jokes those years...

Datil said:
I hear ya... i've delayed peppers plant out 'til yesterday and it was a smart move, my toms almost died but are recovering nicely
I'm sure all your plants will rebound shortly!
Nice mountain shots!

Thanks, considering all i shoul have planted stuff 1 or 2 weeks earlier or have waited more... Btw from yesterday seems hotter.

stickman said:
It's been pretty cold here too Giancarlo... hopefully it'll warm up for us soon. +1 on #75, just gorgeous... and the scenery isn't bad either.

Thanks, weather now should just improve.