FayahBen's 2012 season

Greetings

With the spring incoming, it's time to start the grow log for this season.
Well, for now it's not a really good start, i had problem with too low temperatures (and a little over-watering with the soil not drying well) with the first germinated plants that has stunted their growth, but they are recovering slowly. The temperature is better, but the plants could enjoy more heat, so they are still growing a little bit slow.
Some strains have been a little hard to germinate too with several retries.
The chinenses have been sown around mid-january, the annums and baccatums around mid-february. I've sown the rocotos in late autumn.

Here's the strain list for this season:
(the chinenses, rocotos and baccatum are goin to be grown in pots, the annums in soil)

Sweet:
Belize sweet
Buran
Corno di toro yellow
Cubanelle
Lipstick
Marconi red
Mini chocolate bell
Orange bell
Pimento
Purple beauty
Quadrato Asti Giallo
Trinidad perfume

Light:
Alma paprika
Ancho 101
Pasilla bajio

Medium:
Bishop's crown
Brazilian starfish
Jalapeno M

Hot:
Aji habanero
Fish pepper
Goat's weed
Lemon drop
Omnicolor
Orange Thaï
Serrano

Very hot:
Bahamian goat
Bonda Ma Jacques
Caribbean red
Cumari
Fatalii
Habanero orange
Habanero peach
Habanero peruvian white
Habanero yellow
Jamaican hot chocolate
Rocoto rouge
Scotch bonnet Jamaican
Scotch bonnet FDA
Scotch bonnet TFM
Scotch bonnet yellow

Super hot (well, some mild ones ^^):
Naga Morich
Yellow 7 pod

And some pics from last week-end...

It's not looking very good, but they are doin better everyday , i've given them a little fert too to help (even if i don't like to do it with little plants with less than 3-4 pairs of leaves, but hell some are now quite 2 months old :/).
In fact the chinenses that didn't germinate at first try are looking better than the others...
(There's some eggplant, tomatillo and physalis seedlings in there too)
Anyway it's going better, but i'll have to wait a little more for the first harvests (i still have plenty frozen anyway ^^).

 

[FayahBen]

Some quick news...
The weather is still unstable, we had a lot of days without sun (but without rain too) with fresh temperatures.
But the summer seems to settle down a little now, i hope so. ^^
There has been some flowers drops, so there's not a lot of (small) pods on them for now.
The annuums in soil haven't grown a lot, but the few peppers on have.

 

[romy6]

Very nice pepper patch . I see lots of islolated flowers.

Hope the weather get's better

 

[FayahBen]

Thanks
Sorry, i've been a little busy, but with the peppers beginning to ripen, here comes some new pics.
The summer has been definately here for a month, with very few rain and some days pretty hot, and the plants love it. ^^
There has been a lot of flower drops, so there's not a lot of fruits on the plants (anyway i always have more than i need, so it's not really a problem, hehe). And there's still a lot of plants on which i don't have isolated pods yet.
There's a few sunburn on some bell peppers, and a few plants are suspected not to be what they should be.
But soon, there will be a lot of different strains to taste.

Omnicolor:

Trinidad perfume:

Annuums:

And a small harvest: ^^
(I've already picked some peruvian white habs, cumari, mini choco bell, and some unripe bell peppers)

Bottom left, you can see the TFM scotch bonnet which looks supsect, all on the plant look like an annuum to me. Any guess ?

 

[FayahBen]

With the heat, the peppers are beginning to ripen faster. Here's a few new pics.

Cumari:

Bahamian goat:

The other bahamian goat which isn't one (surely a cross, maybe with a scorpion ?):

Scotch bonnet FDA, which doesn't really look like pics i've seen of it:

Trinidad perfume:

And a little harvest:

More pics coming soon...

 

[FayahBen]

Some pics from last week-end...

Yellow habanero:

Jamaican hot chocolate:

Scotch bonnet yellow:

Naga morich:

Yellow 7 pod:

Some sweet peppers:

And some hot ones:

 

[Sanarda]

Very nice pics and harvest. Maybe someone with expertise can help you with the identification of some of your peppers.

 

[FayahBen]

Thanks
Well, the unidentified peppers are mostly crosses i think, so it's not really important as i won't keep seeds from them.

A few more pics from the beginning of the week...

The rocotos with a few ripe fruits, more are forming now after a period without flowers (could it be related more to photoperiod than heat ? Because they have started flowering and fruiting again under high temperatures)

Jamaican scotch bonnet:

Carribean red:

Bonda Ma Jacques:

Omnicolor:

And another nice little harvest (still no ripe fruits from some strains, coming soon i think):

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Nice looking pull, sounds like you are in the same boat as me, running out of dehydrator shelves.

 

[Sanarda]

GREAT LOOKING HARVEST

 

[Indiana_Jesse]

I really like the way your aji omnicolor looks!

 

[FayahBen]

Thanks

In fact i'm mostly freezing them for preservation. Easy to use in meals and sauce, and faster to manage at harvest. ^^

A few more pods:

 

[FayahBen]

There are few peppers left on some plants, and some only begin to ripen on others...

Peach Habanero:

And a few more pods:

 

[FayahBen]

Another little harvest from this week:

 

[GA Growhead]

Such beautiful picts of your harvest. Love the colors!
Take care
Ga GH

 

[PIC 1]

Nice harvest shots Ben...........the season is winding down here

 

[FayahBen]

Thanks
Greg, i'm far from your full buckets, but it's still more than enough for me.
Yes, the end of season is coming soon, few ripe pods left on the chinenses, the new ones won't do it.
But the annuums are loaded with pods which will ripen soon.
The baccatums are still producing at their good rhythm.

The annuums, waking up a little late: ^^

 

[FayahBen]

After a few little frosts and now a coller weather, the pepper plants are still alive... Well, the chinenses hadn't liked it and are quite defoliated, but the annuums and baccatums are still producing...

Little harvest from past week (sorry, mainly sweet pepper on it ^^):

 

[FayahBen]

A last harvest before the frost last week...

And a frosty goats's weed:

 

[PIC 1]

Ben,
Your season extended a month past what we have here in Chicago...........I'm jealous

 

[megamoo]

You harvested some nice pods.this season