Flavours of the Caribbean (Mainly)

Thought it was about time I put on blog on here as requested by a good friend Gary (wind chicken).
I got to know Gary having done a seed trade over 2 years ago via fb, and have always admired his growing.
As title says most of my grow will be bonnets as I love Caribbean cuisine especially Jerk chicken, curry goat etc.

I started some rocotos quite early as I know they take forever to ripen..

First time I've ever grown rocoto and pleased with progress so far.

The rocoto,s are red rocoto, tropical orange f3, and De seda.

Will make a proper grow list when I receive the p.dreadie select seeds kindly sent by Gary and one I'm pleased to have as a memory to Erin.

Another one already up and waiting to be potted on is Carrot Jolokia which I was kindly sent by Ben (bpiela), took ages to sprout a hook, but got one in the end.

Just waiting on a few stubborn bonnets to show hooks before finalizing what's a keeper.
 
Know quite a few of the british growers on here as there active members of a forum we all share
 
Trident
Dennish
Snagglepuss
Heefy Si Borg
Jay
and also Plantguy 76 Jason who is active here and a couple of other forums.

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[Superhot Sim]

 
Nice looking setup Simmie! Your plants look very happy.
 

 
Cheers Rick appreciate your kind words, we have had 9/10 really hot sunny humid spring  days here in the UK which has really help and plants are flying , long may it continue. .
 

 

[Superhot Sim]

Time to bring out the big guns lol [emoji6] set up 2 dwc to run 2 specials.
Both plants had really long root systems so should not take long to find the nutes.

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[Genetikx]

Looking great here Sim! I'm seeing Fatali on one, what's the other?

 

[Superhot Sim]

Looking great here Sim! I'm seeing Fatali on one, what's the other?

It's actually Fatality [emoji57] [emoji106] has Butch T in the parentage.
The other is Embassy Naga.

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[PaulG]

Looks like all systems go in your neighborhood, Sim!
 
It's great to see everyone getting their plants out in
the real world!

 

[Superhot Sim]

 After 10 days of top watering the 6 plants going in the autopots,
They are all now piped in and connected up, res bucket filled up and Chilli Focus added.
Valves opened and each pot now been gravity fed.
 
6 Specials in the auto pots , 3 plants in the chilli grow which are wick fed from a reservoir under the 3 three pots.
 
1 container grow in the corner which i can easily move out if the 6 specials grow like trees
 
 

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[Superhot Sim]

Few rocoto pictures , one of Ricks Gochuang loading up with buds, and a few pics of the roses round the garden, i love the fragrant smells on a summers evening.
 
Happy gardening .
 

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[stickman]

Few rocoto pictures , one of Ricks Gochuang loading up with buds, and a few pics of the roses round the garden, i love the fragrant smells on a summers evening.
 
Happy gardening .
 

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Nice pics Sim. [emoji106] It looks like the Gochu is budding up well for you... I usually don't get flowers on mine before the middle of June, so you're doing very well with yours. [emoji2] Continued success... [emoji106]

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[Superhot Sim]

Kind words Rick and appreciated buddy, ever since you kindly shared your gochu spicy ketchup iv had high hopes for the plant. Next season i,ll germ more plants for definate .
 
We have had some glorious weather here in the UK the poly tunnel is hot and humid and plants are responding.

 

[Devv]

Thanks for sharing the pics Sim!
 
Good stuff going on there   And I'm glad the weather has been in your favor!

 

[Superhot Sim]

First cherry toms off the season , nearly on my way to a salsa..

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[Trident chilli]

All looking good in the Simmy household.... Auto pots should create a jungle in time neat set up with water tank no need to worry about those plants now

 

[Devv]

+1 on 112
 
It won't be long now!

 

[OCD Chilehead]

Plants are looking well taken cared of. Great job Sim!

Fatality sounds interesting. Have you grown before, or is its new one?

I HAVE to try those auto pots next year. A must do on my list.

Roses look fantastic. Add some color in the garden for sure.

Have a great weekend .

 

[PaulG]

Nice set-up in your greenhouse, Sim!  The plants look great
and your patio/garden is beautiful!  Our roses are just starting
to bloom in my yard.  Well, about a week ago  
 
Good luck getting a jungle going in your greenhouse!  I agree
with Scott, won't be long now!

 

[Superhot Sim]

Long overdue a update but real life had hold of me last few weeks, anyway was topping up the auto-pots reservoir with the nutes so took a few shots.
Was over 46 c in the tunnel around midday. [emoji28] [emoji28]
Very humid as well as I soak all the wood chippings on the floor.

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[OCD Chilehead]

Plants look amazing, Sim.

I see some silhouette's of some pods. Congrats!

 

[Superhot Sim]

Plants look amazing, Sim.

I see some silhouette's of some pods. Congrats!

Cheers Chuck, my chinense are a bit behind as I had too many no shows,so i regermed the selected specials i really wanted to grow this year, iv given away about a dozen plants to keep it manageable.
There picking up pace now buddy, going to be epic harvests both sides of the pond [emoji6] [emoji106]

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[Superhot Sim]

Moved some plants out the poly tunnel as the 6 plants in the auto pots are picking up pace now and stretching out.
Moved 4 rocotos down the garden in semi shade in a well matured raised bed.
The big plant you see is my Aji Mango over chest height and just throwing out buds. Hoping it will explode in life very soon, iv upped the feed from the reservoir..
Picture 1 is my beast of a Aji Mango. Picture 2 is a canopy view of Hainan Yellow Lantern. This is full of buds under the skirt. Picture 3 .Nice fork and flowering view of Bonda Mahala , seeds were from Gary 3 seasons ago now great plant to grow. Picture 4. Yellow Pixie MA slowest chinense iv grown but its now stretching out iv upped the feed. Picture 5. Nice foliage shot of CGN21500 , another really loaded with buds under all that foliage. Picture 6. Pot grown Carbonero , loads of buds under that canopy, great cross by Tony Sherwood and superb flavour. Picture 8 . Beth Boyd ( god bless her ) SB one in container the other in a auto pot , the bigger ones starting to set flowers nicely now. Picture 9 Another of Beths favourites and seeds kindly sent by Windchicken ( thanks Gary ) Zapotec Jalapeno kicking out some nice sized pods . Picture 10 (Heres one for MikeUSMC) Cappuccinho SB ,Mike and i did a seed trade end of last season , his pods were some of the best colour cappuccinho bonnets iv ever seen, really looking for to trying these .
Last but not least a canopy view of my Chocolate Bhutlah SM , one superhot im really looking forward to trying to see if its as hot and tasty as people are saying. This plant is covered in bud/flowers under the skirt " happy days "
Thanks for looking and have fun growing.

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[Wiriwiri]

Sim,your Plants  are flourishing with all the TLC you are affording them...so keep on keepin' on.Great photos & good job there.
Its nice to keep Beth's memory alive by growing the Zapotec Jalapeno...
Continued success & happy summer..I hear the weather is/was extremely warm over the pond of recent.so keep cool.
Sandy!