G.I.P.'s 2017 "oh HAIL no" Glog

This is currently a placeholder for what i will attempt to piece together as a Glog for this year 
 
I took hardly any pics of my seedlings,  and when the weather was finally warm enough at night for my plants to go outside;  They got shredded by hail, nearly drown in rains for days straight, tore up by winds.
 
Long story shortened, my season has had a rough start and most of my plants don't look so good 
 
So, although my plants are not nearly as nice as many others who have Glogs i have been following.
I will attempt to keep a log of this years grow anyway
 
 
 
Pics to follow soon...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

[MikeUSMC]

Wow, GIP! Totally crushing it, man!

 

[Walchit]

Nice pics gip! How are the peach wasp?

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Great looking plants, GIP!

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Nice pics gip! How are the peach wasp?

Fantastic !
 
about middle Hab level heat, nice fresh taste, not cloying or overly floral, fairly thick walled, excellent on fish tacos !

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Todays harvest

and there's still so many more 
 
 

 

[qandeel]

So nice and colorful. Eye candy. Great harvest.

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Carliston Biber
 

Trinidad Scorpion Peach
 

Unripe primo's 
 

ripe Primo's 
 

Bonnet-Bells
 

Bulgarian Carrot x Serrano 
 

Aji Omnicolor
 

JRGS x BBG7
 

Scotch Brain
 

Pimenta Puma
 

Sugar Rush Cream
 

Pineapple rocotos with standard size Bic lighter for size reference 
 

Hatch 
 

Aji Finlandia (Guess this one does finally go orangish. it was green for a looong time, then went cream for  a long time, now as the season is ending up here it's finally turning orange)
 
 
 
 
more pics...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

[qandeel]

Great pictures. I enjoyed looking at all the ripe peppers.

 

[hogleg]

https://youtu.be/5NoZstUF2Q8

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Long yellow Pube    OW plant

Long yellow Pube doesn't seem as elongated this year 
 

chacoense
 

Peach Wasp 
 

Cumra Cherry
 

Trinidad Cherry Yellow x Pimenta Puma 
 

Aji Fantasy 
 

PEACH notOrangeGumTiger 
 

Sugar Rush cream round
 

Yaki Blue
 

Aji Jobito
 

Fruxim
 
 

 

[hogleg]

https://youtu.be/UR5C-JCI-eU

 

[Bhuter]

Looking amazingly, GIP!!! Great colors everywhere! Im definitely growing that Pimenta Puma and Yaki Blue next year. Great stuff!

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Looking amazingly, GIP!!! Great colors everywhere! Im definitely growing that Pimenta Puma and Yaki Blue next year. Great stuff!

thanks 
yeah they are both beautiful plants and prolific and tasty too
 
here's a pic of what i processed today

Pimenta Puma, and Trinidad Cherry yellow x Pimenta Puma in the middle      already got a name picked out for that sauce;
"Puma Pants"    thinking a Puma wearing pants and panting for the label    

 

[Devv]

Very nice!
 
I can't get over how well things turned out for you this season. So many varieties too!
 
You killed it this year bud!

 

[qandeel]

Hi GIP

Are you going to freeze the vacuum sealed bags? What is the benefit of this method? Many thanks

 

[Walchit]

Loving all the peach and yellow!

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Hi GIP

Are you going to freeze the vacuum sealed bags? What is the benefit of this method? Many thanks

yes, I vacuum seal and freeze them until i have enough of that variety to make a batch of sauce 
I usually do most of my saucemaking in the wintertime. 
 
freezing then thawing, changes the texture, but if they are going to be turned into sauce that doesn't matter much. 

 

[qandeel]

Thanks for the info. I keep learning new stuff here.

yes, I vacuum seal and freeze them until i have enough of that variety to make a batch of sauce 
I usually do most of my saucemaking in the wintertime. 
 
freezing then thawing, changes the texture, but if they are going to be turned into sauce that doesn't matter much. 

 

[MikeUSMC]

Wow! Great haul, GIP, and awesome pics!

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

well folks the season is about over up here
 
picking a haul about this size every other day now 

 
selected 42 of my plants for overwintering    (i know only 42 !?!  )
 
moved to the driveway where they will get a couple more hours of sun this time of year
this is where they will be staged as i prep them for coming indoors over the next week 

 

 

gotta finish harvesting these plants, trim em wayy back, give em a good Azamax wash, order ladybugs, etc.
 
now for the really ridiculous part 
 

Tuck my babies into bed each night and uncover them in the morning until i got them moved indoors 
okay, i know it looks ridiculous, but...
i have managed to keep plants outdoors until the the 17th of October with this method before.  Up here in zone 4a 
 I hope to have everybody moved indoors under HPS lights by the end of the week, but now i can allow them to keep getting that natural light during the day for as long as possible
 
 
 
 
more harvest pics soon 
 
 
thanks for stopping by to look laugh at my garden tucked into bed under sheets