George's 2015 - Yokohama Down In Flames

georgej · Jun 19, 2015

Been getting alright doses of sun in yokohama. They love the rain and humidity right now

georgej · Jul 2, 2015

Well, rainy season sure is great for vegetal growth. Humid and wet. Me adding compost and guano to the soil surface soon gets driven in to the roots.

My yellow habanero that was looking haggered got a harsh pruning and bounced back to this.

Lemon cucumbers look terrible. The plant is full of burnt leaves but it's putting out tons of fruit

Erica d'australie went into beast mode

Carolina reaper

So there was a bit of a mess up with aleppo. The aleppo plant my friend gave me set pods and I mailed him 'did you grow jalapeño this year, this looks like jalapeño. Yep. Seedling mix up. Luckily I had a late aleppo. I dug up a jalapeño and put it in a small pot. This aleppo went in a big pot.

I have a few morning glory trellaces

Lemon tree is in another growth spurt and looking good

Hops flowering

And aji habanero is showing off with flowers

Rainy season jalapeño

BigB · Jul 2, 2015

Sugoi!

stickman · Jul 2, 2015

Lookin' out-freakin'-standing G! Any cucumbers I've ever grown lose their leaves from the bottom up as the primary nodes grow further away from the roots so I wouldn't worry too much about that. As you say, they're into bigtime production mode.

Peppers look great... have you been picking any yet?

georgej · Jul 2, 2015

Not been picking any yet. Aji habanero might have the first ripe pods. Or jalapeño.

Plants have been really good at self pruning this year. A hands off approach works well. I just give them compost tea and add manure or compost to the surface.

georgej · Jul 5, 2015

Rainy season is still here. I left this 30 litre bucket outside for two days

Yellow paprika

Do you have the Thyme

Lemon cuke

Aji cito

Aubergine

Erica d'australie

Pods on my 7 pot bonsai

My Eden

stickman · Jul 7, 2015

That's a lot of Thyme G... do you have any Scotch Bonnets or Habaneros planted to make Jerk marinade from? I put in lots of scallions, thyme and 6 MoA Scotch Bonnets for that reason. Eggplants are looking exellent too! How do you like to cook them? Boy, to fill a pot that size in two days it must be raining hard. I've seen most of Kurosawa's movies, and he seemed to be a little in love with the pounding rain. I always found it a little difficult to believe how hard it can rain in Japan until I found out that when you get a warm onshore breeze coming off the Kushiro ocean current and climbing the mountains it can produce some real "frog-stranglers". It's even more extreme than the Pacific northwest here in the states. Do you get much lightning with it? How does Tipsy handle that?

georgej · Jul 7, 2015

I have some yellow habs growing this year. Filmost is sending me some MOA to test (as well as some Ecuadorian sweet and some lucky dog sauces a few of us in Japan group purchased) looking forward to it!

It's rained more this year than usual. Ready for summer to start, actually.
My aji cito lost some pods (some an inch long) cause of relentless rain.

Not heard much lightning, might get some when it warms up. Summer thunderstorms are scary, a few people a year die from lightning strikes. Not sure how tipsy is during thunderstorms, I'm sure she just burrows and sleeps.

georgej · Jul 19, 2015

Weather has been crazy here recently. some very hot and windy days followed by a typhoon brushing past.
I had assumed that plants would be unable to set pods, im glad to find they are still.

Sadly crows have found my veranda and have been nibbling on stuff. they like Jalapeno and cherry tomatoes a lot.. I have started to add deterrents.

Got some new reviews coming up. Thanks Filmost for the pods and being a hot sauce mule

My first reaper

Mako Akokosrade are also podding

and my Aji Cito is loaded with pods

Early Jalapeno

Hard to get a good picture that shows just how impressive the Aji Habanero is. it is loaded with pods!

I think the peter pepper i bought isnt a peter pepper. plenty of pods, though.

Chocolate Bhut isn't looking too bad. it was a bit of a runt so it got a smaller pot.

tsurrie · Jul 19, 2015

Nice pics sir. And the quantity of pods on your plants is outstanding. It looks like your season is going to be quite good after all.

georgej · Jul 28, 2015

it is very hot and humid recently. Peppers are doing well but tomatoes havent enjoyed the change.

despite it being a runt seedling (so i put it in a small pot) my chocolate bhut set pods.

Yukari bakan podded up nicely. reminds me a lot of takanotsume

Reaper!

just got my first ripe Aleppo. its not the biggest pod, but bear in mind that plant started as a bonsai project and was transferred to a bigger pot later.

speaking of bonsai...

Should have gotten round to it earlier for the sake of tomatoes etc... but i finally got the shade nets up. a much stronger frame this year and my first attempt at building a frame using wood. (bought my first saw as a result)

You can see i left just enough space for me and my wife to sit outside when weather permits.

One burrito please, extra spikey!
this is her drying off after bathtime. today is actually our anniversary since we got tipsy.

Aji Cito is full of fruit and rather a nice looking plant. it was struggling with the direct sun and is not a lot better with shade nets up.

and my morning glories started flowering. this is Kikyo. A Japanese star shaped variety. really intense colour

georgej · Jul 31, 2015

vietnamese chilies are turning colour. they are pretty damn aggressive in heat, too!

chocolate bhut

Aji Habanero

Aji Cito

which looks like a naked flame

stickman · Aug 7, 2015

Nice to see the color in your pods G! Have the rains stopped yet? I'd guess so since you have your shade netting up. Looking at the pics people are posting of their pods, one of my mystery plants looks more like your Mako Akokrosade than anything else. If yours ripen a pale orange, then that'll nail the I.D. Your Morning Glory plant looks like a variety they call "Picotee Blue" here... I wonder if they're related. Keep up the good work!

georgej · Aug 9, 2015

Mako akokosrade are starting to ripen light orange, so I think we are good! Seeds are from pepperlover.com

http://imgur.com/t0DfiPn

stickman · Aug 9, 2015

georgej said:
Mako akokosrade are starting to ripen light orange, so I think we are good! Seeds are from pepperlover.com

http://imgur.com/t0DfiPn

Yup... it looks like what mine are coming out like... thanks for the help identifying my mystery pods. Cheers!

georgej · Aug 9, 2015

they look a lot like Bhut in shape, bute half the size.

they are an interesting plant and their leaves look slightly different to any chinense i have grown

georgej · Aug 22, 2015

Vietnamese red is doing well great for drying

Yukari bakan

Chocolate Bhut

Mako Akokosrade

Aji Cito

Reaper

Had some pretty burly Jalapeno this year. huge!

Summer is hot here so cucumbers usually die fast. i had some autumn ones sown so here they go!

Had a taste of reaper the other day. flavour is boring but pretty hot!

Had to move the paprika cause its taller than the shade nets.

stickman · Aug 25, 2015

Out of curiosity G, did you get your Jalapeno seeds from meatfreak? Your Jals look an awful lot like the Jalapeno Ciclons I got from him. Were they a pale yellowish green before ripening up? Everything looks really happy under the shade netting despite the heat, so I'd say you've really got your grow dialed in... good on ya!

georgej · Aug 26, 2015

those are actually early jalapeno from judy. but grown unisolated by my mate last year then seeds resown and i got a seedling from him.

definitely not pale. they are a very deep green from the start. British racing green, if you will. But yeah, whoppers! i am saving seeds for them! they turned out brilliant.