Growing in the Pacific NorthWest Community GrowLog

There have been several yearly PNW grow logs, the last in 2017,
so @FGpepperguy and I thought it might be a good idea to start
an on-going glog for the PNW. This is a community glog, so anyone
is free to post here, whether in the PNW or not. Hopefully, this forum
thread will provide for some information sharing particular to growing
in our crazy, unpredictable weather.

So, that being said, welcome all. Don't be strangers!

"Yes, we can grow chili peppers in the
Pacific NorthWest! Usually."

 

[MarcV]

Haven’t grown that one.
What are the genetics?

They look something like this...

 

[PaulG]

Yeah, very similar, indeed.

My Foodaramas are a bit darker yellow.

 

[mcbob]

Paul, Those Scotch Bonnet TFM look like mini-pumpkins... Nice haul

I just picked one of my standard Poblano Ancho that was ripe. Its destined to be stuffed and dinner tonight.

 

[PaulG]

Time to put some of the wilds I want to get totally ripe into the greenhouse.

Left to right: Purple Flower c. chacoense, Red Tepin,
c. tovari, Dwarf Chiltepin, Tepin 'pshngo'.

 

[mcbob]

The Bolivian rainbow has all its colors now. What a great looking plant. I think it will be on the kitchen table for the fall.
I tasted a ripe red one and didn't detect any real taste, just a lot of heat. Oh well it still looks great.

 

[PaulG]

The Bolivian rainbow has all its colors now. What a great looking plant. I think it will be on the kitchen table for the fall.
I tasted a ripe red one and didn't detect any real taste, just a lot of heat. Oh well it still looks great.

Really nice looking plant, Mr. Bob! I didn’t
find much flavor in that one either. Sort of a
‘bald’ heat. Probably would make a decent
powder, but not a showstopper except as
an ornamental.

 

[PaulG]

A bit of a late September harvest in the books.
The chinense varieties are putting forth a lot of
effort to make a season of it.

 

[PaulG]

Not so many pods on these plants, but the quality is good.

 

[MarcV]

Those JA Reds look huge!

 

[Downriver]

Nice looking pods @PaulG !

 

[PaulG]

Those JA Reds look huge!

They are large, indeed. That has been a trait
in all the seasons I'grown them, but these
are the blackest so far. A couple of larger
ones ripening now, along with more like these.

 

[PaulG]

Nice looking pods @PaulG !

Thanks, Rick. I was beginning to think the
chinenses would be a total loss this season.
The F7 Violet Trippaul Threat even looks like
it will have several more nice pods on it if
the weather holds.

 

[PaulG]

The Tepin 'pshngo' in the greenhouse is ripening berries.

Most of the berries on the lower branches are
ripe. Many are hidden by the foliage.

The forking branches on the top half are
beginning to ripen at a more rapid clip.

 

[MarcV]

The Tepin 'pshngo' in the greenhouse is ripening berries.

You should buy some vowels...

 

[PaulG]

You should buy some vowels...

You need to talk to @pshngo

 

[MarcV]

You mean this is a person?

 

[MarcV]

...and a member of this forum too!

 

[PaulG]

...and a member of this forum too!

Yeah, and the one who put the seeds on the seed train

 

[PaulG]

The unusual 'Summer in October' has brought out the
best in most of the chili plants. Still waiting on some
wilds to start getting ripe for real.

Uvalde 'green'. Berries very large for a pequin.

 

[PaulG]

Tiger Jalapeño.