Guru's Garden - Traveling the World in Search of Peppers

Just starting this glog now so it's one less thing to do in a few months when I'm knee deep in compost and getting things in the ground.
 
Not much to report at the moment. Strains yet to be determined, but I'll probably end up growing too many like always...lol
 
 
Only thing that's going on right now is a clean back patio and the chickens doing their part turning over my compost pile on the daily. Intersted in seeing how the soil microbes appreciate the added chicken poop!
 

 

 
Hope everyone has had a decent winter so far and here's to happy germination!
 

 
 
 
EDIT UPDATE: This glog has turned into an ongoing overwintering, greenhouse and soil building how-to!

 

[Walchit]

About these snitches...
You know how the rhyme goes...
Lol
And we have the zebra muscles rapidly approaching here too. And I think I remember them saying they were gonna spend a ton of money to remove the milfoil from the lake here. Seems like the government liles to focus more on stuff that makes them money than they do spend it to prevent something

 

[Bou]

 
Some botanists that consider it taboo. In some way they feel the endemic heritage is being exploited or endangered somehow. I'm told they all do it but never speak of it.
 
 

Yeah right, "in the name of science" they'll argue... Working with botanist from time to time (mainly doing floristic inventory + wetland deliniation for a living), I can assure you that some of them are doing so for their own purposes when they found something new or rare. We all agree that introducing a specie into a new environement may some times cause unsuspected and undesired results but in the other hand, I don't hear them (botanist) protest much against garden centres and nurseries that mostly sells, exotics, and hydrids!!  

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Guess its time to start my 2020 
 
 
a couple of shots of pretty and an F2 seedling
 
Going for a wind swept on this future bonchi...just getting used to its container
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
An F2 seedling I started for a good friend. 
 
 

 

[PaulG]

What is the story on the purple bonchi? Is it a cross?

 

[Pepper-Guru]

What is the story on the purple bonchi? Is it a cross?

 
Bonchi is just a scarlett's chili pheno I was gifted, and the F2 seedling is one of the darkest of the F2 so far of "VSRP" by breeder Eric Knight, which is simply Scarlett x Sugar Rush Peach. 

 

[PaulG]

 
Bonchi is just a scarlett's chili pheno I was gifted, and the F2 seedling is one of the darkest of the F2 so far of "VSRP" by breeder Eric Knight, which is simply Scarlett x Sugar Rush Peach. 

 
I read the Pepper Joe's blurb about the
Scarlett - sounds like an awesome pepper
in it's own right. I'll be following the progress
of the cross!

 

[Pepper-Guru]

I apologize for the lack of normal photo quality, but a cell phone photo will have to do. The C Eshbaughii seem to finally be ripening now in Samaipata. I knew I had arrived too soon! Next time will be different! 
 
Almost makes me want to go back now..so many towns I didn't get to check out. 
 

 

[dragonsfire]

The Best camera is the one you have on hand

 

[PaulG]

I knew I had arrived too soon! Next time will be different! 
 
Almost makes me want to go back now..so many towns I didn't get to check out. 

 
Right on, Rich. A trip like that requires at least
several weeks to a month to do it justice.
 
You only live once, brother!

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Right on, Rich. A trip like that requires at least
several weeks to a month to do it justice.
 
You only live once, brother!

Got your care package! Sending yours out in the am!

 

[PaulG]

Glad it made it there in one piece!
 
Thanks a bunch for the swap!

 

[Pepper-Guru]

https://youtu.be/TfW3mDIh6u4

 

[Pepper-Guru]

#staywoke

 

[Mr.joe]

Lol. What?

 

[Walchit]

I'm woke, no joke!

 

[Pepper-Guru]

C. spp (interspecific hybrid) Bhut Jolokia x (PdNxBMJ) =  "Purple Thunder"
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
And some unidentified Solanum

 

 
 
 

 

[Pepper-Guru]

These dudes are using drones to locate endangered plants in Hawaii...
 
where have I heard this before? ha
 
https://youtu.be/59Noq49Swxk

 

[Pepper-Guru]

https://youtu.be/UokxELNWkJ4

 

[stettoman]

Mmm, Shure SM7, Arguably the best studio mic they ever designed, almost as good as the Senn 421....

 

[D3monic]

#staywoke

 
for indoors I kill everything. Can't risk fungus gnats. bucket tek my soil to kill the eggs.