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

AZ-Mason · Aug 28, 2014

Sweet song! I'll be sharing this for sure. Congrats!

chilicheesebeard · Aug 28, 2014

I just read through this glog and have creeped on a couple others. Impressive to say the least! Truly the pepper guru.

Pepper-Guru · Sep 4, 2014

Autumn is upon us

PIC 1 · Sep 4, 2014

Trippy !.................Dam I can still see it with my eyes shut................... :

Clever harvest shot, what are the green pods..........Lumbre.....monster Serranos ?

Pepper-Guru · Sep 5, 2014

PIC 1 said:
Trippy !.................Dam I can still see it with my eyes shut................... :

Clever harvest shot, what are the green pods..........Lumbre.....monster Serranos ?

Haha!

Mole! I pick em green and let them go brown before making Mole sauce

Check the one on the bottom, that's what they look like when they're ready to make sauce.

PIC 1 · Sep 5, 2014

Pepper-Guru said:
Haha!

Mole! I pick em green and let them go brown before making Mole sauce Check the one on the bottom, that's what they look like when they're ready to make sauce.

Ah...I should have known, didn't see the brown pepper nor compared them to the smaller chili's......blinded by the light..... :lol:

Jeff H · Sep 5, 2014

Pepper-Guru said:
Haha!

Mole! I pick em green and let them go brown before making Mole sauce Check the one on the bottom, that's what they look like when they're ready to make sauce.

Interesting. I would have sworn they were pasillas. Surely they must be closely related.

romy6 · Sep 5, 2014

Holy Mole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How is that Chuncho doing ?

Jeff H · Sep 25, 2014

About time for an update Rich.

How's the green house working?

chilicheesebeard · Sep 25, 2014

Jeff H said:
About time for an update Rich.

How's the green house working?

I second this motion!

Pepper-Guru · Oct 19, 2014

Jeff H said:
Interesting. I would have sworn they were pasillas. Surely they must be closely related.

Same, yep! These are just a variety of a variety type deal. All those seed sellers running wild, making up names and sh*t...my Mother actually got me a a package of seeds as a gift and they were in there, along with the "White Hot Habaneros" which are just another spin on Peruvian white types. White Bullets I always call em...same face different name.

romy6 said:
Holy Mole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How is that Chuncho doing ?

Jeff H said:
About time for an update Rich.

How's the green house working?

beardedchunk said:
I second this motion!

Yep! Been MIA for a few weeks huh? Been busy! Album just dropped digitally (itunes, spotify, google, amazon etc) and will be printed and sent out now to all the kickstarter backers! It's also available directly from us @ www.votivemusic.com/music We are also streaming the entire thing for a limited time so people can hear it and develop an ear for it before they dl. I feel pretty darn good about it! I've worked really hard on it, writing, tracking, mixing, artwork, etc So I'm really glad to finally have it out there for everyone! Take a listen and let me know what you guys think.

Now, as for the garden! The weather is getting cooler, and it's nearly last harvest time before they are all dug up and moved to the greenhouse. I will definitely be doing a HIGHLY detailed update and pictorial on that ordeal.

Plants are still pod pumping powerhouses this late into the season for us here in the south. Here are a few recent shots:

Aji Chuncho

MOA Scotch Bonnet

Florida Wild

White Hot (White Bullets)

Here are all the volunteer plants that grew out this year. Starting with the king of volunteers it seems, the Birgit Locoto (straight leanin' loaded DOWN to the ground)

Followed by a really neat cross that didn't show until recently. My best guess is Rooster SpurXChuncho. Points straight up like the spurs, but has a very Chuncho flavor.

to be continued...

Pepper Ridge Farm · Oct 19, 2014

Bump...Keep the pics coming Rich! :party:

Pepper-Guru · Oct 19, 2014

Some more unidentified volunteers!

Broken branch all season, still pumping pods...

Yellow Bhut

Portuge · Oct 20, 2014

Those volunteers look killer... Man your birgits are pumping out pods galore.

ronniedeb · Oct 20, 2014

Good to see you back. Plants are looking great!

PaulG · Oct 20, 2014

Awesome pix, Rich! Your season is closing out in fine fashion.

Your Lumix camera is awesome. My wife has a smaller one, and it has a Leitz lens - awesome quality from such a small camera.
The Voigtländer lenses are top notch for sure. I had a Voigt when I was in high school and college. Wish I had never let it go.

If your interested in photo stuff, I have two Leicaflex SLs and two Nikon FEs both with complete lens sets, bellows, filters, etc.
I wish film photography hadn't gone out of fashion, but I do love shooting with the Nikon D300S! And the simplicity of digital
processing is hard to beat!

P.S. Really liked the Autumn picture!

Spicegeist · Oct 22, 2014

Alright, Yellow Bhut looking good! Brown volunteer looks nice, you going to grow that seed out?

Pepper-Guru · Oct 22, 2014

Portuge said:
Those volunteers look killer... Man your birgits are pumping out pods galore.

Thanks dude, yeah, the birgits are insane. Really tasty too. Great for salsas or marinades.

ronniedeb said:
Good to see you back. Plants are looking great!

Thanks!

PaulG said:
Awesome pix, Rich! Your season is closing out in fine fashion.

Your Lumix camera is awesome. My wife has a smaller one, and it has a Leitz lens - awesome quality from such a small camera.
The Voigtländer lenses are top notch for sure. I had a Voigt when I was in high school and college. Wish I had never let it go.

If your interested in photo stuff, I have two Leicaflex SLs and two Nikon FEs both with complete lens sets, bellows, filters, etc.
I wish film photography hadn't gone out of fashion, but I do love shooting with the Nikon D300S! And the simplicity of digital
processing is hard to beat!

P.S. Really liked the Autumn picture!

PM'd you

Spicegeist said:
Alright, Yellow Bhut looking good! Brown volunteer looks nice, you going to grow that seed out?

It's either a Choc Bhut or the "not black naga" from last year that actually was brown...haha I'll have to eat one and find out!

Pepper-Guru · Oct 23, 2014

We probably still have another 3-4 weeks of safe weather, but I'm going to start selecting candidates and begin the overwintering process now.

You know what time it is.

Select your mother.

MOA

Give the root mass a wide enough birth with the blade of your shovel, so as not to prune too much root structure.

Carefully begin taking some soil from the edges of your root mass to fill up some the container. See those roots? Leave as much of that as possible

Place plant and root mass into container on top of soil, pack lighty and begin back filling the container until nearly full and top with mulch or organic matter of your choice.

Water in thoroughly and place in diffuse sunlight so you can observe the plant and assess its need for foliage pruning, if at all. At this point, if you've kept enough of the root system intact, then you will likely not need to prune the foliage. The plant will show you its need for pruning if it begins to droop or wilt at all. This means the plant's process of transpiration is being burdened in some way. Likely by aggressive root pruning.

Once the time frame for transplant shock has passed or the need for further pruning is assessed, you can place the plant in its final location.

And if all else fails....always have pure genetics ready and sprouting

Portuge · Oct 23, 2014

Heres your bump Rich... Nicely done Sir