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Highalt's 2013 Grow - End of Season Wrap Up

I know some of you guys have already started seeds for next year's grow, and I should have started the Manzano's a month ago, but I am still working on finalizing the grow list.

Each year since I started growing peppers, the list has gotten bigger, and they have taken up a larger % of my vegetable growing space. I started working part-time 3 months ago, and I am a mother of three, so I am struggling with being realistic about how much time I can devote to pepper growing this coming season. Right now, I've got between 65 and 70 varieties on the list, and some of them I'd really like to have more than one plant. Last year, I ended up with about 50 varieties and a total of 75 plants. So you can see that I have some work to do before I start putting the seeds in the dirt!

I thought I would go ahead and put up my tentative list, and use the feedback I get from you guys to help me narrow things down a bit. Those of you that know me will notice that I still haven't gotten brave enough to add any supers yet ... maybe next year. :snooty:

So here's what I got so far:

Annums
Alice's Favorite
Alma Paprika
Ancho Gigantia, and/or Ancho San Luis
Barker (NuMex)
Biker Billy Jalapeno
Black Hungarian
Cayenne Thick (Can't remember who it was that was raving about this one this past season, but I don't have seeds for this one yet.)
Chilhuacle Amarillo
Chocolate Cherry
Cochiti
Cosa Arrugada and/or Pepperoncini
Costeno Amarillo
Fish
Fresno
Georgia Flame
Goat's Weed
Golden Cayenne
Hungarian Hot Wax
Jaloro
Jamaican Hot Yellow (Anyone have a source for these? It's confusing to me that the Jamaican Hot Choc. is a Chinense, but this one is listed as an Anuum!)
Jimmy Nardello
Leutschauer Paprika
Lumbre
Mulato Isleno
NuMex Pinata
NuMex Vaquero
Patio Red Marconi
Pusztagold
Sandia
Sante Fe Grande
Serrano (Not sure which one. May try the purple one this year.)
Tangerine Pimento and/or Yummy
Tobasco (Need seeds for this one.)
Zapotec Jalapeno

Baccatums
Aji Chinchi Amarillo
Aji Yellow
Birgit's Locoto
Bishop's Crown (Don't actually have seeds for this one yet. If anyone has some, I'd be willing to trade for them.)
El Oro de Equador
Inca Red Drop
Lemon Drop (Maybe. Last time they were bitter. May try a difference source.)
Pimenta Barro do Robiero
Purple de Arbol and/or Negro de Arbol (Which one is better?)

Chinenses
Aji Dulce (type 1 or 2 ?) Is this the same as Rocotillo?
Aji Limo Rojo
Bonda ma Jacques (Don't have seeds for this one yet either. May just grow Gold Bullet or regular yellow habanero as a substitute?)
Cheiro Roxa
Habanero, Peach (and maybe the Pink as well)
Habanero, White (I have the regular white, and White Bullet. Is the Peruvian White better, or are they all about the same?)
Jamaican Hot Chocolate
Purple Bhut (Okay, I don't have seeds for this one either. Maybe I'll substitute Condor's Beak if I can't find any.)
Scotch Bonnet Yellow (Have some labeled True Jamaican Scotch Bonnet. Should those be yellow? Or red?)

Pubescens (Yeah, I know I'm really too late on these, and probably won't get any ripe fruit this coming season)
Orange Manzano
Red Manzano
Yellow Manzano


Well, I think that's about it. I'm sure the list will change a few more times before it's a done deal, but at least it's a start!

So tell me what you think about the ones I have questions on, or let me know where to find seeds for the ones I'm missing, or tell me what I should have on the list and don't. Just kidding on that last one!!!
 
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Yup and I would call it Bonnie's Fatalii!!!

Everything is looking so amazing! Rain on top of that!!! Wasn't even the fluffy white kind! Few more weeks and they can stay out there...seems you had them planted out earlier last year??? Water wall thingies and upturned pots to protect them...hope the weather holds you are all set for a banner year!
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Believe it or not, it was around Memorial Day when I planted out last year! But we had a frost on June 11th, which is late even for us!!! Some folks around here think it is safe to plant out here after Mother's Day, but I've lived here long enough to know better!


Thank you, Shane, Annie, Scott, Andy, Pia, Linda, and Chris for the Mother's Day wishes!!!

My little ones made cards and pictures for me, and gave me candy, and Tiramisu for dessert tonight. Finished the evening with a nice, long bath with the bath salts my daughter made for me at Sunday school.

The big news of the day though was that my daughter moved from riding a 4-wheeler to riding a motorcycle. Only took her about ten minutes to get the basics down. She wasn't setting any speed records, but she was keeping it on two wheels. Don't let the soccer and motorcycles fool you though, she is still a girlie girl.




This is my middle son, on a 65, getting a little air.




The oldest rides a 125, but he was out longboarding today, so no pics of him.

Happy Mother's Day to all the THP Momma's out there!!!
 
Whoa now, Shane! Bonnie doesn't ride dirtbikes. That's Daddy's hobby! Trust me, it wasn't my idea to put my little girl on a motorized vehicle, but she was so proud of herself that I had to take pictures!!!
 
Love the dirtbike pics, gives the kids something do, and they're just fun!

I graduated from dirtbikes to a 4 wheeler. Going backwards ?
 
Devv said:
Exactly, in my mid 50's, jumping dirtbikes was a few years ago. I don't bounce as well anymore!
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highalt said:
Not sure how much longer my hubby will be able to ride motocross either, but he isn't willing to give it up yet. Even though he pays for it the next day!!!
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I have a pic (somewhere) of me taking the triple in front of the stands at the motocross track in El Paso. Their flagpole was in the background and I was above the American Flag...very cool pic, but that was over 20 years ago. Traded that thing in for the pedal powered variety! At least I'm still on two wheels!
 
The link worked, he's up there!
 
Never got that serious with my riding, my last dirt bike was a 400, have one pic of me on it doing third gear wheelies. Just before I gave it just a little too much throttle. Glad I don't have a pic of that...
 
I know I haven't posted many pepper pictures recently, but other than the annuums getting too tall for the grow table, not much else happening.  The light is up almost as far as it will go now.
 
 

 
 
 
The two plants poking up over the top of the grow light are Chilhuacle Negro
 

 
 
Here are the late sprouters under the T5.  Those babies are staying bushy, not getting leggy like the ones on the grow table.  I'm definitely sold on the T5s!
 

 
 
... and a couple of non pepper pics. 
 
Tomatoes and basil, and a couple of okra sprouts.  Just might put a few of these out in wall-o-waters today.
 

 
 
Some Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries that I potted up last week.  Thinking I will try to container grow them this year.
 

 
 
So this is the hardest part of the season for me.  Well, other than waiting for the first seed to sprout.  I'm seeing everyone's in ground pics, even folks in some of the cold zones, and I am soooo tempted to stick the plants in the ground, especially on a sunny, warm day like today.  Then, I look up frost dates for my location and get a reality check.
 
 
"Each winter, on average, your risk of frost is from September 24 through May 25.
Almost certainly, however, you will receive frost from October 6 through May 7.
You are almost guaranteed that you will not get frost from June 13 through September 12.
Your frost-free growing season is around 122 days."
 
The forecast is calling for a low of 37 degrees Sunday night, so I know we are not out of the woods yet!  
 
Maybe I could just plant a few in the Earthboxes.  That way I can move them into the garage on those few cold nights we have left ...
 
Have I mentioned that patience is not on of my gifts???


 
 
Thanks guys!  I'm feeling a little less antsy after feeding and watering everything, and taking them outside for a couple of hours.  The winds started picking up and the stems were really bending over.  Those plants aren't hardened off enough to plant out yet anyway!
 
Oh, I forgot to mention that the guy that manages the community garden texted me to let me know that he plowed my plot this morning.  I left the t-posts for the Florida weave in the pepper patch, but he was able to get between them.  It took me half a day to sledgehammer those in last year, and I wasn't about to do that all over again!
 
My kids really  want it to be summer too.  They asked me if they could have a squirt gun fight, but then they had to use warm water in them, to keep from freezing to death!    :rofl:
 
In other news, the carrots are sprouting, so are the calendulas, and the castor bean plants.  I know that castor bean plants are poisonous, but they are the only annual I have found that gets 6 feet tall in our short season, and adds a tropical look in this desert climate.
 

 
 
If you look towards the back of this photo taken in '10 right before our first frost, the castor bean 'Carmencita' is burgundy colored plant with the huge leaves.
 
Okay, you can tell it's my day off, when I'm posting pics twice in one day!   Plus, I even caught up on a couple of other folks glogs too!
 
The weather turned overcast this afternoon, which is great for taking photos, except for the 25 mph winds.  I had to be real still until the gusts would die down, and then quickly snap off a couple of shots!
 
These pictures have absolutely nothing to do with peppers, but it's my glog, so I am posting what I am growing, peppers or not.  Last year, I started a separate glog in the growing other section, but hardly anyone ever stopped by, so I'm not going to do that this year.    :snooty:
 
I'll start with the edibles, and finish up with the purties ...
 
Strawberry plants are in bloom
 

 
 
I started to post this without labeling it to see if anyone knew what it was, but changed my mind.  This Rovada Red Currant bush bloomed while I wasn't looking, and is covered with tiny little berries.
 

 
 
'Reliance' grapevine leafing out.  Some of you may remember my pics from last year of the vines absolutely covered in clusters of grapes.  
 

 
 
 
'Golden Delicious' apple blooms.  Never got around to spraying the fruit trees with dormant oil spray, but it probably doesn't matter anyway.  The birds and wasps ruined every single apple last year.   Need to invest in some bird netting if we are ever going to get a harvest.
 

 
 
 
Lettuce sprouts
 

 
 
Carrot sprouts
 

 
 
Here is one of the Castor Bean 'Carmencita' sprouts
 

 
 
The tulips and daffodils have finished up, but now the Alyssum 'Golden Queen' is in bloom.
 

 
 

 
...  and lastly, this early bloomer is Kerria japonica or Japanese rose.  Thankfully, no thorns!
 

 
 
Have a great weekend THPers!!!
 
Thanks for the flower pics Bonnie! Some of my spring bloomers are already fading...so now I get to enjoy what you and Rick have going! So amazing what you're able to do in such a harsh environment, with such a short season. Great job!!! I tried to see your castors in that first pic, but the large green tomatoes behind them kept catching my eye! Your yard has to be the envy of the neighbors! Happy Saturday!
 
It's looking great there, Bonnie.  You've got the flowers and the fruits outside doing their thing, seeds coming up, and Memorial Day is just around the corner.  Missed the MX shots earlier.  It's been a long time since I've been on one of those, but as was said, I don't bounce as well anymore, either.  Love seeing the kids all decked out in their gear. 
 
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