Where the hell is this year going?! It's the 25th already? Good gravy. I should probably get some seeds going. Here's what's going in the dirt today:
1.) Bonda ma Jaques
2.) Fatalii orange
3.) Habanero Antillais Caribbean
4.) Habanero giant chocolate
5.) Mako akoksrade
6.) Peach Congo
7.) PI 281317
8.) Scotch bonnet elysium oxide
9.) Scotch bonnet Foodarama red
10.) Scotch bonnet MOA
11.) Scotch bonnet P. Dreadie
12.) Scotch bonnet TFM
13.) Scotch bonnet x Brain
14.) 7pot burgundy
15.) 7pot Primo orange
16.) Bhut orange Copenhagen
17.) Burmese Naga
I decided to go easy on the OWs this year, so I only kept four from previous seasons. I have a wild Brazil (5 gal), a Bahamian goat (7.5 gal) and a fatalii x Red Savina
(7.5 gal) all from last year and one TS CARDI (7.5 gal) from two years ago. The CARDI buried me in pods last season - even in its small pot, it produced enough fruit to fill about 6 MFRBs. Deciding whether to pot it up (~20 gal) or stick it in a raised bed is going to be tough this spring!
I'm gonna go plant some stuff. I'll be back here in a minute. I know the drill - no pics, blah blah blah...
Wohoo! The 2016 season starts here!
1.) Bonda ma Jaques
2.) Fatalii orange
3.) Habanero Antillais Caribbean
4.) Habanero giant chocolate
5.) Mako akoksrade
6.) Peach Congo
7.) PI 281317
8.) Scotch bonnet elysium oxide
9.) Scotch bonnet Foodarama red
10.) Scotch bonnet MOA
11.) Scotch bonnet P. Dreadie
12.) Scotch bonnet TFM
13.) Scotch bonnet x Brain
14.) 7pot burgundy
15.) 7pot Primo orange
16.) Bhut orange Copenhagen
17.) Burmese Naga
I decided to go easy on the OWs this year, so I only kept four from previous seasons. I have a wild Brazil (5 gal), a Bahamian goat (7.5 gal) and a fatalii x Red Savina
(7.5 gal) all from last year and one TS CARDI (7.5 gal) from two years ago. The CARDI buried me in pods last season - even in its small pot, it produced enough fruit to fill about 6 MFRBs. Deciding whether to pot it up (~20 gal) or stick it in a raised bed is going to be tough this spring! I'm gonna go plant some stuff. I'll be back here in a minute. I know the drill - no pics, blah blah blah...
Wohoo! The 2016 season starts here!
I guess that's life when your have that many pods to hold up and a sleeping gnome in your canopy. Congrats, all your plants look loaded! 
I had the same thing happen to me with a Poblano plant that was loaded with pods when a squall popped up. Since then I always stake my chiles. Thanks for the offer of Chimayo molido... I still have a couple of bags of whole Chimayo pods from last year to compare it with, so that would be very cool!
Yup. The stem supports the pods and the gnome guards them from aphids and neighbor kids. He's right at the top of my garden's food chain along with me and the praying mantises. As shown in this pic, ladybugs are a close second. I was out picking today and I started noticing a lot of stinkbug younguns. 
Then I saw this beautiful sight:
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) growing season we have just lets plants grow and grow. And the soil is just surreal. When I put in my raised beds, I triple dug each one down over 2.5'. I didn't find any hardpan or even one rock. Just pure, black, well-structured loam. And it goes down at least 12' deeper than I dug. 
the stem that's left and it should be fine. Aside from the big tear-out, there's no damage to the main stem. It won't produce much more this season, but it'll bush out and I'll OW it. It ought to end up with really good form. Also the pods taste great!
