Inca's 2011 Grow Log... !

2011 ......... here we go : season 2010

Still not sure about the varieties i will grow this season, but i know 1 thing....i want some Tovarii this season !
So i've sowed some seeds (15 tovarii's ) just to be sure ...and to my surprise 6 of them have allready germinated

this season i will grow some 'common' varieties aswell. I just need a lot of madam jeanette's (all time no. 1 chili, for me) for cooking and sauces, and some Japanese hotties, packed with flavour; Takanotsume and Okinawan hot pepper, later i will sow some Shishito aswell.

Here are some pic's of the progress so far :

 

[capsidadburn]

Inca, Great looking plants. Aphids have been a major pain for me too. I'm reluctant to buy the ladybugs just yet until I got enough plants outside to provide them with a worthy place to want to live. I did find a volunteer on one of my plants yesterday. I mixed my own sprays last year with some success. Neem, pyrethrin concentrate, listerine, cascade dish soap and tobacco. I will probably leave out the tobacco this year as I've read it can envoke tobacco mosaic virus.

Love your wilds! Good luck with your season.

Mike

 

[inca berry]

And as good soldiers do....they imidiately went to work....

Kill those aphis.....Kill um all

 

[inca berry]

Today was a very nice day, lot's of sun and warm temperatures (17c)......so some of my plants got to go outside for the first time......and boy oh boy ...did they like it

The two on the left side, the large ones, are c.tovarii :mrgreen:

The outside temp is 17c but in the sun it's .........HOT

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[inca berry]

First flowers this season

Purple flower chacoense

cobincho - c.exile

 

[JungleRain]

how long before you start to get pods, Hans?

 

[inca berry]

how long before you start to get pods, Hans?

over here in holland we start to get pods in june/july, Grant.

 

[mmcdermott1]

Cant tell from picture how tall the c.tovarii are but they look huge. I have never grown those. How tall do they get?

 

[inca berry]

it has been a while ....so here's an update :

Some pic's of the garden:

 

[inca berry]

some pic's of the 'common' ones:

 

[inca berry]

some of the puple flower chacoense :

some of the flexuosum:

 

[inca berry]

Some more wild's :

 

[inca berry]

And some i overwintered :

 

[mascalzone]

Beautiful plants and also in perfect shape, great job

 

[windchicken]

Excellent! The wilds are extraordinary.

 

[siling_labuyo]

Superb wild species.

how dou you tell the difference between C. Baccatum and C. Flexuosum? The flowers looks the same to me.

 

[inca berry]

Superb wild species.

how dou you tell the difference between C. Baccatum and C. Flexuosum? The flowers looks the same to me.

I know they look the same as a baccatum, but the plant and the leaves, will look totally different, as does the fruit.....

 

[Pepper Boys]

WOw, That is an amazing array of wilds! GReat looking plants Hans!

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Damn, thats just cool! I've never tried my hand at those wild varieties. Kudos to you man! Look at those vines grow!

 

[Bleash]

Very nice pics.
Have to say that it must take skill to grow wild species in the Netherlands.

Bleash

 

[inca berry]

Very nice pics.
Have to say that it must take skill to grow wild species in the Netherlands.

Bleash

Well, i must say....it's never easy no matter were you're from....but our summers are a bit short, so i have to start very early (feb or march)
and at the end of each season i move my plants (some of them) indoors, to ripen the last pods. Or if the summer is really bad (like last year)
i'll bring them all indoors to ripen all of the pods....

Now this summer looks like it will be a hot one, so fingers crossed....