Prologue
"Our hero, battered from the trials and frustrations of the 2014 season had originally determine that there would not be a sequel to his story. 2014 was a terrible year, between the torrential and unending rains of March-May, the unrelenting whiteflies, the brown spot, and the zombie aphids that continually arose from the dead to plague again and again...
Pair this with a busy race schedule for the Fall and extended family drama: our hero decided to sit 2015 out.
Alas, a decision was made to "plant some of my overwinters and a few tomatoes" and like a phoenix, the pepper-growing bug struck again.
Sit back friends and revel in the continuation of our story..."
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2014 was a terribly growing year for me, and probably most of Central Florida. I originally was going to give the garden a pass for the year but I somehow had about 20 overwinter survivors in 7" pots that I ultimately decided to give a chance in-ground. I did spend a weekend in early March amending the soil with mushroom compost, several bags of peat moss, about 20 bags of Black Kow, and 25 pounds each of vermiculite and perlite.
Last year my big motivation killer after all of the disease and pests was... WEEDS. So, this year I invested in a few loads of cypress mulch and a weed barrier. It's not 100% effective but it's drastically cut down on the weed forest I had from l last year.
During plant out I lost my single Aleppo and felt compelled to start some new ones from seed. If you're going to start a few seeds you might as well start 25, right?
The Grow List - any listings with (ow) designate as overwinters
7 Pod Brain Strain Yellow (ow)
7 Pod Jonah (ow)
7 Pod Primo (ow)
Aji Amarillo
Aji Cito
Aji Oro Rocoto
Aji Verde
Aleppo
Alma Paprika
Aribibi Gusano Orange (ow)
Barrackpore 7 Pod (ow)
Bhut Jolokia Red (ow)
Bishop's Crown (ow)
Brazilian Starfish (ow)
Carolina Reaper (ow)
Cayenne Long Red (ow)
Cherry Bomb Red
Chinese Bullet Pepper
Çumra Cherry
Datil (ow)
Devil's Tongue Red (ow)
Douglah (ow)
Dulce Marrón
Ethiopian Brown Berbere
Giant Jalapeno (ow)
Golden Cayenne
Kung Pao
Matay
Naga Morich (ow)
Naga Viper (ow)
Negro Chilhuacle
Orange Rocoto
Purple Carolina Reaper (ow**)
Purple Jalapeno
Red Habanero (ow)
Tatli Top
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga
Yatsufusa Pepper
** the "Purple Carolina Reaper" was a Carolina Reaper plant I had from last year that produced some very magenta-red pods, some with stunted tails and others with no tails at all. I did save some seeds. There is still a bit of mystery behind this one so we'll see how it pods out this year.
This GLOG won't be all-inclusive for the year to date. I'd even debated the utility of keeping a GLOG this year but everything has been SO productive and the weather and pests have been very amenable so far; it may very well be my best year yet!
A few recent pictures:
Naga Morich
7 Pod "Brain Strain" Yellow
This MONSTER Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, in-ground overwinter, over 4' across, 2'+ tall
Naga Viper - I still can't get over how dark the foliage is on this plant
Unorthodox (drastic measures) tomato staking method
Laugh all you want... my tomatoes are over 5' tall already, the Lemon Pear tomato is cruising for 7'
Golden Cayenne
Brazilian Starfish - a few are starting to turn yellow
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KingLeerUK will return in a future post...
"Our hero, battered from the trials and frustrations of the 2014 season had originally determine that there would not be a sequel to his story. 2014 was a terrible year, between the torrential and unending rains of March-May, the unrelenting whiteflies, the brown spot, and the zombie aphids that continually arose from the dead to plague again and again...
Pair this with a busy race schedule for the Fall and extended family drama: our hero decided to sit 2015 out.
Alas, a decision was made to "plant some of my overwinters and a few tomatoes" and like a phoenix, the pepper-growing bug struck again.
Sit back friends and revel in the continuation of our story..."
**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
2014 was a terribly growing year for me, and probably most of Central Florida. I originally was going to give the garden a pass for the year but I somehow had about 20 overwinter survivors in 7" pots that I ultimately decided to give a chance in-ground. I did spend a weekend in early March amending the soil with mushroom compost, several bags of peat moss, about 20 bags of Black Kow, and 25 pounds each of vermiculite and perlite.
Last year my big motivation killer after all of the disease and pests was... WEEDS. So, this year I invested in a few loads of cypress mulch and a weed barrier. It's not 100% effective but it's drastically cut down on the weed forest I had from l last year.
During plant out I lost my single Aleppo and felt compelled to start some new ones from seed. If you're going to start a few seeds you might as well start 25, right?
The Grow List - any listings with (ow) designate as overwinters
7 Pod Brain Strain Yellow (ow)
7 Pod Jonah (ow)
7 Pod Primo (ow)
Aji Amarillo
Aji Cito
Aji Oro Rocoto
Aji Verde
Aleppo
Alma Paprika
Aribibi Gusano Orange (ow)
Barrackpore 7 Pod (ow)
Bhut Jolokia Red (ow)
Bishop's Crown (ow)
Brazilian Starfish (ow)
Carolina Reaper (ow)
Cayenne Long Red (ow)
Cherry Bomb Red
Chinese Bullet Pepper
Çumra Cherry
Datil (ow)
Devil's Tongue Red (ow)
Douglah (ow)
Dulce Marrón
Ethiopian Brown Berbere
Giant Jalapeno (ow)
Golden Cayenne
Kung Pao
Matay
Naga Morich (ow)
Naga Viper (ow)
Negro Chilhuacle
Orange Rocoto
Purple Carolina Reaper (ow**)
Purple Jalapeno
Red Habanero (ow)
Tatli Top
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga
Yatsufusa Pepper
** the "Purple Carolina Reaper" was a Carolina Reaper plant I had from last year that produced some very magenta-red pods, some with stunted tails and others with no tails at all. I did save some seeds. There is still a bit of mystery behind this one so we'll see how it pods out this year.
This GLOG won't be all-inclusive for the year to date. I'd even debated the utility of keeping a GLOG this year but everything has been SO productive and the weather and pests have been very amenable so far; it may very well be my best year yet!
A few recent pictures:
7 Pod "Brain Strain" Yellow
This MONSTER Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, in-ground overwinter, over 4' across, 2'+ tall
Naga Viper - I still can't get over how dark the foliage is on this plant
Unorthodox (drastic measures) tomato staking method
Laugh all you want... my tomatoes are over 5' tall already, the Lemon Pear tomato is cruising for 7'
Golden Cayenne
Brazilian Starfish - a few are starting to turn yellow
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KingLeerUK will return in a future post...
