Marino's 2012 Grow Log

Hi everybody!

I think I'm gonna start with sowing at the beginning of March 2012.

The seeds are all stored in my seeds book, but I'm having short time till the end of February; moreover I'm not gonna use any lightbox, so I'll grow indoor till the outside temperature is rising again in Southern Italian spring.

I started growing in 2011 for the very first time, reaching the amount of about 25 pots/15 different varieties at the end of May; other 15 were given as gifts to friends and relatives.

My growing list for 2012:

CHINENSE
Bih Jolokia Chocolate
Bih Jolokia Assam
Naga Morich
Fatalii
Habanero Orange
Habanero Chocolate
Habanero White
Habanero Red Savina
Chupetino
Trinidad Scorpion
TS Morouga
T. Douglah
7 Pod
7 Pod Brown
7 Pod Strain I
Pimenta da Neyde
Pimenta Leopard
Pimenta Elisir
ANNUUM
Goat's Weed
Black Scorpion Tongue
Peter Pepper
Ancho Poblano
Early Jalapeno
Fish
Jalabomb F2
FRUTESCENS
Tabasco
Malagueta
Bird's Eye (overwintered)
BACCATUM
Aji Amarillo (overwintered)
PUBESCENS
Rocoto

BACCATUM x ANNUUM F2 (only saved 3 seeds from the only 3 fruits that the F1 plant gave me)

It's a 31-variety list, I know I'm gonna make my blacony suffer again. I cannot keep more than 1 plant per variety, so friends and relatives will benefit even more than last year (I will start growing 2 small plants per variety, then I will focus on 1 plant).

Season's coming, stay tuned.

 

[seaman]

Marino congrats on the soon-to-graduate I still have one semester after this summer until I graduate. I never been a big fan of habs, but I do enjoy the congo version and hopefully the giant white habs are good as well. The plants and pods look amazing the pimenta elisir looks amazing. would you be interested in a trade at the end of the season.

thanks man, graduating is a bit trouble here... what Italians say as a joke is that graduating is only the beginning of being jobless... I'm trying to find something, but in Southern Italy it's very hard to find a worthy job

however, what were we talking about? yes, trade... don't have any idea about shipping costs/delivery times from Italy to the West Coast a.t.m., but I think it won't be a big problem... and as you were suggesting let's postpone it at the end of the season; just tell me what you're interested in and I will try to isolate

Lookin good brotha! Some beautiful pods there!

thanks a lot

 

[Sali man]

whoooo dam great looking mean pod u got ...

 

[seaman]

goats weed

fish

black scorpion tongue

malagueta

jalabomb F2

bih jolokia

chocolate bhut jolokia

and an eye at the balcony, to say goodbye to you all

 

[meatfreak]

Great update again, Marino. Your plants already loaded with big pods, won't be long till you can start too harvest those monsters

 

[Spicegeist]

Your choco bhuts look just like a black naga I'm growing this year, but very different from another choco bhut I grew myself last year... the shape is almost like a 7 Pot Barrackpore...

 

[seaman]

Great update again, Marino. Your plants already loaded with big pods, won't be long till you can start too harvest those monsters

thank you, just given an eye at the pods and noticed the first fatalii turning yellow-orangeish...

Your choco bhuts look just like a black naga I'm growing this year, but very different from another choco bhut I grew myself last year... the shape is almost like a 7 Pot Barrackpore...

the plants are not from pure seeds, some of them may be hybrid, as you can see in the case of the morouga blend

I've seen various photos of chocolate bhut pods, some are long and slim, others are pale green in colour when unripe, mine is fatter... the structure of the plant and the leaves - in my opinion - correspond to the pure version, but it's just a matter of time

 

[seaman]

New update before going on holiday

aji amarillo

red habanero

trinidad scorpion

chocolate habanero

chupetinha

white habanero

pimenta elisir

pimenta leopard

pimenta de neyde

trinidad douglah

[t.b.c.]

 

[SocalChilehead]

Plants and pods look amazing as usual that douglah looks gnarly. I love how the Pimenta leopard transition from purple to green to orange and finally red.

 

[seaman]

Plants and pods look amazing as usual that douglah looks gnarly. I love how the Pimenta leopard transition from purple to green to orange and finally red.

so do I, such a cool ripening path

more photos

brown 7 pod

tabasco

fatalii (thought it would be yellow, but it's getting red/orangeish)

orange habanero

morouga blend (clearly a cross with another variety)

bih jolokia

7 pod douglah

red savina

goats weed

black scorpion tongue

[to be continued, I'm fishing right now, will end the update maybe tomorrow]

 

[meatfreak]

Looking good over there, Marino The White Habanero looks huge, is that the Giant White variety?

 

[seaman]

Looking good over there, Marino The White Habanero looks huge, is that the Giant White variety?

hi mate, in fact it is very big, don't know if it's the white giant habanero

seeds were sent me by mascalzone

the only thing I know is that it's taking too long to ripen, more than 1 month...

 

[seaman]

chocolate bhut jolokia

malagueta

jalabomb

jalapeno early

a noisy bumble-bee on a bih jolokia bud

7 pod

fish

'bye!

 

[stickman]

Hi Marino
Catch one for me too... I've been too busy to do much fishing this summer. What are you fishing for?

 

[seaman]

light surfcasting: in the Mediterranean sea you may hopefully catch sea bream, sea bass, sand steenbras and some other stuff.

 

[stickman]

light surfcasting: in the Mediterranean sea you may hopefully catch sea bream, sea bass, sand steenbras and some other stuff.

Cool! Do you fish for the Spigola at night? Orata looks like our Pogies, but the Pogies are violet in color. Cheers

 

[meatfreak]

Time for an update, Marino. You must be harvesting a lot right now

 

[seaman]

Sorry for being late with the updates, been very very busy with university and other stuffs during September.

I harvested a lot during August, haven't given any fertilizer to the majority of plants some are still doing fine, some others not.

Time for some pics:

very small aji amarillo pod (2nd year)

7 pod

red habanero (2nd year)

trinidad scorpion, once it had perfect dark green leaves

chocolate habanero

third cycle of flowers on chupetinha

white habanero

pimenta elisir

pimenta leopard

pimenta de neyde (has overcome all the other plants in height)

[t.b.c.]

 

[seaman]

trinidad douglah

flower on brown 7 pod

tabasco

orange habanero

red fatalii

hybrid morouga blend

bih jolokia

7 pod douglah

red savina

goats weed

[t.b.c.]

 

[seaman]

fish

black scorpion tongue

malagueta

chocolate bhut jolokia

these ones are not doing fine: jalapeno early on the left and jalabomb F2 on the right

bye!

 

[seaman]

some fresh pods picked today

don't know why the pic has been rotated