Meatfreak 2012 Growlog

meatfreak · Apr 23, 2012

Hab. Jaguar

Hurican & Hab. Chocolate Long

Hab. Chocolate Long

Hab. Big Jamaican

aropupu · Apr 23, 2012

Quite a list of varieties you have there, and healthy looking plants too.

A few things that caught my eye when browsing your list:

Peppadew = C. baccatum
Yellow Chaco = not a C. chacoense but a small-fruited C. baccatum (grew it last year, pic)
Tabasco Short Yellow = Not related to tabasco, actually a C. annuum

meatfreak · Apr 23, 2012

gnslngr said:
You have some really interesting varieties growing, can't wait to see some of the pods! I managed to get 3/4 of mine into the ground last week before getting back to work.."The shortest grow log" is home to the pics.That White Bullet x Maraba sounds really cool, and looks like it will have buckets of bullets before long.Where did you come across this variety?

The Madballz is Choc Bhut x Red 7 Pot. It should be crazy hot.

Thanks

I myself can't wait either. I got the White Bullet x Maraba cross from ajijoe. Not sure how stable it is and if it's F-1 or 2, etc. From all the flowers it had I still only have like 6 or 7 pods going now. The other plant dropped all his flowers, no pods on it. The Hab. Cappucino Nugget also dropped all it's flowers

Was really curious about those pods!

aropupu said:
Quite a list of varieties you have there, and healthy looking plants too.

A few things that caught my eye when browsing your list:

Peppadew = C. baccatum
Yellow Chaco = not a C. chacoense but a small-fruited C. baccatum (grew it last year, pic)
Tabasco Short Yellow = Not related to tabasco, actually a C. annuum

Thanks for clearing that up, nice plant on that picture! And welcome on the forum :welcome:

Sethsquatch · Apr 23, 2012

Your beds are going to be packed. I think the tendency is to cram as many in as possible. I am resisting that (barely) myself. I would say give a little more room. It seems like the gardens I have been to with the best yields have better spacing. Either way they will grow though.

Very exciting times for you my friend!

gnslngr · Apr 25, 2012

Hab. Cappucino Nugget also dropped all it's flowers

Was really curious about those pods!

Damn- that was another one I was wanting to see!I have seeds also(as well as a Cappacino Kapowie).....I keep resisting a "last seed start"....hehe...who am I kidding though, my resistance is gonna wear down...and I will start the last few that are killing me with curiousity!

That Hab Big Jamaican looks as big as a bell pepper!

mascalzone · Apr 25, 2012

Hello Stefan still no fruit of the Pimenta Leopard?
Congratulations to Lisa, the most beautiful fruit of the 2012 season :dance:

. Greetings

SocalChilehead · Apr 25, 2012

Wow Stefan those early pods look amazing hopefully you can do a review of each one because that a lot of habanero and it would be interesting to hear from your personal experience and how you would use it.
Fernando

meatfreak · Apr 25, 2012

mascalzone said:
Hello Stefan still no fruit of the Pimenta Leopard?
Congratulations to Lisa, the most beautiful fruit of the 2012 season . Greetings

Thanks a lot, Domenico

For us it's indeed the most beautiful fruit of our lives. Unfortunately still no fruit on the Pimenta Leopard, so far all flowers dropped although I do manual polinate them (at least I try). It's still making new flowers so hopefully soon fruit will set. I'm also in combat with those :censored:

aphids that are attacking the plant and some other plants. Normally I checked them every day but the last week I've been a bit busy with other things as you can imagine

SocalChilehead said:
Wow Stefan those early pods look amazing hopefully you can do a review of each one because that a lot of habanero and it would be interesting to hear from your personal experience and how you would use it.
Fernando

Thanks, Fernando! I will do a review, I'm also writing an growlog an every variety I'm currently growing which includes a taste test. The Big Jamaican is gonna end up in my Fajita's for tonight :onfire:

meatfreak · Apr 26, 2012

@ Domenico I just checked the Pimenta Leopard and it has 2 swollen flowers so I expect pods too grow any day now :dance:

I harvested the ripe Big Jamaican pod yesterday and tasted it (measurement in cm's).

It had no taste at all and tasted just like an regular bellpepper but with some heat. Think the heat was around 2.000-3.000 scoville. All with all a disappointment as I expected it too have some habanero flavour. Maybe it was the lack of sun that caused it, we'll see when I try some pods that grow this summer.

The youngest seedlings are doing really well, most of them are forming their true first leaves.

Recovered Trinidad Scorpion Moruga's

Recovered Trinidad Scorpion Chocolate's

Beehunter · Apr 26, 2012

Your seedlings look great! Too bad about the Big Jamaican! Hope the summer heat brings some heat to it. Its a cool lookin pod either way.

patrick · Apr 26, 2012

I'm going to hit myself for not checking your glog sooner Stefan!

Your daughter Lisa is beautiful! Congratulations to you and your wife!! Best wishes to all of you my friend.

Oh, plants are looking good too and good job on getting the shipped ones back into shape.

meatfreak · May 1, 2012

Beehunter said:
Your seedlings look great! Too bad about the Big Jamaican! Hope the summer heat brings some heat to it. Its a cool lookin pod either way.

Thanks, Beehunter. By the looks of it won't but we never know for sure

patrick said:
I'm going to hit myself for not checking your glog sooner Stefan!

Your daughter Lisa is beautiful! Congratulations to you and your wife!! Best wishes to all of you my friend.

Oh, plants are looking good too and good job on getting the shipped ones back into shape.

Thank you, Pat! Don't hit yourself too hard

Check on regular base as I will be updating

Small update.

Most of my bigger plants.

Pimenta Leopard pods :dance:

finally it made some pods and there's more coming. Can't wait too see what they will look like.

Another Habanero Long Chocolate pod shot, man I love the shape of this one.

The young seedlings are doing very well, it was a lot of work too re pot them again but the effort paid off bigtime!

Last week they looked like this.

And now like this.

Not peppers, but Pak Choi. I repotted them after this picture.

And the Tomatillo's, Verde and Purple

still a bit small but it grows like weed I noticed!

Thanks for checking my glog!

POTAWIE · May 1, 2012

Very nice
Hab. Big Jamaican looks totally like a small C. annuum bell pepper which is likely why there is no real heat. You can tell where the stem meets the pod that it is most likely a C. annuum(or cross)

SocalChilehead · May 1, 2012

Everything looks great that sucks about the Hab. Big Jamaican, but that pimenta tiger and hab long chocolate. That is an amazing difference that the two weeks make, but everything looks great.

meatfreak · May 1, 2012

POTAWIE said:
Very nice
Hab. Big Jamaican looks totally like a small C. annuum bell pepper which is likely why there is no real heat. You can tell where the stem meets the pod that it is most likely a C. annuum(or cross)

Thanks for the insight, I had the same idea about this one. When I was growing I already had my doubts when I saw those leaves. I'm gonna ask the person I got the seeds from if she grew a bell pepper nearby.

SocalChilehead said:
Everything looks great that sucks about the Hab. Big Jamaican, but that pimenta tiger and hab long chocolate. That is an amazing difference that the two weeks make, but everything looks great.

Yeah, it's a shame but luckily I got more plants growing

gnslngr · May 2, 2012

Potawie said:Hab. Big Jamaican looks totally like a small C. annuum bell pepper which is likely why there is no real heat. You can tell where the stem meets the pod that it is most likely a C. annuum(or cross)
Yep -looks suspect!
Those chocolate scorps are vigorous plants, they should take the pain away from the "Big Jafaken" ordeal.Love the long chocolate hab and the Tigers.And did I say I was resisting another start? I must have been delerious...because its gonna happen in 3 days when I get back on the beach... :rofl:

!

meatfreak · May 2, 2012

gnslngr said:
Potawie said:Hab. Big Jamaican looks totally like a small C. annuum bell pepper which is likely why there is no real heat. You can tell where the stem meets the pod that it is most likely a C. annuum(or cross)
Yep -looks suspect!
Those chocolate scorps are vigorous plants, they should take the pain away from the "Big Jafaken" ordeal.Love the long chocolate hab and the Tigers.And did I say I was resisting another start? I must have been delerious...because its gonna happen in 3 days when I get back on the beach... !

why not, I don't know how the climate is over there, but you can always start again :dance:

Which varieties do you have in mind :lol:

meatfreak · May 14, 2012

An update from the youngest batch of seedlings. Since I changed the soil they are growing hard. The other plants are standing still and don't grow alot because of the coconut soil I used. They also suffer from heavy attacks from aphids

Sprayed 3 times now but they keep coming back.

Cili Goronong

Aribibi Red F-1 (2gods)

Trinidad Yellow Seasoning (ajijoe)

Zanahoria Triangulo (hendrix1326)

Douglah x Trinidad Scorpion Moruga (mido)

Habanero Jaguar (915river)

Douglah x Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (beaglestorm)

7-Pot White (ajijoe)

Habanero CGN 21566 (semillas)

meatfreak · May 14, 2012

Habanero Maldivian

Habanero Antillais Caribbean (2gods)

Habanero Cappuccino

Habanero Guadeloupe Black (semillas)

Trinidad Scorpion Moruga

Jalapeno Hercules

Jalapeno Chichimeca (peppergal)

Habanero Harold St. Bart's (ajijoe)

Habanero Cleo's Dragon (ajijoe)

meatfreak · May 14, 2012

Habanero Orange Devil (ajijoe)

Jalapeno El Jefe (peppergal)

Jalapeno Numex Jalmundo (midwestchilehead)

Jalapeno Farmers Mkt Potato (JohnF)

Yesterday I finally got some work done in the garden and put up the frame of my foiltunnel.