Meatfreak 2013

Devv · Nov 15, 2013

Nice haul for the tail end of the season Stefan!

29lb's of Jals? I think you're set for a while for sure.

Enjoy the weekend and the family!

PeriPeri · Nov 17, 2013

Ok just a couple of chillies then... lol... man that is a massive haul. Your plants in the tunnels are still looking great!

WalkGood · Nov 17, 2013

Sounds like a soon come popper party is in order ^_^

PIC 1 · Nov 17, 2013

Stefan thanks for showing the Indian Reds and the Yellow (x). It's interesting to see the different pepper shapes.

meatfreak · Nov 22, 2013

Yesterday I dug out the Jalapeño Farmers Market Potato plant, hopefully I can get it to overwinter so I can harvest more pods. Only 3 pods were ripe, although it's a bit hard to see with all that corking

Need to check out if they contain viable seeds

Sorry for the watermark but I'm afraid it has become necessary

capsidadburn · Nov 22, 2013

Congratulations Stefan on the newborn! I can't recall if I already said that to you. Amazing harvest and what should show up on Google Earth as the Jalapeno capital of the world!

I've been intending to watermark my dragonfly pics at least, but haven't yet.

Best of luck next season.

Mike

Devv · Nov 22, 2013

Now that's some corking!

meatfreak · Nov 23, 2013

capsidadburn said:
Congratulations Stefan on the newborn! I can't recall if I already said that to you. Amazing harvest and what should show up on Google Earth as the Jalapeno capital of the world!

I've been intending to watermark my dragonfly pics at least, but haven't yet.

Best of luck next season.

Mike

Thanks for the kind words, Mike. It's a shame to have to watermark your pictures but some people just don't have respect for others. You have a great weekend!

Devv said:
Now that's some corking!

It's insane but I love how it looks. Gonna taste it today. You have a good weekend, Scott.

GA Growhead · Nov 23, 2013

It looks like you will have to cut one open and spoon out the insides. Chewing on all that corking might freak me out.

PeriPeri · Nov 24, 2013

Nice one Stefan - them pods still keep coming!

meatfreak · Nov 24, 2013

GA Growhead said:
It looks like you will have to cut one open and spoon out the insides. Chewing on all that corking might freak me out.

It did taste a bit weird, chewy. I have to honestly say however that the green ones didn't taste like a Jalapeno at all, it had that unripe green pepper taste, earthy. The heat was pretty low for a Jalapeno. The ripe one taste had this earthy taste as well besides being sweet. Not one I would grow for it's taste.

PeriPeri said:
Nice one Stefan - them pods still keep coming!

Thanks, Lourens. I also harvest my first Yellow Manzano and noticed a lot of ripening of on the C. Pubescens plants. Those are the last plants that are still inground and are doing just fine. I did cut them back a lot so that the pods get some more direct light.

roper2008 · Dec 2, 2013

Those jalapeno's look almost white. Nice pics stefan.

meatfreak · Dec 2, 2013

roper2008 said:
Those jalapeno's look almost white. Nice pics stefan.

Thanks Linda. To bad they didn't taste so great unripe, they didn't had the Jalapeno taste. Nonetheless it's an very interesting variety to grow out and also try to stabilize. Since I got 2 different plants out of the seeds I got from it's source, it's safe to say it's still not 100% stable. How are you doing, already making up a list for the 2014 season?

I actually got to harvest the first Yellow Manzano last week, forgot to mention this. Still have to taste it though.

Also another one from an cross, maldivian orange x pimenta de neyde. Really tasty and good amount of heat. The plant and the color transitions of the pods is really beautiful. When they are overripe they tend to have this really light peach color, almost white. Anyway I will name this project Pimenta Lisa, after my daughter.

Penny · Dec 2, 2013

Love the color of those last peppers, very nice.

roper2008 · Dec 2, 2013

meatfreak said:
Thanks Linda. To bad they didn't taste so great unripe, they didn't had the Jalapeno taste. Nonetheless it's an very interesting variety to grow out and also try to stabilize. Since I got 2 different plants out of the seeds I got from it's source, it's safe to say it's still not 100% stable. How are you doing, already making up a list for the 2014 season?

I actually got to harvest the first Yellow Manzano last week, forgot to mention this. Still have to taste it though.

Also another one from an cross, maldivian orange x pimenta de neyde. Really tasty and good amount of heat. The plant and the color transitions of the pods is really beautiful. When they are overripe they tend to have this really light peach color, almost white. Anyway I will name this project Pimenta Lisa, after my daughter.

Congrats on the yellow manzano. I don't know if I'll attempt growing manzano's again, they hate my summers.
As far as 2014 goes, my list will be long again, but no super hots (maybe I'll change my mind). The hottest will
be scotch bonnets, chilitepins and tobacco types. Most of my grow will be older hybrid bell type seed, that I
will try to germinate, and sweet peppers. It will be a boring list to some on here.
I'll be watching for you 2014 grow next year.

Devv · Dec 2, 2013

Congrats on the Manzano Stefan!

I hear they are hard to grow. I've been trying to get some seeds to germ, still hoping.

The Pimenta Lisa's look very nice, I love the colors.

Have a great week!

meatfreak · Dec 3, 2013

Penny said:
Love the color of those last peppers, very nice.

Thanks, it's indeed a very nice pepper. Curious on how it's gonna turn out next season.

roper2008 said:
Congrats on the yellow manzano. I don't know if I'll attempt growing manzano's again, they hate my summers.
As far as 2014 goes, my list will be long again, but no super hots (maybe I'll change my mind). The hottest will
be scotch bonnets, chilitepins and tobacco types. Most of my grow will be older hybrid bell type seed, that I
will try to germinate, and sweet peppers. It will be a boring list to some on here.
I'll be watching for you 2014 grow next year.

Sounds good, Linda. My list won't be so big next season, I'm taking a step back. Just some Jalapeno varieties for pickling and poppers. The manzano's didn't like our summer in the tunnel either, took a really long time before they started to set flowers. Had a lot of pods going but it froze tonight so I'm afraid those are goners

Devv said:
Congrats on the Manzano Stefan!

I hear they are hard to grow. I've been trying to get some seeds to germ, still hoping.

The Pimenta Lisa's look very nice, I love the colors.

Have a great week!

They do take some time to grow indeed but I didn't find it any harder then other varieties. You just have to started earlier like you do with Chinense. You have a great week as well!

Sawyer · Dec 3, 2013

My two yellow and four red manzanos seem pretty happy OWing in the front room. Hopefully I'll get some pods from them next year.

stickman · Dec 3, 2013

Hi Stefan,
I had no luck germinating the Manzano seeds I sowed last year, but the seeds I collected from the plant Shane sent me have sprouted after only a week in soil. I wonder if they have a very short shelf life or if they just ripen so slowly that the pods get picked before they're viable... :think:

They're certainly a finicky plant to grow. Reading up on them on Wiki, I see they're native to the equatorial highlands of South and Central America where they get lots of light but relatively cool temperatures consistently. The Wiki page also said that they only grow under cultivation outside of their narrow native range, so it takes human intervention for that to happen. Maybe it was just too warm for your Manzanos in the polytunnel at midsummer, so they kept dropping flowers until it cooled down to their liking.

meatfreak · Dec 4, 2013

Sawyer said:
My two yellow and four red manzanos seem pretty happy OWing in the front room. Hopefully I'll get some pods from them next year.

With that head start I'm sure you have a good chance to get some pods of them

I wanted to OW them also but once I tasted them and did not like the taste I decided to leave them in the tunnel. I cut them back and just see what happens. Also did the same with an Chinense but I put bubble foil around it for extra isolation, it's an experiment.

stickman said:
Hi Stefan,
I had no luck germinating the Manzano seeds I sowed last year, but the seeds I collected from the plant Shane sent me have sprouted after only a week in soil. I wonder if they have a very short shelf life or if they just ripen so slowly that the pods get picked before they're viable...
They're certainly a finicky plant to grow. Reading up on them on Wiki, I see they're native to the equatorial highlands of South and Central America where they get lots of light but relatively cool temperatures consistently. The Wiki page also said that they only grow under cultivation outside of their narrow native range, so it takes human intervention for that to happen. Maybe it was just too warm for your Manzanos in the polytunnel at midsummer, so they kept dropping flowers until it cooled down to their liking.

I don't think they have a short shelf life because the seeds I used from the CGN 22796 were 10 years old. Sure they took about 14 days to germinate but they all germinated. I think your right about the pods being picked to early before the seeds are fully viable. I'm not gonna try them again since I didn't think they taste so great, it could be the specific variety but both the yellow and red one I tasted were like a bitter bell pepper. Not even a sweet taste or something.