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Meatfreak's 2016 GloG

Later as usual, I started the 2016 tonight. Reason for this cause I'm growing out mostly crosses and I don't want to much yield (that I need to process :P) All in all I still ended up with 45 varieties and was aiming for 30... oh well  
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 Here is the list.

Bubblegum 7 White F-2
Bubblegum 7 White v2 F-2
Chiltepin Cappuccino
Chupetinha Orange
Gnarly White Habanero
MFPJ10 F-2
MFPJ12 F-2
MFPJ15 F-2
MFPJ18 F-2
MFPJ19 F-2
MFPJ2 F-2
MFPJ21 F-2
MFPJ23 #1 F-3
MFPJ23 #2 F-2
MFPJ24 #2 F-2
MFPJ24 #3 F-2
MFPJ25 F-1
MFPJ26 #1 F-2
MFPJ26 #2 F-2
MFPJ27 F-2
MFPJ28 #2 F-2
MFPJ28 #3 F-2
MFPJ29 F-2
MFPJ3 F-2
MFPJ30 F-2
MFPJ31 F-1
MFPJ32 #1 F-3
MFPJ32 #3 F-2
MFPJ35 F-2
MFPJ36 F-1
MFPJ37 F-1
MFPJ40 F-1
MFPJ41 F-1
MFPJ42 F-1
MFPJ43 F-1
MFPJ44 F-1
MFPJ49 F-1
MFPJ5 F-3
MFPJ9 #1 F-2
MFPJ9 #2 F-2
Numex Jalapeño Lemon Spice
Numex Jalapeño Orange Spice
Numex Jalapeño Pumpkin Spice
PI 441598 x BBG7 F-2
Pimenta Lisa F-4

MFPJ is short for MeatFreak ProJect. These are my crosses/projects. Think I sowed about 500 seeds in total, big numbers on the crosses to see the possible different phenotypes.
 
Good to see the produce rolling in ;)
 
I surely know about all the effort involved in planting a full spectrum garden; we attempt to grow for a year, I know most varieties of produce won't keep that long. But you know what I mean ;)
 
It has certainly been a different year for many of us. It seems here in the US that the Northern growers are doing the best this season.
 
peppamang said:
Awesome grow!
 
romy6 said:
Wowza !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Speechless 
 
Thanks lol :D
 
Bhuter said:
That's very good to know! Thank you for the F1 info you provided. I guess I shouldn't have grown 9 plants of my F1. Lol. And judging by my plants, you're right about the pod shape taking on more of the fathers' traits. The shape and size ARE more like the father plant. Now I just hope I get the right color. :) Thanks!

-Adam
No problem, Adam. This is just from my experience (past 3 years) so these are not facts or anything ;) Have been observing and sharing info with friends of mine and it's gives a lot of insight.
 
OCD Chilehead said:
Great info on F1 pod's. More pics! They look like really nice pod's. This may be a stupid question. What does the PJ stand for. Assuming MF for MeatFreak. LOL. Tasty looking tomatoes. Do they have a dark flesh inside? I almost tried a Cherokee tomato. It has a very dark purple flesh inside. The melons look really good. I've never tried melons before.
Not a stupid question at all, the PJ stands for ProJect. It's just something I came up with to label the crosses while growing them out. Also makes it less interesting for people at this point cause it's just being grown out. I've noticed that when people see the parentage of an cross they can go crazy just because of the parents. Doesn't mean it will turn into something interesting. The tomatoes are regular red inside but very tasteful. So there's a good chance I will be growing these again next year :) Melons are... difficult for me cause they got mites now. I keep the poly low humid because of the tomatoes so the melons and cukes get mites easily each time :( Gonna try and grow them outside next year... really hate mites.
 
PeriPeri said:
Stefan buddy, there's green thumbs and then there's green thumbs, fingers, hands, arms, elbows... buddy you should be green all over :D Fantastic grow (as always)!
LOL Lourens, thanks a lot but I'm just trying hehe ;)
 
Devv said:
Good to see the produce rolling in ;)
 
I surely know about all the effort involved in planting a full spectrum garden; we attempt to grow for a year, I know most varieties of produce won't keep that long. But you know what I mean ;)
 
It has certainly been a different year for many of us. It seems here in the US that the Northern growers are doing the best this season.
Guess your right, Scott but I need to stick more to the stuff thats easier to grow anyway. I always let myself carry away by growing exotic stuff that exactly not suited for our climate hehe
 
Ripe pods of MFPJ43 F-1
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MFPJ37 F-1 another bbg cross I made last year, these set a lot better then their mother did :P
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MFPJ30 F-2 #2 was a bit disappointed when these turned yellow. Had high hopes for white.
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MFPJ30 F-2 #1
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MFPJ29 F-2 expecting some color on these any day now.
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Thanks for the info. I'll take notes on the labeling. Yeah, us Chilehead's tend to get overly excited over crosses. I've been searching crosses from Jukka, as well as Neil. I get excited, when I see something in the f5 and up category. I still enjoy all the crosses. They are among my favorites.

I really like the profile of the 43. Really smooth looking and has that bottle cap calyx. Hope it keeps the traits in F2.

I can see a tinge of color changing on the 29's. This time next week should be complete.
 
Trident chilli said:
Stefan some really beautiful weird shapes going on ... pleased for you that the pods are starting to colour up ... selfishly I will be following the J27 F2 it's got the bonnet shape .. always a pleasure to visit your glog
Found another plant of that cross with an bonnet shape, John ;) Picture below. The other one has been making more pods but somehow they don't really get that big... no idea why but I just hope the pods have seeds so I can grow it out next year :D So what was that weather about this week?! Had to put on my sweater, freaking cold and raining. Past 2 days have been better and more pods are turning.
 
stickman said:
It really sucks that you had such extreme weather this season Stefan, but the stuff you pictured looks great, so it's not a total bust. It's funny how the least uniform Tomatoes are the ones that taste the best. Drive on!
It's been a challenge again but the peppers are doing the best yeah. They got the best spot in the garden hehe and I nurture them a lot to (maybe still to much). Tomatoes are coming in hard now, compared to other seasons not in weight cause I mostly have cherry's but picked close to 8lbs this week so I'm not complaining.
 
OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks for the info. I'll take notes on the labeling. Yeah, us Chilehead's tend to get overly excited over crosses. I've been searching crosses from Jukka, as well as Neil. I get excited, when I see something in the f5 and up category. I still enjoy all the crosses. They are among my favorites.

I really like the profile of the 43. Really smooth looking and has that bottle cap calyx. Hope it keeps the traits in F2.

I can see a tinge of color changing on the 29's. This time next week should be complete.
 
Thanks, Chuck. The MFPJ43 does look nice yeah but I'm hoping for other traits and colors in F-2 to be honest. The bottle cap calyx can stay though ;) Yesterday I sowed 10 seeds of it, will keep 4 plants to OW and see what they will produce. Don't wanna wait till next season. You were right on the MFPJ29's, today all the sudden they had a lot of color on them. Yellow  :rolleyes: hoped for something else, oh well. You could see the difference between the ones that were gonna start cause they went darker green.
 
Some more pics.
 
MFPJ29 F2 color change over night, nothing yesterday and bam color!
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MFPJ26 #1 F-2 this was my unstable cross that turned out 2 colors in F-1. This one is coming from smooth red pods, funny how F2 works. The yellow is no surprise though.
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PI 441598 x BBG7 F-2 (thanks Jason) some plants have bbg calyx and some dont. The ones with bbg calyx look like this so far and are going orange.
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BBG7 White F-2 going true, small first pod. Got a few bigger ones.
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MFPJ9 #2 F-2
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MFPJ37 F-1 these are going yellow which I did not expect as one of the parents was red but both were unstable F-2 x F-1 so..
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MFPJ12 F-2
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MFPJ31 F-1
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MFPJ18 F-2
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Devv said:
Dang Stefan, you're the mad pepper scientist of crosses! Glad we have you on our team ;)
 
Fall garden is starting to look good here! Garlic goes in 30 days from now. My how time flies and the seasons change!
 
Time to start watching for strawberry starts too.
 
Thanks, Scott  :shh:
 
Yeah it's time to start thinking about what to do this winter. I'm planning on trying to use the poly again with veggies like I did last season. Worked out pretty good and we got to eat from the garden during winter. Also still got a lot of work I still wanna (need) to do... oh well we'll see how it goes :) For now I'm just starting to harvest the first peppers ;)
 
OCD Chilehead said:
Great looking pod's. They all look really tasty. The 37 turned out looking really good.
Thanks, Chuck. Happy with the 37 to, wait till you see another phenotype I got. Like this color even more :)
 
Devv said:
Very nice update!
 
Congrats on your produce ;)
Cheers, Scott. We got ourselves an heatwave this week so the plants will get plenty of stress to start ripening of even more pods but its going well now :)
 
stickman said:
Nice looking pods with some really interesting colors and shapes Stefan! Will you be doing any reviews of the flavor and heat in your crosses?
I can try, Rick but I'm not the best in describing flavors to be honest  :shh: Next round of peppers I will give it an try. I do write it down for myself to keep track of the differences among phenotypes in an cross.
 
PeriPeri said:
This right here is a candy store for chilliheads :D
Hehehe, thanks Lourens  :P
 
Trident chilli said:
And they keep coming Stefan ... looking forward to the next update and maybe some reviews
 
FreeportBum said:
Pods look great, keep the pics coming.

Cheers
 
Cheers, John and FB. Got a lot of ripening going on so quite some pics to show.
 
Got the 3 new Numex Spice varieties growing and they are starting to ripe of. Pods aren't the biggest but I love the colors.
 
Numex Jalapeño Lemon Spice
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Numex Jalapeño Pumpkin Spice
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Numex Jalapeño Orange Spice
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MFPJ30 F-2 these go to a bright yellow
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MFPJ30 F-2 these are different from the others in color unripe so I'm hoping they go white instead of yellow for once :P
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MFPJ32 F-2 #3 looks the same as last year which went white
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MFPJ19 F-2 pheno going cream/white
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MFPJ19 F-2 another pheno going cream/white
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MFPJ3 F-2
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MFPJ43 F-1 no complaints on the yield of this one
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Bubblegum White F-2 pods are getting bigger
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Bubblegum White F-1 the mother plant I OW and planted in April. Pods really got a good size now but it took forever.
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MFPJ26 #2 F-2 pheno going Peach (looks orange but its Peach)
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MFPJ26 #1 F-2
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MFPJ26 #1 F-2 these pods have small tails
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MFPJ41 F-1
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PI 441598 x BBG7 F-2 (thanks Jason)
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PI 441598 x BBG7 F-2 another pheno
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MFPJ27 F-2
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MFPJ12 F-2
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MFPJ10 F-2
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Some other stuff from the garden.
 
Quinoa Mint Vanilla
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Quinoa Red Carina
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Petaluma Gold Rush beans
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Watermelon Early Moonbeam
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More cherry's
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