Noah Yates' 2014 Glog

2014 Grow list:

Home Garden:

1. Carolina Reaper
2. Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
3. Yellow Scorpion
4. TSMB special var. (sanchez)
5. 7 pot Bubblegum (pex)
6. 7 pot Primo (sanchez)
7. 7 pot Douglah
8. Bhut Jolokia Caramel
9. Bhut Jolokia Indian Carbon
10. Chocolate Bhut
11. Orange Habanero
12. Mustard Habanero
13. SB7J (pex)
14. Scotch Bonnet TFM
15. Datil (sanchez)
16. Aji Pineapple
17. Tobasco
18. Park's Jalapeno
19. Pepper Joe’s Jalapeno
20. Pinocchio Cayenne
21. Fresno
22. Serrano
23. Sweet Banana
24. Hot Wax Banana
25. Holy Mole Passila
26. Poblano
27. Green Bell
28. Yellow Bell
29. Chocolate Bell
30. Giant Aconcagua Sweet
31. Trinidad Perfume


Experimental Test Grow in the Bottom Lands:


1. 7pot barrackapore
2. 7 pot brainstrain 1
3. 7 pot brainstrain 2
4. 7 pot brainstrain 3
5. 7 pot primo 1
6. 7 pot primo 2
7. aji chombo
8. aji pineapple 1
9. aji pineapple 2
10. aji pineapple 3
11. bhut jolokia caramel 1
12. bhut jolokia caramel 2
13. bjic 1
14. bjic 2
15. bjic3
16. black habanero1
17. black habanero 2
18. black stinger
19. butch t 1
20. butch t 2
21. butch t 3
22. butch t 4
23. butch t 5
24. butch t 6
25. butch t 7
26. butch t 8
27. butch t 9
28. carolina reaper 1
29. carolina reaper 2
30. carolina reaper 3
31. carolina reaper 4
32. carolina reaper 5
33. carolina reaper 6
34. carolina reaper 7
35. carolina reaper 8
36. carolina reaper 9
37. choco bhut 1
38. choco bhut 2
39. choco scorp 1
40. yellow naga
41. 7 pot douglah 1
42. 7 pot douglah 2
43. 7 pot douglah 3
44. jalapeno 1
45. jamaican choco hab
46. king naga
47. moruga
48. mustard hab 1
49. mystery f1
50. orange scorpion 1
51. orange scorpion 2
52. peach bhut 1
53. peach bhut 2
54. pinocchio cayenne 1
55. pinocchio cayenne 2
56. pinocchio cayenne 3
57. scotch bonnet tfm
58. tobasco
59. yellow 7 pot
60. yellow primo 1
61. yellow primo 2
62. mystery bhut 1
63. mystery bhut 2

 

[Noah Yates]

Noah I started a worm bin as per your instructions and everything seems to be going fine. The worms have been doing their thing for about a month now. In your opinion about how long should I wait till I start harvesting the castings?

 
With my method of filling large tubs I usually wait until the volume of food and bedding has been reduced by about half...   In other words, if my 25 gallon bin was filled to the top after rebuilding, then I will usually harvest when the level has diminished to the center of the tub (@around 13 gallons)-----> (which will yield about 8-9 gallons of castings).  Sometimes I wait longer, but at that point the worms are starting to run out of good food.   
 
 

What is the mulch made of?

 
It comes from the road department a private tree care and removal service.  So exactly what type of trees go into it is a mystery.

 

[Noah Yates]

Well... here we are approaching the end of the season and I must say, although my gardens dont look spectacular, considering that I only fed my home garden once (with home-made worm castings) and never fed my 'experimental test grow' after transplanting into the ground, I am perfectly content with their productivity.  In fact, the test grow was fairly well a full neglect grow after June.  As you can see in the pictures, the grass around the plants is waist-high. Several events in my life conspired to make tending the peppers seem less important.  However, the plants are still producing several pounds of delicious peppers, and I am mostly satisfied with this season.  I will say that I am really excited about next season when I will attempt to finally accomplish the perfect grow 
        
 
experimental test grow in the bottom lands (neglect grow) Sept 27:

test grow harvest Sept 27:

SB7J:

Aji Pineapple:

interesting red douglah variation showing up from my regular (brown) douglah seeds that I saved from last years pods.

Black Habanero:

 
home garden Oct 13:

nefarious-looking Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion (I saved its seeds):

home garden and test grow combined harvest Oct 12:

 

[juanitos]

looks good to me, i can only imagine the bugs crawlin all over you while harvesting in that tall grass.

 

[Noah Yates]

Luckily the chiggers were not bad this year. XD
 
I will say one of the major drawbacks of the tall grass is that many of the peppers are speckled with black spots (insect doo-doo).  Luckily it washes off easily

 

[tctenten]

Nice harvest. Great to see that the peppers still produced with little attention.

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Makes me think I need to plant where I hunt...oh wait....the deer would eat everything!

 

[Noah Yates]

Makes me think I need to plant where I hunt...oh wait....the deer would eat everything!

I guess if you could catch the deer in the act, the peppers would function as good bait.

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

I guess if you could catch the deer in the act, the peppers would function as good bait.

Bastards are always nocturnal when eating the gardens. 

 

[Noah Yates]

Oct 22 combined harvest & dehydrated peppers in jars
 

 

[juanitos]

a good year i'd say.

 

[Noah Yates]

Yeah... especially considering I have not done anything for them since June.