OCD Chilehead 2014 Glog

beerbreath81 · Jul 7, 2014

tomato box is filling in nicely, Great looking plants chuck....and PODS! :woohoo:

OCD Chilehead · Jul 9, 2014

beerbreath81 said:
tomato box is filling in nicely, Great looking plants chuck....and PODS!

Thanks bb81. Was a experiment. There is poblanos between the peppers for shade. Poblanos are as big as tomatoes. Natural shade and protection from the wind. My hoopbender showed up today. Cant wait to get some pipe.

maximumcapsicum · Jul 10, 2014

Glad to see everything is going well Chuck. The poblano shade sounds great. I see some stuffed peppers in your near future.

Devv · Jul 13, 2014

I'd love to see pics of the hoop bender in action.

OCD Chilehead · Jul 13, 2014

Devv said:
I'd love to see pics of the hoop bender in action.

Will do. Soon as I get some 1 3/8 top rail fence post I can start. The nearest Lowes is 55 miles from here. I plan on getting something bent this week. Temps are not letting up. 97 out right now. My roto tiller wheel lost air, now I'm playing hell trying to get it to take air. Driving me crazy. I've tried ether and a strap with no luck. Never had one be so difficult. The heat doesn't help. LOL I'm thinking the 12ga would make a great bead seater right about now.

OCD Chilehead · Jul 14, 2014

Well I went out in the garden to check if my one and only Scorpion pod had gotten any bigger.LOL

Reaper SIP is getting bushy

Scorpion SIP

Reaper pot

Leaves are getting huge

I found some Arbol x Pequin chile's growing

Cayennetta mutant

Sadabahar blossom cluster

Chiltepin. This plant is my favorite looking. This one is coming indoors this winter.

Thanks for looking. Hope everyone has a great week.

PIC 1 · Jul 14, 2014

Aha.........even the smallest of scorpions can give you a pretty good sting....

I didn't grow the Cayanetta this year but the past few seasons they produced short squat size plants.......the chili's almost touched the dirt. How are those plants growing for you ?

The Tepin should produce indoors for you under ample lighting. I grow either the Mini Thai's or the Amish Bush indoors through the winter and have chili's to snack on.......they don't need to ripen for a one hitter

The De Arbol x Pequin sounds like a winner. ...Dam, if only I could find where I placed them, I have seeds from AJ (Alabama Jack) that are a cross from a Pequin x Serrano.........called a Pegrano. I pickled a qt last year, very similar to the mini Serrano's that they process here and call "Sport Peppers".

Best of luck with the rest of the season..

maximumcapsicum · Jul 14, 2014

Cool mutant pod! I got one of those off a TFM bonnet yesterday.

Your grow is great man. Wish I did that well in containers. Keep the pics coming! You got any projects planned?

stickman · Jul 14, 2014

Looks like your plants are happy with your rotation schedule Chuck! One advantage with planting in pots. I bet you'd be pleasantly surprised at your results if you planted in-ground with a shade cloth overhead after doing intensive soil prep.

jedisushi06 · Jul 14, 2014

plants look great, i'm getting those immature pods still, but i got flowers every where!

Devv · Jul 14, 2014

OCD Chilehead said:
Will do. Soon as I get some 1 3/8 top rail fence post I can start. The nearest Lowes is 55 miles from here. I plan on getting something bent this week. Temps are not letting up. 97 out right now. My roto tiller wheel lost air, now I'm playing hell trying to get it to take air. Driving me crazy. I've tried ether and a strap with no luck. Never had one be so difficult. The heat doesn't help. LOL I'm thinking the 12ga would make a great bead seater right about now.

Chuck,

Clean the bead and slop regular dishwashing soap on the rim and bead. I've used a piece of rope and a big screw driver to tighten the center down too.

Plants look great! They don't seem bothered by the heat at all.

Keep it green!

OCD Chilehead · Jul 14, 2014

PIC 1 said:
Aha.........even the smallest of scorpions can give you a pretty good sting....

I didn't grow the Cayanetta this year but the past few seasons they produced short squat size plants.......the chili's almost touched the dirt. How are those plants growing for you ?

The Tepin should produce indoors for you under ample lighting. I grow either the Mini Thai's or the Amish Bush indoors through the winter and have chili's to snack on.......they don't need to ripen for a one hitter

The De Arbol x Pequin sounds like a winner. ...Dam, if only I could find where I placed them, I have seeds from AJ (Alabama Jack) that are a cross from a Pequin x Serrano.........called a Pegrano. I pickled a qt last year, very similar to the mini Serrano's that they process here and call "Sport Peppers".

Best of luck with the rest of the season..

Thanks Greg. The Cayennetta plant is doing great. Here is a pic. I wasn given the Arbol cross pods from a friend at work. His sister lives in a little village in Michaocan Mexico. Cant wait to see how they turn out.Pequin x Serrano sounds excellent. Thanks for the indoor tip.

maximumcapsicum said:
Cool mutant pod! I got one of those off a TFM bonnet yesterday.

Your grow is great man. Wish I did that well in containers. Keep the pics coming! You got any projects planned?

Thanks Adam. Starting with a soiless mix was challenging at first learned a lot. Going to do a ground grow next year. I hope. Start tilling ground for next year and getting this hoophouse built is my top projects. Maybe a couple more raised beds for next year.

stickman said:
Looks like your plants are happy with your rotation schedule Chuck! One advantage with planting in pots. I bet you'd be pleasantly surprised at your results if you planted in-ground with a shade cloth overhead after doing intensive soil prep.

Thanks Rick. I can't wait for some in-ground action. That shade cloth would be a lifesaver right about now. Plants are cooking in the day time. I've learned alot these past couple seasons. Soil is everything.

jedisushi06 said:
plants look great, i'm getting those immature pods still, but i got flowers every where!

Thanks Mikey. Keeping my fingers crossed the new flowers stick.

Devv said:
Chuck
Clean the bead and slop regular dishwashing soap on the rim and bead. I've used a piece of rope and a big screw driver to tighten the center down too.

Plants look great! They don't seem bothered by the heat at all.

Keep it green!

Thanks Scott. I will give that a try. The plants are great looking until about 11am. From 11-3 the droop pretty bad. As soon as they get some shade from the tree, there back to normal until the next day. Thats there routine.

I made some Apple Pepper Jelly this evening.
6cups sugar
64oz Apple juice
2 boxes of pectin
Red and Yellow Scorpion pods

Thanks for reading.

bpwilly · Jul 15, 2014

OCD,

Nice looking jelly. I like a jelly that bites back! I made some with Black Congos and Blackberries last year, and that does not get shared much! My stash! I can only imagine the heat coming off that jelly.

Nice job!

Devv · Jul 15, 2014

I'm liking the looks of that Jelly Chuck!

OCD Chilehead · Jul 15, 2014

bpwilly said:
OCD,

Nice looking jelly. I like a jelly that bites back! I made some with Black Congos and Blackberries last year, and that does not get shared much! My stash! I can only imagine the heat coming off that jelly.

Nice job!

Thanks Bill. I saw your recipe on your profile awhile back and got me thinking I should give it a try. My stash as well. Nobody will try it. It has a bite to it for sure. Can't wait to mess around with some other flavors.

Devv said:
I'm liking the looks of that Jelly Chuck!

Thanks Scott. Never made jelly before, let alone pepper jelly. Super easy. Found a new use for peppers. The only thing is, I don't eat that much jelly. LOL. When I start to get a variety of canned goods, I'll send it to you guys.

Thanks for reading

LS929 · Jul 17, 2014

When I start to get a variety of canned goods, I'll send it to you guys.

Let us know! The pepper jelly looks awesome and I'd love to get small jars of whatever you come up with.

OCD Chilehead · Jul 17, 2014

LS929 said:
Let us know! The pepper jelly looks awesome and I'd love to get small jars of whatever you come up with.

Thanks JB. I think I have a small jar left. Gave some to a friend at work this morning, this evening he gave it back. LOL. He said it was the hottest thing he ever ate. He said he likes habanero jelly, but this was beyond hot. I can't taste the heat. PM me and I will try to get it out this weekend, if I don't have to work.

PIC 1 · Jul 17, 2014

Scorpion Jelly.........I bet that would be tasty with cream cheese on a toasted bagel.

OCD Chilehead · Jul 17, 2014

PIC 1 said:
Scorpion Jelly.........I bet that would be tasty with cream cheese on a toasted bagel.

Thanks Greg. I was thinking the same thing tonight. Picking some cream cheese up tomorrow after work. I like pepper jelly/ cream cheese on bagels and crackers. The hard part is, deciding what kind of crackers and bagels?

TrentL · Jul 17, 2014

Hmm.. pepper jelly. Never had that before. Going to need to try some this year.