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This is what I will be growing. I apologize in advance. This is the first time I have done this pictures and posts thing.
OCD Chilehead 2014 Glog
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OCD Chilehead said:Thanks Rick. I just picked up enough pipe to make a couple hoops for the hoophouse. I think I'm going to need it.
Your not kidding. Hottest pods to date. Got a nice burn in the mouth that kept building. Then he stomach cramps. Ouch!
Thanks Scott. The no bump must come with the paid membership. Not sure.
I'm stoked Jason. Didnt think this day would ever come after two months of flower drop.
Made some pickles for the first time. Picked some farm fresh picklers, garlic, and jalapenos. I added some supers I got from Judy. Jigsaw, Yellow Naga, Orange Bhut, and dont forget the Bhut x Moruga cross from hell. Thanks to Beerbreath81 for the motivation. That guy knows his canning.
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Thanks for reading. Hope you all had a great weekend.
Awesome plant shots. You don't have to can your pickles to get em to keep. You can mix up a brine and throw them in the fridge and they'll last a year for you in there. The last recipe I used was with vinegar and brown sugar, and those don't need to be kept in the fridge and they weren't canned either. If you'd like the recipes, give me a shout.
damn those pickles look good! I gotta make some more soon.
I'm practicing patience John. I'm all over salsa the next day. Don't know about the 10 pic thang. Will try again when I have something relevant.Sawyer said:
Sure Scott. Never made this before, so I wouldn't try it until I get back with a review in a week.Devv said:Can you post the pickle recipe? I'm always on the hunt
Thanks Jeff for the information. That's good stuff to know. I will be picking your brain soon.HillBilly Jeff said:
I hope they come out good.jedisushi06 said:
Pickle Brine
1 gallon white vinegar
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of salt
Spice (per 1 quart jar)
1tsp dried dill
1tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp whole mustard seed
1/2 tsp whole celery seed
3 whole allspice seeds
6 whole peppercorns
2 whole bay leaves
1/8 tsp calcium chloride (pickle crisp)
Boiled the brine mix. Filled jars with picklers, peppers, and garlic. Add the spice to the jars. Pour liquid into the jars and seal. Once jars were cool enough to handle, I gave them a couple turns upside down to mix and placed them in the fridge.
Will post results as soon as I try. My only concern after making it was that I might have used to much salt. Don't know. I don't like a lot of salt. I couldn't really taste it in the left over brine. We shall see.
Edit. I forgot to mention I filled 5 quarts with brine mix. Had a bunch leftover. Could have easily filled 6 quarts. I'm going to be making hot carrots next. I will try to pay closer attention to quantities.
Nice canned products. Lovely rows of healthy happy plants. Any pods on the bonnet shaped orange habs
Thanks Denniz. Dang it. Your right. I didn't post any pics of the Habs. I took the pics of the pods just didn't add them to post. I'll get some more recent pics and post. As soon as they mature I'll send you some back. The least I can do for sending me the seeds in the first place.KiNGDeNNiZ said:
Thanks Paul for the very kind words. I wasn't lazy this year and it shows compared to last. The education I've received from joining this wonderful community of growers has been a major factor in this years grow. Please horn in anytime.PaulG said:
I will let you know as soon as I taste. I think about it every time I look in the fridge. I'll have it look into how long I have to wait. Going to be making some pickled hot carrots in a couple days. I will processes them in the pressure canner as I like them a little on the softer side.Devv said:Thanks for posting the recipe Chuck. Let us know how they come out.
I tried a green Sadabahar yesterday. It was hot. Can't wait for these to ripen. Will grow these again next year. They have the heat I'm looking for. Great oil pepper and stir-fry I hope.
Thanks for reading guys.
Pods are coming along great chuck, wont be long now and youll be taking some pretty large harvests! Pickles! nice work buddy, I thought that I saw some tumeric in there haha. At first I thought you were using a Mrs. Wages pickle pack (which really arent bad, expecially when peppers are added). Looks like you were going for a spicy bread and butter type pickle? You dont have to store in the fridge tho. Take the bands off and store them in your pantry, they will be just fine.
Thanks Anthony. Pods are forming well. Hope I get more than I need. I'll send you some it that happens. Ibeerbreath81 said:
Don't know where I was going with the pickle project. Never done it before. I couldn't taste the sugar in the brine. A couple
of questions if you don't mind?
How long do you think I should wait to open and try?
Would you recommend any changes to the recipe?
Thanks again.
OCD Chilehead said:Thanks Anthony. Pods are forming well. Hope I get more than I need. I'll send you some it that happens.
Thanks Chuck, you may think off pulling a few green pods and pickling a small jar of them. Or if at near the end of the season you have some that havent rippend up. I had some green scorpion toungues last year that turned out pretty good. My best was Aji brazilian pumpkins canned green...WOW them things was good. Like a cherry pepper but alot better! I think those cayenne would be pretty good canned up with one of those fresh pods from Judy. If canning whole peppers, let me know, there is a trick to canning them whole.
I don't know where I was going with the pickle project. Never done it before. I couldn't taste the sugar in the brine. A couple
of questions if you don't mind?
How long do you think I should wait to open and try?
I believe 6 weeks is standard but I will usually open one jar in a month to give them a taste. Save at least one jar for 5-6 months. You will not be dispointed. To me that is when they have peaked in flavor!
Would you recommend any changes to the recipe?
Not really, alot about pickling is what the user prefers. I personally dont like using sugar, just cause I dont like sweet stuff. Dont like cake, ice cream, sweet tea, etc. Never have, so bread and butter chips I have never done, if i was I probably would have done mine pretty similar to yours, I may have cut the vinegar with a bit of water but NBD. My pickles are always plain dill or spicy dill. Your recipe is actually pretty similiar to canning insitutes. I would be more apt to try yours because of the reduced sugar and increased salt/vinegar! Only thing I will say is if you plan to do dill pickles in the future go with fresh dill, I have used the dill seed and dill weed before and it never works. If dill is unavalable go with the Mrs. Wages packets. Though nothing beats homeade, these are actually pretty damn good, very simple/cheap, in my opinion, and work really well with the hot pepper additions too. I also noticed you skipped the waterbath, that will work for the chips and spears but not if doing whole cucumbers...FYI. Good job, they look great!!
http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_06/bread_butter_pickles.html
Thanks again.
Thanks a bunch. I did go looking for fresh dill at farmers markets and community grow. Maybe this week I'll find some. Thanks for the link, thats my new friend. I wilk take your advice and save a jar.beerbreath81 said:Thanks Anthony. Pods are forming well. Hope I get more than I need. I'll send you some it that happens.
Thanks Chuck, you may think off pulling a few green pods and pickling a small jar of them. Or if at near the end of the season you have some that havent rippend up. I had some green scorpion toungues last year that turned out pretty good. My best was Aji brazilian pumpkins canned green...WOW them things was good. Like a cherry pepper but alot better! I think those cayenne would be pretty good canned up with one of those fresh pods from Judy. If canning whole peppers, letters me know, there is a trick to canning them whole.
I don't know where I was going with the pickle project. Never done it before. I couldn't taste the sugar in the brine. A couple
of questions if you don't mind?
How long do you think I should wait to open and try?
I believe 6 weeks is standard but I will usually open one jar in a month to give them a taste. Save at least one jar for 5-6 months. You will not be dispointed. To me that is when they have peaked in flavor!
Would you recommend any changes to the recipe?
Not really, alot about pickling is what the user prefers. I personally dont like using sugar, just cause I dont like sweet stuff. Dont like cake, ice cream, sweet tea, etc
http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_06/bread_butter_pickles.html
Thanks again.
Bought some pods from Judy (pepperlover, pepperlover.com). Ordered some Sus biberi (turkish pepper). She also sent some extras. Jamaican Hot Red Scotch Bonnet's, I believe White Fatalii, and some Albanian Red Hot. I forgot how much I loved the Habs. Been eating supers for awhile. The Turkish pepper reminds me of a Cayenne in flavor and a thicker flesh that crunches. Its juicy and the heat comes on within a few seconds. I like it. The Albanian Red Hot is sweet. Would make a great sauce.
Tried my very first Jigsaw this last week. Very good pepper. It has a aroma of some kind of fruit. To me it smells like some kind of fruit hard candy. Pineapple? Dont know, but couldn't get enough of the aroma.Thin skinned with a pleasant floral taste. When you take a bite it bites back. Nothing crazy like the Bhut Moruga cross. That one kicked my A$$. Back to the Jigsaw. Great pepper and is on the grow list for next year. My favorite super as of today.
A couple garden shots.
Reapers are looking good.
7pot Brain Strain
Chilepepper Institute Bhuts (here you go Spicegeist)
King Denniz Hab plants I grew from seed he sent.
Thats all for now. Hot pickled carrots and maybe salsa coming up this weekend. Forgot about the peach Fatalii I tried from Judy. Superb. On the grow list. Im really liking the Fatalii's this year.
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Nice pod shots Chuck. Looks like your reapers, brains and bhuts are doing pretty well. That Hab from King Denniz looks to be pretty loaded up. Nice production. That picture of the peppers you got from Pepperlover was nice, I was wondering what those light color pods at the back were. Guessing they were the peach Fatalii. Looked like a unusual butter color on the screen.
How are your fabric potted plants doing now? Mine are still seeming to lag behind the other plants in the plastic buckets.
Nive looking grow!
How are your fabric potted plants doing now? Mine are still seeming to lag behind the other plants in the plastic buckets.
Nive looking grow!
Great looking plants and pods Chuck!
Have a great day!
Have a great day!
Thanks Bill. Those Habs are only 14inches tall. One of them has over 20 pods. Lighting isn't good sometimes. I'm going to make a light box. My girlfriend uses one for taking pictures and is great. Should get better pics.bpwilly said:
My fabrics are stunted and not that healthy. There playing catch up. I see others with the same problem. Maybe there drying out. Thinking the roots are getting to much air and drying out. Then they try to produce more roots instead of foliage.
Thanks for the positive words and thanks for stopping in.AZ-Mason said:
Thanks Mike. Hoping to get some color before frost.capsidadburn said:
Thanks Scott. That's depressing to think about. Everybody says with all the rain we had in August means that a wicked winter will follow. I hope not. Reminds me, I need to start splitting wood. To answer your question anywhere around the 1st of October on is game. I will have shelter if need be by then. I made it until 3rd week of October last season. Had to throw sheets and plastic over the plants. This year if the hoophouse is up. I want to cover with plastic and make some hoop row covers inside for double insulation. Experiment.Devv said:
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read.
Have a great weekend and get out there before Winter shows it's face.
Chuck
Seems something has been eating some pods. The only pest I have are grasshoppers. Do you guys think they are the culprits?
Any bait or repelent suggestions?
Any bait or repelent suggestions?
OCD Chilehead said:Seems something has been eating some pods. The only pest I have are grasshoppers. Do you guys think they are the culprits?20140817_094921.JPG
Any bait or repelent suggestions?
Do you have any slugs around Chuck? That's what it looks like to me. Hope you get a handle on it...