PaulG 2013

PaulG · Aug 30, 2013

stickman said:
Hi Paul,
Glad to see things looking so well out your way... nice plants and lots of powder to see you through the winter. Those Aji Omnicolors you sent me last year turned out to be Beasts! I put 2 plants out in one end of a 4x10 foot raised bed and they've claimed a 4x4 space plus what's hanging over the edges. Loaded with pods too... I'm pulling about a pint of pods from them every day now. Cheers!

Hey Rick! Glad to hear the Omnicolors are bruisers. I had mine in a 3 gallon pot,
and it was most productive. Good on ya for growin' out some nice specimens!

Devv said:
Love the Bar BQ pics, I live to cook on the pit! We do the whole chicken and ribs all the time.

Congrats on 37th! LB and I are at 34 come Dec., the years go by quickly don't they?

Oh, and the peppers! As usual they look great! The photography is super, the pics just pop!

Have a great weekend!

You bet Scott, a little mesquite and off ya go! My favorite way to do chicken.

You are right about time passing. Our daughter and son just turned 34 and 31.

:shocked:

Rude awakening

It's all been good, though :party:

and thank you for the kind words, brothah. I like using dad's Nikon D300S. I'm
too lazy to get the tripod, though, so I'm really not doing it justice :oops:

Thanks for bumping me along, fellas.

Here are the two ornamentals from the front yard,
Not Black Pearl:

...and NuMex Twilight:

Purple Flash flower. These plants are just starting to get well-adjusted to my back yard:

The pods are small spheres, on the order of 1/8-3/16 inch in diameter:

Now for a hot duo; Naga Morich:

And Bih Jolokia. Are these not just different names for the same pepper?:

The Giant White Habanero is putting on lots of pods, many of which will have stingers.
Last year about half had them, will be interesting to see what develops:

Speaking of developing, the Fatali/ Savina cross just keeps amazing. From red, habbish
pods last year to orange, fat-ish fatali-esque pods this year:

Now the most recent pods to color are ripening Yellow :shocked:

:

This pod has been deemed worthy of a name. Meet...
The Beast:

A few more left on this update. Thanks for looking.

KiNGDeNNiZ · Aug 30, 2013

nice pix paul. time for a BUMP!..

PaulG · Aug 30, 2013

Thanks, my friend!
Here's the Bahamian Goat:

Oops, forgot to resize that one!

The Fatali is setting the pace for the others:

Front view:

Jamaican Red Mushroom. This pic is two days old, and the pod is solid red now:

Orange Habanero is starting to color up a pod or two:

Red Habanero with some great pods on it. Beautiful red on a handful:

The Yellow 7 is getting it in gear:

Bonda Ma Jacques - No color yet:

Thanks for the bumps, guys. Hope everyone is heading into a good weekend!

KiNGDeNNiZ · Aug 30, 2013

paul.. you are right about every pod a victory.. although my plants look like crap.. getting a pod a day.. is stil A VICTORY!!.. bump

Devv · Aug 30, 2013

Really nice grow!

And you don't need a tripod!

PaulG · Aug 30, 2013

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
paul.. you are right about every pod a victory.. although my plants look like crap.. getting a pod a day.. is stil A VICTORY!!.. bump

That's the spirit, Denniz! The bottom line - a pod a day can look
pretty good from some points of view!! I hope to get in a little harvest
this weekend. Trying to make sure pods are really ripe before pulling
them so the seeds are viable. Will post a pic or two.

Devv said:
Really nice grow!

And you don't need a tripod!

Thanks, Scott. A stretch of nice weather can make one look
pretty good sometimes, but the credit is not all mine! I'm happy
that I have the opportunity to mess round with capsicums!

I like a tripod if I'm going to do some real enlargements of the images.
We want those dragonfly's eyelashes to be sharp

Burning Colon · Aug 30, 2013

i'm just gunna like ya, like right now!

GA Growhead · Aug 30, 2013

Amazing pod craziness! Looking good Paul! Hard to believe your starting seeds already. I need to be careful or i will be starting seeds now. That kind of thing is catchy you know.

Pulpiteer · Sep 3, 2013

PaulG said:
Giant White Habanero. Seed came from a stinger pod, harvest 2012. Several on the plant like this tell me there
will be more :

This pod has been deemed worthy of a name. Meet...
The Beast:

Great looking pods! Love the stinger on the giant white hab - looks mean!

chileaddict · Sep 4, 2013

I want to finally jump in and say what a wonderful collection of chiles you have Paul. You have come a long way dude, and now you are the Master Grower in the PNW. LOVE the Fatalii looking Beast. Great grow log with great pics!

stickman · Sep 4, 2013

Nice going Paul! there's lots of chile love coming on at your place! I hope the season stays mild for you for a while yet so you can harvest all of those pods. Cheers

PaulG · Sep 5, 2013

Sorry folks, the matrix dropped some of the quote blocks when I saved the post.

@ Burning Colon: Thanks, BC! Hope all is well up north.

@ GA Growhead: Thanks, brother! I'm starting seeds so I don't feel so bad about killing plants!

They are a month old now, so will post some pics in a day or few.

What are you starting? :rofl:

@ Pulpiteer: Yeah, like a needle - just inject the cap oil into your veins!
Your Yellow Scotch Bonnet is setting lots of pods. May even get a
ripe one if we're lucky.

chileaddict said:
I want to finally jump in and say what a wonderful collection of chiles you have Paul. You have come a long way dude, and now you are the Master Grower in the PNW. LOVE the Fatalii looking Beast. Great grow log with great pics!

As always, you are too kind, Richard, but your comments are much appreciated!
I'm leaving the Beast on the plant until I'm sure the seeds are ripe. I really want to
grow that one out!

I hope NWCF was a blast. I'm already looking forward to going next year!

stickman said:
Nice going Paul! there's lots of chile love coming on at your place! I hope the season stays mild for you for a while yet so you can harvest all of those pods. Cheers

Thanks, Rick. A nice Fall would be just great.
I hope your season id wrapping up in great style, as well, my friend!

Did manage a bit of a harvest. The Fatali OW is the champ producer so far.

Congo Trinidad, small early pods:

Fatali. Setting some great pods:

More Fatalis:

Fatali x Savina:

Pointed Yellow Habanero and one lonely Peruvian White Hab:

Medley of pods. Jamaican Red Mushroom, not quite ripe, Red Habanero, Orange Habanero:

Yellow Seven:

And one for Trippa. This is a pod from the Yellow Scotch Bonnet. Pretty typical; sort of a
bonnet-y top with a pinched bottom, and a fair number of bumps, but not totally brain-y.
I think most of the mature pods will be this size. Can't wait for some mature pods. I think
these are awesome:

Okay, that's what passes for a harvest at this point in time. Thanks for looking in. Will post pics
of the new seedlings in a couple of days - they will be one month from the sow date tomorrow.

Devv · Sep 5, 2013

Nice harvest Paul, all the pods are just beautiful!

Starting for next year already?

I guess you never stop!

PaulG · Sep 5, 2013

Devv said:
Nice harvest Paul, all the pods are just beautiful!

Starting for next year already?

I guess you never stop!

Thanks, Scott. Mother Nature does a pretty good job!

:rofl:

actually, yes. The plants I have going now are
ones I hope will winter over in the greenhouse. The Yellow Aji
has a 10-month grow season, so it should be good to go by June!
The Goat's Weed do great in the greenhouse, at least last years did.

Good growin' to you, my friend!

WalkGood · Sep 6, 2013

It’s been a while, my apologies … plants, pods and pictures look perfectamundo!!!

I love da roses mon ... mama would be jealous, she started some a few years back and abandoned them after a few months. Now and then they’ll pump out a beautiful rose but they’ve been on their own for a long time now, lol. Yours look perfectly manicured and a source of beauty to your garden and yard.

Cool to see you have similar butterflies as we do, that Swallowtail picture is very cool, I just love to see them flying around the garden. Whoa what an impressive array of powders you have Paul, I love the variety of colors … where the hell have I been missing dis awesome glog lately.

Foodie looks tasty, I’m just getting out of bed and I’m off to eat … awesome!

Da beast, ornamentals and harvest … woot! … …

PIC 1 · Sep 6, 2013

Paul it looks like you're having a wonderful season. Nice cutting board photos.
I miss the food plating shots...whatcha doing will all the ripe pods ?

PaulG · Sep 6, 2013

WalkGood said:
It’s been a while, my apologies … plants, pods and pictures look perfectamundo!!!

I love da roses mon ... mama would be jealous, she started some a few years back and abandoned them after a few months. Now and then they’ll pump out a beautiful rose but they’ve been on their own for a long time now, lol. Yours look perfectly manicured and a source of beauty to your garden and yard. Thanks, buddy, we enjoy them very much. Portland is called the Rose City, so they are pretty much everywhere here. Great rose climate as long as you can control the Black Spot, Powdery mildew, and aphids It took me years to learn that proper pruning is a key for abundant plant growth.

Cool to see you have similar butterflies as we do, that Swallowtail picture is very cool, I just love to see them flying around the garden. Whoa what an impressive array of powders you have Paul, I love the variety of colors … where the hell have I been missing dis awesome glog lately.
The powders turned out well, if a bit coarse. The colors are too cool, for sure. I have put up some blends in glass jars. I'l snatch a photo to post up later. If I can find the little plastic bags, I'd like to send out some samples! Some of them are just too hot

Foodie looks tasty, I’m just getting out of bed and I’m off to eat … awesome!

Da beast, ornamentals and harvest … woot! … …

Thanks, Ramon. Compared to me, your visitation of grow logs is stellar :rofl:

So, no apologies necessary, my friend!

PIC 1 said:
Paul it looks like you're having a wonderful season. Nice cutting board photos.
I miss the food plating shots...whatcha doing will all the ripe pods ?

Brother Greg! Thanks for looking in. I just dried this round of
pods, except for one of each for sampling :party:

Hope all is well in your neighborhood.

PaulG · Sep 7, 2013

Took the month-old (sown 8/6) seedlings out for some time under the sun.
Well, under the shade cloth! We've had a couple of inches of rain,
but the sun is back for a while, at least as far out as the forecast goes.
Now time for the mature plants to start ripening up in serious!

Goat's Weed. The two in back from Shane's (stc3248) original seed 2012,
the three in front from my harvest last year:

Wild Texas Tepins (THSC 2012):

Yellow Ajis (Aji Amarillo). Back row, original Peruvian Market 2012 seed,
Front, three PM from my 2012 harvest and one from PepperGal seed 2012:

Pubescens; Three Orange Manzanos from Shane's seed 2012,
and the runty Red Rocoto* from Fernando Socal Chilihead):

*An extremely slow germinator and grower. There was another one,
but it didn't make it. This one took 23 days to hook, so it's 9 days old.

Okay, a little critter shot.
If you're squeamish, don't look.
Hide your small children's eyes.
Definitely do not let your pepper plants see this.

This is what we call a slug in Oregon.
Compared to the six inch wide board,
I make it to be just about 5 inches:

Actually, just one of many kinds of forest slugs here. In the coast forests there are
awesome green and yellow ones about the same size. These guys are amazing
composters and eat the green stuff growing on the boards like crazy. They keep
the forest floor nice and clean!

88˚F outside right now :party:

Hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start. Will try to update
again next week sometime unless I get a wild hair first!

Devv · Sep 7, 2013

The babies are looking stellar Paul!

So are you a fan of the slugs?

We don't have them here...too arid.

stc3248 · Sep 7, 2013

Wow!!! I missed a bit...and you're starting seeds!!! :rofl:

That's the Paul I know and love!!! Those pods are as crazy as your slug! 3+" Fataliis! Keep the pics coming brotha!