PaulG 2014

PaulG · Aug 11, 2014

JoynersHotPeppers said:
Are your Jonah's yellow? Everything is looking great. I learned after one season to NEVER grow the wild Brazil again. They produce like mad and one can easily spit out over 1000 pods.

Yes, the Jonahs are dark yellow-orange with pod shapes all over the map, but
there are a few really nice stinger pods on the plant I'll save for seed. I'm OP
in my grow, so I hope I can get some nice seed out of these.

The WB is pretty incredible, all right. I will be interested to see how they ripen up.
So far just a few here and there.

JoynersHotPeppers · Aug 11, 2014

PaulG said:
Yes, the Jonahs are dark yellow-orange with pod shapes all over the map, but
there are a few really nice stinger pods on the plant I'll save for seed. I'm OP
in my grow, so I hope I can get some nice seed out of these.

The WB is pretty incredible, all right. I will be interested to see how they ripen up.
So far just a few here and there.

You will beg for mercy when they all ripen at once! I ended up pulling the plant and having kids pick them off hahahaha

PaulG · Aug 11, 2014

It's 9:00 a.m. and the temp on our deck is 80˚!
This is going to be a hottie.

PaulG · Aug 11, 2014

JoynersHotPeppers said:
You will beg for mercy when they all ripen at once! I ended up pulling the plant and having kids pick them off hahahaha

You are the master, my friend!

I was hoping just to turn the plant upside down and shake the pods off

JoynersHotPeppers · Aug 11, 2014

PaulG said:
You are the master, my friend!

I was hoping just to turn the plant upside down and shake the pods off

I tried, doesn't work too well

PaulG · Aug 11, 2014

Dang

PaulG · Aug 12, 2014

Just a couple of pics I snapped this afternoon.

The Goat's Weed - Stc3248, started last August. Has been pinched a number of times, a couple due to aphid infestation
last winter/spring. It is loaded with black pods with at least as many more at the beginning stage of growth. I wish it was
easier to make out the pods. They stand out like sore thumbs in the sunlight:

The Bhut Jolokia, red - Spankycolts, 2nd generation. Hooked on Dec 27 and grew at a snail's pace for the longest time, then
started to grow out nicely. It's in a four-gallon pot

I was knocking off some yellow leaves when I noticed these :dance:

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103˚ here today :fireball:

Looks like about 20˚ cooler tomorrow and 30˚ cooler the next two days, then back to mid-to-upper 80's :cool:

for the next 7 days.
Possibility of thunder storms with hail :evil:

the next 36-48 hours. Hoping our little valley dodges the bullet on that one :pray:

Portuge · Aug 12, 2014

Sweet find Paul, Ah I mean Hot find.... Sometimes when we just give the plant a looksy we dont see em till ya actually get in there pulling the branches side to side...

Trippa · Aug 12, 2014

Everything is looking really great Paul!! The F1s on the mystery cross certainly looks like it has the larger pods. I will be interested in the taste of the f2s . I wonder if they will make good powder? I certainly envy the health of all your garden this season Paul .. its a credit to you!

Sawyer · Aug 12, 2014

You're plants look really good, Paul, especially considering the high temperatures you've had. Glad to see you're getting a break from the heat.

The GWH looks good. If the pods ripen like mine did last year, it'll be easy to tell when they're ripe. They should turn to a creamy light yellow. They weren't as "white" as I had hoped, not like the white bhut. I'm looking forward to seeing how my white 7s (2 sources) compare to the GWH.

PaulG · Aug 13, 2014

Portuge said:
Sweet find Paul, Ah I mean Hot find.... Sometimes when we just give the plant a looksy we dont see em till ya actually get in there pulling the branches side to side...

So trtue, buddy. When I looked again yesterday, I found
about 20 little just-set pods! That's what I'm talking' about!

Hope you are having a good week, James!

Trippa said:
Everything is looking really great Paul!! The F1s on the mystery cross certainly looks like it has the larger pods. I will be interested in the taste of the f2s . I wonder if they will make good powder? I certainly envy the health of all your garden this season Paul .. its a credit to you!

Hey, Tristen! I ate half of one of the red pods yesterday when getting them ready
to dry - lit my mouth up pretty good! I sampled a piece of the yellow next, but it
tasted really harsh. I need to give it another try on a 'virgin' tongue when they get
a little bigger. the F2 has lagged behind the F1 in terms of pod-setting and ripening,
but it should wind up with just as menu pods - it's loaded.

Any credit for the success of my grow so far goes to the creator and to all the great folks
on the forum who set me up with awesome seeds, including you, my friend!

Sawyer said:
You're plants look really good, Paul, especially considering the high temperatures you've had. Glad to see you're getting a break from the heat.

The GWH looks good. If the pods ripen like mine did last year, it'll be easy to tell when they're ripe. They should turn to a creamy light yellow. They weren't as "white" as I had hoped, not like the white bhut. I'm looking forward to seeing how my white 7s (2 sources) compare to the GWH.

Thank you, John. Your contributions to this season's grow are much appreciated.
Everything you sent is performing well! The BJ yellow has several ripe medium-sized
pods on it, and the Reaper and F. Reaper have some sick pods forming on them! The
7 Pot Burgundy is starting to color up some of the baby pods now, too :party:

Thanks for the tip on the GWH!

Another little bit of a harvest - Sweet Humgarian Paprika - Balázs via Stickman, 7 Pot Jonahs -
GaGrowhead, and some Jamaican Red Habaneros - Devv. The JA Red is by far the best
Habanero I've grown to date. Awesome flavor and heat:

The Goat's Weed - Stc3248, 2nd generation, finally ripened up a pod:

Cheiro Recife - Stickman. Starting to color up:

The Aji Amarillo just keep on calling my attention to them. :drooling:

Yummy!:

Odd anomaly on one of the pods:

And a cool double pod:

A funny anomaly on this little chocolate BJ - GaGrowhead:

The 7 Pot Barrakapore - GaGrowhead, is podding up rapidly now.
That's an Indian Carbon - MGold, in the lower right corner:

All right - hump day! Hope everyone is having a good week.

Trippa · Aug 13, 2014

Great stuff Paul ... nothing like a few mutants to gawk at

PaulG · Aug 13, 2014

Trippa said:
Great stuff Paul ... nothing like a few mutants to gawk at

I think that when I look in the mirror every morning :rofl:

I hope your seeds are germing for you, Tristen!

Devv · Aug 13, 2014

Glad you like the JA Hab Paul, it's a really nice pod. Ramon did us all right by sharing his seeds last season for sure!

Love those mutant pods, it's always cool to see a plant do something different.

Have a great week!

Roguejim · Aug 13, 2014

Those aji amarillos ripen to red, right? Most all of my ajis are taking their sweet time to ripen.

OCD Chilehead · Aug 13, 2014

Sorry I haven't been around so many Glogs and so little time. Garden looks great. Jonah's looking fantastic as well as the Goat Weed. Heck they all look pretty tasty. Love the abnormal pods. Nice pics.

Thanks for sharing.

PaulG · Aug 13, 2014

Devv said:
Glad you like the JA Hab Paul, it's a really nice pod. Ramon did us all right by sharing his seeds last season for sure!

Love those mutant pods, it's always cool to see a plant do something different.

Have a great week! Thanks, Scott! Back at ya

The JRH is just an awesome plant - looking out for some perfect pods
to get a few seeds from. Will definitely grow it again next year.

Roguejim said:
Those aji amarillos ripen to red, right? Most all of my ajis are taking their sweet time to ripen.

Hey, Jim! The Aji Amarillo is yellow-to-dark orange when ripe. They are notorious for
being slow to ripen. My plants are a year old, so I'm hoping that we have a long
enough Fall for them to ripen up nicely. Can't beat their flavor, and the heat is decent.

OCD Chilehead said:
Sorry I haven't been around so many Glogs and so little time. Garden looks great. Jonah's looking fantastic as well as the Goat Weed. Heck they all look pretty tasty. Love the abnormal pods. Nice pics.

Thanks for sharing.

No need to apologize, I'm right behind ya

Thanks for the positivity, brother!

PaulG · Aug 14, 2014

Pulled a bunch of ripe baby pods. The decent pods are starting to show up now, and ripening is accelerating on many of the plants. Some haven't found their
groove, yet :eh:

. A bunch of baby Douglahs on the left. Across the top: various babies, red Primos, baby Reapers. Middle row: unknown, Datils, Mountain
Pepper pod - they are way bigger this year than last, and more prolific, some baby peachy Funky Reapers. Bottom row: orange NagaBrains, a red NagaBrain, a
Chocolate BJ, a few chacoense, a Goat's Weed, and 3 Inca Lost - they remind me of Mike and Ike's:

The big peach colored bunch are PI441598 cross. Around the horn from the left: Fatali x Savina. Bonda x Yellow 7, 7 Pot Jonahs,
chocolate Bhut, Bird's Eye HTM:

Datil - Romy6, setting some very nice pods:

Funky Reaper - Sawyer. Starting to set some serious pods:

Reaper - Sawyer. Also starting to set real pods:

And some gnarly Douglahs with a different shape than the baby pods:

stickman · Aug 14, 2014

Excellente Mr G! I'm pulling some baby pods myself about now... The Douglah's more mature pods look exactly right... wide and multi-lobed 2/3 of the way down, then quickly tapering to a blunt point. The bottom 1/3 also looks like it was pinched in on most of the pods, and overall they look bumpy and matte instead of smooth and shiny. Great job Paul! With the change in Terroir, I'd be curious to see if you detect the same aroma and flavor in your pods that I did in mine last year. Definitely strong Chinense with no sweetness at all, and notes of earth and wood in both aroma and flavor. I took Jamie's (and others) advice last year, and smoked the pods with cherry wood before making sauces or putting them in the dehydrator and grinding for powder... it was a big improvement.

Have the Cheiro Recife started ripening yet? They should be any time now. Cheers!

PaulG · Aug 15, 2014

stickman said:
Excellente Mr G! I'm pulling some baby pods myself about now... The Douglah's more mature pods look exactly right... wide and multi-lobed 2/3 of the way down, then quickly tapering to a blunt point. The bottom 1/3 also looks like it was pinched in on most of the pods, and overall they look bumpy and matte instead of smooth and shiny. Great job Paul! With the change in Terroir, I'd be curious to see if you detect the same aroma and flavor in your pods that I did in mine last year. Definitely strong Chinense with no sweetness at all, and notes of earth and wood in both aroma and flavor. I took Jamie's (and others) advice last year, and smoked the pods with cherry wood before making sauces or putting them in the dehydrator and grinding for powder... it was a big improvement.

Have the Cheiro Recife started ripening yet? They should be any time now. Cheers!

Thanks for the heads up on the Dougies, Rick!
I'll keep the cherry wood smoke in mind.

The Cheiro Recife has indeed started ripening up.
I'll try to grab a pic in the next day or two, bud!