PaulG 2014

Sawyer · Sep 30, 2014

Devv said:
Are you applying the Calmag as a foliar application? That worked much better compared to a drench for me, twice a week didn't hurt either

That's a good idea. I can't get between my rows with a watering can without knocking off a lot of pods.

PaulG · Sep 30, 2014

Devv said:
Sounds like things are winding down there Paul, but good on ya for squeezing out the last harvests!

Are you applying the Calmag as a foliar application? That worked much better compared to a drench for me, twice a week didn't hurt either

Winding down quickly, my friend!

At this stage of the game, I just dumped a quart of liquid around the trunk.
It may have nothing to do with the pods :shh:

Who knows? :think:

Sawyer said:
That's a good idea. I can't get between my rows with a watering can without knocking off a lot of pods.

That's a great problem to have, John :cool:

PeriPeri · Oct 4, 2014

Hey Paul, You have had a most incredible grow this season. You have had truck loads of chillies.... I am sensing that time for the chilli thanks giving meal must be nigh :party:

Looking forward to all the amazing meals you will conjur up :dance:

PaulS · Oct 4, 2014

I've just found this glog. Really nice grow, good job from PaulS!

PaulG · Oct 7, 2014

PeriPeri said:
Hey Paul, You have had a most incredible grow this season. You have had truck loads of chillies.... I am sensing that time for the chilli thanks giving meal must be nigh Looking forward to all the amazing meals you will conjur up

Thank you, thank you, Lourens! There are some amazing powder blends in the future :twisted:

As for amazing meals, I'm afraid this is about as good as it gets here. My honey was away for a few days,so dinner was pretty
simple! Some chicken breast prepped with a dry rub then slow cooked over charcoal using Ann's outstanding Tropical Ghost
Hot Sauce Glaze often and liberally during the last half of the cooking. Then some Red Fatali/Savina powder for one breast, and
Chocolate powder for the other. Yum:

Some steak and shrimp. Shrimp with the Ghost Glaze and some of Ann's Spicy Worcestershire Sauce for the steak.
Another yum! Actually this meal came first. You can tell by the level of sauce in the glaze bottle:

That's the best I can do, buddy

You'll have to visit the real cooks on the other blogs. You know, I sure wish the spell checker would
stop changing glog to blog :rolleyes:

PaulS said:
I've just found this glog. Really nice grow, good job from PaulS!

Welcome aboard Paul! Thanks for the positivity! We've been fortunate this year, for sure.
Good luck growing in the UK, my friend!

The sun is very low in the sky now, so had to move some plants into some sunnier spots.

The c. chacoense var. Exile - Stc3248, has responded to the increased sunlight by
darkening a bunch of pods, but is also ramping up the coloring process:

Same for the Chili Costa Rica:

A closer look at the top:

In the back yard, the Texas Tepin, 2nd generation is loaded with pods:

The Red Bhut Jolokia, 2nd generation is about ready to pluck:

I lightened the load on the Goat's Weed cross by pulling about 3
dozen pods from the plant. Still about the same number left to
ripen up. After the last pull, I'll cut down the plant and see how
tall it really is. I'm guessing it came close to 11 feet:

The c. galapagoense - Stc3248, is slowly ripening up pods. I don't
think I'll get many unless it can withstand the Fall weather here. I
have picked about a dozen pods so far:

That's it for now. I'll be harvesting tomorrow or the next day. Will post pics of the pods then.
Hope everyone is having a good week - we're still in the sun belt for the time being :cool:

Highs
in the 70's, lows in the 50's.

Spicegeist · Oct 7, 2014

Love the dark leaves on that plant. How do you like the taste of the galapagoense?

Pr0digal_son · Oct 7, 2014

Hey Paul,good to see you are enjoying your retirement and growing some great plants. The galapagoense are definitely more frail than other wilds,or chiles in general. The soft lamb ear texture doesn't do well with colder temps,twelve pods is a nice haul,they are extremely long season species. Hope all is well in the PNW...take care my friend.

PeriPeri · Oct 7, 2014

Wow Paul, your going into fall and your plants still look better than lots of mine in mid summer... and they look über loaded as wel - amazing!

Hell yea... that food looks mighty fine. You certainly know how to cook. When my lady is out of town I generally starve lol Ok, not quite that bad... but I usually know how to make a curry and that is it. I really must try playing around a bit more with my chilli and sauces

Your glog is an inspiration - thank you buddy!

PIC 1 · Oct 8, 2014

Paul you've hit the jackpot with the forecast.
Are you moving any plants into the green house to extend the season one step further ?

Penny · Oct 8, 2014

Those plants look amazing Paul and that dinner....delish!! :dance:

stickman · Oct 8, 2014

Nice! I see the garden's last hurrah is doing quite well for you Paul. No worries if you don't have Cordon Bleu foodie pics for us... you've gotta start somewhere...

Devv · Oct 10, 2014

I see you're still kicking it Paul! good deal!

Great foodies too

PaulG · Oct 11, 2014

Spicegeist said:
Love the dark leaves on that plant. How do you like the taste of the galapagoense?

The Chili Costa Rica is one of the prettiest ornamentals I've grown, Charles.
I'm hoping the powder from the pods is as good as the powder from the Black Pearl.

I tried one of the galapagoense pods. Very tough and seed packed, so not enjoyable
to eat, but the heat was off the chart for such a small pod. I was taken by surprise by
how hot it was, and didn't really get a good hit in the taste.

Pr0digal_son said:
Hey Paul,good to see you are enjoying your retirement and growing some great plants. The galapagoense are definitely more frail than other wilds,or chiles in general. The soft lamb ear texture doesn't do well with colder temps,twelve pods is a nice haul,they are extremely long season species. Hope all is well in the PNW...take care my friend.

Thanks, John. I can't say retirement is all bad

The Galapagoense is hanging in there. I actually got 13 more pods a couple of days ago.
A couple are big enough to be good seed prospects. I'll let it go until the bitter end. Next
year I'll start earlier; this seed didn't get planted until mid-January.

PeriPeri said:
Wow Paul, your going into fall and your plants still look better than lots of mine in mid summer... and they look über loaded as wel - amazing!
Been lucky this season, brother!
Hell yea... that food looks mighty fine. You certainly know how to cook. When my lady is out of town I generally starve lol Ok, not quite that bad... but I usually know how to make a curry and that is it. I really must try playing around a bit more with my chilli and sauces Your glog is an inspiration - thank you buddy!

You are too kind, Lourens, but thank you for the positivity! Things are really winding down,
but I don't have the heart to pull a plant that still might ripen up a pod. some of them look
pretty sad after last nights rain! I'm going to go out and pull some chacoense pods when
I'm done with this post. Oh, yeah, the Texas Tepin is loaded, too.

PIC 1 said:
Paul you've hit the jackpot with the forecast.
Are you moving any plants into the green house to extend the season one step further ?

Hi, Greg. We're heading into a rainy spell; maybe two nice afternoons left
then a week of rain with about 2" in the forecast. Had a quarter inch last night.
We need it, really.I put the 'Black Pearl' and the NuMex Twilight into the greenhouse
to finish off. I'm going to root prune and repot them since they have been growing
in the same pots for three seasons. I have onefowl1's c. rhombodium in there as well.
It needs new shoes.

I'm not going for a lot of OWs this season. I may start my Aji Amarillos, Manzanos, and
galapagoense seeds at the beginning of November and let them stay in the grow shelf for
a couple of months before going out to the greenhouse. I'm not really sure if that's overwintering!

Congratulations on a super season for yourself, Greg!

Penny said:
Those plants look amazing Paul and that dinner....delish!!

Hey, Penny! Grilling is my only skill in cooking, and even then it's pretty basic!

Your tomatoes were outstanding this year. I think that next year I'll grow the
Bulgarian, Mann Marvel, Polar, Black Seaman, and the Watermelon Beefsteak.
They seemed the most productive for my climate. I'm fermenting some seeds now.

stickman said:
Nice! I see the garden's last hurrah is doing quite well for you Paul. No worries if you don't have Cordon Bleu foodie pics for us... you've gotta start somewhere...

Thanks for the pass, buddy! I'll just watch you work your magic!

Devv said:
I see you're still kicking it Paul! good deal!

Great foodies too They tasted good even if they aren't fancy!

Not too bad for the PNW, I guess. It would be nice to count on a summer like this every year!

The last big harvest happened a couple of days ago. There will be some more here and there.
The c. chacoense and Tepin have lots of ripe pods, but most of the remaining plants are on the last handful.
Maybe the Inca Lost will ripen up another handful. I will get some Ajis and a couple more Manzanos.

I managed a pretty decent harvest for October a couple of days ago.

Some of the Mystery Annuum x Goat's Weed. Took a taste of one of these - very hot!

The Aji Amarillos are really coming onto their own. They like the cool weather. Even though the plants
look droopy, the pods are ripening up nicely:

The bushy phenotype plant:

Manzano ready for picking:

Looks like I'll get a third pull from the Costeño Amarillo:

Thanks for the visits, my friends. Hope everyone is having a decent weekend, and that their football teams all win!

Devv · Oct 11, 2014

Glad to still see some color out there Paul!

A few of mine are podding up for the fall season, they have 60 days or so before the frost comes, but most can be moved into the shop.

Keep it green!

PaulG · Oct 12, 2014

Devv said:
Glad to still see some color out there Paul!

A few of mine are podding up for the fall season, they have 60 days or so before the frost comes, but most can be moved into the shop.

Keep it green!

Awesome, brother. Sounds like you have another round in the future!
Hope the frost cooperates with you and you don't have to move too
many plants around.

PaulG · Oct 12, 2014

Just found some recent data on Spring and Fall frost dates for our area.
This table shows the probabilities for frost (<32.5˚) occurring by certain dates.

BEAVERTON 2 SSW, OREGON (350595)
Temp F Earliest 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Latest
36.5 09/19 10/01 10/11 10/14 10/15 10/18 10/22 10/27 10/31 11/06 11/28
32.5 09/26 10/11 10/17 10/24 10/29 11/02 11/07 11/12 11/21 11/30 12/22
28.5 10/31 11/02 11/08 11/12 11/15 11/27 11/30 12/12 12/19 12/22 **/**
24.5 11/11 11/17 11/28 12/13 12/20 12/30 **/** **/** **/** **/** **/**
20.5 11/13 12/01 12/20 12/26 **/** **/** **/** **/** **/** **/** **/**

If you are in the west, you can search for your own location's data at this site:
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu

This site lists the regional sites nationwide:
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/rcc.html

PaulG · Oct 12, 2014

Managed a minor harvest a couple of days ago:

The 7 Pot Barrakapore - GaGrowhead, seems to think it's Spring:

It has a few nice pods trying to finish:

The Marconi Rosso is seasonally challenged as well :rofl:

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Well, it looks like the rains will come tomorrow night, so tomorrow, I will pick some c. chacoense and Texas Tepin pods.
I've been dragging my feet trying to squeeze every minute of sun for the ripening pods. Then I need to find a dry spot
for the Tepin and the chacoense that also gets a little sun :think:

so they can ripen up some more pods. I cut down a few
more plants today, Will probably take down a couple of more tomorrow before it gets too soggy. Nighttime temperatures
in the low 50's for the greatest part in the ten day forecast. Highs mostly in the high 60's.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

PaulG · Oct 14, 2014

Managed a little pull yesterday in the waning light of summer. Rains arrived overnight:

First Aji Amarillo harvest:

This plant is producing very consistent pods:

Mor variation in the pods from this plant:

These pods seem slightly larger than the others:

There are quite a few more on the vines ripening up, so I hope to get a few more. Probably the best Aji season of the past three.

PIC 1 · Oct 14, 2014

Beautiful pods Paul............heck with OW's, take a few of cuttings of that Barrackpore and you'll have a compact plants putting out pods before Superbowl.

PaulG · Oct 14, 2014

PIC 1 said:
Beautiful pods Paul............heck with OW's, take a few of cuttings of that Barrackpore and you'll have a compact plants putting out pods before Superbowl.

Thanks, Maestro!

Why didn't I think of that :confused:

Maybe I'll give it a whirl.
Shame to lose such a great plant!