PaulG 2015

Okay, time to get the 2015 grow season underway!
 
Round One seeding 01/01/15, 3 seeds per plug x 2.  Dates are hook dates (as of 2/5/15).
 
In Jiffy Plugs:
Roatan Pumpkin……………………………...Honduran Market seed, 3rd generation………………1/8 x 1, 1/9 x 2, 1/11 x 1, 1/12 x 2….…100%
Congo Trinidad Yellow……………………...Sanarda, 3rd generation…………….……………………1/8 x 1, 1/9 x 3, 1/12 x 1……………..…84%
Fatali x Red Savina………………………….Spankycolts, 4th generation………..…….…..1/10 x 1, 1/11 x 2, 1/13 x 1, 1/14 x 1,1/20 x 1….100%
Yellow Scorpion……………………………..Spankycolts, 4th generation……………………………..1/10 x 5, 1/11 x 1……………….……..…100%
Scotch Bonnet TFM………………………...Trippa, 3rd generation…………………...……………1/9 x 1, 1/10 x 1, 1/11 x 2, 1/13 x 2…….…100%
Scotch Bonnet, chocolate………………...GaGrowhead, 2nd generation……..1/9 x 1, 1/10 x 1, 1/11 x 1, 1/12 x 1, 1/13 x 1, 1/14 x 1..…100%
Bhut Jolokia, red…………………………….Spankycolts, 3rd generation………...……….1/8 x 1, 1/9 x 2, 1/11 x 1, 1/14 x 1, 1/15 x 1…..…100%
Bhut Jolokia, chocolate…………………….GaGrowhead, 2nd generation…………………………..1/15 x 1,1/18 x 1…………..……………….33%
Mystery Cross……………………………….Trippa, F3………………………………………..1/9 x 3, 1/10 x 2, 1/22 x 1………..……...…………100%
Jamaican Red Habanero………………….Devv, 2nd generation…………….………….....1/9 x 2, 1/10 x 1, 1/12 x 1, 1/13 x 1, 1/14 x 1..…100%
Primo………………………………………...MGold, 2nd génération………………………….1/10 x 1, 1/11 x 2, 1/14 x 1, 1/28 x 1, 2/5 x 1.…100%
Goronong……………………………………Trippa………………………………………………………..1/7 x 2, 1/8 x 3, 1/11 x 1……….……….100%
Bonda Ma Jacques x 7 Pot, yellow……..Windchicken, 2nd generation……………………………..1/7 x 1, 1/8 x 3, 1/9 x 2………………...100%
Naga Brain, yellow………………………..Windchicken, 2nd generation……………………………..1/8 x 2, 1/9 x 2, 1/10 x1, 1/11 x 1…….100%
Datil………………………………………….Romy6, 2nd generation…………………………………1/11 x 1, 1/17 x 1,1/18 x 1, 1/19 x 1………67%
 
In Aerogarden: 3 seeds per plug except Cabe Gendot, 2 seeds.
Cheiro Recife………………………………Stickman, 2nd generation………………………….……….1/17 x 1, 1/18 x 1, 1/19 x 1…………..100%
Lemon Drop………………………………..onefowl1………………………………………………………1/20 x 1……………………………………33%
Cabe Gendot……………………………….Trippa…………………………………………………………1/16 x 1, 1/28 x 1…………….…………100%
Inca Lost……………………………………Peppermania 2012, 2nd generation
Charapita………………………………..…Stc3248, 2nd generation
 
Plants already underway - top, Aji Amarillo, peruvian market, 3rd generation. Bottom, Orange Manzano, Stc3248, 3rd generation:

 

 

[ribbedturtleneck]

Very nice.

 

[az1000]

Great looking pods . All  looks good but Cabe gendot is my favorite.

 

[ColdSmoke]

Paul....are you near Hillsboro? We should do a pod swap this fall. I'm going to have way too many super hots this year

 

[PaulG]

Very nice.

Thanks, Eric.  Been lucky this season.
 

Great looking pods . All  looks good but Cabe gendot is my favorite.

 
Thanks.  Yes, the Cabe G. is a great pepper - juicy, thick flesh, great taste and a good kick.
 

Paul....are you near Hillsboro? We should do a pod swap this fall. I'm going to have way too many super hots this year

 
Howdy, Jeremy!  Yes, I live off of 185th and Walker Road.  I'd love to get together for a swap.
The latest pods are all in the dryer, but I'll have more in the next 4-5 days.  We are going on
vacation towards the end of September, but I'm up for it anytime before or after we get back.
 
PM me if you'd like to get together.  
 
One more harvest pic, and then some closer views of the best pods:

 

 

 

 

 

 
That's it for now; will have another update in a few days.
 
Thanks for visiting.

 

[ColdSmoke]

did you isolate any of these. You have really nice pheno action on a lot of those. 

 

[PaulG]

did you isolate any of these. You have really nice pheno action on a lot of those. 

No, Jeremy, I didn't.  I have too many plants in a small suburban yard.
Next season, I plan on growing multiples of fewer varieties.  Then I 
can semi-isolate them into seperate groupings.  I got some crosses
last season, after not having many for the previous two.  I notice this
year that pod size is all over the place, and there are weird phenotypes
showing up here and there.  Maybe it has something to do with the
unusually hot and dry weather we've had this Spring/Summer.  When
the conditions are right, the plants and pods grow so fast it is almost scary.
 
I'm harvesting pods in a few days in case you want to do some swapping,
or just get some pods.

 

[ColdSmoke]

It will be a few weeks still before I have any ripe pods. Not sure why it's taking so long

 

[PaulG]

It will be a few weeks still before I have any ripe pods. Not sure why it's taking so long

Be glad to give you a few pods to tide you over.

 

[PaulG]

HEY!  Just a reminder:  NW ChiliFest Sept. 11-13.
Lots of good folks and hot stuff to sample.  Bring the family
and get ready to eat!  Here's the link:
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/53699-northwest-chilehead-campout-2015/#entry1135705
 
In the meantime, here are a few pre-harvest pics.  Some of these may wind up in the NWCF
pepper-eating contest!
 
How about some Scorpion-looking NotWhiteHabaneros:

 
Or maybe some nice Primos:

 
This one looks tasty:

 
Trippa's F3 cross is sure to please.  Tried one the other night.  All I can say is egads:

 
These NagaBrains will definitely be on the menu:

 
Probably won't bring these Cheiro Recife, but the little bush is really loaded:

 
Another 100˚ day today  
Really hard to keep things watered between the sun and a little wind.
Another hot day tomorrow (98), then a welcome break for a
couple of days (81 and 78) .  Weekend forecast for 90-91.  Whew    

 

[PeriPeri]

Nice one Paul buddy... this is every chilliheads dream! Amazing weather, variety and pods!

 

[bpwilly]

Paul,  nice looking evil shots!.   Those Naga brains look great, love the color.   You mention the not white Habs.  I have to laugh, because I seem to have a lot of pods growing that look nothing like the parent plant did last year.  Must have had a heck of a lot of cross fertilization last year, because quite a few of the pods I have grown before are coming up very non-typical this year.
 
Kind of disappointing, but kind of exciting to see what they come out like.  Just not sure if they will ever grow that way again, as everything is planted pretty close together again this year, and the various kind of bees sure are having fun with all the peppers flowers.
 
I never knew there were so many different kinds of bees and wasps that pollinate flowers!
 
Love your pods porn.  Nice pictures and the scale really helps with understanding size.
Bill

 

[Trippa]

Great stuff Paul bro!! You are doing that Mystery Cross proud ... What a great phenotype!! Well done!

You are having some fantastic weather and coupled with your garden skills your plants are putting on a great show!

I hope the NW chilli fest goes well. .. I am very jealous!! ... Be sure to let me know what the reaction to the Mystery Cross is like ... Good growing to you sir!

 

[stickman]

Glad to see things are really ticking over for you buddy! Out of curiousity... do you have any peach orchards near you? If so, you might want to make some jam. I made 6 quarts worth with yellow peaches and some of my MoA Bonnets, and the taste is heavenly! My ratio is 7 ripe, seeded, stemmed Bonnets to a quarter cup of lemon juice, and 2 quarts of peaches, skinned, pitted and finely chopped. From there I just followed the package directions for the pectin to sugar ratio and cooking times. I like the low sugar version because then you can taste the peaches and peppers more, and the mango-citrus flavor of the peppers really complement the peaches.
 
Sounds like it's awfully dry out your way with lots of fires on the leeward side of the mountains. I hope you don't have any problems that way for the rest of the summer. Cheers!

 

[PeriPeri]

I look at that garden and see fire everywhere

 

[PaulG]

Nice one Paul buddy... this is every chilliheads dream! Amazing weather, variety and pods!

 

I look at that garden and see fire everywhere

I wish you were here to share in some of the heat, Lourens!
 
The summer has been awesome, alright.  I'm afraid we are
now spoiled here.  A normal Spring/Summer will seem like
Fall/Winter.  Actually, it would have been nice to just keep
the temps in the low 90's (32-ish˚C)  
 
Speaking of heat, how about these TFM's from Trippa's seed:
 

 
 

Paul,  nice looking evil shots!.   Those Naga brains look great, love the color.   You mention the not white Habs.  I have to laugh, because I seem to have a lot of pods growing that look nothing like the parent plant did last year.  Must have had a heck of a lot of cross fertilization last year, because quite a few of the pods I have grown before are coming up very non-typical this year.
 
Kind of disappointing, but kind of exciting to see what they come out like.  Just not sure if they will ever grow that way again, as everything is planted pretty close together again this year, and the various kind of bees sure are having fun with all the peppers flowers.
 
I never knew there were so many different kinds of bees and wasps that pollinate flowers!
 
Love your pods porn.  Nice pictures and the scale really helps with understanding size.
Bill

 
Last summer was a record-setter for us here, and we're poised to break that record this summer.
Maybe the heat has something to do with the cross-pollination.  I notice the bees are much more
numerous and active the past two summers.  The heat has made the wasps and hornets very
aggressive, however.  Been stung three times in the last month!  
 
Next season going to try to avoid so much crossing, for sure.  
One nice thing about c. pubescens - no crosses:

 

 
 

Great stuff Paul bro!! You are doing that Mystery Cross proud ... What a great phenotype!! Well done!

You are having some fantastic weather and coupled with your garden skills your plants are putting on a great show!

I hope the NW chilli fest goes well. .. I am very jealous!! ... Be sure to let me know what the reaction to the Mystery Cross is like ... Good growing to you sir!

 
All I did was plant the seeds you gave me and let 'em grow, Tristen.  
The credit goes to the crossing!
 
This season's grow is without a doubt the best of the four seasons so far.
I wonder if these temps are a sign of things to come.  The PNW may become
the pepper capitol of the world     
 
My second SBTFM has finally started podding up in earnest - lots of great
phenotypes coming along.
 
Here is a nice Chocolate Bonnet from the same seed stock I sent you earlier this season.
GaGrowhead said he has some nice phenotypes on his CB plants:

 
 

Glad to see things are really ticking over for you buddy! Out of curiousity... do you have any peach orchards near you? If so, you might want to make some jam. I made 6 quarts worth with yellow peaches and some of my MoA Bonnets, and the taste is heavenly! My ratio is 7 ripe, seeded, stemmed Bonnets to a quarter cup of lemon juice, and 2 quarts of peaches, skinned, pitted and finely chopped. From there I just followed the package directions for the pectin to sugar ratio and cooking times. I like the low sugar version because then you can taste the peaches and peppers more, and the mango-citrus flavor of the peppers really complement the peaches.
 
Sounds like it's awfully dry out your way with lots of fires on the leeward side of the mountains. I hope you don't have any problems that way for the rest of the summer. Cheers!

 
Thanks, Rick.  Actually we do have peach orchards nearby, sort of.
Your recipe sounds great.  I will give that a try!  I'm pretty much a
boob in the kitchen; how did you get 6 quarts of jam from 2 quarts
of peaches?
 
Fire season got an early start this year.  They have struck early and
often, so far.  With no real rain in the forecast for the next two months,
I'm afraid the worst is yet to come.  The dry conditions are causing
some unirrigated pine trees in the neighborhood to die and turn brown.
 
However, the heat has it's benefits.  The most awesome Bhut Jolokia
I have grown to date.  This is definitely on the list for next year:

 
Not many Chocolate Bhuts, yet, but I see a number of pods forming.
This is one of the early round of pods:

 
The c. chacoense continues it's winning ways:

 
Thanks for the visit, friends.  Hope all is well.

 

[D3monic]

Everything looks great, I like the looks of the cheiro how's the taste?

 

[Trident chilli]

Paul truly beautiful bonnets ... especially Trippa's TFM

 

[PaulG]

Everything looks great, I like the looks of the cheiro how's the taste?

Hey, Michael!  The Cheiro Recife is a cool little dime-sized pepper.  When the pods
are mature they have a little nipple on the end.  They have a chinense scent, but not
as overpowering as a superhot.  You can definitely smell it when you cut the pod open.  
It has medium thick walls and not too terribly seedy.  The flavor is distinctly fruity/floral
if that makes sense.  I'm not good at describing taste.  The heat is mostly on the tip
and sides of the tongue.  They are awesome on a chip with a little hummus.  Stickman
reports that they make a great powder, but I haven't ground my dried pods from last
year, yet; waiting for these to add to the jar.
 

Paul truly beautiful bonnets ... especially Trippa's TFM

 
Yes, John!  Been waiting three seasons for these phenotypes.  
Can't wait to see how the 4th gen. turns out from these seeds.
 
Hoping the Choc. Bonnet throws a few nicely shaped pods
for next year's seed stock.

 

[stickman]

How did I get 6 quarts of jam out of 2 quarts of peaches? Easy Mr P... I made three 2-quart batches.   The hot, dry weather out your way has certainly jump-started your supers. I'll bet your powder this year kicks ass and takes names! Yowza!

 

[charlesquik]

Wow nice im a little jealous!