PaulG 2016

madlionsmith · Oct 19, 2016

Gotta take advantage of those sun breaks. Pulled out my best Bhuts for some sun bathing.

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PaulG · Oct 20, 2016

Trident chilli said:
JA Red Habs look great Paul .... don't give up on the bonnets if I can grow them in my short cool summer you can in Oregon ...

I applaud you for being able to do that, John :clap:

I have had one really good plant with some true pods
out of all the ones I've tried. It was a descendant of
Trippa's Scotch Bonnet TFM. Even the MoA's I tried
didn't like me :lol:

madlionsmith said:
Gotta take advantage of those sun breaks. Pulled out my best Bhuts for some sun bathing.

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Nice, Matt - good luck getting them to color up
all the way. Progress here is just darn slow
and drawn out, it seems.

PaulG · Oct 20, 2016

Devv said:
Whatever turns you on, Matt !
Just don't get arrested

I had to laugh at that one

Click to expand...

Hope I didn't offend...

madlionsmith · Oct 20, 2016

I wonder if some hydroponic flower boosting nutrients would wake up these dormant pods just enough to get them all colored up and matured.

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PaulG · Oct 20, 2016

madlionsmith said:
I wonder if some hydroponic flower boosting nutrients would wake up these dormant pods just enough to get them all colored up and matured.

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Try it with a quarter to half your plants, as a trial.
Lightly at first, I would think.

But I'm conservative!

PaulG · Oct 20, 2016

Found a few Chocolate Bhut Jolokia:

Took almost everything off the plants.

F4 PDN x Bonda. Grouped by stages of
ripening. Going to dry at low temp to see
what kind of colors the dry pods / powder
have. Except green ones:

BJ hybrid:

Devv · Oct 20, 2016

PaulG said:
Hope I didn't offend...

Certainly not me, I for one, after 25 years of working in auto shops simply can not be offended

Try moving from that environment to an education system...LOL

I've learned to bite my tongue :rolleyes:

And I thought your response was just perfect.

PS. Nice pull!

PaulG · Oct 21, 2016

Hoping that the last of the Rocotos will get far
enough along to ripen on the windowsill, at
Least:

Awesome box of Bonnet love - two dozen prime
A+ pods in perfect shape. Thank you, Gary!
Can't wait to sample!

A little Fall color just for fun:

Thegreenchilemonster · Oct 22, 2016

Hopefully you are able to get a few more ripe rocoto before the season ends! They look soooo close to being ready too.

PaulG · Oct 22, 2016

Thegreenchilemonster said:
Hopefully you are able to get a few more ripe rocoto before the season ends! They look soooo close to being ready too.

I think so, Dale. Today is a sunny day, and the last pods I
picked like these ripened up in the kitchen window after
just a few days.

Trident chilli · Oct 22, 2016

Nice bonsai especially the maple .... beautiful fall colour

PaulG · Oct 24, 2016

Trident chilli said:
Nice bonsai especially the maple .... beautiful fall colour

Thanks, John. I really should call them bonsai-in-training
since they are only 8-10 or so years old since digging up.
Most of the pines are 8-15 years old. It's fun to sort of mess
around with them.There are volunteer conifers and maples
coming up in the yard all the time, so I just let them grow for
a few years and then dig them up.

KiNGDeNNiZ · Oct 24, 2016

How are things after the tornadoes
Love the pdn x bonda

windchicken · Oct 25, 2016

Thanks for this beautiful box, Paul! These big Aji Amarillo are some of my very favorite peppers of all, and are essentially impossible to grow here in the Gulf South...So this box is like Christmas to me! :dance:

PaulG · Oct 25, 2016

windchicken said:
Thanks for this beautiful box, Paul! These big Aji Amarillo are some of my very favorite peppers of all, and are essentially impossible to grow here in the Gulf South...So this box is like Christmas to me!

Wow! I can't believe how much the Ajis ripened up in
transit - they were 1/3 green when I boxed them up!

Enjoy them, brother!

PaulG · Oct 25, 2016

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
How are things after the tornadoes
Love the pdn x bonda

We were spared the high winds here,
but our favorite little town on the coast
Lost about 12 buildings along its main
Street.

Tristen's F4 cross is a winner for sure.
Here's a pic of the dried pods - the color
held quite well.

These Red Habaneros were ripened in
a double paper sack with a banana:

Some color showing on the 7 Pot Burgundy
brown phenotype at last. Will there be time
for the bag trick?:

More rain on the way so these pods
will go into a banana bag. BJs and
Primos:

Habaneros - the ones above looked like
this before the banana bag treatment:

These ripening Rocotos will go on the
counter by kitchen window:

Got a glimpse at what it might look like
when our sun begins to swell into a red
giant!:

It was a double rainbow - the big one was
so bright the colors washed out!

Devv · Oct 25, 2016

Still lots to process I see

madlionsmith · Oct 25, 2016

Wow the brown bag trick works for peppers to?! At what stage does the pods have to be? Yellow or can they still be green?

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PaulG · Oct 26, 2016

Devv said:
Still lots to process I see

Last batch, brother!

madlionsmith said:
Wow the brown bag trick works for peppers to?! At what stage does the pods have to be? Yellow or can they still be green?

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The pods have to have started ripening, Matt. It works
best with pods that are at least 1/3-1/2 ripe. I haven't
had much luck bringing totally green pods to color in a
banana bag, but it's a great trick to save the last round
or two of semi-ripe pods. Good luck.

PaulG · Oct 26, 2016

Been waiting as long as possible to harvest
these orange JA Red Habaneros. Hoping
the largest has ripened the seeds: