PaulG 2020

Index to my grow logs:
 
PaulG 2012
PaulG 2013
PaulG 2014
PaulG 2015
PaulG 2016
PaulG 2017
PaulG 2019
Trippaul Threat Community Grow
Purple Thunder Community Grow

 

[PaulG]

One of the SanPedro Orange Rocotos has a
little crack. Flesh still intact:

 
Some near-freezing low temps in the next 7-10 days.

”Nice weather for ducks!”

 

[CaneDog]

Wow, those rocopica are a very dark/rich brown!  San pedro orange pods also look great.  I'll be waiting a bit for mine to ripen, but I think it'll make it.
 
Cool to see that Dragon's cross is finally getting around to ripening pods.  It's been a long time. 
 

This is the most ripe pods there have ever been 
in the greenhouse at one time   !

 
Yeah, who'd have imagined that back in June?

 

[ShowMeDaSauce]

I hope you find that larger space, HM!
 
I appreciate the visit, my friend, just remember
I never show the ugly stuff 
 
The BJ Brown is a super productive plant. It is
the first I've grown to actually ripen up all its pods.
Haven't tasted one, yet. My main purpose is for a
nice chocolate powder. I usually mix whatever
pods I have. This year the BJ, and a Moruga UV
Chocolate. 

I had great production too even with the massive hornworm invasion that hit the small raised bed. They took forever to flower because the plants grew like mad in that bed. Love the way they look when dried. The last of my supers are drying now. I got a few more i saved for a mash instead of a chopped lacto ferment. I will never use all the ones i already got going but want to try these new lids on a mash too. I still got a large jar of mixed super flake from last year. Reaper, BBJ, and Dragon Breath mainly. I usually blend it with some paprika and Kirklands no salt seasoning to tame it down a notch but its still wickedly hot.

 

[PaulG]

C. eximium is picking up the pace:

 
Pods are falling off on their own before getting red.
Don’t know what that means:

 

 

[PaulG]

The ‘BB Habanero‘ CGN 24360 has ripened
up all of its pods. Just about time to pull the
plant and gather the little bb’s:

A few miscellaneous pickings:

San Pedro Orange Rocoto, Orange Spice Jalapeño, XL Brown Rocoto.

 

[PaulG]

Moruga UV Chocolate with a nice scorpion tail, picked today:

 
Cutting board full of dry pods for seed extraction:

 

 

[PaulG]

A few more trays left after these then the season is over.
Time for a little break.

 

 

[PaulG]

 

[Tybo]

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This plant looks a lot like my aji charapita.  
Nice pics Paul.  
It is almost time for a break.  Have you started your plan for the coming season?

 

[CaneDog]

That's a nice tray of mini yellows, Paul!   And have fun picking all those BB's - you too, Tybo
 
Have you tried your OS Jalapeno yet?  I'm wondering if yours have a decent kick of heat.  Seems some people have reported good heat and others not so much.  So far I've been a not so much.

 

[PaulG]

 
This plant looks a lot like my aji charapita.  
Nice pics Paul.  
It is almost time for a break.  Have you started your plan for the coming season?

Thanks, Ty. The iPhone pics are passable. Would
be nice to have a bit more resolution on the forum
pics.
 
The only thing I know about next season is I'm 
growing fewer plants  . I have been kicking
around the idea of limiting my grow to 20 3-gallon
containers.
 
I grew an Aji Charapita a few seasons back. If I
remember correctly, those pods were a bit larger
than these.
 
Hope you are winding down a successful season,
bud!

That's a nice tray of mini yellows, Paul!   And have fun picking all those BB's - you too, Tybo
 
Have you tried your OS Jalapeno yet?  I'm wondering if yours have a decent kick of heat.  Seems some people have reported good heat and others not so much.  So far I've been a not so much.

Haven't tried them yet, CD. I was hoping for
enough of them to make some pickled rings,
but so far only three ripe, and they are pretty
small. Our grow season may be running out,
I'm afraid. Still too many unripe pods on the
vines.
 
We are forecast for 34, 27 and 34 for the next
three nights' low temps. That may do it. We
have flirted with 32 for a couple of nights in
the past week.
 
I hope your season is coming to a suc-
cessful conclusion, my friend!
 
Not sure how I'm going to harvest 'a thousand'
little round pods 

 

[PaulG]

It looks like tonight is the night. New forecast
says 25-26˚F tonight, then a whole string of
temps in the 30's. Then back into the 40's
on Nov. 1.
 
I think tonight will do the job on the plants.
Forecast to be freezing from 11PM tonight
until 9AM tomorrow morning. Plants can
tolerate an hour or two of freezing but 10
hours is asking a bit much. Wind is exacer-
bating the cold as well.
 
I'll be cleaning off plants today. At least it's
sunny out.
 
And dry.
 
Freeze-dried   

 

[PaulG]

Some action from the last couple of days...
 
Pulled as many decent pods as I could.
 
Sugar Rush Peach and Aji Benito:

Sugar Rush Cream, a few SRP:

 

[PaulG]

Rounded up the rocotos harvested in
the past week or so:

Some of the Ecuador Reds were too
soft, but all in all the pods kept well:

 
 

 

[PaulG]

Rocotos went into the dehydrator yesterday:

 

 

[internationalfish]

Rounded up the rocotos harvested in
the past week or so:

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Those are MONSTERS! Holy balls! 

 

[PaulG]

Cleaned off a couple of random pods and
some wilds from the greenhouse yesterday:

 
Finished cleaning off the rest of the plants
today. Still lots of unripe pods: 

 

 

[PaulG]

Variegated Jalapeño looking kinda punky in
the greenhouse. The pods are coloring up,
don’t know if they will actually get red or not:

Hoping the plant can pull out of its transplant shock.
 

 

[PaulG]

Chiltepin Rojo may ripen up all its pods in the greenhouse:

 
The greenhouse is pretty crowded for
a couple of these cold nights:

 

[PaulG]

Unfortunately had to hang the Orange Spice Jalapeños
to try to get them to ripen up. Its a long shot: