PaulG 2020
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PaulG
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We’re into a few days of rainy weather. Fortunately,
the nighttime lows are mild, rather than cold, so the
plants don’t mind it so much. Supposed to cool down
again by next weekend.
View out the greenhouse door, raining slightly:
You can see some Fatalis and Sugar Rush
Cream on the right.
“Good weather for ducks!”
the nighttime lows are mild, rather than cold, so the
plants don’t mind it so much. Supposed to cool down
again by next weekend.
View out the greenhouse door, raining slightly:
You can see some Fatalis and Sugar Rush
Cream on the right.
“Good weather for ducks!”
ahayastani
Extreme Member
Compared to your garden, my setup is the culmination of chaos 
The photo also reminds me I should give geranium another try here. I had a few plants but they perished. I had the impression they liked the heat but not the humidity.
The photo also reminds me I should give geranium another try here. I had a few plants but they perished. I had the impression they liked the heat but not the humidity.
PaulG
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My own garden space is the result of jury-riggingahayastani said:Compared to your garden, my setup is the culmination of chaos
and retro-fitting over the course of the last 10 or
15 years
, so I can relate, Dieter! Geraniumsdo quite well here, even tolerating a mild freeze or
two, but to keep them alive they need to be pruned
back and taken inside for the winter.
PaulG
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Pretty rainy today, but mild temperatures rather
than cold, so no pods splitting, yet. Yay
The Orange 5-gallon bucket gives a good sense
of the size of the Amarillo Chiltepin. The #2 nursery
pot the AC is in is less than 2 gallons. I’m not sure I
will grow any peppers in any thing bigger than a
3-gallon pot next season.
Bird Aji, another #2 nursery pot with @ 3 foot plus
plant in it.
Yellow Mushroom still giving it a go under the deck
canopy out of the rain:
than cold, so no pods splitting, yet. Yay
The Orange 5-gallon bucket gives a good sense
of the size of the Amarillo Chiltepin. The #2 nursery
pot the AC is in is less than 2 gallons. I’m not sure I
will grow any peppers in any thing bigger than a
3-gallon pot next season.
Bird Aji, another #2 nursery pot with @ 3 foot plus
plant in it.
Yellow Mushroom still giving it a go under the deck
canopy out of the rain:
CaneDog
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I like the look of your O Spice pods too, Paul. I had three OSJ plants and only one of the three had rounded-top pods. The other two had more squared shoulders and were slightly darker at maturity - perhaps some of the seeds I received were crossed. The rounded pods one is dead-on though and currently in quarantine for a transition to the indoor grow OW.
BTW - I've gotten a lot of those funky growths on my Lemon Spice Jalaps. I wonder if they're more common with the Spice varieties.
BTW - I've gotten a lot of those funky growths on my Lemon Spice Jalaps. I wonder if they're more common with the Spice varieties.
PaulG
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Greenhouse is nice, if you are willing to heatBDASPNY said:
it a bit. Mine certainly is not climate-controlled!
I hope to have a few seeds. Only one pod ripe
enough so far. Hoping for another from the plant
hanging in the garage. Stay tuned. Or should I say
“Stand Back and Stand By”
I didn’t know that about the rounded shape.CaneDog said:
I wonder how many really ‘true’ varieties of
peppers there are?
I like this size, very versatile!
PaulG
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Mild, rainy weather passing for a few days.
Clearing skies means temps hovering near
32˚F coming up. Still on the outdoor vines:
Bonda Mahala, Tatiana Yellow Rocoto, Ecuador
Red Rocoto, Cappuccino Chiltepin. Red Rocoto
and XL Brown Rocoto have several green pods,
but won't ripen up, I'm afraid. In the greenhouse:
Variegated JHalapeño, Amarillo Chiltepin, Chiltepin
Rojo, Rocopica. And a couple of micro tomatoes.
All the pods I've previously harvested are dried
and seed saved. Will be glad when I can put the
dehydrator to rest for the winter.
Later: Forecast now says 25-28 overnight. cold
temps lasting 9 hours or so. Time to pick peppers
at least very close to ripe, and move a few plants
inside tonite.
Clearing skies means temps hovering near
32˚F coming up. Still on the outdoor vines:
Bonda Mahala, Tatiana Yellow Rocoto, Ecuador
Red Rocoto, Cappuccino Chiltepin. Red Rocoto
and XL Brown Rocoto have several green pods,
but won't ripen up, I'm afraid. In the greenhouse:
Variegated JHalapeño, Amarillo Chiltepin, Chiltepin
Rojo, Rocopica. And a couple of micro tomatoes.
All the pods I've previously harvested are dried
and seed saved. Will be glad when I can put the
dehydrator to rest for the winter.
Later: Forecast now says 25-28 overnight. cold
temps lasting 9 hours or so. Time to pick peppers
at least very close to ripe, and move a few plants
inside tonite.
I still have hope they'll all ripen and the seeds can spread out to give many of the same joy they've given you.
PaulG
Extreme Member
Some photos from the last few days...
Temps 5-7 degrees below freezing at night means
pulling in most of the remaining pepper pods.
Some interesting phenotypes from the Bonda Mahala.
The Yellow Seven also threw a similar pod at the end
of it’s season. Red pods are Ecuador Red Rocotos.
Closer look at the two pods:
The pod from the Yellow Seven:
Temps 5-7 degrees below freezing at night means
pulling in most of the remaining pepper pods.
Some interesting phenotypes from the Bonda Mahala.
The Yellow Seven also threw a similar pod at the end
of it’s season. Red pods are Ecuador Red Rocotos.
Closer look at the two pods:
The pod from the Yellow Seven:
