PaulG 2021

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Just getting this page of urls up so I can
start the next season's grow log. 
 
 
 
 
"Welcome to the New Year/ New Season!"

 

[ahayastani]

Rare foodie pic. Some grilled Padrons, awesome flavor,
not a lot of heat at this small stage. The pods gain heat
as they get bigger, about Poblano sized, and the red ones
are pretty spicy:

I didn't know So I grilled a handful of red ones and liberally sprinkled them with coarse salt. Told my better half they were absolutely not spicy. My hot-intolerant wife gave it a try and I received a . Certainly hotter than jalapeño, which I absolutely didn´t expect.

 

[PaulG]

I'm showing my wife this pic to convince her this is how my Garden will look like in 2022 when the works finished.
In truth love the organised look in your garden and everything looks so healthy so respect to you for copeining with the heat,as for the padrons I'm jealous as padrons and Poblanos are on my usual grow list,enjoy your your grilled padrons agree with the taste.

Just tell her it will be a work in progress, Talas
It has taken me a couple of decades to get to this
point and I am still tweaking, jury rigging and retrofitting
every year.

These Padrons have really been productive, the more
I pick, the more set up. The ones I let get big and red
will be cold smoked and dried for powder.

Thanks for the good vibe, friend!

 

[PaulG]

Hmmm... Did you grow those last season too and weren't they more yellow? I seem to remember you grew them and mentioned them being smaller than the other fatalii you were growing, but more productive. That definitely looks off to me. My memory is the seeds on the train were just OP. That's showing a fair amount of curl and also yellow/orange, but fatalii don't show yellow/orange for me even when the environmentals are off as some other varieties do. Also, they usually have a deeper creasing to the pods where that looks more just grooved. I would guess it crossed with a Bahamian Goat pepper, as those were growing right next to it and it seems to have some of that look to it.

What's it taste like? Haven't tried one yet. But, very hot.

Okay, here are some of the other pods. what do you think?

This plant is absolutely loaded with pods. Probably the best
Fatali plant I've had in the past handful of seasons.

 

[PaulG]

Some more news from the superheat part of the grow...
All these plants are heavy with pods. Hoping for enough
decent weather left to ripen them all up.

Beth Boyd Scotch Bonnets:

Yellow Scorpions:

Red Scorpion:

Some Papa Dreadies:

 

[talas]

Some mean looking pods Paul and the fatali plant is a real prime example never had one that productive.

 

[PaulG]

Some mean looking pods Paul and the fatali plant is a real prime example never had one that productive.

The Summer’s extreme heat really brought out the
mean genes in the chinenses this season, all right.
If luck holds and we have a nice Fall season, there
should be lots of ripe pods, the plants are loaded
with them.

Agreed, talas, it is the most productive Fatali I have
grown. it’s in a #15 nursery container (about 45 liters,
gross estimation) and has grown super bushy as the
Summer goes on.

The Tasmanian Black, courtesy bou. These must be
close to starting to get ripe.

This Rocoto Montufar is über productive. I lost count at
37 or 38, so there are at least three dozen pods, and a
gob of teeny, just-set ones.

Looking forward to see if these are as good as Skullbiker
says. Really hoping there is enough nice weather left to
get some ripe ones.

 

[PaulG]

Pulled some berries from the Cumari annuum v. Glabriusculum
and the Pequin Chihuahua.

Should be some decent seeds in these ’large’ berries.

 

[PaulG]

We can get volunteer peppers in the PNW!

These came up in the container that held the 2020 Yellow Pequin,
Capuccino Chiltepin, and the Tepin. Judging by their positions
in the container, I am trying to predict what they are. Squirrels dug
up the one I thought was a Tepin.

The little rodents also chewed all the leaves off of these ’Yellow
Pequin’ seedlings, but all the growth tips were unscathed.

Almost sure this is a Capuccinno Chiltepin, with ‘bonchi’ written
all over it. Should make a great little plant with stem already lignified.
Partially dug up by squirrel, but has a robust root system.

These were dug out a week or ten days ago and
are in their ‘native’ soil. Will transplant into potting
soil and larger pots after they are comfy in these digs.

 

[CaneDog]

Okay, here are some of the other pods. what do you think?

This plant is absolutely loaded with pods. Probably the best
Fatali plant I've had in the past handful of seasons.

Man, I tell ya, I'm just not sure. The picture I posted last page is the plant those seeds came from. The variety has been a solid producer for me. Your recent pictures show more of that deep creasing and flattening look to the pods (kinda like bhuts often do), which I'd expect, but that orange color is something I've never seen before. It even looks like there's a small patch of orange showing in the first of your recent pic's, so I don't think it's just an aberration. I think taste might be the most helpful additional indication we could get at this point. My fatalii plant was right next to a Bahamian Goat which was that same color of orange and if they crossed you might expect a noticeable influence on the taste.

BTW, some of those red scorpions above look downright evil

 

[PaulG]

Man, I tell ya, I'm just not sure. The picture I posted last page is the plant those seeds came from. The variety has been a solid producer for me. Your recent pictures show more of that deep creasing and flattening look to the pods (kinda like bhuts often do), which I'd expect, but that orange color is something I've never seen before. It even looks like there's a small patch of orange showing (that is a teeny runt I didn't bother to pick off) in the first of your recent pic's, so I don't think it's just an aberration. I think taste might be the most helpful additional indication we could get at this point. My fatalii plant was right next to a Bahamian Goat which was that same color of orange and if they crossed you might expect a noticeable influence on the taste.

BTW, some of those red scorpions above look downright evil Those are the stuff of nightmares

Thanks for your interest in this plant's progresss, CD.

I left that big pod on the plant for quite awhile,
so it was pretty ripe. Time will tell. I will post
some pics as soon as they color up. Looking
forward, in any case .

BTW some of these pods are bigger than last season's.

 

[talas]

We can get volunteer peppers in the PNW!

These came up in the container that held the 2020 Yellow Pequin,
Capuccino Chiltepin, and the Tepin. Judging by their positions
in the container, I am trying to predict what they are. Squirrels dug
up the one I thought was a Tepin.

The little rodents also chewed all the leaves off of these ’Yellow
Pequin’ seedlings, but all the growth tips were unscathed.

Almost sure this is a Capuccinno Chiltepin, with ‘bonchi’ written
all over it. Should make a great little plant with stem already lignified.
Partially dug up by squirrel, but has a robust root system.

These were dug out a week or ten days ago and
are in their ‘native’ soil. Will transplant into potting
soil and larger pots after they are comfy in these digs.

Looks like a Chiltepin to me and that Hungarian Black is heaving.
Paul do you sing at night to your Plants as the harvest from each will be impressive indeed.

 

[PaulG]

Looks like a Chiltepin to me and that Hungarian Black is heaving.
Paul do you sing at night to your Plants as the harvest from each will be impressive indeed.

I don't sing out of consideration for others.

However, I tell them about our Welsh ancestors
and that seems to get them pretty wound up.

 

[talas]

I don't sing out of consideration for others.

However, I tell them about our Welsh ancestors
and that seems to get them pretty wound up.

Men of Harlech.

 

[ahayastani]

However, I tell them about our Welsh ancestors
and that seems to get them pretty wound up.

So the plants are in a hurry to finish the season as soon as possible?

 

[PaulG]

Ah, yes, the saga of Owain Glyndwr.

 

[PaulG]

Pulled a few ripe pods from the Yaki Blue Fawn in
a #15 nursery pot. Plant is more than robust, loaded
with pods. Oddly enough, one side of the plant produces
the huge bags of heat, and the other side, the pointy pods.
it’s like two plants on one stalk.

These are the three biggest. More just like them still
on the plant.

 

[Datil]

All it's looking fabulous in the garden Paul!
Those Pequin Chihuahua seem yummy! Also more tepin than pequin shape LOL
I'd like to have some tepin volunteers as well, it's been a while since i'm not growing them and i have a soft spot for those little fire bombs
Keep up the great work!

F

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Gorgeous garden once again, Paul.

The red scorpions. Yikes.

 

[PaulG]

Gorgeous garden once again, Paul.

The red scorpions. Yikes.

Thanks Unc. The unusual hot weather was great for
the peppers, even if brutal for people

The Red CARDI Scorpion seed came from jeffcontino.
I'll match those pods against just about any. Egads.

 

[PaulG]

All it's looking fabulous in the garden Paul!
Those Pequin Chihuahua seem yummy! Also more tepin than pequin shape LOL
I'd like to have some tepin volunteers as well, it's been a while since i'm not growing them and i have a soft spot for those little fire bombs
Keep up the great work!

F

Thanks, Fabrizio, I'll try to keep everything alive
I've had some lucky breaks with the weather for the
most part. The hail storm was no fun

I had a nice Tepin crop last year - you need some seeds?