PeriPeri's Grow Log 2012: South Africa

Flamecycle · Feb 24, 2013

Never heard of nagalah before but they look badass. Have you tried them yet?

PeriPeri · Feb 24, 2013

Thanks HAJ!

Now this was just beautiful... the first Fatalii... what a beauty! And I had it... it was sooo amazing. Very Hot, perfume, citrus, banana/toffee flavours.... oooh, this has got to be one of the best for me

Cayennes changing colour fast. Great flavour thes

Still waiting for that brown to show...

The mystery chilli. This is an absolute ripper. Tried the first pod and it was unbelievably hot. Gave be that ButchT like ulcerated stinging around the tongue... but the flavour was great!

I have left one ripe pod on the plant this week to see if it will turn from orange to red.

Flamecycle said:
Never heard of nagalah before but they look badass. Have you tried them yet?

Hi Flamecycle. Thanks for stopping in! I have tried a Douglah and several Naga's... a Nagalah is a hybrid between the two. Good combination, one of the very hot pods out there

7 Pods

As for this badass baddy... the two Reapers I have growing are just going podding crazy... more and more pods all the time lol

Might need a bump again please guys

stickman · Feb 24, 2013

Bump!

PeriPeri · Feb 24, 2013

Thanks Stickman!

This is my other plant... also going pod crazy

Sorry pics are a bit blurry again

And now for another great... the Naga Viper... pods are coming along just great

meatfreak · Feb 24, 2013

Very nice pods indeed! Looks like the sun is really shining bright over there :cool:

PeriPeri · Feb 24, 2013

This is supposed to be an Antillaise Carribean... but it looks a little odd to me...?

My trusted little friend... Ignite... I wonder if these little pods will turn red?

Every time I go, I have a red Cherry Bomb... always puts a smile on my face. I really like these!

Red Fatalii... still looking green lol

These Black Pearl/Princes are really quite fiery.

A bit more like it I think... these look more like Antilaise Carribean...

meatfreak said:
Very nice pods indeed! Looks like the sun is really shining bright over there

Hey meatfreak... sure is. We're going into autumn now. Things are a little cooler at 32/35ºC... but that sun is vicious. I make sure to wear a hat... but it's humid too... so you sweat like a pig... got to drink lots!

Cheyenne... these little guys amaze me. Good growers, nice little pods. But these are dwarf chillies. Plants are small... but bear these relatively large pods. Looks a little odd at times.

The Phuli Jyoti is an Indian chilli. Bearing loads of stringy little pods. Got a really nice burn to them.

OMG... I'm seeing little pods in bottom right hand corner of the Phuli Jyoti pic.... I have no idea what those are? Never knew there was another plant hiding there lol

This is the inside view of the mystery chilli... could it be a cross Bhut/ButchT?

Ooops need a Bump please!

Anyone for a bump please

Weed · Feb 24, 2013

Nice looking plants.

Bump.

PeriPeri · Feb 24, 2013

Thanks mx5inpa!

Bhut Jolokia

Naga Morich with more ripe pods... pic blurry again (sorry)

I'm at war with the monkeys. They have started taking an interest in the chillies outside. Inside chillies are secure from the monkeys. I don't think they will eat the hot varieties... but the little monkeys are trying them by taking a bite and then moving on. Unfortunately, once they have bitten into the chillies they just rot as water gets inside the pod. Also, they are coming into the outside field and just pushing plants over to get at all the pods. Nothing much I can do right now except keep staking the plants they push over. Loosing quite a few pods this way unfortunately. I hope they realise there is nothing they like there and will eventually stop trying to eat the chillies.

I found this untouched Calapeno Wonder and had to pick it... loving these!

Still quite a few tail enders coming through the ranks.

Another Bump please guys

HAJ · Feb 24, 2013

Bump!

PeriPeri · Feb 24, 2013

Thank you HAJ

Sanarda · Feb 24, 2013

PeriPeri · Feb 24, 2013

Little bit of confusion here. Could be a Scotch Bonnet Peach Long or a ButchT X Moruga.... i'll be content with either lol

Thanks Pia - Welcome!

Jonah X ButchT - Should be interesting. Can't imagine a hybrid of two more evil plants lol

Bahamian Goat Pepper

Well I think this is it for now... hope you are all enjoying the pics. iPhone is struggling with the harsh light conditions I think, so some pics are blurry... but it really is the easiest way to capture these pics.

One more thing I wanted to add... now that I am harvesting - if you are looking for a bag solution, I can highly recommend the plastic onion bag type material. It's cheap, comes on a handy roll and most importantly chillies last longest. They don't sweat or go mushy and can be washed in the bag. Its like a giant roll of fishnet material... all you have to do is cut the length you want the bag to be and tie a knot in one end. It's brilliant.

On that note that's me over and out from South Africa!

PeriPeri · Feb 25, 2013

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millworkman · Feb 25, 2013

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Awesome work!

WalkGood · Feb 25, 2013

Either you’ll be selling a lot of pods over there for the next few weeks or you can kick up your feet and enjoy pods a zillion ways for the next few years

I love the look of your Fatalii’s, might have to try and grow some of these days, never tried it. I’m not sure what the orange pod is above the “Phuli Jyoti,” but the dimple (lower right) almost looks like a worm hole into it, might want check and I could be wrong as it’s hard to tell from the pic. Hat’s off on everything & keep up dat great hard work!!! \o_

Edit1: Now I’ll be coming back drooling over all your pod pics the next several weeks ^_^ Oh and thanks, I used up my next few weeks of "like this" allotment, lol ...

Edit2: Capture the monkeys and start your version of Miami's monkey jungle

stickman · Feb 25, 2013

PeriPeri said:
There's an echo echo echo eco echo

Just timing Lourens... Most of us had already left for work or hadn't gotten up yet...

It's all looking just smashing, but then you knew that! Keep up the good work and taking pics. Cheers!

wildseed57 · Feb 25, 2013

Great Pod Porn there Piri, To bad you can't dust your plants with hot pepper powder, that would burn the monkey's butts for sure, Maybe you could set ups some electrical lines, as big as your grow is it will be hard to stop them from eating what ever they might want.
It would be interesting to see their reaction from eating a super hot, as bad as the monkeys are, at least they are not a herd Elephants.
Here's hoping your grow will stay safe.

Sawyer · Feb 25, 2013

Wow. Just, wow.

PIC 1 · Feb 25, 2013

Thats a crazy amount of pods. It seems like yesterday that the plants were about a ft tall. Whats the plan for the harvest.....sauces, powdering

PeriPeri · Feb 26, 2013

millworkman said:
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Awesome work!

Thanks mate! I'm glad I can share my labours with you all. It feels quite isolated here in South Africa... not many people I know here that are enthusiasts or chilliheads. So it feels good to share things with people who are equally as passionate about peppers as I am

WalkGood said:
Either you’ll be selling a lot of pods over there for the next few weeks or you can kick up your feet and enjoy pods a zillion ways for the next few years I love the look of your Fatalii’s, might have to try and grow some of these days, never tried it. I’m not sure what the orange pod is above the “Phuli Jyoti,” but the dimple (lower right) almost looks like a worm hole into it, might want check and I could be wrong as it’s hard to tell from the pic. Hat’s off on everything & keep up dat great hard work!!! \o_

Edit1: Now I’ll be coming back drooling over all your pod pics the next several weeks ^_^ Oh and thanks, I used up my next few weeks of "like this" allotment, lol ...

Edit2: Capture the monkeys and start your version of Miami's monkey jungle

Hello my friend! There are a just a hew huh? lol Processing them all is proving to be quite laborious!

The Fatalii I can recommend highly! It is such a unique and amazing flavour. That colour and shape is really very remarkable!

Yea, I saw the hole. I am suspecting the fly in that picture is the suspect. There's probably a pepper maggot inside. But there are plenty more red's... so I won't panic just yet

Monkeys... damn monkeys. But no spanking the monkeys in my garden :rofl:

stickman said:
Just timing Lourens... Most of us had already left for work or hadn't gotten up yet...

It's all looking just smashing, but then you knew that! Keep up the good work and taking pics. Cheers!

What - you don't live at the computer?

Thank you Stickman, yea I gather it was the time zone thing.

wildseed57 said:
Great Pod Porn there Piri, To bad you can't dust your plants with hot pepper powder, that would burn the monkey's butts for sure, Maybe you could set ups some electrical lines, as big as your grow is it will be hard to stop them from eating what ever they might want.
It would be interesting to see their reaction from eating a super hot, as bad as the monkeys are, at least they are not a herd Elephants.
Here's hoping your grow will stay safe.

Thanks wildseed57! Yea, the monkeys are a bit of an issue. I am sure they will eventually tire of the burn. It's just such a pitty they push over the plants as this can kill the entire plant. Next year I will put money in to enclose the outside area with shade netting. It is the way to go. So if I do make any money from this season I will invest in netting. Expensive here though!

PS, the farm next door has Rhino and Giraffe... but thank the JA no elephants lol Now that would be a problem!

Sawyer said:
Wow. Just, wow.

Thank you Sawyer! Stay tuned for more!

PIC 1 said:
Thats a crazy amount of pods. It seems like yesterday that the plants were about a ft tall. Whats the plan for the harvest.....sauces, powdering

Hey Pic1. At this stage I am collecting seeds and freezing flesh. My main aim is to blend a 2013 vintage sauce from all the chillies. This will come in mild and hot. The aim is to create a sauce that will be blended from all the chillies grown that year. Much like wine vintages I guess. Every year another vintage. Every year different chillies in the blend. Not sure if that kind of thing would catch on or how one would market such a sauce, but this is the concept.