PeriPeri's Grow Log 2012: South Africa

stickman · Mar 24, 2013

PeriPeri said:
lol when do you possibly get a window for the chillies?

Funny you should mention that... The soil here in New England is mostly stony and poor. In fact the only thing here that grows well is the stones themselves. Why, I've pulled out a couple of tons to the acre each and every year. The best way to get plants started here is to inject the seeds with a hypodermic syringe and put a mustard plaster over them so the proper degree of heat and moisture encourage them to grow. One year I tried to economize by re-using the mustard plasters from the previous year, but they didn't have enough "oomph", so the harvest that year was a fizzle...

PeriPeri · Mar 25, 2013

Sorry to hear that Stickman, I could send you a few hundred Jiffy bags with our african soil?

stickman · Mar 25, 2013

Thanks for the offer Lourens, but I just couldn't take the chance. Some of those monkeys might stow away in the bags and wreak havok once they got here! Who knows what mischief they'd get up to? Why, once they realize they're smarter than any politician, they might run for office and then where would we be? :shocked:

DocNrock · Mar 25, 2013

stickman said:
...they might run for office and then where would we be?

Better off?

WalkGood · Mar 25, 2013

Whoa a day or two off da net and I'm like 20 pages behind Lourens, when will you be publishing the cliff notes

Great stuff, not sure why but every time I read this glog I feel like the lyrics in dis song ... "I wana sail away to a distant shore..." ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
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stickman said:
... once they realize they're smarter than any politician, they might run for office and then where would we be?

Planet of the apes flashback

Devv · Mar 25, 2013

DocNrock said:
Better off?

Aren't we there?

I didn't say that...

PeriPeri · Mar 26, 2013

stickman said:
Thanks for the offer Lourens, but I just couldn't take the chance. Some of those monkeys might stow away in the bags and wreak havok once they got here! Who knows what mischief they'd get up to? Why, once they realize they're smarter than any politician, they might run for office and then where would we be?

lol your politiciant too huh?

Politics shmoletics... the world over... there's only one politics we speak here and it's dabating the pros and cons of pod porn... viva chilliheads!

Sorry chilliheads, its been a while... spending so much time on the chillies, I had to catch up my graft! Pics are a little smaller as my server is getting a wee bit full

So here we go...

Mr Naga Viper is in da house peoples... respect!

I have to do this taste test... but man I am dreading it for real! But while chopping these up... these do smell absolutely amazing! Like a naga but just much fruitier and sweet... hmmm what to do lol

A trip that would bring on a near death experience I believe - I know!

For those who have been grumbling about the Reaper not looking consistent... they all have tails and look pretty consistent to me lol

Coincidentally these babies drip capsaicin like I have not seen before... bu chopping board was soaked in oil by the time I finished chopping these. In fact I will not be able to use the chopping board again... it has soaked up so much capsaicin this month I just need to place food on it to spice things up lol

7 Pods are coming in fast and furious too.. chopping plenty of these babies...

Some of them just look freaky

But lots ripening now...

Backtrack... lol... got to show you this little Reaper pod.. its tail is bigger than the body... that is going to be some pod to watch I think!

Could I have a bump please guys

PIC 1 · Mar 26, 2013

TOO COOL !

PeriPeri · Mar 26, 2013

Hey Pic1 - thanks my friend!

A bit jumbled here... nice pic of a Reaper again...

I see a lot of Brainstrain in the Reaper... not sure where the tail comes from, but the top looks a lot like Brainstrain I think...

This Fish Pepper just looked awesome. White leaves and the one pod had a white stalk...

Nagalahs looking delicious man... these are very much like the Naga King Jolokias... almost identical in fact...

PIC 1 · Mar 26, 2013

How's the oil, seed count and scent of the Reaper. The Brain and the Primo are slightly different scented when cut open...How does the Reap compare ?

PeriPeri · Mar 26, 2013

Talking of which... the Naga King Jolokia

Possibly my favourite chilli on this planet. Taste is out of this world and that burn just goes on till forever! A good 45 mins when I last tasted these...

PIC 1 said:
How's the oil, seed count and scent of the Reaper. The Brain and the Primo are slightly different scented when cut open...How does the Reap compare ?

I have to tell you. The Reaper has been a good germinator, fast grower and has given a good yield per plant. The pods have a good 20 seeds per pod and the inside is just oozing yellow oil. The scent is naga like. The taste is great too, which based on taste alone comparing it to the ButchT is a winner... as the ButchT has very little taste (in my experience). My chopping board was drenched once I had finished.

I have not taste tested the Brainstrain or Primo... although I am hoping to soon. Brainstrain looks like its going to go red soon.... Primo's are a way off yet.... but I am hoping to get pods in this season still.

As for the Brown Habas... they are just gigantic! The hot weather and dry summer we have had has resulted in massive Brown Habas and let me tell you... they are searing hot for Brown Habas.... I sat there with a glass of milk after my taste test absolutely perplexed that these could burn quite so badly lol

And a lot of Brown Habas with seeds that needed harvesting lol I am not a fan of the Brown Haba taste, but these didn't taste half bad I have to say

And quite a few ButchTxBhuts...

This plant has been a brilliant producer, great grower and each pod has a good yield of seeds. These are really fruity and they also have that ButchT burn the crap out of the back of your throat kind of - stick a red hot poker down there - kind of heat lol

I really like this next one... the Peach Haba is great. Entry level Haba heat... but totally different flavours. Less citrus... more delicate... really nice - and pretty big pods too!

Bit blurry... sorry!

laynlow · Mar 26, 2013

Wow those all look great! Nice job.

Dshlogg · Mar 26, 2013

Just went through your glog start to finish. Whoa what a ride. Absolutely beautiful grow you had! Your soil looks amazing. So dark but not compacted or soggy at all. Your plants and pods were very impressive. I especially enjoyed your video reviews. You have a superhuman resistance to pain. That Reaper pod looked devastating but you took it like a pro. I am still skeptical about the Reapers but your vid almost had me buying seeds. I'm worried about getting seeds that don't grow true so I'll have to wait to get them this year. Anyway keep up the good work man. Best of luck to you!

Devv · Mar 26, 2013

Very nice update pod-miester!

The babies are beautiful!

I would love to see a full grown plant pic, I'm about two weeks away from planting in the dirt and am unsure of the spacing.

Have a good one,

Scott

stickman · Mar 26, 2013

Man Lourens, you've had a H@## of a ride this season! It's been fun watching your chiles grow and getting your previews of some of the new varieties before they start producing in this hemisphere. Good on ya!

PeriPeri · Mar 26, 2013

laynlow said:
Wow those all look great! Nice job.

Thank you laynlow - paydirt at last

!

Dshlogg said:
Just went through your glog start to finish. Whoa what a ride. Absolutely beautiful grow you had! Your soil looks amazing. So dark but not compacted or soggy at all. Your plants and pods were very impressive. I especially enjoyed your video reviews. You have a superhuman resistance to pain. That Reaper pod looked devastating but you took it like a pro. I am still skeptical about the Reapers but your vid almost had me buying seeds. I'm worried about getting seeds that don't grow true so I'll have to wait to get them this year. Anyway keep up the good work man. Best of luck to you!

Thank you Dshlogg, you said it well - it has been a ride! What a rollercoaster! I have to say the soil has been good... very fertile down by a river. That Reaper is nothing like I have ever tried. I still have to try the Brainstrain and the Primo... which I think will be important as a comparison - but I think it will be an impressive plant in most peoples grow log! You can see from the three pods on my hand that that shape and tail are pretty good, although having said this there are a few pods on my plants that are slightly different looking. I will keep going till Jack Frost comes calling!

Devv said:
Very nice update pod-miester!

The babies are beautiful!

I would love to see a full grown plant pic, I'm about two weeks away from planting in the dirt and am unsure of the spacing.

Have a good one,

Scott

Hi Scott, what full grown plant are you referring to? I will try and take a better pic for you. This year I have gone for about 45x45cm and this just isn't enough. Makes it very difficult to navigate. But yea, let me know which plant and I will try and see if I have a pic or can take one for you!

stickman said:
Man Lourens, you've had a H@## of a ride this season! It's been fun watching your chiles grow and getting your previews of some of the new varieties before they start producing in this hemisphere. Good on ya!

Lol Stickman don't you just know it! I never thought things would spiral like this. It was really quite a crazy notion to plant so many. I think I said at the beginning that in my season before, I had planted in pots and killed most of my plants due to having no green fingers. This year my intention was to plant hundreds to possibly have a fair few survive... ofcourse pretty much all survived

It has been a lot of work! Ups and downs, lefts and rights and ins and outs... it has been one heck of a ride! But yours is fast approaching and I will whatch your glogg with eager anticipation to see how the pro's do it - thanks my friend!

Sanarda · Mar 27, 2013

Your pods are just SICCCCCC. Absolutely fkin gorgeous work. Well done and keep them pics coming as long a you can. I am living vicariously through them pics. Cheers.

PeriPeri · Mar 27, 2013

Sanarda said:
Your pods are just SICCCCCC. Absolutely fkin gorgeous work. Well done and keep them pics coming as long a you can. I am living vicariously through them pics. Cheers.

Hi Pia

Thanks! I am seeing some of these pods and checking around on the internet and many questionmarks are coming up. So many visuals of the same species, just the images don't look like mine lol... The Naga Viper for instance... the whole plant has these Scorpion/Mushroom pods with tails... yet I see other pics that suggest the Naga Viper is more of a Naga Morich shape... getting very confusing I must say. Those pics will keep coming as long as there is daylight and summer temps

PeriPeri · Mar 27, 2013

While chopping and de-seeding the chillies I cam across a seed that was hooking inside a Jawala. I have often seen baby pods inside pods and I guess this is it. Seeds germinationg inside pods... strange!

WalkGood · Mar 27, 2013

Lourens,
- Another great update!
- Will be interesting to read your take on the Naga Viper.
- Surprised you didn't marinate a steak on top of that drenched chopping board
- Keep dat great work going my South African Brethren ^_^