ronniedeb's 2014 season

stickman · Jul 8, 2014

ronniedeb said:
Yeah. Weather is not bad at all. Still, these plants are kept indoors on a windowsill. Outdoor plants don't do so well here.

I can understand why some peppers don't thrive for you outside where you are, but I'd be willing to bet the Hungarian varieties and the Chimayo' chiles would. Especially if you laid down a black plastic mulch for them. Keep 'em green Ronan!

ronniedeb · Jul 8, 2014

stickman said:
I can understand why some peppers don't thrive for you outside where you are, but I'd be willing to bet the Hungarian varieties and the Chimayo' chiles would. Especially if you laid down a black plastic mulch for them. Keep 'em green Ronan!

Yeah. I have a few wilds outdoors. I may give some annuums a go next year. I have had success with Cayennes before, but you need a decent summer. Recently we have had complete washouts. Last year was not bad though. Thanks
Trepadeira De Werner

Trepadeira De Werner setting lots of fruit now.

Beni Highlands

Beni Highlands has set it's first fruit.

ronniedeb · Jul 17, 2014

There are a few pods in the baccatum NFT. I think they are Sugar Rush.

PI387838 has set a few pods. Not getting too excited. My record with pubescens isnt good. Started them early, but kind of neglected them after that, leaving them kind of stunted. :roll:

M.O.A in ebb has set a pod at last.

Hopefully this M.O.A flower will also set a pod.

Antillais Caribean pods are quite squat, but there are a lot of them.

My one Katie pod is growing. Few more on the way though.

Garden Orb Spider. Had one in the greenhouse last year as well and he grew big. Going to track this guy's growth.

stickman · Jul 17, 2014

That Katie pod looks pretty mean Ronan, does it have Bhut genes do you think? It looks like a lot of the THP folks are keeping Golden Orb Weavers as pets this year... drive on!

ronniedeb · Jul 17, 2014

stickman said:
That Katie pod looks pretty mean Ronan, does it have Bhut genes do you think? It looks like a lot of the THP folks are keeping Golden Orb Weavers as pets this year... drive on!

Thanks Stickman. I'll find out the genetics of the Katie. Dont have them at hand. These photos are actually a fortnight old. I've been slacking. More coming soon!

ronniedeb · Jul 18, 2014

View from outside the greenhouse.

NFT baccatums are a jungle. Not many flowers though. Must have overdone the nitrogen.

Runty Jalapeno DRH-7400 is improving, only slightly. Forked at about 15cm height.

Black Cherry Tomatoes

Lemon Boy Tomatoes

Hillbilly Tomato

ronniedeb · Jul 21, 2014

Well it seems the harvests of a pod here and there are at last turning into a trickle of pods every day or two. Chinense seem to be setting some regular fruit at last as well.

The underneath of a small Antillais Caribbean. Almost like a shamrock!

A handful of small Habanero Brown large. Some proper size ones on the way.

Hot Lemons

Chimayo

Inca Red Drop

Facing Heaven

Fidalga

7 Pod SR Strain has set a number of nice size pods.

ronniedeb · Jul 22, 2014

This week's harvest:

At the Allotment I have an overwintered Fatalii Red that hasnt really taken off. It's still set a few pods though.

Overwintered baccatum 1 looks like CAP267

I'm not sure about Overwintered baccatum 2. Dont remember any pods looking like this last year.

Katie has a number of nice size pods now.

PI585273 has set a few pods.

stickman said:
That Katie pod looks pretty mean Ronan, does it have Bhut genes do you think? It looks like a lot of the THP folks are keeping Golden Orb Weavers as pets this year... drive on!

Found out what Katie is. It's a Naga Viper x 7 Pod cross by Nickdu in England. I think he is a member here.

stickman · Jul 26, 2014

ronniedeb said:
This week's harvest:

At the Allotment I have an overwintered Fatalii Red that hasnt really taken off. It's still set a few pods though.

Overwintered baccatum 1 looks like CAP267

I'm not sure about Overwintered baccatum 2. Dont remember any pods looking like this last year.

Katie has a number of nice size pods now.

PI585273 has set a few pods.

Found out what Katie is. It's a Naga Viper x 7 Pod cross by Nickdu in England. I think he is a member here.

Yup, that would explain it.

Nice pull this week! the Baccatums and Chimayo's look especially good. Drive on!

meatfreak · Jul 26, 2014

Wow, great pods, plants and harvest, Ronnie. Have been missing out on this glog, that Katie looks cool. What color does it have when ripe? Looks very pale green. Your Chimayo's are huge, mine never got that big. Your Fidalga looks to green to be true I'm afraid

Leaves, stem and pods should be purple.

ronniedeb · Jul 28, 2014

stickman said:
Yup, that would explain it. Nice pull this week! the Baccatums and Chimayo's look especially good. Drive on!

Thanks!

meatfreak said:
Wow, great pods, plants and harvest, Ronnie. Have been missing out on this glog, that Katie looks cool. What color does it have when ripe? Looks very pale green. Your Chimayo's are huge, mine never got that big. Your Fidalga looks to green to be true I'm afraid Leaves, stem and pods should be purple.

Thanks Meatfreak! Katie is red when ripe. These Chimayos were big. On another plant they were smaller. Last year was the same. I was unaware that Fidalga was meant to be that colour. I have found little info on Fidalga online. I got the seed from the same grower who created the Katie, Nickdu. He got the seeds from pods bought at a market in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mine look like his plants looked last year. Ripening from light green to yellow. I have seen a Fidalga Roxa online that fits your description. Are they the same variety?

This is what Nickdu's Fidalga looked like when ripe:

UPDATE:
These are in the tangled mess of the baccatum NFT. I think they are Dulce Dolor

Aji Cristal will be my most productive plant I reckon.

Starting to escape the greenhouse

Fidalga?

Feels like these Trepadeira de Werner are taking forever to ripen. They are becoming more pendant though, so maybe not long.

Yellow Fire

Bode Amarelo

Beni Highlands has set a few pods after the first one to set was prematurely harvested by my 3 year old trainee Chilli Pepper farmer. Needless to say, he now knows the difference between ripe and unripe.

meatfreak · Jul 29, 2014

ronniedeb said:
Thanks!

Thanks Meatfreak! Katie is red when ripe. These Chimayos were big. On another plant they were smaller. Last year was the same. I was unaware that Fidalga was meant to be that colour. I have found little info on Fidalga online. I got the seed from the same grower who created the Katie, Nickdu. He got the seeds from pods bought at a market in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mine look like his plants looked last year. Ripening from light green to yellow. I have seen a Fidalga Roxa online that fits your description. Are they the same variety?

This is what Nickdu's Fidalga looked like when ripe:

Fidalga?

Maybe I'm confused and there's a Fidalga and a Fidalga Roxa variety. Since Roxa means purple it makes sense yours isn't if it's just Fidalga.

stickman · Jul 29, 2014

Hi Ronan, your wilds and Baccatums are looking really good!

Those Fidalgas of Nickdu's look like Frutascens... are they? If so, they're pretty unusual... the pods on almost all of mine have an upright habit rather than pendant. Cheers!

ronniedeb · Jul 29, 2014

meatfreak said:
Maybe I'm confused and there's a Fidalga and a Fidalga Roxa variety. Since Roxa means purple it makes sense yours isn't if it's just Fidalga.

Beautiful plant Meatfreak. Chilli Pepper nomenclature can be pretty confusing for sure. Fidalga means "lady" or "gentlewoman" in Portuguese so I guess it could be a more widely applied name for peppers.

stickman said:
Hi Ronan, your wilds and Baccatums are looking really good!

Those Fidalgas of Nickdu's look like Frutascens... are they? If so, they're pretty unusual... the pods on almost all of mine have an upright habit rather than pendant. Cheers!

Thanks! They are chinense. Here are two more of NIckdu's photos:

Flavour is real nice from what I remember. Low heat fruity chinense.

ronniedeb · Jul 31, 2014

Heart Throb (baccatum) seems to ripen overnight.

Did a little leaf pruning in the greenhouse to expose some hidden pods to the sun.

Faria

Sugar Rush (baccatum), big pods.

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Jalapeno DRH7400 has set some nice size pods.

Guampinho de Veado is just starting to set pods.

As has the Wiang Ping pepper.

CAP267. With this and the overwintered plant, I should have plenty of these.

Basil grown with Kratky hydroponic method. Doing well.

ronniedeb · Aug 2, 2014

Here is how the windowsill plants are doing:

Yellow Fire:

Beni Market

Inca Red Drop

Beni Highlands

Trepadeira de Werner

Runescape · Aug 3, 2014

Plants are looking neat... Those nickdus are badass lol...

ronniedeb · Aug 3, 2014

Runescape said:
Plants are looking neat... Those nickdus are badass lol...

Thanks!
Weather has taken a turn for the worse here. Cold and Wet at the moment.

Some harvest

Trepadeira de Werner. Really tasty variety. Beautiful plant and pods. Will definitely grow these again.

Aji Cristal. These seem to be super similar to CAP267, in shape, flavour etc. Delicious.

Yellow Fire/PI 260501. Pretty hot little pods, for something so small.

Katie pods starting to ripen.

Several Katie pods have been damaged. Cought one of the culprits in the act. :evil:

7 Pot SR Strain

El Oro de Ecuador

stickman · Aug 3, 2014

The weather outside may be cold and wet, but at least you're getting enough heat in the greenhouse to warm the cockles of your heart...

Slugs don't seem to be a big problem here, but we have sandy, well-drained soil. I think it cuts them up to crawl over it.

I have some seeds for the El Oro de Ecuador and have no idea what it tastes like. I'd appreciate it if you could post your impressions when you taste it so I can decide of I'll plant it.

Cheers!

ronniedeb · Aug 3, 2014

stickman said:
The weather outside may be cold and wet, but at least you're getting enough heat in the greenhouse to warm the cockles of your heart... Slugs don't seem to be a big problem here, but we have sandy, well-drained soil. I think it cuts them up to crawl over it.

I have some seeds for the El Oro de Ecuador and have no idea what it tastes like. I'd appreciate it if you could post your impressions when you taste it so I can decide of I'll plant it.

Cheers!

Thanks!! Never had as much trouble with slugs (and hornworms) as I have this year. I havent tried any El Oro de Ecuador, but when I do, I'll let you know.