SG's 2012

Since late last year I've been starting seedlings in waves because of limited space and other constraints. So I have a good number of plants in varying stages of growth, with some trying to flower too. The plants are looking good and I am poised to have some tremendous harvests. Last year I only grew a fraction of the what I am attempting this year and even then I had a hard time keeping up with the harvests. I am sure I will go crazy with all the peppers this year.

Here is the where most of the plants start out:

Focusing on some individuals:
Murupi Amarela

Praetermissum initiating its first fork:

Chacoense:

Fatalii x Choco Bhut F2:

Sonoran Chiltepin:

A Brown Rocoto about to flower:

 

[Spicegeist]

4 1/2 inches, wow. The pic of the yellow bhut pods is from last year, off the same plant I overwintered. They just ripened that color, they didn't linger yellow and then turn. Guess it's really an orange bhut jolokia then? I've seen a lot of "yellow" varieties that are in fact orange... not sure if this is a genetic stability issue or environmental. This year I'm growing yellow 7 pots from saved isolated seed (more orangeish), and saved seed from one pod that was huge and actually yellow (not isolated) and a different source altogether in hope one of them will actually give me some yellow fruit. Last year the only yellow pods were on my fatalii and I've seen a lot of pics of people growing fataliis that just look orange too. Go figure.

 

[Spicegeist]

Last frost date around here is 5/15 or so, but the weather has been so warm I thought I'd gamble and put about half my plants in the ground now, 16 days early:

Today was a beautiful, sunny day. Tomorrow and the day after we're supposed to get some rain, so I didn't bother watering them now.

Mustard and Arugula in front of two C. praetermissum I just put in the ground:

Lady bugs getting busy on the patio:

 

[Spicegeist]

After I came back to check on the plants a few of them had a lot of ants on them, I imagine they're eating aphids... but I'm not sure what they're up to.

Here are a couple on an Aji Cristal (C. baccatum) leaf:

 

[MGOLD86]

Love the gamble! If it works for ya, you are gonna be seein some monsters, if not, you don't have to sit around and try to find room or foster parents for em! That is the problem I am having RIGHT NOW!

 

[Spicegeist]

So I went all out yesterday and filled up the plot, mostly:

Could probably fit 4 plants, maybe six if I cram them:

Also, probably some overkill with the spacing, might squeeze in a couple here:

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

awesome looking plants.... will be fun going up and down the rows harvesting... good luck with the grow.. send some pods and seeds this way when it gets there..

 

[dvdpfstr]

Plants look good. What is the spacing of the plants?

 

[Durham Bull]

Good looking plants. The weather should be good from here.
Just put mine out today here in NC.

Good luck with the grow.

 

[Spicegeist]

Thanks, they seem to be enjoying their new environment. The spacing is variable, I did it by eye... I'm sure they'd be fine, but I'm still deciding if I want to crowd them in to fit the rest of the varieties not represented there.

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Looks good man. I kicked my little bastards out yesterday. Around here memorial day is when people feel safe. If it gets cold I will put them back under the lights.

 

[gnslngr]

Hey Spice G-
Watch out for those Foxtrot Unifrm Charle Kilo' en ant, they are aphid ranching fools brother! You have or a 5-15 last frost date, you must be elevated! Nice to get em in the ground isn't it!Good growin to ya.....damn seas are getting pesky out here!

 

[Spicegeist]

Yeah I'm pretty psyched. I thought I wouldn't have enough room for everything I wanted to put in, but I added a bunch today in remaining gaps and they look fine. Here are the additional plants I put in the ground today:
Red Savina
Cumari do Para
Pimenta Morango
Florida Wild
Datil
CAP 501 (C. chacoense)
another C. galapagoense
Murupi Amarela
BGH 1725
another Yellow 7 Pot

Currently I'm considering transferring these from pots to plot soon, it would turn into craziness if I added all of them:
Wild Brazil
Datil x Limon
Choco Bhut x Yellow 7 Pot
another Aji Limon
another Douglah x Butch T
another C. Galapagoense
Sonoran Chiltepin

I have four or five Rocotos in pots that are just too large to fit in the plot, they will be confined to pots on my patio this year.

 

[Spicegeist]

102 plants in the ground. Finished it up this morning, found space for everything I wanted to add.

I have a few of these "7 pot brown bonnet shaped" plants in the ground, but only one has leaves that are turning purple:

 

[Spicegeist]

Here's an example of what I did to get them all to fit, Sonoran Chiltepin in between rows:

Some of the Mexican C. annuums are ready to go:

Lady Bug on a Morado:

Florida Wild:

Wild Brazil:

Cumari do Para:

Pimenta da Neyde:

 

[LanMan]

Awseome grow! And pretty nice looking dirt. Over 100 plants will keep you in hot for a long time.
I thought my plants were close together.

 

[Spicegeist]

Yeah, I'm really enjoying how little they are now. In a couple of months, this plot will be a thicket.

I'm really liking this weather:

If the weather stays like this I should be in the clear and make it until the official ~5/15 plant out date.

 

[Spicegeist]

I moved my overwintered Yellow Bhut to the garden plot and even with 103 plants in the ground I still have a lot left over on my patio:

I have four Rocotos I put into mostly 5-gallon pots, they are either Incas, Bolivian de Milles or Enormous Red:

I've found slugs all over the place. I was going to leave a pot with a seedling that has just emerged outside for the night, but this is what I found when I glanced over at it before heading in:

 

[Spicegeist]

The overwintered Yellow Bhut is back in the ground and looking good:

Pimenta Morango had a late start, but is looking good:

Prediction for tomorrow night is 40°F / 5°C... plants should be fine until official plant out on 5/15:

 

[Spicegeist]

Some of my Rocotos on the patio are flowering, I've never tried a Rocoto and can't wait to experience it:

 

[capsidadburn]

Charles, you are going to have a nice dense jungle there soon! Looking great too!

Mike