SKULLBIKERS Fun with peppers in 2021 GLOG

And so it begins, another year of growing some peppers. This will be a sort of continuation of last year
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73129-skullbikers-roaring-into-the-twenties-glog/page-1
 
as several of those plants are still going(and many got whacked and ended up on the burn pile). 
 
Anyway, I have 3 trays of peppers sown and many have germinated already(mostly annums). I wanted to compare several different jalapeños for taste in real time. This tray is all jalapeños, ten types from 7 different vendors. The seeds in block 3 are from 2014.
 

 
Another tray with annums at each end and mostly rocotos in the middle(and they're taking their sweet time).
 

 
 

 

[skullbiker]

We had a very strong thunderstorm last night that dropped two inches of rain fairly quickly. Ahead of it was a VERY strong burst of wind that blew over my big Brainstrain plant. It's tall and probably hit the ground hard.
These were on the ground when I tipped it back up.
 

 
Luckily only a few small branches were broken.
 
And life goes on.  

 

[Downriver]

Can't really like either of those last two posts SB.
 
I got slugs, but not crawling up my friggin screen lol!
 
Glad the Brainstrain weathered the storm without much damage - beautiful plant. So, whatcha gonna do with the pods?

 

[Datil]

Looking great! I love your Brainstrain tree

 

[skullbiker]

Can't really like either of those last two posts SB.
 
I got slugs, but not crawling up my friggin screen lol!
 
Glad the Brainstrain weathered the storm without much damage - beautiful plant. So, whatcha gonna do with the pods?

Yes, it looks like the Brainstrain plant will be fine, and there are quite a few pods still,on it. As far as the pods that fell off, I'll see what all ripens up. I have no clue what to do with green superhots. Any suggestions?

 

[Demented]

Spicy bread and butter pickles. 

 

[skullbiker]

Spicy bread and butter pickles. 

 
Those might be a little TOO spicy for this old man. I eat peppers or things that include peppers 7 days a week but I don't like the heat to be much more than a sweaty forehead!  
 
Anyways, I put all the green and less ripe pods in a paper grocery bag with two of my ripening mangos(that produce ethylene just like bananas). I'll see if they get ripe in a few days.
 

 

[Demented]

If you do them right they're not too bad. Only need half of one in there.

 

[skullbiker]

I went out to check on the Brainstrain plants yesterday evening and #2 plant was showing a bad area.
 

 
This was no rabbit, the damage was 7 feet up! After closer inspection I found the culprit.
 

 
It tried to get away but didn't quite have enough clearance under the old mower battery!
 

 
Anyway, here is a view of the #2 plant.
 

 
And the #3 plant, which is finally starting to grow out.
 

 
And plant #1 recovering pretty well after the crash to the ground.
 

 
I guess I may have to put this back into service for night time inspections.
 

 

[skullbiker]

I threw a few seeds in the dirt on July 7 for a little fall/winter run. Many may not germinate as they are OLD and some got super heated in the moving truck when I moved. We shall see. All of the ones up are from seed saved this season, they seem quite viable when fresh.
 

 
I thought I might as well do some tomatoes too!
 

 

[ahayastani]

Yeah, I'll be sowing some tomatoes too one of the following weeks. Nothing like a homegrown tomato... 

 

[skullbiker]

Yeah, I'll be sowing some tomatoes too one of the following weeks. Nothing like a homegrown tomato... 

I believe pretty much anything homegrown is good stuff.

 

[skullbiker]

My two Aji Oro Rocoto plants. They looked kind of sickly for a while but now aren't looking too bad.
 

 

 
Here ate my two Rocoto Pisac Amarillo plants. These seem to be especially fast growing compared to the others.
 

 

 
Here's a pretty good looking Antep Aci Dolma coming along on the second round of pods.
 

 

 

[skullbiker]

Pods in ripening bag update.
They're turning color........pods and mangos. I'll close it back up and give them until Saturday.
 

 

[skullbiker]

Orange Paquime F2 are up! In two or three months we may see if this generation is still ! It looks like germination was about 80% on the F1 seeds, I'll cull when the first true leaves arrive. These seeds were sown on July 7.
 

 

[skullbiker]

The variegated Scarlett's Chili X Poblano F2 is still chugging along and has a few more pods showing their stuff.
 

 

 
Whoa........and here come the F3's. 
 

 

[skullbiker]

Picked a few pods late yesterday.
PeppaPeach and Brainstrain
 

 
I still have a few more Brainstrain pods to pick off of the big guy.
 

 

 

 

[PaulG]

Pretty impressive, SB! Don’t know if I’ve seen a
BrainStrain loaded like that.

 

[skullbiker]

Pretty impressive, SB! Don’t know if I’ve seen a
BrainStrain loaded like that.

 
That one is certainly loaded up, and it is looking like plant #2 is going to be similar but the pods are all green yet on that one. 

 

[skullbiker]

A couple of the "rush" plants.
Sugar Rush Red
 

 
Sugar Rush Peach
 

 

[skullbiker]

I finally got around to harvesting the pods off of the #1 Brainstrain plant.

And here is how they weighed up.

A few days later I picked a few more.

So, I ended up with about 260 pods from this plant at this time. I blended them up, put them in 1 1/2 pint straight side jars and into the freezer they went.