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).
 

 
 

 

[PaulG]

I had very similar results with the SRP and
Brainstrain when I last grew them. The SRP
pods up really early, and the Yellow BS was
the biggest beast of the season, throwing
great pods.
 
Looks like you are running on high octane
this season, buddy.

 

[skullbiker]

I had very similar results with the SRP and Brainstrain when I last grew them. The SRP pods up really early, and the Yellow BS was the biggest beast of the season, throwing great pods.
Looks like you are running on high octane this season, buddy.

 
This will be my first serious endeavor with the Sugar Rush Peach. I started one last fall but the mites took care of it. I grew the Brainstrains several years i a row quite a few rears back and I'm wondering if the pheno will have changed. 

 

[ahayastani]

 
This will be my first serious endeavor with the Sugar Rush Peach. I started one last fall but the mites took care of it. I grew the Brainstrains several years i a row quite a few rears back and I'm wondering if the pheno will have changed. 

 
I sacrificed my Sugar Rush Peach backup plant yesterday. It became infested by all kinds of vermin - mites, flies, aphids - in a matter of days. I took a bite of the pepper it carried and my taste buds absolutely approved of it. Still too early for me to make a final judgement (non-mature pepper on a stressed plant). First time I'm growing SRP...

 

[skullbiker]

 
I sacrificed my Sugar Rush Peach backup plant yesterday. It became infested by all kinds of vermin - mites, flies, aphids - in a matter of days. I took a bite of the pepper it carried and my taste buds absolutely approved of it. Still too early for me to make a final judgement (non-mature pepper on a stressed plant). First time I'm growing SRP...

 
I'm hoping that the taste of the pods off of these plants is better than the nearly ripe pods I got off of that last plant, no heat to speak of and not particularly sweet or flavorful.

 

[ahayastani]

 
I'm hoping that the taste of the pods off of these plants is better than the nearly ripe pods I got off of that last plant, no heat to speak of and not particularly sweet or flavorful.

 
My taste buds reported a fruit with low heat and great flavour. It was also the sweetest pepper ever tasted (raw). I got my seeds my from Chris Fowler directly.

 

[PaulG]

 I grew the Brainstrains several years i a row quite a few rears back and I'm wondering if the pheno will have changed. 

This is the phenotype my YBS produced in 2019.
Really tight flower corollas produced awesome
pinched pods.
 
More here. And here.
 

 
I'm hoping that the taste of the pods off of these plants is better than the nearly ripe pods I got off of that last plant, no heat to speak of and not particularly sweet or flavorful.

The SRP I grew last year was super sweet 
with a mild heat. The SR Cream was even
sweeter tasting. Almost like candy. For real.
 
Hope you have better luck this season.

 

[skullbiker]

Nice wide open flower on a Monzano Giant Red Rocoto.
 

 

[skullbiker]

I wonder how many pods are in this Chichimeca Jalapeno container.  ‍
 

 

[PaulG]

Are you starting a pool?
 
Three dozen!

 

[skullbiker]

All very nice, although I like the looks of Antep Aci Dolma most

 
And, they are growing fast right now.
 

 

[skullbiker]

That first(and only so far) Brainstrain pod is growing fast and getting uglier by the day.
 

 
And on another front, this rocoto plant won't quit flowering.
 

 

[skullbiker]

A couple of flowers, one from a Gelbe Riesen Giant Yellow Rocoto and one from an Arequipa Giant Red Rocoto. Which one is which?
 

 

 

[skullbiker]

A couple of current state of the pepper pics.
 
Numex Big Jim stretching out a bit.
 

 
The "Not Biker Billys" are looking very good as Cherry Bombs!
 

 
The Chichimeca are looking good and corking.
 

 
Emerald Fire Jalapenos looking good.
 

 
The Paquime Hybrid Jalapenos are all over the place as far as size and shape but I expected that when I saved the seeds. Here is a nice big one.
 

 
Now is just the wait for things to go to red. 
Probably a few more pics later.
 
 

 

[PaulG]

All hail the Jala King  

 

[skullbiker]

All hail the Jala King  

 
Amen.

 

[skullbiker]

Sugar Rush Peach container. These are the ones that got gnawed down from 2 ft+ tall to 12 inches or less early on, they're doing pretty well right now.
 

 
Another Sugar Rush Peach in a 43 liter container.
 

 
Training a young rocoto to go "up" not out.
 

 
After two doses of Jungle Juice this Equidorian Sweet Rocoto is flowering profusely.
 

 

[DontPanic]

After two doses of Jungle Juice this Equidorian Sweet Rocoto is flowering profusely.

 
Is "Jungle Juice" that stuff you make out of Winter Wheat and Alfa alfa?

 

[skullbiker]

 
Is "Jungle Juice" that stuff you make out of Winter Wheat and Alfa alfa?

 
Yes, yes it is, at least my version of FSST(I personally don't google but DuckDuckGo can help you with this).

 

[skullbiker]

Here are the ends of the branches on the Gelbe Riesen Giant Yellow Rocoto that I was training to go upward.
 

 

 

[DontPanic]

 
Yes, yes it is, at least my version of FSST(I personally don't google but DuckDuckGo can help you with this).

Fermented Sprouted Seed Tea.  It sound like something cool to try.  I might try a small batch, and skip the fermentation by using it right away.