SKULLBIKER'S "Whats old is new for 22 glog"

I've put this off long enough and now it's time to start "gloging".
On January 1,2022 I picked the Brainstrains again.

1423 grams this time.

And that means two more 1 1/2 pint jars for the freezer.

And they're still alive and producing.

 

[Tybo]

These are from seeds saved from pods of plants grown from your seed. I think I'm now on 3rd gen. and now getting the wide striped and also the darker solid color pods.

That's interesting. i'm still growing the peppapeach from my seeds and haven't seen any striping. Looks like you may have had come cross pollination?
I wouldn't mind trying out some of those seeds! Ummm......hint, hint.

 

[skullbiker]

Trending today from the "peppa patch".

Borg 9, these are getting quite productive.

PeppaPeach, more to pickle.

Jalapeno Orange Spice

 

[Sulsa]

Your garden is quite productive it seems. Those peppapeach will make for a lot of jars of nice eating peppers, but those borg peppers... o my god, what will you do with all of them? You must be able to fill a bathtub with borg mash by now. Lifetime supply of instant fire!

 

[skullbiker]

Your garden is quite productive it seems. Those peppapeach will make for a lot of jars of nice eating peppers, but those borg peppers... o my god, what will you do with all of them? You must be able to fill a bathtub with borg mash by now. Lifetime supply of instant fire!

I've pickled up about 8 quarts of the PeppaPeach so far this year but just barely staying ahead as I consume about a pint a week.
I have no idea what I'll do with all of the super hots, I already have a bathtub of Brainstrain mash in the freezer. I'm fairly sure that soon I'll start freeze drying it for long term storage. That way it can be reconstituted at any time for sauce or just buzz it into powder.

 

[skullbiker]

Most of my plants got ignored lately because of "life stuff". As I was walking around checking plants this morning I found Ernest Borg 9 looking a bit sad. I gave him a big drink of water.

 

[skullbiker]

Picked a few more hotties! From left to right, 7 Pot Bubblegum, Brainstrain, and a good pile of Borg 9 pods.

 

[skullbiker]

Here's those Borg 9 pods all blended up, just over a quart.

I also cut up and deseeded a nice mix to try for a powder.

 

[skullbiker]

New bug in the area. My first instinct was to smash it, but I decided to check up on it first.

A KATYDID, although they eat some plant leaves, they also eat APHIDS. I let it live.

 

[PaulG]

@skullbiker - The Katydids like to chomp
on rose buds, too. I guess it's dessert for
the aphid meal. Or is it the other way around?

 

[skullbiker]

@skullbiker - The Katydids like to chomp
on rose buds, too. I guess it's dessert for
the aphid meal. Or is it the other way around?

I read that one of their favorites is citrus leaves also, and we're in the middle of thousands of acres of orange trees............

 

[Indiana_Jesse]

Yeah Katydids are rather innocuous, as they are not present in large enough numbers to be an issue. They also don't eat a whole lot anyway and tend not to stay in one place for long.

 

[skullbiker]

Well, most of my plants have died from neglect, etc. over the past couple of months although the chinense plants seem to be somewhat uneffected. As I must be a glutton for punishment here comes the fall/winter round(assuming they germinate).

They're in that tray with a cover on a shelf in my screen porch. No heat mat needed this time of year!
Peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, Kossak kohlrabi, and cauliflower.
My guess is the tomatoes will be up first.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

nah I bet it's cabbage up first

 

[Downriver]

Good luck buddy. Hope y'all are feeling better. Fire it up!

 

[skullbiker]

nah I bet it's cabbage up first

We were both wrong. It was the Kossak Kohlrabi, about 45 hours after planting.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

yebbut kohlrabi is a type of cabbage

 

[Sulsa]

Good thing in your climate is that you can simply start over.
Hope you're doing well healthwise!

 

[skullbiker]

Kind of a carry over from my glog but the veggies and peppers are in the same starter tray and the veggies are first up. First to germinate were the Kossak Kohlrabi in cell group #6, the next up were the Tendersweet Cabbage in cell group #5, and just up are the Bishop F1 Cauliflower sharing cell group 3 with some peppers.

Ooooops, time for the "old man card" again! I was still in my glog when I posted this. I meant to be in my "everything but peppers" thread.

 

[skullbiker]

Picked a few pods this weekend.
Top down, Brainstrain, White Habanero, Borg 9.

 

[francisp]

With this harvest, they seem anything but neglected. Enjoy them.