SoCalChilehead 2012/2013 grow log

DocNrock · Jul 28, 2012

Nice greenhouse. Looks like some little guys in the corner. Peppers everywhere. You must not be far from the airport. Could hear planes in the background.

stickman · Jul 28, 2012

I liked the videos Fernando... you've got some really gnarly pods going there. Keep up the good work bro'

SocalChilehead · Jul 28, 2012

MGOLD86 said:
No worries about the photos, the intent shines through! Looks like some gnarly poddage!

Thanks Matt some are starting to looking dangerous, but not at the level of some of your pods. I can not wait to see these pods progress the Peach Bhut are starting to pod up so that is one I want to try this year base on the review Beaglestorm gave a while back.

meatfreak said:
Great update, Fernando! Next time you can bring your machete too go through that jungle Mystery Superhot AjiJoe looks to be a Habanero variety, did you harvest from it yet?

Thanks StefanI got it ready for next time lol. Thanks for the heads up can not wait to try, but no I have not harvested anything from that plant they were late bloomers and have loaded up in flowers.

Jamison said:
Holy green buddy! Shit's lookin nice!

Thanks Jamison hopefully I can keep it like this through the heat .

DocNrock said:
Nice greenhouse. Looks like some little guys in the corner. Peppers everywhere. You must not be far from the airport. Could hear planes in the background.

Thanks Brent yeah the baby one will be an amazing and painful surprise. Hopefully I can start pulling in baskets full of peppers soon. Lol yea LAX is about 15 mins from my house so the planes fly low over my house you can see the logo perfectly and underside.

stickman said:
I liked the videos Fernando... you've got some really gnarly pods going there. Keep up the good work bro'

Thanks Rick yea if you ever decide to taste and grow superhots let me know I will set a box up for you.

Thanks everyone for stopping by, but most importantly I want to thank everyone that has traded, sold, and just educated me on pepper from previous post http://thehotpepper.com/topic/7619-should-we-have-a-fun-2009-grow-contest/page__hl__%20fatalii%20%20challenge and there was a fatalii and 7 pot competition that everyone should check out.

stc3248 · Jul 29, 2012

Nice tour Fernando! Everything looking BA in your little GH!

SocalChilehead · Aug 1, 2012

Hello everyone before I start update pics I just want to thank three people that made the last two mail days just amazing first I want to thank Rick sent four peppers with three packs of seeds. I have not ate the whole pod just a little bit to taste it was similar to a bell pepper nice fresh pepper flavor I will eat the whole thing later today and get the overall taste and flavor. Next is Matt well you can see I was speechless when I open the box it literally pack the box with awesomeness. I have yet to try any I was to entertain looking at each pepper the first pepper to be attacked will be the red cheiro then work my way from there. Next is Judy (Pepperlover.com) I did not request anything, but found this in the mail great variety of peppers from her and I can not wait to make my next purchase from her just an amazing person. As always thanks to the members that have and continue to help me with everything.
Now what everybody like update pics.
Rick:

Matt:

Judy (pepperlover.com):

Now my garden as you can see the pimenta de neyde has almost reached the ceiling probably half a foot away

The adopted seeds from Jamie

more to continue

stickman · Aug 1, 2012

Hey Fernando... need a bump?

SocalChilehead · Aug 1, 2012

Lol thanks Rick
Baby plants maturing fast

Pimenta De Neyde amazing plant

Red TS

Cayenne Thick

Mystery Superhot (AjiJoe)

Holy Mole

Jalabanero

Not 7 Pod primo red

SocalChilehead · Aug 1, 2012

7 pod Brown

Douglah

Forgot to look

7 pod Burgundy

Red TS

Congo Habanero

7 pod Jonah

Peach Bhut

7 pod Brainstrain yellow

TS x Douglah brown

DocNrock · Aug 2, 2012

Moving right along...pods forming...very nice.

stc3248 · Aug 2, 2012

You da man Fernando! Wow! How did you get your Cayenne Thick to grow sideways like that??? :rofl:

Nice updates brother!

Dulac · Aug 2, 2012

Looking good! Funny how tall the pimenta da neydes grow. Mine aren't producing a whole lot. I finally picked one of them. I didn't taste it because I ate a TS butch T. and that nuked my mouth, lol. I'm gonna give it a try tomorrow.

KiNGDeNNiZ · Aug 2, 2012

dude.. that kicks arse... btw.. like i asked 3/5 king.. how do u manage to get to the other plants?// how will you harvest the pods..... awesome work... i wish it would rain though!!!

Denniz

stickman · Aug 2, 2012

I/m lovin' the picture updates Fernando. You're doing more in a small space than most people do with a garden four times the size. Looking forward to your impression of the Koreans. Cheers!

SocalChilehead · Aug 2, 2012

Thank Brent pods are starting to pile up
Lol thanks Shane

Dulac said:
Looking good! Funny how tall the pimenta da neydes grow. Mine aren't producing a whole lot. I finally picked one of them. I didn't taste it because I ate a TS butch T. and that nuked my mouth, lol. I'm gonna give it a try tomorrow.

Yea Dulac I was wondering why it was growing so tall and no flowers I thought it had too much Nitrogen until I noticed buds forming let me know how it tasted and at what point you recommend to harvest. The Butch T will do that.
Thanks for stopping by

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
dude.. that kicks arse... btw.. like i asked 3/5 king.. how do u manage to get to the other plants?// how will you harvest the pods..... awesome work... i wish it would rain though!!!

Denniz

Thanks Dennis I have made some space to get to them and since my plants are in containers it is easy to move around when I need to. Once I start seeing color they will become easy to detect harvesting should be easy. I been good without the rain plants seem to be thriving and even podding up more with the shade cloth.

stickman said:
I/m lovin' the picture updates Fernando. You're doing more in a small space than most people do with a garden four times the size. Looking forward to your impression of the Koreans. Cheers!

Thanks Rick next year should be more interesting I think, but I am done doing pictures going to switch over to video because I am to lazy to figure out the setting on the camera it was suppose to be a snap and shoot, but I am prefering now just the video. I am going to try the Korean later tonight and let you know what I think.

Matt Thanks again for the pods
Yesterday
White bullet hab I did not get alot of flavor, but a good sting abound the lips and tongue. I see this pepper more to compliment food rather than using it for a sauce or powder. I think it would be great for a fresh salsa or ceviche.
Today
Red Cheiro I really got excited about this pod after seeing Matt eat it. The burn was instantly for me (lost focus on the flavor) that also cause me to salivate this pod pulls jerkyll and mr.hyde. This is great add for next year.

Later today I will try the pods Rick sent

Well I did not enjoy see the pictures so I am switching to video this is an update of what everything looks like the Jonah is so far the gnarliest looking pods. Well here we go.
Hope you enjoy and comments and questions post away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhX7IWG3IIg&feature=youtu.be

stickman · Aug 2, 2012

You might be surprised by how hot those gochus are. I ate one today that gave me a good burn for about 10 minutes and the hiccups for about a minute and a half..

Dulac · Aug 3, 2012

SocalChilehead said:
Yea Dulac I was wondering why it was growing so tall and no flowers I thought it had too much Nitrogen until I noticed buds forming let me know how it tasted and at what point you recommend to harvest. The Butch T will do that.
Thanks for stopping by

No problem. I'm not sure if I harvested mine at the right time. I'm not good at describing how food tastes (really wish I was!). All my chiles have been extra hot this year (think the heatwave stressed them). It was around 110 with the index here for some time. That butch T. was nuts, lol. I'm also suprised by the heat my bih jolokias have been packing. They have a lot of oil inside (and boy is it hot).

With that said, the heat of the pimenta da neyde I picked is about as hot as a cayenne. Maybe a little hotter. The heat was confined to my tongue (my favorite place).The aroma after cutting it was pleasant and unique. I thought the taste was very unique too. It had a fresh taste with a light c. chinese flavor (closer to a hab than naga). I never had a purple pepper before, so perhaps the "fresh" flavor is from that. I think it taste like a blend of c. annum and c. chinese. It didn't taste green or sweet at all. You will have to let me know how they tasted to you. They tasted better than I thought they would (I was growing them for crossing).

I think we need to figure out how to breed these guys to be better producers (I could be jumping the gun since I planted mine later than some other plants). I'd love to try a sauce with them! I only got two peppers so far. I like them, but the production has been terrible. It'd be nice if they grew more bushy than so tall too, lol. I planned on crossing them with bih jolokias. That will increase production! That will take a long time though (think I'll try to get a couple of strains out of that). Let me know if yours start producing a lot. I could be mistaken.

meatfreak · Aug 3, 2012

Great update again, Fernando. The pods are getting a descent size, won't be long before you can start too harvest them :dance:

stickman · Aug 3, 2012

Hi Fernando
I had your orange "Aji Joe Mystery Pod" in a cheese and herb omelette this morning. It tasted good... not particularly sharp or peppery. The heat was about like my Serranos. Very evident but not overwhelming. I'm saving the best for last, and will eat it this weekend. Cheers!

SocalChilehead · Aug 3, 2012

stickman said:
You might be surprised by how hot those gochus are. I ate one today that gave me a good burn for about 10 minutes and the hiccups for about a minute and a half..

stickman said:
Hi Fernando
I had your orange "Aji Joe Mystery Pod" in a cheese and herb omelette this morning. It tasted good... not particularly sharp or peppery. The heat was about like my Serranos. Very evident but not overwhelming. I'm saving the best for last, and will eat it this weekend. Cheers!

The gochu burn was not bad for me it was like a pinch of heat that lasted about 2 or 3 mins very enjoyable fresh of the stem. I don't think I sent an orange pod the Aji Joe Mystery pods were the very small red pods did they turn orange that is interesting if they did. Yup that is what I thought about the pepper as well something like the thai dragon I grew this year and gave away. Lol is the 7 pod Chaguanes the last one hope you enjoy make go with little pieces at first because the whole will burn I silenced one the placenta was thick. Good luck my friend.

Dulac said:
No problem. I'm not sure if I harvested mine at the right time. I'm not good at describing how food tastes (really wish I was!). All my chiles have been extra hot this year (think the heatwave stressed them). It was around 110 with the index here for some time. That butch T. was nuts, lol. I'm also suprised by the heat my bih jolokias have been packing. They have a lot of oil inside (and boy is it hot).

With that said, the heat of the pimenta da neyde I picked is about as hot as a cayenne. Maybe a little hotter. The heat was confined to my tongue (my favorite place).The aroma after cutting it was pleasant and unique. I thought the taste was very unique too. It had a fresh taste with a light c. chinese flavor (closer to a hab than naga). I never had a purple pepper before, so perhaps the "fresh" flavor is from that. I think it taste like a blend of c. annum and c. chinese. It didn't taste green or sweet at all. You will have to let me know how they tasted to you. They tasted better than I thought they would (I was growing them for crossing).

I think we need to figure out how to breed these guys to be better producers (I could be jumping the gun since I planted mine later than some other plants). I'd love to try a sauce with them! I only got two peppers so far. I like them, but the production has been terrible. It'd be nice if they grew more bushy than so tall too, lol. I planned on crossing them with bih jolokias. That will increase production! That will take a long time though (think I'll try to get a couple of strains out of that). Let me know if yours start producing a lot. I could be mistaken.

When pods turn from low heat to stupid heat my mind pays less attention to the flavor and more to the heat. The pimenta de neyde is suppose to have a sweet flavor with a nice heat not over the top. This my first growing them and they were my late starts probably march after I got them in a trade. What I was going to do is let one ripen until wrinkling and the other to the point before wrinkling then see if I taste a difference in heat and flavor. Last time I counted my planted had about 20 pods and flowers and buds loading up. This plant was going to also be part of my cross breeding project.

meatfreak said:
Great update again, Fernando. The pods are getting a descent size, won't be long before you can start too harvest them

Thanks Stefan the douglah pods are starting to get big and really twisted, but the jonah take it by far in the best looking pod in the sanctuary.
Thanks again everyone for stopping by

stickman · Aug 4, 2012

SocalChilehead said:
The gochu burn was not bad for me it was like a pinch of heat that lasted about 2 or 3 mins very enjoyable fresh of the stem. I don't think I sent an orange pod the Aji Joe Mystery pods were the very small red pods did they turn orange that is interesting if they did. Yup that is what I thought about the pepper as well something like the thai dragon I grew this year and gave away. Lol is the 7 pod Chaguanes the last one hope you enjoy make go with little pieces at first because the whole will burn I silenced one the placenta was thick. Good luck my friend.

That's right... it's the 7 pot Chaguanes, I couldn't remember the name of it. My plan is to make jerk chicken and grill it tomorrow. I'll try a sliver of it before I make the marinade and let you know my reaction. Thanks!