⌘ Spicegeist 2013 ⌘

Today we were walloped with a snowstorm in Southwest Virginia and since I was taking some pics of the snow I thought I'd also get started with sharing my pepper progress.

My 2013 selection:

C. chinense
Red Bhuts
Yellow Bhuts
Choco Bhuts
TS Morouga Blend
TS Butch T
7 Pot Barrackpore
7 Pot Brain Strain
7 Pot Yellow
Choco Hab
Morado
Pimenta Morango
Yellow Congo
Pimenta da Neyde
Cumari do Para

C. annuum
Sonoran Chiltepin
Vietnamese Tear Jerker
Peruvian Wild
Armac Chiltepin

C. galapagoense
sp.

C. chacoense
CAP 501

C. praetermissum
Cumari Pollux

C. baccatum
Uba Tuba

C. frutescens
Indiana Pequin
Duke Pequin
Donne Sali
Ekirike
Guam Boonie
Aji Chuncho
Piri Piri
Lotabih
Tabasco

C. parvifolium
sp.

C. pubescens
Rocoto Inca
Dino Pod

Crosses
Choco Bhut x Douglah F1
Queen Laurie (C. baccatum) x Yellow Bhut F1
Aji Cristal (C. baccatum) x Brain Strain (C. chinense) F1
Sonoran Chiltepin x 7 Pot Barrackpore F1
CAP 501 (C. chacoense) x C. chinense F1
Pimenta da Neyde x Bhut F1 and F2
Douglah x Butch T
Aji Cristal (C. baccatum) x Cumari Pollux (C. praetermissum) F1
Locato x CGN19198
Florida Wild x C. chinense F1
Duke Pequin x Pimenta da Neyde
Duke Pequin x Bhut
Wiri Wiri x Bhut


Outside today:

Pots for later on:

Pimenta da Neyde x Bhut F2... I wasn't counting on purple being so dominant here, will have to pick a few from these to grow out:

Here are some of my 2013 treasures.

I was able to start four C. galapagoenses (they didn't all come up on the same date):

Some special crosses I made in 2011:

Aji Cristal (C. baccatum) x Brain Strain (C. chinense) F1:

Queen Laurie (C. baccatum) x Yellow Bhut Jolokia (C. chinense) F1:

 

[stc3248]

Holy cow!!! Too much awesomeness to take in all at once over here! (especially when I should be working!!!) Great stuff my brutha! Keep them pics flowing!

 

[Hammerfall]

nice pods!    keep on the good work
 
i love those cross with spikes here and there

 

[Capsicum Select]

They are 1 gal grow bags. When I get more soil they will go in 5 gal.

How many gala seedlings did you get to sprout??

 
I've got 3 right now. Trying to get a few more going too.  Most likely I will offer them up on here as overwinter projects for people that are willing to take care of them before they get too big to ship.

 

[RedtailForester]

Spectacular looking grow so far Charles!

 

[Dot Com]

I was wondering if we ever had any Vietnamese plants grown here. I bet they are tasty/good for cooking.

Vietnamese Tearjerker (C. annuum):

 

[PaulG]

I enjoyed your pod pics a lot, SG.  You must have a bit of a bookkeeping
nightmare keeping track of which cross is which.  Lots of blue tape and a
sharpie would be necessary for me to keep track of all that.  Interesting
stuff to say the least.  Will be fun watching the color show in your grow
this summer!

 

[Spicegeist]

I enjoyed your pod pics a lot, SG.  You must have a bit of a bookkeeping
nightmare keeping track of which cross is which.  Lots of blue tape and a
sharpie would be necessary for me to keep track of all that.  Interesting
stuff to say the least.  Will be fun watching the color show in your grow
this summer!

 
It's true, it's a good outlet for this aspect of my personality
 
Update time!
 
My TSMB cross, loving this plant!:


 
TSMB (pure):

 
I've been having trouble getting my best 2012 Brain Strain overwinter to pod up...
so I pollinated some flowers on this pure TSMB with Brain Strain pollen (sorry Cappy ):

 
Choco Bhut x Douglah F1:

 
Pimenta da Neyde x Bhut F2:

 
Beautiful C. praetermissum flower:


 
Here's one of my bhut types:

 

[romy6]

 How is the Florida Wild doing Charles?
 
 
  Beautiful pods by the way. 

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

I was wondering if we ever had any Vietnamese plants grown here. I bet they are tasty/good for cooking.

Smokemaster I recall grew some Vietnamese peppers. He gave me a couple OW but I couldn't get it to wake up


Charles I will post photos of the plants podding up once I open up a new photo.bucket page

 

[DocNrock]

Awesomeness!  Love that praetermissium flower. 

 

[Spicegeist]

 How is the Florida Wild doing Charles?
 
 
  Beautiful pods by the way. 

 
All of my Florida Wilds turned out to be crosses.  I kept on to one long enough to pollinate a flower with C. galapagoense pollen... attempting to germinate the seeds from that ripe pod now...
 
Douglah x Butch T pollinated with pollen from another superhot:

 
Chintexle pods.  I really like this little plant (seeds were from pepperproblem):


 
 

I was wondering if we ever had any Vietnamese plants grown here. I bet they are tasty/good for cooking.
 

 
 
My first time growing them, I could probably send you a few pods if you like.  By the way, the Gujahati Bhut is growing pretty well... behind everything else because I started it so late, but it just might flower and fruit before the season is over...

 

[Portuge]

Just look at all of em, beautiful Charles... Poddage out the door...

 

[Spicegeist]

Thank you... they're getting there...

 

[Dot Com]

Is the Morado from Mexico?

 

[Spicegeist]

Is the Morado from Mexico?

 
Yes, it is!  At least that's what I've been told... mine is growing well, although the pods are growing a little bit 7 Pot-ish... may be a cross... not sure.

 

[stc3248]

Wooo...hoooo!!! That TSMB cross is a freakin brute! Monster pods!!!! That is, unless those fingers belong to a two month old!

 

[Spicegeist]

Haha, yeah they're getting big... some hybrid vigor I think...

 

[Peptacular]

Man all those pods are making me jealous. Think I'm going to start my seeds real early next season for a similar outcome! When did you start yours, mid January?

 

[Spicegeist]

C. chacoense flower and fruit:


 
C. chacoense x Bhut flower and fruit:


 
Queen Laurie (C. baccatum) x Yellow Bhut:

 
Goat's Weed x Chiltepin Pima Bajo (not my cross):

 
Aji Cristal (C. baccatum) x Cumari Pollux (C. praetermissum):

 

[Portuge]

Your crosses are looking awesome Charles... Hows your Galaps doing?