STC3248, Just Another Grow Log! Holiday Harvest!

Still waiting on the supers...but the rest are sprouted and under lights. This will be my first attempt at supers. Fingers crossed. I am so lost in the labels. I don't know how some of you keep them all straight??? I know I got most of them right...but had a couple random seeds pop up under the starter pellets...lolEdit: This was my STARTING listJalapenoBlack CobraMucho Nacho JalapenoBellPoblanoCaribbean RedChocolate HabaneroAnaheimCayenneTrinidad ScorpionBhut Jolokia Red/Yellow/Chocolate/White/PurpleFataliPequin ChiapasAmigo Diablo Bombay MorichDorset NagaLg Yellow 7 Pot7 Pot RedDouglahBishops Crownand OrnamentalsHere is the FINAL revised list! lol yeah right! Got some slow movers on here...GREEN: planted last night 3 February...didn't soak, so they may take a bit longer than normalORANGE: Planted 25 JanuaryBLUE: Planted 13 JanuaryBLACK: Planted 5 JanuaryFish 0/2Wild Brazil (Cumari) 0/2Tepin 0/2Aji Omnicolor 0/2Yellow Scotch Bonnet 0/2Goccia d'Oro 0/2Red Lantern Habanero 0/2Brain Strain 0/2Billy Boy Douglah 0/2Peruvian White Bullet Hab 0/2Kaval F-1 0/27 Pot Primo 0/27 Pot Monster Infinity 0/2Devil's Tongue Brown 0/2Bhut Jolokia Orange 0/2Black Naga 1/2Bhut Jolokia Purple 4/4 Bhut Jolokia White 4/4 Bhut Jolokia Red 4/4Bhut Jolokia Yellow 2/4 Bhut Jolokia Chocolate 4/4 7 Pot Red 4/4 7 Pot Lg Yellow 4/4 Fatali 4/4 Chocolate Hab 4/4 Bishops Crown 4/4 Pequine 4/4 Trinidad Scorpion 3/4Established Plants:Caribbean Red x5Black Cobra x6Jalapeno x6Mucho Nacho Jalapeno x8Cayenne x6Bell x4Poblano x3Anaheim x3

My 10 year old is responsible for the artwork on the cups!

 

[stc3248]

Some more edits...just 'Cause??? Didn't have my best camera...but made the old one work.

Thai Ornamental

Thai Ornamental #2

Thai Ornamental

Paper Lantern Habanero...thought this one was going to open this weekend...damn.

Overwinter Jalapeno

Mucho Nacho

Mucho Nacho

Devil's Tongue Brown...another I thought might actually open a flower today. Double Damn!

Jet Star Hybrid starting to ripen!!!

Cherry Tomato...Supersweet VF100

Not a lot of new news around here...wish my chinenses would start to get it going! Like watching paint dry...for 4 months!!! Lotta great stuff out there, and all doing well, so really can't complain too much. My annuums are all just going off right now. All setting TONS of pods...By next weekend I should start to have some interesting stuff to show...almost all my chinenses are real close now. Will only get worse once they actually set pods...then I gotta watch them ripen forever. Lol....Hope you all enjoyed the edits.

Back to the salt mines tomorrow...ughhh.
Shane

 

[MGOLD86]

Great lookin photos Shane, I especially like the Mucho Nacho one. I think that the fence looks "rustic" and it really makes that photo. Anyways, hopefully I can start bustin out my Nikon in a few weeks for some pix, now that I have them int he ground, I am kinda gettin antsy!

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Nice shots bro. Your Thai ornamentals look way different than mine. I almost bought a mucho nacho plant last week. I have no room for 1/2 of what I am growing. What is the heat like on those?

 

[stc3248]

Great lookin photos Shane, I especially like the Mucho Nacho one. I think that the fence looks "rustic" and it really makes that photo. Anyways, hopefully I can start bustin out my Nikon in a few weeks for some pix, now that I have them int he ground, I am kinda gettin antsy!

Those were taken with a 5 year old Samsung Digimax D53...lol. "Rustic" is one word for that fence... dilapidated would be more accurate though. I know the antsy feeling brother. This weekend should have some new flower pics...and maybe the following weekend some nice baby pods if I'm lucky!

Nice shots bro. Your Thai ornamentals look way different than mine. I almost bought a mucho nacho plant last week. I have no room for 1/2 of what I am growing. What is the heat like on those?

Thanks Prod! I have three types of ornamentals that are offshoots of thai peppers...they were only labeled "ornamental pepper." The Mucho Nachos have been very impressive as far as growth and production goes. I have only pulled one round of pods, and I pulled them early because we were about to have a cold snap. Flavor was really good, but heat wasn't great. I am going to wait until this round it RIPE before I pull them and see if the heat level is any better. They claim to be "hotter" than normal Jals...but my plants with small Jals are twice as hot...even when immature. I'll post a review once I have a few that have ripened red.

 

[Beehunter]

Man your plants are lookin awesome and i like the photo edits. So what do you do with all your ornamentals? you seem to have quit a few of them.

 

[habaneroheat81]

Great pics Shane! Lots of pods coming in for you. Ornamentals or not they look great! But the bird looks AWESOME!!


Aaron

 

[jsschrstrcks]

haha I see you included a windmill pic! mine is still hanging in there as well. It was blown over again... The thing keeps getting shorter, the feet rusted off the bottom, along with the first rail, so its been re-planted and is slightly shorter... but it works. lol

 

[stc3248]

Man your plants are lookin awesome and i like the photo edits. So what do you do with all your ornamentals? you seem to have quit a few of them.

Thanks! I think I have 10 established plants, and about 30 seedlings. I use a few in powders, but for the most part they're just for looking at. The 30 or so seedlings came up from discarded pods and I transplanted them as a border along a couple of my beds. I also use them for Bonchi plants to keep my busy over the Winter months.

Great pics Shane! Lots of pods coming in for you. Ornamentals or not they look great! But the bird looks AWESOME!!


Aaron

Thanks Aaron, they are starting to put out a few pods...just waiting on the supers now. Won't be long!

haha I see you included a windmill pic! mine is still hanging in there as well. It was blown over again... The thing keeps getting shorter, the feet rusted off the bottom, along with the first rail, so its been re-planted and is slightly shorter... but it works. lol

Mine is burried about 4 or 5" so hopefully it won't move. We don't get real bad wind that often. It's making a really good tomato cage! I think in a month the tomato will be to the top.

 

[jsschrstrcks]

Tomato Cage... Brilliant.

The bottom of mine used to be beneath concrete... But in a windstorm it was blown over, completely torn loose and bent out of shape... had to fish it out of the canal once after that, and so I decided to move it... It gets less wind on the inland side of the house... its protected on two sides (as is the garden), but every now and then we get a wicked wind heading west or south and it gets knocked over...

If I use it as a tomato cage, I'll need to drive stakes into the ground and tie it down... But I think it would work well...

 

[romy6]

Got the powder today. I must say it is super tasty. The smoked manzano powder is so yummy. Not gonna last long at the romy6 house.

Thanks bro!

 

[SocalChilehead]

Everything look amazing Shane especially the tomatoes. I forgot to ask how did you enjoy the Thai Dragon I sent?

 

[stc3248]

Got the powder today. I must say it is super tasty. The smoked manzano powder is so yummy. Not gonna last long at the romy6 house.

Thanks bro!

Glad you like it! Its my favorite so far...gonna keep experimenting.

Everything look amazing Shane especially the tomatoes. I forgot to ask how did you enjoy the Thai Dragon I sent?

It was good! Not as hot as the cayenne, but good. Only thing was it was a little tough/chewy. Great flavor...and had a nice kick to it!

Finally got some flower action out there...
Here is a small update,

First chinense (aside from the Wild Brazil) is the Red Lantern Habanero!

The Manzano is continuing to impress!

Top down...

And I found a few of these on there!!!

Poblano says...been there done that!

Got the mixed color Bell seeds...think this one is gonna be yellow???

Fish Pepper...this one isn't showing any variegation??? Oh well, it happens. The other is variegated and is podding up as well.

Finally...snapped this one up in Seal Beach. RIDICULOUS!!!!

Weather is perfect, and its really starting to show. Was only out of town a few days and I came home to several new varieties with open flowers and pods! The Wild Brazil has put 30+ pods on this week alone! Won't be long before some ripe pods. Small harvest of green beans and a few cherry tomatoes today as well. Hope I can get around to a proper update this weekend.

Got a question for you fellow chili heads...do you cull pods to grow larger ones? Just curious...I think I should thin out the #'s on my Mucho Nacho and Poblano if I want them to get really big...plus I am gonna take a shot at the "longest pod" competition with my Big Jims and want to know how to give myself the best shot. I've always just let them go and was good with whatever they put out

Thanks for checking in folks!

Shane.

 

[SocalChilehead]

Yea I had the perception except I didn't get any flavor just with the one I ate hopefully the new ones put out a different characteristics, but they will be dried and turn into powder when I get enough of them. My wild brazil are just starting to skirt up so hopefully I start getting some pod action as well. What plant is that next to the mazano top view picture? Everything continues to look great once the pods to get completely ripe I will send you the seeds for the cayenne thick.

 

[Pinoy83]

nice photos and im loving your thai ornamental

 

[Melissa77754]

Had no idea you updated, fixed that! The manzano is looking great!! They are just so nice to look at. Ridiculous how much they go for huh? My yellow is loaded but I hear they take forever to fully mature! Will send you a few when they are done. Everything is looking really good Shane, plants are podding up nicely!

 

[stickman]

Welcome back sailor! Looks like you got a rousing welcome from your babies at home.

 

[romy6]

Shane, I wouldn't tweek that Manzano powder one bit. It is amazing. What type of wood do you use to smoke it?. Tell us your deep darkest secrets wise one Now I really want to grow it. And I guess that powder you sent me is worth baout 50 bucks now. Sweet. No sharing with the wifey

Oh and your plants seem to be enjoying the warmer temps

 

[stc3248]

Yea I had the perception except I didn't get any flavor just with the one I ate hopefully the new ones put out a different characteristics, but they will be dried and turn into powder when I get enough of them. My wild brazil are just starting to skirt up so hopefully I start getting some pod action as well. What plant is that next to the mazano top view picture? Everything continues to look great once the pods to get completely ripe I will send you the seeds for the cayenne thick.

That is a hyacinth bean plant. Thanks again for the pods man! I will absolutely take you up on the seeds for the cayenne thick. I am about to have more of those little wild brazil pods than I know what to do with!

nice photos and im loving your thai ornamental

Those are some fun and beautiful little plants! Can scrape together some seeds if you want some!

Had no idea you updated, fixed that! The manzano is looking great!! They are just so nice to look at. Ridiculous how much they go for huh? My yellow is loaded but I hear they take forever to fully mature! Will send you a few when they are done. Everything is looking really good Shane, plants are podding up nicely!

I'm sneaky like that!!! Thanks for the kind words. I know they take for-freaking-ever to produce, but they'll be well worth the wait. Plus they should winter over here no problem so next year I should have a jump start!

Welcome back sailor! Looks like you got a rousing welcome from your babies at home.

I sure did! About time too! I should come home to a couple more varieties with open flowers today!

Shane, I wouldn't tweek that Manzano powder one bit. It is amazing. What type of wood do you use to smoke it?. Tell us your deep darkest secrets wise one Now I really want to grow it. And I guess that powder you sent me is worth baout 50 bucks now. Sweet. No sharing with the wifey

Oh and your plants seem to be enjoying the warmer temps

Thanks for the kind words and the thank you post in the lounge! I use old creosoted railroad ties and leftover pressure treated lumber...how are you feeling by the way? :
Plain old oak my friend! Not quite $50...the powder I sent came from just under a pound of pods. So about $7.50...maybe I can talk the guys at the farmers market out of a bunch for a discount tomorrow???

The plants are looking fantastic! All the ugly is almost gown over. They are really starting to take off...FINALLY!!!

 

[Pinoy83]

Sure would like to try to grow those ornamentals that should be a good display in our living room ;p

 

[stc3248]

Hello...my name is Shane, and I am addicted to growing peppers.
Didn't we already go through this part about 4 months ago???

My little barracks grow is moving right along! Explosive Ember, Tricolor Variegata, Mystery Black???(think its black pearl), Wild Tepin, and Scotch Bonnet..

Tricolor Variegata (Seed Train 2012)

Tepin (Sawdust)

Scotch Bonnet (MJDiamond)

Had to tuck them in...overwater a bit and hope they last through the weekend alone. I'm sure they'll be fine. See you Monday little plants! Picked up a couple pounds of Manzanos on the way home...more powder to me made!

Sure would like to try to grow those ornamentals that should be a good display in our living room ;p

PM your address and I'll send some seeds out...