Tanks bredren!
Dangit Steve...you're gonna make me run out of likes over here!!! Keep 'em coming brother. Everything looks great. Your MOAs are settling into a nice picture perfect shape. Gonna be great to see them all changing colors.
Shane, Thank you for the kind words brother! Your grizzly bear plants still keepin them bamboo rods in place?!
Nice composition !
I like it!
"The Whistling Pepper" with his honey looking over his shoulder......
Great shot Ramon! Thats acually a "Whistling red foodarama pod" with his honey looking over his shoulder!
Wow man, glad to see everything is doing soooooo damn good! That Red Trini Scotch Bonnet is really taking off. All the MoA pods had me droolin bro! Bonnetpalooza over at Sir Steve's humble abode!
Whats up J! Yea the Trini Red SB already has flower buds in each fork! lol @ Bonnetpalooza..
I have to agree with the above posts all is looking well!
Hope all the rain damnit I want some doesn't hurt your grow, there is such a thing as too much...
Linking the scotch bonnet clan and the MOA podage. Well done.
Thanks Scott, "scotch bonnet clan" fits perfect as there are family clans in Scotland. I am acually a descendant of the MacQueen clan of the Isle of Skye. We came over as rebel prisoners in 1685. William and Samuel Queen(father and son-my direct bloodline) fought against the English in the revolutionary war in the 1780's, afterwards were granted land in North Carolina(Queen's Creek). I speculate that they grew monster cayennes in the fertile smokey mountains....but again, pure speculation..
looking terrific Steve. Pods coming fast and furious
Thanks Pia! Here's is to wishing you many pods as well!
I'm digging the hosted grow-down Steve! Now my Scotch Bonnets are lined up against Greg's and Erin's, too...Cool! I think Erin's CCN might have the edge right now...It's so cool to see my babies getting bigger down there in your pepper patch!
My MoA's need to go outside and get potted up
real bad right now...Seems like all my yellows are outgrowing their containers at the same time...They will ultimately go in a primo stream-terrace-and-chipped-hardwood raised bed in the country garden, with as much love and care as I can give them...This is what they look right right now, as I'm typing this:
Pretty, happy babies, right? Thanks so much for the seeds! I wish I could tell someone at the Min of Ag what a wonderful job they did breeding this pepper...
Happy babies for sure! I already called Dr. Smith to thank her for her and the Min of Ag's generousity. I bet she would be honored if I called back to let them know that THE windchicken(The most interesting man in the bayou) sends his compliments!
Nice looking plants. MoAs are definitely on my list for next year.
I think/hope this current cold snap will be our last. Plants are begging to go outside.
Hey Arkansawer! I just got my hands on some MoA-G2 seeds. Let me know when your ready!
They started out a little slower than the other chinenses, as Scotch Bonnets normally do, but man have they caught up in the last couple of weeks! I've only grown two other varieties of Bonnet, but this one slams them both in terms of vigor.
I can't believe how late we're having cold weather this year. We had a 38ºF morning last week, in the middle of April! Very unusual. I'm setting mine out anyway, they can sink or swim...If I wait much later it will be October before I see any ripe chinense.
I'm all about the "survival of the fittest!" What doesn't kill em will be encoded in their DNA that will carry on to the next generation of stronger offspring!
Everything is looking great for sure. Wish I'd get a break on the low temps . Low temps & high winds .
Thanks Erin! Your CCN bonnet seedling is kickin ass. Strong strain bred for sure..
Update:
Enjoying the day off. For breakfast, why not the first ripe MoA bonnet!
This one is not of proper bonnet form, but the first pod rarely is. There are many "traditional shaped bonnets" on the MoA tree waiting to ripen.
What is proper is the scent and flavor!
First thing I noticed right off the bat was a very strong pungent fragrence. Sweet and smokey.Caribbean. Strong.
I take horrible pics, I know, but capsaicin is noticable on the ribs as well as dotted along the inside of the pod.
This first pod yeilded 13 MoA-G2 (generation 2) seeds. I will keep 3 categories A,B, and C for MoA seed collection. "A" for seeds from proper pods that 4/5 lobes with proper bonnet. "B" for pods that have 3 lobes with proper bonnet. "C" for pods without proper bonnet. Seeds from this pod go in the "C" column.
Let's talk about the MoA flavor! I still can't get over the strong fragrence that came out of this pod!
-Strong caribbean scent, Strong caribbean flavor. Jamaican BBQ.
-SWEET, SMOKEY, CITRUS, PINEAPPLE, HOT- in that order.
The heat immedialey blanches the lips, tongue, and roof of mouth. Then builds, and builds before it peaks about 2-3 mins in. At that time you feel it in the throat. The burn seems to linger for a long time like that of the Trinidad Scorpion for another 6-8 mins before that feeling of bliss.
I would compare the heat/flavor of this pepper to a yellow 7 pot. Scolville range (350,000-500,000).
The MoA is what I would call the holy grail of scotch bonnet heat and flavor. I would highly recommend that you grow this pepper!
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Steve, and thanks especially for the pod porn...I am SO salivating right now looking at those close-up shots and reading your excellent visceral description of the MOA Experience. I am not kidding when I say my olfactory senses are having a conditioned response to what my eyes are seeing...
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