Stickman's 2012 Gochu Pepper Glog

Well, here we go... Started about 35 Korean Gochu Peppers and a few Korean salad peppers, jalapenos and orange habs. All are mostly up today but the habs. I started them early last week in my heated grow tent down in my cellar on top of a grow mat, but didn't have the thermostat quite dialed in. When I left it it was 70 degrees f. in the tent. When I checked again the next morning it was 85 degrees, and I was afraid I'd cooked the seeds, so I moved them onto my kitchen windowsill on the grow mat and awaited developments. Looking much better now. I'll give the Habs until the weekend to pop, then move the flat down to the grow tent.

 

[stc3248]

Rick...actually they were the first ones to get sick...I thought at that point that they were just starting to show their age which was odd to me, because I've never had them do that until it got brutally hot. But the days are mid 70's to 80's here and prime growing weather so I should have known something was up. First time growing in ground at this house, so I am still learning about how things react to the weather and soil...I am certain yours will produce buckets of pods for you!

 

[stickman]

Went out to check on chiles before going to work... Gwari Put, Wae Mae Wo, Kim-Chi and Poblano are blossoming. Pics when I get back this afternoon. Cheers

 

[stickman]

Back home for lunch and took these pics of chiles in blossom...

Gwari Put from BootsieB

Kim-Chi from Evergreen Seeds

Greek Pepperoncini from Botanical Interests

Poblano from Highalt's seed swap


and lastly, Wae Mae Wo from BootsieB

 

[Pinoy83]

Im getting tempted to sow my korean seeds now...are they good for stirfrying also?

 

[PaulG]

Your peppers are looking great, Rick. Sounds like you are getting
the right mix of sun and rain to keep the fellas happy! Continued success, bro!

 

[stickman]

Im getting tempted to sow my korean seeds now...are they good for stirfrying also?

H@#$ Yeah! Maybe not as hot as a Bhut, but at least as hot as a Jalapeno or Serrano, and tasty too... I usually throw at least three or four into whatever I'm making. If you want to up the ante there's always hot sauce or Chile Molido. Picked my first pods last night to make the Mango Chutney... they were still green of course, but nearly full sized and had enough kick to be interesting.

Your peppers are looking great, Rick. Sounds like you are getting
the right mix of sun and rain to keep the fellas happy! Continued success, bro!

Hi Paul, Thanks for the kind words. I really hope you get some decent weather soon... It sounds like the "natives" out in your greenhouse are getting restless, and so is their papa. At least I'm sure you're taking care of them so well they're not getting yellow or leggy.

 

[PaulG]

Your peppers are looking great, Rick. Sounds like you are getting
the right mix of sun and rain to keep the fellas happy! Continued success, bro!

Hi Paul, Thanks for the kind words. I really hope you get some decent weather soon... It sounds like the "natives" out in your greenhouse are getting restless, and so is their papa. At least I'm sure you're taking care of them so well they're not getting yellow or leggy.

Actually most of the plants look pretty darn good even with the uneven weather.
The main problem is with me. I have no patience for things I can't control.
This is problematic.

I only have a few more things to pot up, but everything is either planted out
into their final home (for now) or in red cups. I am, however, getting some
vicarious thrills from your glog!

 

[stickman]

Three more varieties have pods started...

Kim-Chi gochu pepper from Evergreen Seeds. I see that Peppergal is carrying these and the Korea Winner gochus.

Chimayo. The three plants I have of this variety are covered with blossoms now, and I have about half a dozen pods set.

Aah... my first love.... The Korea Winner gochus are all covered with blossoms, and all have set fruit. All are a between a bit over a foot and a half tall to well above my knee... about two and a half feet. I spaced them about a foot apart in a double row based on how well they did last year, but they're already well past that, and it's only the beginning of June. Drat you all for showing me how to get monster chiles so I now have a small pepper jungle going in my garden! :
Definitely have to space them out some more next year.

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Rick, you are going to be in pod heaven! I can smell those
Korean dishes all the way here in PacNW!

 

[Pinoy83]

i didnt realize that i have planted some korean seeds, but they all stunted so i put them on the side when i was walking around this morning to give some worm tea drink for my plants and check there label and they all koreans but they havent grow one bit, so prolly ill just dump them and start my all korean batch next sowing

 

[stickman]

i didnt realize that i have planted some korean seeds, but they all stunted so i put them on the side when i was walking around this morning to give some worm tea drink for my plants and check there label and they all koreans but they havent grow one bit, so prolly ill just dump them and start my all korean batch next sowing

I'm sure if you gave them some love they'd turn around for you... Not overnight of course, but faster than if you started from seed. They probably just need room to stretch out and enough sun, water and nutes... Cheers

 

[Trippa]

Looking good Stickman. How late does your season go out of interest?? You are looking well into it already so I can see plenty of pods ahead. Nice work!!

 

[stickman]

Looking good Stickman. How late does your season go out of interest?? You are looking well into it already so I can see plenty of pods ahead. Nice work!!

Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words Trippa, Our first hard frost could come anytime after the third week in September... definitely by the third week in October. Unless protected, the chiles, squash, eggplant and melons could go a couple of weeks before that. Call it roughly a 120 day growing season.

 

[Pinoy83]

i didnt realize that i have planted some korean seeds, but they all stunted so i put them on the side when i was walking around this morning to give some worm tea drink for my plants and check there label and they all koreans but they havent grow one bit, so prolly ill just dump them and start my all korean batch next sowing

I'm sure if you gave them some love they'd turn around for you... Not overnight of course, but faster than if you started from seed. They probably just need room to stretch out and enough sun, water and nutes... Cheers

i re-transplanted them and gave some mykos from xtreme gardening...i put them in smaller container my 1 quarts,well see what happen, i only manage to transfer 2 plants i run out of potting soil

 

[stickman]

Good on yer mate... Let us know how it all works out.

 

[PaulG]

Our first hard frost could come anytime after the third week in September... definitely by the third week in October. Unless protected, the chiles, squash, eggplant and melons could go a couple of weeks before that. Call it roughly a 120 day growing season.

Dude, you manage to pack a lot of grow into that 120 days!

 

[stickman]

Our first hard frost could come anytime after the third week in September... definitely by the third week in October. Unless protected, the chiles, squash, eggplant and melons could go a couple of weeks before that. Call it roughly a 120 day growing season.

Dude, you manage to pack a lot of grow into that 120 days!

Yeah... Our short growing season one reason why I've resisted growing varieties other than Annuums before this. The other reason, of course, is that while I enjoy heat I'm not fond of pain...
Next year I plan on getting a bit more experimental with my grow. Most will be Annuums but I'll be planting some Scotch Bonnets I got from Mr. No and some Peter x peppers BootsieB calls "Gentleman's Burn". I understand that some of the Baccatums grow well in cooler climates, so I'm interested in trying them as well.

 

[PaulG]

Our first hard frost could come anytime after the third week in September... definitely by the third week in October. Unless protected, the chiles, squash, eggplant and melons could go a couple of weeks before that. Call it roughly a 120 day growing season.

Dude, you manage to pack a lot of grow into that 120 days!

Yeah... Our short growing season one reason why I've resisted growing varieties other than Annuums before this. The other reason, of course, is that while I enjoy heat I'm not fond of pain...
Next year I plan on getting a bit more experimental with my grow. Most will be Annuums but I'll be planting some Scotch Bonnets I got from Mr. No and some Peter x peppers BootsieB calls "Gentleman's Burn". I understand that some of the Baccatums grow well in cooler climates, so I'm interested in trying them as well.

At the end of the season, I'll list what I have, and you can have some seeds. The baccatums (Omni, Yellow Aji, Bishop's Crown) are doing pretty well for me here, and the manzanaos seem okay. Maybe they would work for you, too.

 

[stickman]

At the end of the season, I'll list what I have, and you can have some seeds. The baccatums (Omni, Yellow Aji, Bishop's Crown) are doing pretty well for me here, and the manzanaos seem okay. Maybe they would work for you, too.

Thanks for your kind offer Paul... I may just take you up on that if the offer is still do-able for you when the time comes. I haven't really given much thought yet to what kind of Baccatum I'd want to grow, but the Aji Lemon Drop, Manzano and Criolla Sella chiles intrigue me the most. Flavor first after all! Cheers

 

[PaulG]

Thanks for your kind offer Paul... I may just take you up on that if the offer is still do-able for you when the time comes. I haven't really given much thought yet to what kind of Baccatum I'd want to grow, but the Aji Lemon Drop, Manzano and Criolla Sella chiles intrigue me the most. Flavor first after all! Cheers

Whatever I get this Fall, some of them will have your name on them, Rick!
The inca Rd Drop is doing pretty well, too. I have one ripe pod, I'll have to try
it and let you know how it is!