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.

 

[roper2008]

Your peppers are looking great. I decided to grow my korea winner next year since I
had too many plants growing already. A good thing too because a lot of my peppers
were getting some kind of disease. Some are growing out of it but others are not. Your
big jims are looking good too, I know those aren't the seeds I sent. My customer(I cut hair)
got those big jims in Hatch, NM, so should be same pepper. I made a sauce with those
peppers and it was delicious on my scrambled egg topped with parmesian cheese.

 

[stickman]

Your peppers are looking great. I decided to grow my korea winner next year since I
had too many plants growing already. A good thing too because a lot of my peppers
were getting some kind of disease. Some are growing out of it but others are not. Your
big jims are looking good too, I know those aren't the seeds I sent. My customer(I cut hair)
got those big jims in Hatch, NM, so should be same pepper. I made a sauce with those
peppers and it was delicious on my scrambled egg topped with parmesian cheese.

Hi Linda thanks for dropping by. Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to it! Chiles Rellenos, Gochu Jeon, and chile con queso... Yeah Baby!
Sorry to hear some of your chiles are having a hard time... There seems to be a lot of that going around. I wonder what's up with that? What kind of soil were the sick plants in? If in the ground, what kind of mix were they in prior to planting out? I'm beginning to develop a theory that it might be connected to using cheaper potting mix that wasn't properly sterilized before bagging and selling it. Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there that are cutting corners to make a buck...

Making Putanesca sauce with pasta tonight, and using ojingo che instead of ground meat. Thanks for the idea Hooda!

 

[stickman]

My Habs were looking so bushy that I was beginning to worry about what would happen when the two plants collided... decided to fix the situation, and on Habanerohead's advice I cut the side branches off next to the soil and below the main fork. They still have a nice crown of leaves, and I found a half dozen flowers open on each plant. That should get things moving!

 

[stickman]

My wife is back from Canada with the good camera!

Andy gochus... look like long cayenne types

Somewhat better pic of the Gwari Put... still a bit washed out by the flash but you can see the deep wrinkles in the pods. Looks like a Shishito or Pepperoncini

Better pic of the Habs... they've been pretty slow compared to the Annuums, we'll see how long they take to set fruit.

Jalapenos podding up

and Poblanos too.

The weather is changing into the classic early summer mode here. Hazy, hot and humid during the day and thundershowers during the afternoon/evening. I'll have to shred some newspaper and mulch over the black plastic on the chiles/eggplant.

 

[stc3248]

Glad you got your camera back! I am willing to bet that those habs start setting fruit right off the bat if your nightly temps are in the 60's or above.

 

[stickman]

Glad you got your camera back! I am willing to bet that those habs start setting fruit right off the bat if your nightly temps are in the 60's or above.

Ya... I'm glad to get my wife AND camera back! If overnight temps in the 60's are the requirement, then as of tonight we've got them... at least for the next couple of days. It should be close to that anyway through July and August.

http://www.wund.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=01301

 

[HabaneroHead]

Your Habs are looking really great, they will catch up soon! They are slow, indeed, but it is worth to wait! They look like to be quite close to each other, soon they will form one single bush. I used to leave 60-80 cm distance between the plants, even in the ground, since they grow quite big, compared to the Annuums.But don't worry, they will do just fine, and will give you a good crop!

Balázs

 

[stickman]

Your Habs are looking really great, they will catch up soon! They are slow, indeed, but it is worth to wait! They look like to be quite close to each other, soon they will form one single bush. I used to leave 60-80 cm distance between the plants, even in the ground, since they grow quite big, compared to the Annuums.But don't worry, they will do just fine, and will give you a good crop!

Balázs

Hi HH! Yeah, mine are pretty close... I only spaced them about 30 cm apart. Good to know that with spacing that close they'll be fine. Next time I'll go with 60 cm apart. Cheers!

 

[stc3248]

Ya... I'm glad to get my wife AND camera back! If overnight temps in the 60's are the requirement, then as of tonight we've got them... at least for the next couple of days. It should be close to that anyway through July and August.

http://www.wund.com/...ast?query=01301

Not necessarily a requirment...just more conducive. The only month we have with avg lows above 60 is August, and even then the avg is only 62. If you're in that ballpark some will set, you just might have quite a few still dropping. Annuums are much more forgiving, but orange habs are one of the least picky of the chinenses. My money is on pods forming THIS WEEK for you!!!

 

[stickman]

Not necessarily a requirment...just more conducive. The only month we have with avg lows above 60 is August, and even then the avg is only 62. If you're in that ballpark some will set, you just might have quite a few still dropping. Annuums are much more forgiving, but orange habs are one of the least picky of the chinenses. My money is on pods forming THIS WEEK for you!!!

Thanks for the vote of confidence Shane... all I can say is... from your mouth to god's ear, eh?

 

[stickman]

Whether or not the Habs set pods this week, the Chimayo has been loading up and some of the pods are getting a lot bigger. How big do they get Bonnie?

I'm really looking forward to making chile sauces with this pepper if it's as tasty and aromatic as is claimed.

 

[Pinoy83]

thats a beautiful view and they get really biggg

 

[Bootsieb]

Nice Pods!

 

[stickman]

Nice Pods!

You bet! It seemed like I had to wait so long for the chiles to flower... Now that they've set pods I have to wait for them to ripen up... Tried some of the green ones. They're tasty in a fresh, green way, but not at all hot yet... except for the Jalapenos. They're still nowhere near as hot as they'll be, but hot enough to promise a lot more.

 

[highalt]

Whether or not the Habs set pods this week, the Chimayo has been loading up and some of the pods are getting a lot bigger. How big do they get Bonnie?

I'm really looking forward to making chile sauces with this pepper if it's as tasty and aromatic as is claimed.

Yours are already much bigger and healthier looking than what I got last year. I'm pretty sure mine were not the real deal. Either that, or all the hype is undeserved ...
Anyway, yours look great!

 

[stickman]

Yours are already much bigger and healthier looking than what I got last year. I'm pretty sure mine were not the real deal. Either that, or all the hype is undeserved ...
Anyway, yours look great!

Hi Bonnie, Thanks for stopping by, and the kind words. I hope things turn out better for you this year. Did you get the seed from Sandia or the Native American Seed Exchange? It could be that they didn't turn out like you wanted because the Terroir in your area wasn't the same as what they have in Chimayo. I was reading a thread about the Piment de Espelette, and how the folks in the Gulf area couldn't get them to come out as advertised... the plants were stunted and the pods looked like tiny Bell Peppers... probably because the hot, humid conditions in the Gulf were totally unlike those in the mountains where they call home. Soil composition could be very different too, I don't know.

 

[stickman]

Out on the dawn patrol this morning...

Oe Mat Put is setting pods now.

and the Long Da Ri 35

and the Pepperoncini.
The Habs have two pods started Shane... your good vibes heped! They're too small to show just yet, but will post pics when they get a little bigger

 

[stc3248]

Mornin' Rcik! Looks like your morning ritual went well this morning!

 

[stickman]

Mornin' Rcik! Looks like your morning ritual went well this morning!

Sure did! All the chiles I planted have pods now, so it's just waiting to see how they come out and keeping them healthy in the meantime. Most of the Mexican varieties I've used before... just bought them fresh or dried from New Mexico. This is the first year that I've actually grown them myself and I'm curious to see if they taste any different when I do. I started growing the Korea Winner gochus two years ago... the other korean varieties are new to me. We'll see which ones make the best powder for kimchi. I'll also be pickling more this year with the pepperoncini and jalapenos. I have a few pickling cukes planted in the veggie garden, and it'll be fun experimenting with pickling the cukes and chiles together.

 

[Beehunter]

Wow Rick your plants are looking sweet! they are so unbelievably bushy! Are any of your verities not podding up yet? cause it looks like they are all full! Congrats!!