The BUM is back for 2016

D3monic · May 25, 2016

Looks great to me, cool the see the black bag in action. If I didn't have the raised beds I would definitally consider going that route.

Hot rod serrano x maui purple starting to get its first ripe pod

awe wtf, I didn't notice that bite out of it when I was taking the picture... damn it.

FreeportBum · May 25, 2016

D3monic said:
Looks great to me, cool the see the black bag in action. If I didn't have the raised beds I would definitally consider going that route.

Hot rod serrano x maui purple starting to get its first ripe pod

awe wtf, I didn't notice that bite out of it when I was taking the picture... damn it.

lol I was scrolling down on my iPad and was like wtf he musta taken a bite off the tip..haha love the color change, and the other pod looks like it's getting some corking? I have 5 plants 4 with purple pods and 1 plants pods are staying green. Cheers

stickman · May 25, 2016

The garden looks great D, and I see you're eating well and in season. Cheers!

Devv · May 25, 2016

Garden looks great and is ready to rock!

Good luck this season!

OCD Chilehead · May 27, 2016

Great garden! Nice looking plants. Glad you got some good weather.

Rick, does have good vibes.

I like your contingency plan. Those are some big container's.

Food pic looked delicious.

Good luck with your season.

Chuck

FreeportBum · May 27, 2016

stickman said:
The garden looks great D, and I see you're eating well and in season. Cheers!

Thanks Rick, yes one of my favorite times of year to eat locally

happy holiday weekend

Devv said:
Garden looks great and is ready to rock!

Good luck this season!

Thank you sir and same to you

OCD Chilehead said:
Great garden! Nice looking plants. Glad you got some good weather.
Rick, does have good vibes.
I like your contingency plan. Those are some big container's.
Food pic looked delicious.
Good luck with your season.
Chuck

Hi chuck thanks for stopping by and the kind words. Cheers

D3monic · May 27, 2016

Picked my first non bird violated pod off the hot rod serrano x maui purple.

Size and shape is reminiscent of a goats weed.

Initial taste is fruity serrano with almost no heat... then it builds and gets pretty hot. Mostly tongue and roof of the mouth burn. Just kept building and lasted for a good 10-15 min

FreeportBum · May 27, 2016

D3monic said:
Picked my first non bird violated pod off the hot rod serrano x maui purple.

Size and shape is reminiscent of a goats weed.

Initial taste is fruity serrano with almost no heat... then it builds and gets pretty hot. Mostly tongue and roof of the mouth burn. Just kept building and lasted for a good 10-15 min

Awesome man thanks for posting. looking forward to trying some here.

D3monic · May 27, 2016

I'm not very good at describing pepper flavors.. they all burn and I can usually just pick out a few notes like citrus or a pepper flavor to compare it to. I know it was hot enough that I didn't dive back in for a second bite of it raw. Probably be good in a salsa or chopped up in some tacos.

stickman · May 29, 2016

FreeportBum said:
Thanks Rick, yes one of my favorite times of year to eat locally happy holiday weekend

Cheers D, and hoping you too have a happy holiday weekend!

FreeportBum · May 31, 2016

Got ladybug's ?

stickman · May 31, 2016

Cool shot of the Ladybugs D! I've been seeing Lacewings at night too.

FreeportBum · Jun 4, 2016

stickman said:
Cool shot of the Ladybugs D! I've been seeing Lacewings at night too.

Cheers rick Lacewings are great I've been seeing them at night here also.

Random shots from this mornnig

Ladybug porn-

Behold the white rasta

Orange bbg with huge calyx

ulupica xl

CAP 1487

Garlic

Asparagus still rollin along

My Pink tiger x CBBG

My CBBG x CGN21566- this is going to be really cool I betcha

My Hot Rod serrano x CBBG pheno # 1

My Hot Rod serrano x CBBG pheno # 2

My Hot Rod serrano x Maui purple

tctenten · Jun 4, 2016

Nice pics of the crosses. Everything is progressing nicely. I am going to try asparagus, best to buy seeds or do they sell roots or crowns or whatever they might be called?

az1000 · Jun 4, 2016

Nice looking plants!

Devv · Jun 4, 2016

Plants look great! Really liking the purple

Your garlic gets so much taller than mine here. When do you plant it? Mine goes in 9/15.

Keep it green!

D3monic · Jun 4, 2016

Looks great!

Bumper · Jun 5, 2016

tctenten said:
Nice pics of the crosses. Everything is progressing nicely. I am going to try asparagus, best to buy seeds or do they sell roots or crowns or whatever they might be called?

Buy crowns if you can. I bought 4 crowns and had loads of asparagus from the first year of planting. Should be able to pick them up at a local garden centre pretty easily. Mine like to be buried reasonably deep and a good dose of compost each year.

stickman · Jun 5, 2016

You've definitely got it goin' on D! I love that your plants have set pods already. I forget... did you use the solar mulch last year too?

FreeportBum · Jun 5, 2016

tctenten said:
Nice pics of the crosses. Everything is progressing nicely. I am going to try asparagus, best to buy seeds or do they sell roots or crowns or whatever they might be called?

You can start from seed but it will take longer. In early spring you can order 2 year old crowns and that will get you to harvest sooner. Also they have varieties that are either all male or mostly male crowns and they produce better. Females put a lot of energy in making seeds that look like a small red marble when ripe. Johhnys seeds here sells some really high quality crowns in spring and you can order from their website.

Cheers

Devv said:
Plants look great! Really liking the purple

Your garlic gets so much taller than mine here. When do you plant it? Mine goes in 9/15.

Keep it green!

Thank you sir. I usually plant in late October early November here depending on our fall weather. It's all about 4 ft tall right now and should start pushing out scapes soon. I leave a couple on and they go 6ft+ when they straighten out, looks pretty cool in the garden.
Cheers

stickman said:
You've definitely got it goin' on D! I love that your plants have set pods already. I forget... did you use the solar mulch last year too?

Thanks Rick I didn't use anything last year and paid for it with my back and pulling weeds. Before that I used fabric and the stuff is really crap. Solar mulch all the way from here on out. When transplanting I have been using a post hole digger and it's amazing how warm the soil gets even down 1 ft compared to the dirt with no solar mulch over it.

Cheers