The Pacific Northwest GLOG 2015

Roguejim · Oct 26, 2015

ColdSmoke said:
These are starting to come in: supposed to be chocolate, but it looks more caramel

These too:

It's starting to get really wet here, so I may just chop everything down and hang the ones with big unripe pods to see what ripens...I'm about done dealing with pepper plants. I need to tone it down next year. This is a lot of work!

Yep, lots of time, work, and $$ spent. I just grew too much the last 2 seasons. I'll grow very little next season, if anything. Still have this glog, though.

On another note, what other hobbies do you guys have? I'm getting more and more into BBQ, in the traditional sense of smoking meat.
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5

turbo · Oct 27, 2015

I seem to have found my sweet spot with about 20 - 24 pepper plants. Any more and it would be a bit too much work, and too many peppers to do stuff with. Though I'm sure my wife thinks that number should be around 4-5 plants

My other home hobby is building RC planes from scratch. Oddly I don't do much of it in the summer (too busy gardening probably). I just finished putting a more powerful motor on my Bat Plane

Roguejim · Oct 28, 2015

Wow! Now that's an awesome hobby. Thanks for the photo. I should look into finding a local RC plane, or car club.

ColdSmoke · Oct 28, 2015

I used to brew a ton of beer but got burned out on it...I like to smoke cigars, golf, fish and hunt. But right now, gardening is my main hobby since I can do it at home.

dragonsfire · Oct 28, 2015

Nice Bat Plane Turbo, I got a Quad I need to finish.

Roguejim · Oct 28, 2015

ColdSmoke said:
I used to brew a ton of beer but got burned out on it...I like to smoke cigars, golf, fish and hunt. But right now, gardening is my main hobby since I can do it at home.

Yeah, I forgot to mention home brewing. After about 10 years, the honeymoon is definitely over. Ale prices are so stupidly inflated, I can't afford not to brew!

turbo · Nov 2, 2015

Well, looks like my (not) white fatalii decided to gift up some more ripe pods in November. I'll take em!

My hoop house held up from the wind storm we had over the weekend. I'm really surprised how strong that thin plastic film is. Its just 6 mil plastic sheeting we use as a tarp when painting. But it held up to 4 days of continuous winds without tearing at all. Anyway, I'm still pulling about 5-10 pods every couple days when they get about half ripe. Then toss them in a brown paper bag with a couple apples to let them ripen.

These below didn't even have to go into the bag.

ColdSmoke · Nov 2, 2015

Another haul...looks like a few more of these still to come!

organic pepper · Nov 2, 2015

Getting ready to pluck more peppers. Just amazed they are still producing.

This has been a decent year considering a restart on all of them. Cheers all.

Here what I just picked. Some still need a few days but oh well.
2 kinds of Bhut's , Fatalli's and Star of Turkey

I'm really thinking about chopping down the rest of the plants and hanging them to let the rest of the green peppers on them ripen. There's a whole bunch of green peppers left on the plants. I may just pickle some of them. Cheers all.

Genetikx · Nov 2, 2015

organic pepper said:
Getting ready to pluck more peppers. Just amazed they are still producing.
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This has been a decent year considering a restart on all of them. Cheers all.

Here what I just picked. Some still need a few days but oh well.
2 kinds of Bhut's , Fatalli's and Star of Turkey
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I'm really thinking about chopping down the rest of the plants and hanging them to let the rest of the green peppers on them ripen. There's a whole bunch of green peppers left on the plants. I may just pickle some of them. Cheers all.

I hung a bunch of plants upside down and also put some unripe pods in a paper bag with a couple of bananas. Can't say I noticed a difference in either method but both helped in ripening. What I can say is that if the pod was completely green, there was no way it was ripening.

turbo · Nov 3, 2015

Genetikx said:
I hung a bunch of plants upside down and also put some unripe pods in a paper bag with a couple of bananas. Can't say I noticed a difference in either method but both helped in ripening. What I can say is that if the pod was completely green, there was no way it was ripening.

Yup. I found the same thing. I'll only pick a pod that's at best 1/3 not green to put in a bag to ripen.

I have had good luck with transplanting 3 plants into one bucket, moving it into the garage, out of the weather. I don't have any light on them...just dark garage. The plants seem to go into hibernation mode, with no new growth or flowers. But I've had good luck with green pods starting to ripen after about 2 weeks. These I pick and put into the bag

Roguejim · Nov 4, 2015

I'm glad to see you guys getting an extended season. For me, I've already uprooted my 50+plants, and am almost finished prepping the raised beds for next season.

I started with a layer of aged fir bark, something new for me, $17 cu/yd.

Then, I put down alfalfa meal, feather meal, bone meal, and composted chicken manure. It all gets tilled in, and raked smooth.

Then, I mulch the beds with green waste matter, i.e., shredded plant matter, $10 cu/yd.

Done until Spring when I rake back the mulch and scratch in more of the meals and manure,

Genetikx · Nov 4, 2015

Haven't heard much about people prepping the bed for next year. Love what you've done there

grantmichaels · Nov 17, 2015

I was just courting Pepper-Guru to consider bringing some West Coast flavor to the brewing area, and you were the other member I wanted to ping and see if I can't talk into joining the fun ... especially since I'm about to prepare for some barrel-aging and I know you mentioned that to me once in the past =)

:cheers:

Roguejim · Dec 11, 2015

Do you PNW growers wish to continue this GLOG for the the upcoming 2016 season? It's getting time for grow lists, etc. Let me know, here. I'm up for it.

ColdSmoke · Dec 11, 2015

FGpepperguy · Dec 14, 2015

Yes. Also any recommendations for tasty and less hot varieties to grow? I'm over my super-hot phase

ColdSmoke · Dec 14, 2015

Manzano/Ricotto, golden cayenne, Jalapeno, Aji line-up...etc

Roguejim · Dec 15, 2015

Peppadew. I'll post more in the 2016 GLOG, which is now up. WIth that, thanks again to all who participated here. It seems most of the PNW growers had great success. On to next season, then.

This GLOG is officially CLOSED,

Streetspirit · Dec 16, 2015

bpwilly said:
Some real nice looking harvests. Most of mine still have a ways to go, but some sure are liking the cooler weather. Here are a few pictures of some I picked the other day.
My Peach colored pods are not coming out peach colored this year. Nice shape, just wrong color.

The 7 Pots seem to be doing OK, just have a ways to get much for a harvest

Got plenty getting ripe, but did lose a few plants to the wind storm last week. The Pubs are liking the cooler weather, so I have my fingers crossed for them. They have taken a long time to produce any fruits this year. Just dropping flowers most of the summer. I think they really could use more shade next year.

Amazing!