WalkGood 2013, 2014 and Beyond

romy6 · Jul 1, 2013

Thank you Ramon. U da man :party:

MGOLD86 · Jul 1, 2013

Great TS shot! Really got the photo taking down pat! I am putting together a little light box for my pepper shots, hopefully they will look nice and clean like yours!
Oh, and congrats Jamie! Mine should be in soon!

Al-from-Chile · Jul 1, 2013

stc3248 said:
Dead hormworms and live Scorpions!!!

Know what works on the moths...Knocking the shiz outa them! I was out last night with the black light searching when I got dive bombed by mama moth...she did three fly by's and on number for she got swatted mid air...I knocked her so hard into my Yellow Brain I had to check for plant damage....

That choco scorp just looks mean...

we need to get more of those going

Trippa · Jul 2, 2013

Struggles to catch up on all the threads and glogs here .... But its looking as exciting a ever in Ramon's world ... Love your work bro . onwards !

RocketMan · Jul 2, 2013

Ramon, that Chocolate TScorp looks killer! Nice and oily inside too

Nice!

Pr0digal_son · Jul 2, 2013

Phheeww...hard to keep up with some of you guys here. Those are cool pics with the long exposure time, did you hold the camera by hand for those? ? :liar

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Cool little hornworm slayer you have,is that an Anole? Never thought they would eat something that big.

Al-from-Chile · Jul 2, 2013

hornworm slayer ... doesnt get any better

WalkGood · Jul 2, 2013

FreeportBum said:
Thank you sir! Appreciate the seed offer, I will send you some of my homemade chili salt if you'd like. I make my own sea salt using the water from the cove I live on. Going to make some great chili salts again this year once I have a bunch of ripe pods. I will PM you in the fall all the best

Wow that sounds great, I would love to try it. The only salt ponds I’ve ever been to are in Yallahs JA where the Indians use to salt their meats for drying out before jerking them. But other than a mouth full of salt water while surfing a point in dat area I did not try it there, hehe.

Devv said:
Okies, yet another catalog ready photograph of the Chocolate Scorpion...

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Most beautiful pods award Mon!

Yeah the BT is a re-application after every 3 or 4 days. cool thing is one bite..they're done!

Have a great week!

Thank you Scott, not sure if that is supposed to be the right look. Other pods on the plant are more scorpion looking but they are not ripe yet. I’ll try to take some pictures of the better phenotype when they ripen.

stc3248 said:
Dead hormworms and live Scorpions!!!

Know what works on the moths...Knocking the shiz outa them! I was out last night with the black light searching when I got dive bombed by mama moth...she did three fly by's and on number for she got swatted mid air...I knocked her so hard into my Yellow Brain I had to check for plant damage....

That choco scorp just looks mean...

I hope your Yellow Brain did not suffer, I too am trying to bat them out of the air. I’ve been using Chris’s method of an old tennis racket, great idea Chris! Now to find dem suckers …

romy6 said:
Thank you Ramon. U da man
*picture*

Awesome Jamie you’ve got it in soil already \o/ knowing the rest of your crop you’ll soon be out producing all of us and you'll have a huge lead on the new MoA growers ^_^ Great job mon!

MGOLD86 said:
Great TS shot! Really got the photo taking down pat! I am putting together a little light box for my pepper shots, hopefully they will look nice and clean like yours!
Oh, and congrats Jamie! Mine should be in soon!

Thanks Matt, I don’t always use the light box but what I really like about mine is that it folds flat and it can be used for light deflection via the stretched cloth. Works great on small objects like peppers, powder, etc… From what I’ve seen you take great pictures too, so you shouldn’t have any issues using a light box. I use two artificial light sources depending on the subject IIRC a 300 watt & 500 watt, but lighting is critical with them. That said the sun makes a great source too that I often use w/box. BTW there are plenty of tutorials on the net for home made light boxes too.

Al-from-Chile said:
*Picture*
we need to get more of those going

Very cool Al, now you have to graft a few of them Venus Fly Trap branches to your peppers and you are set to kill, lol.

Trippa said:
Struggles to catch up on all the threads and glogs here .... But its looking as exciting a ever in Ramon's world ... Love your work bro . onwards !

I hear ya Trippa, I’m way behind too and I’ll make it a point to catch up on yours today. Thank you for the kind kudos mi pepper lovin brethren ^_^

Now for something completely different, not sideways but upside down ladybug action, hehehe. These two have been going at it for days on my chocolate scorp, eggs everywhere \o/ The gal also eats and cruises around during the event while the hitch hiker flaps his little wings every now and then, guess I'd be flapping with so much action, hahaha

First two Trinidad Scorpion pods (seed via PIC 1, Greg), looks like the second one may have a tail VS the first one.

The White Bhut is healing some even though the main stalk is gone from that squall, only two side branches are holding like 5 pods … what a difference if the main stalk was still there this thing would be full up cause I lost dozens of little pods when she broke. I say better some than none, so I’m still excited \o/

Red Bhut (seed via PIC 1, Greg)

Non pic of cilantro seeding which I’ll replant before summers end so that they grow out in cooler weather. Check out all the aphids ... there's been one or two ladybugs working this plant for days ...

RocketMan said:
Ramon, that Chocolate TScorp looks killer! Nice and oily inside too

Nice!

Thanks Bill and it was tremendously ~~hot~~ picante as well. I’m trying to get a handle on the taste as I do not detect much that I can identify and IMHO the placenta has more taste.

Pr0digal_son said:
Phheeww...hard to keep up with some of you guys here. Those are cool pics with the long exposure time, did you hold the camera by hand for those? ? :

Cool little hornworm slayer you have,is that an Anole? Never thought they would eat something that big.

While I take all my shots handheld, not any timed exposures, tripod comes in handy for all long exposures. I believe the correct name is Anoles so you are correct, but we just call them lizards. There is a much larger version here that is green we call Cuban Anoles but they’re no local. I too am having a hard time keeping up with glog’s and yes they do move fast … lately I’ve been tied up with a lot of projects.

Al-from-Chile said:
hornworm slayer ... doesnt get any better

Well your Venus Fly Trap would be a cool implementation too ^_^

Thanks everyone for stopping in, comments and advice … hope you have a great day!

Devv · Jul 2, 2013

Like the lady bug action, upside down is OK in my book!

Congrats on the scorp pods, I'm still waiting for mine to even flower....late arrivals..

Glad your White Bhut is doing better (does that even sound right?..LOL)...I'm sorry I always read the H as silent...OK slap me

Wondering if I should even comment on the Red Bhut..but the pod looks great!

Holler atcha Monday! Hoping for cooler Yankee weather!

PaulG · Jul 2, 2013

Okay Ramon, your grow has it all now!
Really looking great, brother!

Jeff H · Jul 2, 2013

Love that chocolate scorp. What does it taste like? Like a scorp or like other pungent choc plants like chocolate hab?

Everything is looking great.

PIC 1 · Jul 2, 2013

Wow !

Don't know where to begin, what an update !

Aha, Caribbean Mellow Yellow......that's a good one. The powder looks nice.

I can see a Yellow Sofrito happening with some of your MoA's.

Once I can get some green Aji Cachucha's on my plants I'll incorporate those with some green MoA's......(non "A" shape) into a Green Sofrito.

Time exposures of the peppers.......cool man, the black light photos remind me of the old days ....felt raised posters....blacklights...only one thing missing......." the wall " ..to hang them on..............

Great catch with the lizard photos, I like'em series of photos....and I hate them hornworms.

Upside down ladybugs.......new position , .that lady has to support more than her own weight on dat one...

The Scorps and White Bhuts look cool, they photograph nicely.....I hope they pack der heat. I know the Red Bhut won't let you down.

Once again....this glog aims to please

PeriPeri · Jul 2, 2013

Nice Ramon, your pods and plants are looking just awesome my friend! Can't wait to see the food you will prepare with those

Peptacular · Jul 2, 2013

Hey man that ladybug stuff is NSFW! Lol jk. Awesome to see you will have multi generational aphid control! Pods looking good, can't wait to see them get some colour!
(Despite some windy damage, not tha such forces could ever hold you back!)

Stefan_W · Jul 3, 2013

Great update! No comment about the ladybug porn

stickman · Jul 3, 2013

Devv said:
Holler atcha Monday! Hoping for cooler Yankee weather!

I'd send ya some if we had any Scott!

Nice pod porn Ramon... I'll continue to be jealous until mine start to ripen too...

WalkGood · Jul 3, 2013

Devv said:
Like the lady bug action, upside down is OK in my book!

Congrats on the scorp pods, I'm still waiting for mine to even flower....late arrivals..

Glad your White Bhut is doing better (does that even sound right?..LOL)...I'm sorry I always read the H as silent...OK slap me

Wondering if I should even comment on the Red Bhut..but the pod looks great!

Holler atcha Monday! Hoping for cooler Yankee weather!

Thanks for kudos & stopping in, have a great vacation and may da pepper gods watch over you! You will be missed ^_^

PaulG said:
Okay Ramon, your grow has it all now!
Really looking great, brother!

Thanks Paul, now it’s aphids but I seem to have caught them early and the neem did the trick. Hope you have a great day brethren!

Jeff H said:
Love that chocolate scorp. What does it taste like? Like a scorp or like other pungent choc plants like chocolate hab?

Everything is looking great.

Thank you Jeff for kind words ^_^ I'll be posting a review about it later today. As I build up seed inventory I’ll have some spare in a few weeks/month so if you want some drop me a pm in a month I'll send you some.

PIC 1 said:
Wow !

Don't know where to begin, what an update !

Aha, Caribbean Mellow Yellow......that's a good one. The powder looks nice.

I can see a Yellow Sofrito happening with some of your MoA's.

Once I can get some green Aji Cachucha's on my plants I'll incorporate those with some green MoA's......(non "A" shape) into a Green Sofrito.

Time exposures of the peppers.......cool man, the black light photos remind me of the old days ....felt raised posters....blacklights...only one thing missing......." the wall " ..to hang them on..............

Great catch with the lizard photos, I like'em series of photos....and I hate them hornworms.

Upside down ladybugs.......new position , .that lady has to support more than her own weight on dat one...

The Scorps and White Bhuts look cool, they photograph nicely.....I hope they pack der heat. I know the Red Bhut won't let you down.

Once again....this glog aims to please

Thanks for the kudos Greg, the name was your idea all I did was add the “Caribbean,” lol. You should try this one, it’s a very nice mix and does mellow it out, everyone in da house has been loving dis except our youngest son as he doesn’t like peppers :/

Started using BT spray and the worms have dropped like flies, lol. Not even checking as close for the eggs but they have diminished substantially. Now we’re into aphid season, if it’s not one thing it’s another in this wonderful climate. Luckily I spotted them early and the neem spray has done the trick, what next :o

Hope you have a great day brethren!

PeriPeri said:
Nice Ramon, your pods and plants are looking just awesome my friend! Can't wait to see the food you will prepare with those

I’ve been cooking a lot but thinking how you were ruining your keyboards I haven’t posted foodies lately

Have a great day mi friend brethren and as always thank you for da kudos ^_^

Peptacular said:
Hey man that ladybug stuff is NSFW! Lol jk. Awesome to see you will have multi generational aphid control! Pods looking good, can't wait to see them get some colour!
(Despite some windy damage, not tha such forces could ever hold you back!)

You have a great way with words and I thank you Taylor ^_^ Have a great day brethren!

Stefan_W said:
Great update! No comment about the ladybug porn

Thanks Stefan, would you have enjoyed a video ladybug porn better

have a great one mi friend ^_^

stickman said:
… Nice pod porn Ramon... I'll continue to be jealous until mine start to ripen too...

Thanks Rick … you gotz some great pod porn going on yourself, have a great day brethren!

Thank you all for looking, posting advice, comments and da kudos! Hope everyone has a great day!

Oh and stay tuned I'll be posting a half azz Chocolate Scorpion review later ...

WalkGood · Jul 3, 2013

Chocolate Scorpion (Capsicum Chinese)

I have decided to post this review even though I feel it is a work in progress for me to keep learning my taste identification abilities with certain pods that I do not feel dead on in the taste identification. I have to admit, this peppers taste is tuff for me to nail down as I have only ever tried 3 of these bad girls ever. Between our son and I we bounced taste impressions back and forth ending up eating more than we intended. Keeping that in mind, I hope you enjoy the read.

This pod was huge, the largest one on our bush measuring just over 3 inches long by almost 2 inches at the widest point (estimate), far larger than all the other pods developing and the first to ripen on Kenya. She lacks smooth texture and is fairly twisted with some lumps but no bumps, a mean looking street chick. I held off on posting and was able to pick a second pod to taste further; I don’t mean the taste when used to make a finished product but the unadulterated raw taste impressions. While I try to touch on the heat factor that is always secondary for me and I hope you’ve noticed from my previous reviews.

Her heat level is very high possibly as hot as the Butch T Scorpion depending on one’s growing conditions. From what I have read a possible 1.2 million Scoville heat units (SHU), now that’s some capsaicin! That said this pepper is not suitable for people who like only safe and familiar things or are easily intimidated. To be honest I was a bit scared even though I was only going to try a few slivers and ended up eating half the placenta, not bad for me lol.

So how did she taste? Well to be honest I held off on posting this waiting to eat the second ripening one on the bush. I’ve read that Chocolate Scorpions don’t produce a lot of pods but who ever wrote that has obviously never met Kenya as she’s full up. There must be 50+ pods on her slender sexy arms.

Here were my first thoughts unedited in bullets as I tasted her, I will update this after I try more pods. That said I welcome input and opinions from members so I can hone my thoughts/skill before the next try. Another one should be ripe in the next few days.

Dry flavor lacking moisture but smooth, this does not mean it was lacking in capsicum oils because there definitely was enough, it just had a dry taste.
Neutral (not sweet but definitely not bitter or acidic)
Grain-like aroma like a malt flavor, boarder line earthy but not so in the flavor, more so in the smell which can be a bit nutty and pungent
Aftertaste is pleasant with a good long burn. For me it was needing my tongue and part way down my throat
I expected a robust, rich flavor after noting the pungent aroma but was surprised at a smooth, full, melodious dry and somewhat flat flavor until the picante kicked in. I found more flavor in the placenta which was tastier IMHO
Eaten alone I would not say delicious but palatable. But if using for cooking, dips/spread, BBQ sauce or hot sauce I can see this pepper working magic. I used my first one for a dip which came out very tasty
Spicy, hot, fiery, sharp, stinging, somehow she sings lively and strong with a penetrating taste

Most of you guys/girls have more experience with this specific pepper and others like it very much, again I welcome feedback, input and advice. Thank you for reading and as I said I will try to update this post over time as my pallet becomes more in tune with the Chocolate Scorpion …

romy6 · Jul 3, 2013

Great description brother Ray. Sure looks like on hot mamma jamma. Not lacking oil for shizzy :fireball:

Trippa · Jul 3, 2013

Nice review bro. Choc scorpion is on my possible grow list so I was really interested on your thoughts ....now I am less decided then ever

:ROFL: