WalkGood 2013, 2014 and Beyond

This is my first Glog so excuse what ever mess I may create, lol. Took way to many pictures today (31), so Ill post the first 9 and add more in subsiquent posts but didn't think it a good idea to start out doube or triple posting just for additional pics. I will also be updating the thread over time to show growth, pods and such ... but the first few pics of are of the young ones. While Ive been growing my favorite peppers for around 17 years (guess, lol), I always limited myself to 3 varieties or less. Jamaican peppers/Hab, Jalapeño and Cayenne. When things got too tuff Id milk them till they died off and stop growing for a while and start fresh. Most years I only grew the Jamaicans which are my favorite for cooking, home made sauce and the occasional powder to rub meats with or put into certain recipes.

Current inventory:

• 5 Jalapeño
• 1 Cayenne
• 1 Serrano
• 7 Datil
• 15 Jamaican Habs (3 large around 3 years old and 12 less than year old)
• 12 more to be determined

The young ones below are not that old with the oldest being the JA Habs which are around 3 years old now. I happen to find THP site while looking for advice/knowledge to cure one of my Jalapeños, thanks for all the good info guys/girls! In 2012 I added Datil, Thai hot, Cayenne, Jalapeño and Serrano to the mix, totaling around 41 plants now. Hats off \o_ to those of you who grow many more, dont know how you find the time and patients when things go off. That said, Ive done my fair share of battling aphids, nematodes, snails and white fly to no end over the last 3 years. Fortunately I believe to have things under control for now so Ive decided to add 12 new peppers to the mix from the listed seeds shown below.

Ill select 12 to start near end of December or first week in January from the seeds below and give credit once I get some new ones going

Need to start clearing our yard to grow more & more & more peppers (*WG rollseyes*)

Top left to right: two Thai Hot and one Cayenne. Bottom row all Datil. BTW I don't grow everything in clay pots, just happen to get a good deal on a bunch in yard sale for a few bucks.

Huge live Oak in background, there's 5 of them in front yard so the shades hard to avoid in first few hours of sun rise.

8 Jamaican Habs in ground and cherry tomatoe in the pot, I need to find a good place to plant the tomatoe soon.

Top left Serrano and more Datil, I'm probably going to gift a few Datils for xmass and some of the other peppers

Serrano's first fower

Serrano's different angle

Edit: final list copied to first post from post #40. These seeds were soaked in water on 12/31/12 and planted 1/1/13 \o/

Edit: This list is constantly being updated as new hooks pop. Even though I lost #5 :/ I will not give up as there are 2 other seeds in dat egg mon ....

A few links to some of my better posts

• Ramons Spiked Cooking Sherry & Rum in cooking with fire!
• Green Mango Salsa in cooking with fire!
• Sofrito Starter in cooking with fire!
• Philippine Tomato Salad in cooking with fire!
• Caribbean Island Soy in cooking with fire!
• Adventure before you read the Tres Alarmas Sauce recipe, Click Here
• WalkGood Tres Alarmas Caribbean MoA Sauce (Salsa Picante) a must try IMHO
• White Bhut Jolokia Jerk Sauce

Did you say powder?

• Click Here
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• Caribbean Mellow Yellow
• Click Here
• 
  Strawberry Hill Salt
• Click Here
• Peach MoA Pixie Dust
• 
  Tally Mon Powder (MoA & Nana powder)

Did you say MoA?

• Click Here

Black light night shots & horn worms

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Reviews and taste impressions in no order

• Jamisons Pecan Smoked Scotch Bonnet Powder Review
• SETEV954 TFM Scotch Bonnet Powder Review
• romy6 Pepper Powder Blend Review
• Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture Scotch Bonnet Review (MoA)
• Chocolate Scorpion Review
• Red Lantern Infused Salt Review
• Trinidad Scorpion Review
• White Bhut taste
• Red Bhut taste impression, possibly a "Not"
• Yellow 7 taste impressions
• Peach Bhut Jolokia Review

 

[Devv]

I'm no expert, by any means. My vote is LB!
 
Kinda looks like it's smiling...

 

[Al-from-Chile]

Ray,
 
imho - the ants are a mere consecuence of your aphid investation ... they are not your problem (except for the fact that I dont like ants, either) ...
 
my point is ... even if you "kill 'em all" (the ants), the aphids will still be there, with just nobody around to eat their $hit - but thats a wash for them ...
 
I take the odd ant as a red flag that I got aphids, kindalike a messenger
 
best of luck, Al
 
pd: I am 99,9% sure the sugar (or honey, which is just expensive sugar :-) will work - in case its not working, I heard to use peanut-butter (for the protein hunting ants) .... well keep us posted

 

[SweatSauwce]

your pictures and plants look great ramon i soon hope to have some growing that well, to answer your question im in the north miami area and this is my first time growing hot peppers and i made a big mistake of putting a scotch bonnet clone my cousin gave me in the ground in middle of summer. The last couple weeks really took a toll on it but it has began to thrive again

 

[WalkGood]

I'm no expert, by any means. My vote is LB!

Kinda looks like it's smiling...

You mean LB Pupa? That’s what I think …
 

Ray,

imho - the ants are a mere consecuence of your aphid investation ... they are not your problem (except for the fact that I dont like ants, either) ...

my point is ... even if you "kill 'em all" (the ants), the aphids will still be there, with just nobody around to eat their $hit - but thats a wash for them ...

I take the odd ant as a red flag that I got aphids, kindalike a messenger

best of luck, Al

pd: I am 99,9% sure the sugar (or honey, which is just expensive sugar :-) will work - in case its not working, I heard to use peanut-butter (for the protein hunting ants) .... well keep us posted

Al I agree with everything you say but believe me or not the farmer white footed ant plant aphids eggs on your peppers, I’ve actually seen them and it’s been documented. Sure they then come back to milk them but before the ants were on the specific plant I had not aphid eggs or aphids like now. BTW the benificials have cleaned up the mess fairly well so I stopped spaying neem over a week now. It’s a catch 22 you don’t spray, you get bugs, you spray and you kill off the beneficials. Now a days I’m trying to look, inspect and spray strategically VS spraying the tar out of dem

So I looked back thru the server and found some of the shots I had taken. Sure they’re not great … wish I had a macro lens but at least I can show the Ladybug life cycle and have now witnessed it for the first time in my life … better late than never I say, lolz

Ladybug cycle:

Mating

Eggs

Hatching eggs yield Ladybug larve

Pupa

 
 
 
 
 

 

[Devv]

Well sir, you've have been able to witness far more than I!
 
Glad you were able to capture it!

 

[SweatSauwce]

what type of camera u got there

 

[WalkGood]

your pictures and plants look great ramon i soon hope to have some growing that well, to answer your question im in the north miami area and this is my first time growing hot peppers and i made a big mistake of putting a scotch bonnet clone my cousin gave me in the ground in middle of summer. The last couple weeks really took a toll on it but it has began to thrive again

Thanks for the complement … Miami’s a great place to grow, this time of year we all need some shade or diffused sun light. The ground is a great place to grow them if you have good soil or amend your soil. I still have a few plants in the ground but I’ve let them go, it’s a bitch to fight war with the nematodes. Good to hear she’s began to thrive, hope you save her … have a great Friday tomorrow ^_^
 

Well sir, you've have been able to witness far more than I!

Glad you were able to capture it!

Got lucky that’s all and with the help of you guys I was able to identify da good guys ^_^
 

what type of camera u got there

Canon EOS XSi, AFAIK it’s one of the rebel series which do fine but with a better lens it would kick some azz. I hope to upgrade in the next year.



 

 

[Stefan_W]

All that's missing in the ladybug life cycle is some time lapse photography
 

Nice pictures, Ramon. 

 

[stickman]

Nice natural history pics as always Ramon.
 
You got me making sofrito with the last of the pods I got from coheed... it tames them just enough that I can really enjoy the heat and flavor with my lunch.

 

[GnomeGrown]

Nice ladybug pics

 

[meatfreak]

That's a lot of good looking and tasty SB's, Ramon. Good to see your White Bhut is podding up again, they look bigger then the ones from your first harvest

 

[Trippa]

Thats it Ramon ... I will have to scrub out my memories now ... my pure thoughts have been sullied with Ladybug porn .... ... whatever floats your boat ... nah seriously ... I like the series of pics ... great work! (However it may be wise to slap some black censor bars or blur the pics a little next time or at least put the R18 sign up )

 

[cone9]

Thats it Ramon ... I will have to scrub out my memories now ... my pure thoughts have been sullied with Ladybug porn .... ... whatever floats your boat ... nah seriously ... I like the series of pics ... great work! (However it may be wise to slap some black censor bars or blur the pics a little next time or at least put the R18 sign up )

 
I found the "Ladybug porn" quite tame compared to the MoA Scotch Bonnet review...Oooowee,,,I gotta' get me somma those!

Nice ladybug pics

 
+1
I saw a couple ladybugs (not engaged in any amorous activity) on my cucs yesterday and an ant lion on  a Lemon Drop last week - gotta' love it!

 

[WalkGood]

Trinidad Scorpion Review
Species: Chinense | Origin: Trinidad, seed via Greg (PIC 1) \o_  | Heat: Atomic, Critical mass, Meltdown, Nuclear
 

 

 

 
certainly one of the hottest peppers that I’ve tasted so far, I found her hotter than the ghost but let’s set the picante factor aside. Once I cut into her a sweet smelling fragrance aroma filled the kitchen air, wow what a heady scent!
 
I cut 7 slivers and a little chunk of the placenta, I ate all but one as my son wanted a taste as well. I have to tell you I’m proud of him as he’s been at my side for each and every pepper taste testing and we bounce flavor impressions off each other. Great job #1 ^_^
 
Upon the first bite this pepper can strike you a little on the tart side but contains an exciting tropical flavor once given time. Maybe I should say tangy versus tart because it’s not bad and in all honesty I like a tangy taste. I want to say that it’s like a combination of wild berry and passion fruit but not sharp or bitter as a young lone passion fruit can be. The berry side of the taste can be a little sweet but that is also deceptive as the heat factor is very high. I can not put my finger on the berry taste but the combination is simply marvelous.
 
Please feel free to chime in with your taste opinions, I welcome the discussion and as I identify more I will update this review like my others.
 
Recap

• Tropical taste
• Heady scent
• A little on the tart side but very good taste
• Better said tangy
• Combination of wild berry and passion fruit taste
• Extremely hot or as I say picante but very enjoyable

While this is my first time ever tasting or using this pepper I have to say I’m sure that the Trinidad Scorpion can enhance any food as she certainly enhanced my Tuna Pâté.
 

 

 
I hope you enjoyed the read and please if you eat them comment and let me read your impressions about her taste ...
 
 
 
 
 

 

[Trippa]

Great Review Ramon !! Never had an original TS before so can't comment on tastes but certainly most Trinidad species have that amazing aroma!! And the tangyness I can attest is present in the TSMB at least. Cheers

 

[WalkGood]

 
All that's missing in the ladybug life cycle is some time lapse photography
 
Nice pictures, Ramon.

 
Tanks Stefan ^_^  don’t think a time lapsed camera is in the budget scratch that I just Googled it and I can’t believe how cheap some are but doubtful I would invest in one ever. Have a great weekend mon!
 
 

 
Nice natural history pics as always Ramon.
 
You got me making sofrito with the last of the pods I got from coheed... it tames them just enough that I can really enjoy the heat and flavor with my lunch.

 
Thanks Rick, some are blurry but that was unavoidable as it’s hard for me to focus one a microsopic bug without a macro lens. My dad use to have one but it was ripped off and I’ll tell you they’re great if one can get his hands on one … have a great weekend brethren!
 
 

 
Nice ladybug pics

 
Thank you Gnome and have a great weekend mon!
 
 

 
That's a lot of good looking and tasty SB's, Ramon. Good to see your White Bhut is podding up again, they look bigger then the ones from your first harvest

 
Stefan thanks for the kudos mon, I have no doubt you’ll be growing MoA your next season and you’ll have some awesome pods to boot. I’m not sure about the White Bhut being bigger, some look the same size and others close but smaller but they’ve got some time still before they turn so we’ll see. I just hope the plant gets stronger and keeps pumping them out cause we love the taste and it’s very unique. Have a great weekend brethren ^_^
 
 

 
Thats it Ramon ... I will have to scrub out my memories now ... my pure thoughts have been sullied with Ladybug porn .... ... whatever floats your boat ... nah seriously ... I like the series of pics ... great work! (However it may be wise to slap some black censor bars or blur the pics a little next time or at least put the R18 sign up )

 
ROFLMAO … thanks for the kudos, as I said above I wish I had a better lens :/ One good thing I noticed today, I’m going to stop spraying for a while as I’ve seen more eggs, LB larve and at least one ladybug on every other plant doing their vacuum ting \o/
 
Have a great weekend brethren
 
 

 
I found the "Ladybug porn" quite tame compared to the MoA Scotch Bonnet review...Oooowee,,,I gotta' get me somma those!
 
 
+1
I saw a couple ladybugs (not engaged in any amorous activity) on my cucs yesterday and an ant lion on  a Lemon Drop last week - gotta' love it!

 
Dave, so you didn’t like the review, hahaha … Nice you are seeing ladybug action on your grow, they certainly do a great job eating up the aphids and mites. Wasps do the same thing so I let them be but I haven’t seen as many as a few months back … I wonder if it’s too hot for them and they’re sitting around inside with the AC on, tunes blaring and tipping back a cold one
 
Have a great weekend mon ^_^
 
 

 
Great Review Ramon !! Never had an original TS before so can't comment on tastes but certainly most Trinidad species have that amazing aroma!! And the tangyness I can attest is present in the TSMB at least. Cheers

 
Tanks Trippa, I do note other tastes the more I try something … hopefully I hit the nail on the head this time. Won’t know till I hear back from some of the regular TS growers and aficionados, while I truly enjoy this taste I can’t see me growing a whole crop of dem like I do with the Jamaican Habanero but I’m not gifting her away anytime soon, lolz

 

[MGOLD86]

Great review Ramon, I get a lot of those flavor notes from the scorpions.  Tangy/tart, moderate aroma, and nuclear heat.  I recommend adding where it burns (i.e. front of mouth, throat, top of tongue, etc) to your reviews.  Your reviews are always great, and I think adding where the heat targets would push them over the edge!

 

[Stefan_W]

Great review, Ramon! That is an absolutely nasty beast of a pepper, and when they get to that heat level I always have some trouble picking out small variations in taste. You did a great job, and I'm glad to hear your son was with you all of the way.

 

[Devv]

Nice Review Ramon!
 
I have them growing but they are not setting in this dry heat, soon though.
 
Excellent description, and really glad your son takes part in the fun with you!

 

[Sanarda]

great review Ramon.  I love the TS.  They are one of my all time favorites.