Bravo!!
I've enjoyed following your thread- I've learned a lot!
Good luck next season
Wow, thanks Emu! And thanks for looking!
Looks like a great harvest, thanks about the heads up with the Aji Amarillo. Was planning to grow this also next season, will start early with it.
Thanks Meat! Yeah, there's something real compelling about the Aji Amarillo...I can't really put my finger on it, but I know that whenever a chile (or any other thing or person) keeps "tickling my mind" like that I need to pay attention...
Beautiful pod artistry to the very end. Nice.
+1 on the great grow and also the superb photo work throughout! My wife, neighbors and others thought I was nuts as I crawled on my belly in the garden with my macro tube lenses and still I could never duplicate that quality.
Here's a question regarding your Jalmundo pictured earlier. Did they remain egg-shaped into maturity? That's how mine grew, but wasn't sure if it was my grow methods or lack thereof. I was thinking they should have been more elongated. I did end up with some nice fatties (for poppers)....
Wow, thanks Ken! That's quite a compliment. Sometimes late in the afternoon I like to squat down real low and watch the way the light hits the plants and pods...There's something very calming about that...
As far as I can remember, the Jalmundos all finished up with that oblong shape—apparently they never filled out. In the 2 years I've grown that variety, I've never been able to achieve those long pods like in the photo on the CPI web site. The only thing I can imagine I'm doing wrong is my late plant-out: Because of the extreme heat, the fruit set comes late in the season, resulting in heavy pod loads on the distal ends of the branches. I'm guessing the plant causes the pods to mature early in an effort to prevent damage to its branches? Even with extra plant support the pods seem to mature before they reach full size. The Jalmundo is a very popular chile with my group, so next year I will have 12 plants set out as early as possible, to mature in the more moderate conditions we have in late spring and early summer...
Looks like a great harvest I hope I can Have a harvest like that one i start growing.
Thanks BS! I know you will—I look forward to seeing your 2012 Grow!
Wow Gary, Still harvesting......I'm jealous!!!
When I first looked at the harvest photo my eyes were drawn in by those colorful containers of "Congo's and Bonnets........
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I thought the containers were flanked by some "chili pepper fabric"......you had me fooled...
Obviously, more wonderful peppers!.....time to get my eyes checked.
Greg
Thanks Greg! That fabric does look a lot like real chiles, eh? I forgot to tell you, the Congo sauce rules! You have quite a nice touch with the balance of flavors.
Greg I thought the same thing untill i took a double take.
Thats one way to end the season...Nice harvest Gary!!
Those Aji Amarillo are nice sized pods!!
Those Bonnets sure are tasty!!!
I wonder if one could produce a nice stuffing pepper breeding those Aji Amarillo with a yellow 7pod.
Dont ask me why but i wanna cross everything with yellow7s
Thanks for keeping the log for us!!!
Stephen
Thanks RB! Once it cooled off, the Aji Amarillo plants went to making fruit like crazy. I'm thinking next year maybe I'll start them in the fall, to give them a head start, like the guys that grow
C. pubescens.
I'm glad you dig the the Scotch Bonnet. For me, it's emerging as the "noble" breed of the Caribbean
C. chinense, and a super versatile chile at that. I'm thinking I will probably plant 2 rows of them next year.
The Aji Amarillo/Yellow 7 cross sounds tasty! I think you are just the guy to do it!
Thanks for following my grow! The encouragement is priceless.
