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Windchicken Grow 2011
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They need to be potted up right now...I want one of those 8-foot tepin trees.
Good stuff you got goin on! Got any rogue plants this year?
Thanks. No, no volunteers this year. Guess we're eating everything that hits the ground...
They all look awesome looks like a great year comming up.
Thanks! If mine look half as good as yours, I will be happy.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing your monster plants this year over there in the GA!
Awesome looking plants Windchicken!
I'll be watchin your year for sure! Nice work
Thanks! Busy weekend coming up...the plant-out begins...
millworkman
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I don't really remember what they looked like when they were young but they as they grew the leaf shape changed a bit. Post up some recent pictures of yours and I can make a semi educated guess on them. From what I do remember though they grew very very fast and no matter how you trimmed them back, they do not grow bushy. Here are a couple pictures of mine from the last two years.
This is the first picture I have of this plant, I believe it is less than 4 months old from seed in this picture. The leaves look a lot like the picture of yours above.
And this is what the pods look like.
Far right is what the plant ended up looking like after its first year, after over-wintering.
First growth of the year last year.
One week later.
Later
See what I mean about the pruning does nothing to stop this thing growing into a tree?
Pod set
millworkman
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This thing topped out at just under 9' its second year.
Ceilings are 9'
And here are some pictures of Dale's (thepodpiper, I hope he doesn't mind) I believe he also got his from smokemaster. The shape between the two are almost identical, its weird.
Ceilings are 9'
And here are some pictures of Dale's (thepodpiper, I hope he doesn't mind) I believe he also got his from smokemaster. The shape between the two are almost identical, its weird.
Wow, great photos, Noah! Thanks! And what an amazing plant! I believe mine are the same as that one.
Man, I'm excited about these chiles now. How is the taste? Can you estimate the SHU value?
Man, I'm excited about these chiles now. How is the taste? Can you estimate the SHU value?
millworkman
eXtreme
I don't generally eat straight pods, usually cut them up in salsas, picos, on sandwiches and stuff like that but the flavor is pretty good, a bit mild taste and sort of sweet. Heat is less than an orange habanero most of the time but some pods can kick your butt.
Sounds real nice. Thanks!
For some reason, I like chile plants with that crazy habit. That it is a habanero is just too perfect.
For some reason, I like chile plants with that crazy habit. That it is a habanero is just too perfect.
My plant-out is taking ridiculously long this year...I'm afraid I was overly ambitious with my garden. Anyway, I wanted to get the whole thing planted before I posted any photos, but my brother snapped some shots with his SLR camera Saturday morning that I thought I would share now...Please bear in mind that the garden is a work in progress, and is only about halfway built.
Overview looking north. I am currently building 4 more short rows, for the C. annuum plants, to the left of the field of view shown here. The burned-out truck is yet another artifact:
Cajamarca (10 plants). Wind and insect damage has been fierce this year:
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet (12 plants):
Trinidad Scorpion (8 plants):
Congo Red, a.k.a. Congo Trinidad, 8 plants:
Aji Limon (12 plants):
Guampinha de Veado (C. baccatum, Brazil, 6 plants). These have only been in the ground for a couple of days, and are still leggy and yellow from being rootbound:
Aji Amarillo (6 plants). Same comments as Guampinha apply:
Aji Panca (C. chinense, 1 plant). There are two Nambe Pueblo (Thanks Richard!) behind this one, but no photo yet:
Overview looking north. I am currently building 4 more short rows, for the C. annuum plants, to the left of the field of view shown here. The burned-out truck is yet another artifact:
Cajamarca (10 plants). Wind and insect damage has been fierce this year:
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet (12 plants):
Trinidad Scorpion (8 plants):
Congo Red, a.k.a. Congo Trinidad, 8 plants:
Aji Limon (12 plants):
Guampinha de Veado (C. baccatum, Brazil, 6 plants). These have only been in the ground for a couple of days, and are still leggy and yellow from being rootbound:
Aji Amarillo (6 plants). Same comments as Guampinha apply:
Aji Panca (C. chinense, 1 plant). There are two Nambe Pueblo (Thanks Richard!) behind this one, but no photo yet:
Thanks, Skunk! Where you at in Texas?
You're welcome Gary. Did your Nambe Pueblos start flowering when the plant was about 6" tall? All mine did, and I have been pinching them quite often. I did let one pod set on a tiny plant just to watch what happens. I wonder if it is characteristic of a pepper that has a very long history living at high elevation with a very short season. Good luck with your gardens this year, I hope you have a blessed season.
Yes, the Nambes were the very first to begin flowering and setting fruit. Way before the Jalapeños; even, they were putting on pods while still in the little 6-inch plastic pots. I believe you are right, that they come so early because of the high country where they were bred for all those hundreds of years, but their vigor is nonetheless remarkable!
I only got two of them to sprout, so now they're in the 18-inch "special care" containers with the extra-good dirt and fertilizers. I've not pinched any flowers, so they've got lots and lots of pods on them. They get plenty of attention from all my garden visitors...
In other news, the Lumbre are growing like nobody's business. I've got 12 plants in the little 3-inch peat pots, and they have already surpassed in size the Thai Chiles and some other C. baccatum strains that were sprouted weeks earlier! I'm working every day to get my four dedicated C. annuum rows ready, because I want some of that Lumbre fire!
Thanks for the encouragement, and I hope your grow is wonderful, too.