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Windchicken Grow 2011
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Like that Aji Limon CPI... how many inches long do the fruit get? Have you had peppers that taste similar?
So many nice plants loaded with pods... Someday I will figure out how to get an early season harvest. Until then, pictures like yours are keeping me going.. Great Job!
your plants look great wind... good job
Thanks!
The longest Limon I've had, I guess, was around 3 inches. There is nothing else that compares to them in flavor and aroma...It is a unique chile. I cannot recommend it enough.
Thanks, BS! I know the feeling...I, like you, for many years was frustrated by the thought of my fellow pepper growers eating fresh chiles in May and June, while I could only look at their photos... Every year I seem to make fewer mistakes than the year before, and worry less about whom I piss off with my pepper growing obsession...
Thanks!
A little porn today?
I'm pretty sure this must be a cross. The seed packet said "Jamaican Scotch Bonnet." Should I call this thing the "Scorpion Bonnet" or what?
Big pods. Of the 12 plants from the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet seed packet, two are growing these pods:
Guampinha de Veado. These have a real nice taste and texture. Kind of like Aji Limon, but with a little more punch and not so lemony:
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet. This one looks true to me. The last of the C. chinense to set pods:
Cajamarca. The pod of many colors and shapes:
Cajamarca again:
Cajamarca once more. Sure hope these are tasty...
Trinidad Scorpion, Uncle Steve variety. Of the 8 T.S. plants in the ground, this is the only pod so far:
Aji Limon, CPI variety:
Congo Trinidad:
I'm pretty sure this must be a cross. The seed packet said "Jamaican Scotch Bonnet." Should I call this thing the "Scorpion Bonnet" or what?
Big pods. Of the 12 plants from the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet seed packet, two are growing these pods:
Guampinha de Veado. These have a real nice taste and texture. Kind of like Aji Limon, but with a little more punch and not so lemony:
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet. This one looks true to me. The last of the C. chinense to set pods:
Cajamarca. The pod of many colors and shapes:
Cajamarca again:
Cajamarca once more. Sure hope these are tasty...
Trinidad Scorpion, Uncle Steve variety. Of the 8 T.S. plants in the ground, this is the only pod so far:
Aji Limon, CPI variety:
Congo Trinidad:
millworkman
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Great pods WC. That Scorp is looking perfect.
Thanks, Mill! I reckon if I keep the T.S. plants alive and happy long enough, sooner or later they'll return the favor...
Thanks Dude. The blue spots are from copper spray; I'm treating my annual BLS (bacterial leaf spot) infection. Not proud to admit it, but trying to keep it real...
Amazing. Looks like your hard work is paying off big time. Fantastic photos...thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Richard! I've got 12 big, healthy Lumbre plants in 10" containers, waiting to go in the ground...I can't believe I'm still planting in July.
Thanks, Kevin! The Cajamarca has an interesting flavor, different than Habanero...less fruity, hard to describe, maybe like some Middle Eastern spice that I can't name. The heat is less than Orange Habanero, too, maybe about like a nice hot Jalapeño...The flesh is probably medium-thick. A very nice chile, especially considering how robust and productive they are...
Hi Josh, Thanks! I thought maybe those chiles would get someone's attention...I haven't gotten up the nerve to try one of those big yellow bad boys yet, however...Maybe later on today; I'll post my impressions here when I do.
I haven't posted a garden overview photo in a month, so...
I wish all the weeds and grass were not in this picture, but, hey, I'm trying to keep it real...There's only a couple of hours each morning that I can do work here, so I really have to prioritize. Watering and spraying usually win out over mowing and weeding, or even building rows and planting. Also, some of the newer rows are only halfway mulched in, so they look really unfinished. The large patch of Johnson grass in the middle of the picture is where I turned over the ground a couple of months ago to make rows for the Lumbre plants...It still hasn't happened...
The 4 leftmost rows are C. baccatum; Row 1: Habanero de Arbol (not C. baccatum, but not a Habanero, either...), Row 2: Birgit's Locoto, Row 3: Aji Amarillo in the front, Guampinha de Veado behind, Row 4: Aji Limon.
The next 3, dark, bushy rows are C. chinense; Row 5: Congo Trinidad in the front, Trinidad Scorpion in the back, Row 6: Jamaican Scotch Bonnet, Row 7: Cajamarca.
The short rows in the right front of the photo are C. annuum; Row 1: not planted, Row 2: Thai Chile, Rows 3 & 4: Thai Bird ("Garden Bird Seed"), Row 5: NuMex Jalmundo.
Behind the C. annuum patch, next to the old tank, are plants in containers, waiting to be go in the ground: Thai Chile, Lumbre, and Caribbean Red Habanero. Not shown here, waiting on the patio at home, are 8 plants of Queen Laurie.
I wish all the weeds and grass were not in this picture, but, hey, I'm trying to keep it real...There's only a couple of hours each morning that I can do work here, so I really have to prioritize. Watering and spraying usually win out over mowing and weeding, or even building rows and planting. Also, some of the newer rows are only halfway mulched in, so they look really unfinished. The large patch of Johnson grass in the middle of the picture is where I turned over the ground a couple of months ago to make rows for the Lumbre plants...It still hasn't happened...
The 4 leftmost rows are C. baccatum; Row 1: Habanero de Arbol (not C. baccatum, but not a Habanero, either...), Row 2: Birgit's Locoto, Row 3: Aji Amarillo in the front, Guampinha de Veado behind, Row 4: Aji Limon.
The next 3, dark, bushy rows are C. chinense; Row 5: Congo Trinidad in the front, Trinidad Scorpion in the back, Row 6: Jamaican Scotch Bonnet, Row 7: Cajamarca.
The short rows in the right front of the photo are C. annuum; Row 1: not planted, Row 2: Thai Chile, Rows 3 & 4: Thai Bird ("Garden Bird Seed"), Row 5: NuMex Jalmundo.
Behind the C. annuum patch, next to the old tank, are plants in containers, waiting to be go in the ground: Thai Chile, Lumbre, and Caribbean Red Habanero. Not shown here, waiting on the patio at home, are 8 plants of Queen Laurie.
millworkman
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I think it looks great WC.
Thanks! It looks much nicer in real life...
If the weather we've had for the last couple of summers is indicative of the future, we will soon have a desert here, as well. It's amazing to me that those pine trees find enough moisture to stay alive.
Thanks, Mill! You may be able to see from the photos that I gave the Tree Habs plenty of nice soil for root growth; maybe I can get to 6 feet or so before the frost...
millworkman
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You should have no problem getting over 6' on them based on how everything is looking so far.
These are pods from one of the NOT Jamaican Scotch Bonnet plants in my garden. They are really tasty, different from the other C. chinense I've had. Big, nice aroma and flavor...sorry I don't have better adjectives...maybe later. As far as I know (I've never really had a true Scotch Bonnet, just bogus Kroger pods), they have the classic Jamaican Scotch Bonnet aroma, flavor, and heat, but they are obviously not in the Scotch Bonnet shape. The plant habit is different, as well. The plants which are bearing these pods are shaped like Scorpion plants: taller, with fewer, thicker branches, and larger leaves; while the normal Jamaican Scotch Bonnet plants on this row are dense and compact, with very many smaller branches. I will post pix comparing the plants tomorrow.
