Windchicken Grow 2012

Brian2112 · Jun 19, 2012

windchicken said:
Trinidad Scorpion update, today, June 19, 2012. It seems to me that these plants especially benefit from plenty of nitrogen:

Looking Awesome Gary, Great Scorp!

KiNGDeNNiZ · Jun 19, 2012

Here in Cali it's against The law to make your front yard into veggie garden area. In the bay area there was a lawsuit for the woman to take it all down. But hey. I'll make it to your front yard if I'm in the area

jsschrstrcks said:
hey - don't discriminate against us front yard growers!

meatfreak · Jun 19, 2012

windchicken said:
I've not tasted the Umba yet, Dave—They're all still green. Maybe Meatfreak can tell us what it's like...

Amarillo is a big plant with big pods—And they take forever to ripen. I've never seen one yet—maybe this year...

Thanks for looking!

Gary

Sure I can. Not sure if you guys tasted Madame Jeanette's already but they are really similar in taste. Really fruity and spicy like the Habanero varieties. Since they are easy too buy here I don't grow the variety myself.

Spicegeist · Jun 19, 2012

Are you growing the Queen Laurie this year?

windchicken · Jun 20, 2012

armac said:
Send me the dog, he looks cool.

Thanks for saying Charlie looks cool, Rodney, but you can't have him, not at any price!

Brian2112 said:
Looking Awesome Gary, Great Scorp!

Wow, thanks Brian! That really means something to me, coming from the Scorpion Daddy of St James Parish!

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
Here in Cali it's against The law to make your front yard into veggie garden area. In the bay area there was a lawsuit for the woman to take it all down. But hey. I'll make it to your front yard if I'm in the area

Well, I'm putting my 2 giant 3-year-old Black Prince plants on either side of my front walk, and behind that will be 10 Coral Reef plants, 5 on each side, then behind that will be my 2 giant Trinidad Scorpions, 1 on each side. Let's see what John Gidding thinks about that! God I would love to tell the HGTV Style Police to get a big ole huff of the stinky wind from my butt!!!

In their defense, those guys (and whoever sets the city ordinances in San Francisco) actually do a real service, I just hate it that they seem to have appointed themselves as the ultimate authority on what looks good...

meatfreak said:
Sure I can. Not sure if you guys tasted Madame Jeanette's already but they are really similar in taste. Really fruity and spicy like the Habanero varieties. Since they are easy too buy here I don't grow the variety myself.

Wow, thanks Stefan! Now I'm really jonesing for some ripe pods! I can't believe y'all get such awesome chiles in the stores over there—I guess you're just several decades more evolved than we are....

Spicegeist said:
Are you growing the Queen Laurie this year?

Hi Charles! No, no Queen Laurie this year, but I do have a new C. baccatum from wayright—Yellow Bouquet. The plants are super-robust and the pods look just like Aji Limon. Pix soon...

This pik is for Siliman—Yesterday I found buds on several of my Siling Labuyo plants. So yeah, chiles soon! Sorry about the crappy photo, this wind was blowing and my hand was shaking...

meatfreak · Jun 20, 2012

Wouldn't say we got a lot of different varieties in most stores here, just the usual Cayenne, Aji Umba (Adjoema) and Madame Jeanette. You hardly find any Jalapeno's or Habanero's, that was one of the reasons for me too start growing them myself

That and peppers are quite expensive here, they ask like 6 dollar per 100 gram.

windchicken · Jun 20, 2012

Stefan,

Oh, okay, I gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up.

Speaking of the Madame Jeanette—What is that one like? Is it similar to Bonda ma Jacques? Do you know where it originated? These Caribbean chinenses are fascinating...

Gary

highalt · Jun 20, 2012

You can add me to the list of front yard growers! Hey, it's not my fault that's the sunny side of the house! I think a lot of vegetables are ornamental enough to be incorporated into flower beds. Stuff like Swiss chard, kale, herbs, and most peppers. I think the vegetable that is hardest to fit into traditional landscaping is the tomatoes. They just get so darn big!

Here's a shot of my front yard veggie bed. It has tomatoes (at the back), then peppers, carrots, cucumbers, onions, peas, lettuce, and several kinds of basil at the front.

I was worried the first year about what the HOA would say, but I think I'm far enough back from the street, plus I have several well kept flower beds to distract the eye.

meatfreak · Jun 20, 2012

windchicken said:
Stefan,

Oh, okay, I gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up.

Speaking of the Madame Jeanette—What is that one like? Is it similar to Bonda ma Jacques? Do you know where it originated? These Caribbean chinenses are fascinating...

Gary

Never tried the Bonda ma Jacques before, tried too grow it this year but no seeds germinated of this variety as well

The Madame Jeanette originated in Surinam and was named after a famous prostitute, this Habanero variety is very popular in Surinam and Aruba. The pods are (yellow) long and very wrinkly. The aroma is really great, if you like the Aji Umba's you gotta try growing this variety next season

KiNGDeNNiZ · Jun 22, 2012

jamaican scotch bonnet??? leaves are annuum... not chinense like yours.... did i say that right.. hahah i sound like a pepper expert

RedtailForester · Jun 22, 2012

Kicking ass again Gary! Well done sir!

windchicken · Jun 22, 2012

highalt said:
You can add me to the list of front yard growers! Hey, it's not my fault that's the sunny side of the house! I think a lot of vegetables are ornamental enough to be incorporated into flower beds. Stuff like Swiss chard, kale, herbs, and most peppers. I think the vegetable that is hardest to fit into traditional landscaping is the tomatoes. They just get so darn big!

Here's a shot of my front yard veggie bed. It has tomatoes (at the back), then peppers, carrots, cucumbers, onions, peas, lettuce, and several kinds of basil at the front.

I was worried the first year about what the HOA would say, but I think I'm far enough back from the street, plus I have several well kept flower beds to distract the eye.

Wow, thanks HA! That veggie garden is a paragon of agricultural aesthetics, and will definitely serve as a model for my front yard potager. So far the HOA in my neighborhood has said nothing about the giant container plants of Black Prince, Guampinha de Veado, and Birgit's Locoto in my driveway, so maybe I will be okay. They seem to be more concerned that my gas light is not working....

meatfreak said:
Never tried the Bonda ma Jacques before, tried too grow it this year but no seeds germinated of this variety as well The Madame Jeanette originated in Surinam and was named after a famous prostitute, this Habanero variety is very popular in Surinam and Aruba. The pods are (yellow) long and very wrinkly. The aroma is really great, if you like the Aji Umba's you gotta try growing this variety next season

Dude, everything you tell me about these chiles just makes them more compelling. Now I must endure a solid year of obsessing about Madame Jeanette, the exotic mistress of the Suriname evening, before I can actually grow her:

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
jamaican scotch bonnet??? leaves are annuum... not chinense like yours.... did i say that right.. hahah i sound like a pepper expert

Yes, you got it exactly right, and yes, you do sound like a scientist!

I'm pretty sure those are Jamaican Squash Peppers, judging by the size of the stem and the way it attaches to the fruit. I bought some of those at the grocery store last year, labelled "Scotch Bonnet", and those babies kicked my butt all the way home and back again. Grow them out for sure—They are some great chiles.

RedtailForester said:
Kicking ass again Gary! Well done sir!

Thanks Dan! Your Aji Cristal are growing way faster than they have any business growing, and are setting some crazyass huge pods for a C. baccatum. I can't wait to taste them!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Gary

windchicken · Jun 24, 2012

A few pod shots this Sunday morning—Yellow 7 Pot, seed from Hippy:

The rest of the Yellow 7s, seeds from Romy6. The lone Hippy plant is in the upper left:

Bonda ma Jacques, seeds from Spicegeist:

Aji Cristal, seeds from RedtailForester:

Caribbean Red Habanero, 3rd year overwinter:

Aji Amarillo, overwinter. I think I may actually get a ripe one of these this year:

Aji Amarillo, current season planting:

Aji Amarillo. These plants look cool to me. The leaves are huge:

Full view of windchicken-certified vegetable beds with 6 Aji Amarillo plants (front) and 6 Aji Umba plants (back):

Coral Reef, seeds from wayright:

capsidadburn · Jun 24, 2012

Love the garden Gary! I am growing Aji Amarillo's for the first time. They are very tall but just now making buds. I may end up having to overwinter if they are slow.

Later Mike

armac · Jun 24, 2012

Gary I know there was a lot of work in those big rounded beds, but damn they look nice.

Remember on those jalapeño seeds,,,,,,,seeds.

PIC 1 · Jun 24, 2012

Gary, The Caribbean Red really looks cool! Thats the shape of the pods that I grow, I seen different posted here. But thats the sauce producing pepper that I combine my Red Congo's with...
Those Coral Reefs are eye-catching.......I'll have to hit you up for some seeds for next season.

Your garden could appear in one of those garden magazines!............... :cool:

Greg

wayright · Jun 24, 2012

Looking great Gary!!!!
Those Coral Reef are so cool looking!!
I love the leaf sets on those!

:cool:

Kevin

windchicken · Jun 24, 2012

capsidadburn said:
Love the garden Gary! I am growing Aji Amarillo's for the first time. They are very tall but just now making buds. I may end up having to overwinter if they are slow.

Later Mike

Thanks Mike! I bet you get ripe fruit before the frost...

My overwintered Amarillo is at about 7 feet right now, in a container!

armac said:
Gary I know there was a lot of work in those big rounded beds, but damn they look nice.

Remember on those jalapeño seeds,,,,,,,seeds.

Thanks Rodney! I'm glad you reminded me. I've got several ripe Zapotec right now down in the big garden.

PIC 1 said:
Gary, The Caribbean Red really looks cool! Thats the shape of the pods that I grow, I seen different posted here. But thats the sauce producing pepper that I combine my Red Congo's with...
Those Coral Reefs are eye-catching.......I'll have to hit you up for some seeds for next season.

Your garden could appear in one of those garden magazines!...............

Greg

Wow, Greg, thanks! I know the other ones you mean—They get called "Caribbean Red Habanero," but they're big and pleated, not like real habanero at all. I think I'm actually growing some of them this year, from seeds a guy sent me...huge plants, by the way.

wayright said:
Looking great Gary!!!!
Those Coral Reef are so cool looking!!
I love the leaf sets on those!

Kevin

Thanks Kevin! When I first saw these plants in your garden it was the leaf shape that really caught my eye...I didn't know they were so dang tasty, tho!

Spicegeist · Jun 24, 2012

Nice! Looks like the Bondas grew true, excellent.

windchicken · Jun 25, 2012

Good to know, 'cause I've got no idea! Those are some cool plants and pods, Charles. I'm stoked to be growing them...

By the way, the plant in the photo is from your Bonda Pod No. 1.

Gary