Windchicken Grow 2012

Looks like I'm getting a late start again this year...Should be setting seeds to sprout in the next few days....Anyway, here's the order I made from Beth this morning. It's not really my complete grow list, because I'm planting lots of saved seeds (from my 2011 Grow and from trades with my THP friends) for the first time this year. Also, I don't know that I will plant everything from this order, but I am excited about some of the new varieties:

Absent from the above list but going in the ground this year:
Trinidad Scorpion
Congo Trinidad
True Jamaican Scotch Bonnet
Thai Chile (Garden Bird Seed variety)
Nambe Pueblo
Birgit's Locoto

Several bird types from THP friends, including, but not limited to (because I can't remember them all right now):
Texas Chiltepin
Prik Ki Nue
Siling Labuyo
Cumari do Para

Edited 1/9/2012 to add the following:

Last minute order from Hippy, plus some other trades I had forgotten about:
Yellow 7 Pot
Douglah
Malagueta
Pusa Jwala

 

[Eephus Man]

Holy crap on a pogo-stick Gary! The plants are looking great man. Very jealous of those overwinters (both intentional and survivors)!!!

Speaking of which, how ARE your unintentional overwinters doing?

 

[Pepper-Guru]

VERY COOL! Love that mulch job. Clearly the root systems loved it too.

 

[armac]

The thai pappers you sent me, WC, the plants are already 2 feet tall and blooming. They grow fast.

 

[Eephus Man]

Gary, you need to change your handle to Gary Pepperseed.

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

awesome plants Gary....great to see your overwintered make it....also glad i have had the oppotunity to taste your pods.. congos are great.....will be sowing the seeds from that and the devils tongue this weekend.... Keep on growing

 

[windchicken]

Holy crap on a pogo-stick Gary! The plants are looking great man. Very jealous of those overwinters (both intentional and survivors)!!!

Thanks, Dan! That's some serendipity for sure, because the little guys only got neglect from me...By the way, those Aji Cristal you sent me are bustin' out, way ahead of the chinenses I started at the same time...What type of plants can I expect?

Dern-skippy!! I wish I could over-winter in the ground. Would make life a heck of a lot easier. Plants are looking great Gary!

Thanks mill! Wouldn't it just be chile nerd heaven if you never had to re-plant anything? I would be completely worthless, because growing chiles is about all I seem to be good at...well, maybe driving Hobie Cats, but there's no money in that, either...

Plants are looking really happy . Can't wait to see how big you get those bad boys!

Jamie

Thanks, Jamie! I've been drooling over those early harvests of yours! Next time you eat a fresh pod, enjoy it for all us other guys!

Speaking of which, how ARE your unintentional overwinters doing?

Sheesh, Eric, I was right down there this morning, and didn't even think to look at those guys ...I'll post some pix below...

VERY COOL! Love that mulch job. Clearly the root systems loved it too.

Thanks PG! I'm sold on the hardwood chips for sure! But as much as I used last year, it wasn't anywhere nearly enough. This year I'm using about thrice the amount I did in 2011...

The thai pappers you sent me, WC, the plants are already 2 feet tall and blooming. They grow fast.

Sweet Rodney! I bet they end up being 6 or 7 feet tall...I think you're going to like the chiles. I may have told you already, but they make excellent Chiles en Escabeche...

Gary, you need to change your handle to Gary Pepperseed.

Aw, thanks Eric However, I've got a feeling about Brian down in Vacherie, Louisiana. I believe his grow will be truly legendary this year.

awesome plants Gary....great to see your overwintered make it....also glad i have had the oppotunity to taste your pods.. congos are great.....will be sowing the seeds from that and the devils tongue this weekend.... Keep on growing

That is so cool, KD! In your climate they should do very well...I'm going to be watching the babys' progress!

Okay, Eric, I just snapped these pix of the outside overwinters. The light is way too bright, resulting in harsh shadows...I'll take some better ones in the morning when the sun is low.

Never mind the slovenly, unkempt state of my garden. You don't see any bermuda grass or weeds.

Jamaican Scotch Bonnet:

Trinidad Scorpion:

Guampinha de Veado:

 

[Eephus Man]

Oh my. Those GDVs are goin' to TOWN!! Thanks for sharing, Gary.

 

[windchicken]

Update today, Thursday, May 3:

PIC 1's Congo Trinidad:

California Wonder:

Zapotec Jalapeño:

Thai Garden Bird Seed:

Chilhuacle Rojo:

Aji Amarillo:

Wayright's Yellow Bouquet:

Volunteer Trinidad Scorpion:

Volunteer Guampinha de Veado:

Native Wild Dewberries:

 

[romy6]

Looking good Gary. Love the wild blackberries. Keep the posts coming.

 

[meatfreak]

Great update, Gary! Plants are looking healthy and I love those overwintered plants, already making buds if I see correct Keep it up!

 

[windchicken]

Looking good Gary. Love the wild blackberries. Keep the posts coming.

Thanks Jamie! Here in Louisiana we have two types of blackberries: The early ones are called Dewberries or "Low Berries," because they grow on the ground. They come early, in April and May. The later ones come from June on into the remainder of the summer. Those are regular Blackberries, or "High Berries," because they grow in bushes. I find the early berries to be fatter and juicier...

Those Yellow 7s are coming on now! Pix soon!

Great update, Gary! Plants are looking healthy and I love those overwintered plants, already making buds if I see correct Keep it up!

Thanks Meat! You are right, I didn't notice those buds until I downloaded the photo!

 

[Eephus Man]

Thanks Jamie! Here in Louisiana we have two types of blackberries: The early ones are called Dewberries or "Low Berries," because they grow on the ground. They come early, in April and May. The later ones come from June on into the remainder of the summer. Those are regular Blackberries, or "High Berries," because they grow in bushes. I find the early berries to be fatter and juicier..

That's funny. Your "dewberry" comment took me back to my youth. That's what we called 'em growing up in Houston as well. And AFAIK they were wild types that would spread like mad. Ranchers hated them, but as kids we loved 'em!

I remember picking dewberries, and muscadine grapes to help my great-grandmother make jelly and cobbler. Mmmmm. Ah, the joys of youth. Had to watch out for the copperheads, though. Mean sons-a-bitches, and deadly, too. Especially way out in the country.

 

[capsidadburn]

Plants are looking great Gary! Having volunteer's is quite nice. I have a couple of Dewberry's in my back yard. Have trouble keeping the birds off of them unless I cage them. I've got an early (still small) pic of one of Brian's fat pequin's I'll post soon.

Mike

 

[windchicken]

Second year Birgit's Locoto, seeds from Wayright. I believe there are as many pods as there are leaves:

 

[Eephus Man]

Oh my!

How do those taste? That's incredible.

edit: Also, pod morphology is really close to my Kaleidoscopes. Both baccatums. Wonder if there is a relation, since I haven't seen a good origin of the Kaleidoscope.

I'm pretty darn sure the BL's are far hotter than the Kaleidoscopes, though. The latter have almost no heat.

 

[millworkman]

Birgit locoto is quickly becoming my absolute favorite and they grow brilliantly and quite prolifically too. Yours is looking awesome!!

 

[armac]

Very cool. Give us a full length shot of the thai birdseed, I want to see how fast yours are catching up to mine.


I got a few pods on my thais, thanks for the pods and seeds.

 

[windchicken]

Oh my!

How do those taste? That's incredible.

edit: Also, pod morphology is really close to my Kaleidoscopes. Both baccatums. Wonder if there is a relation, since I haven't seen a good origin of the Kaleidoscope.

I'm pretty darn sure the BL's are far hotter than the Kaleidoscopes, though. The latter have almost no heat.

Thanks, Eric! I would call them medium hot...Maybe around Cayenne heat, would you say, Mill? With the characteristic baccatum fruitiness...I believe the origin is credited to Bolivia. I'm also growing 6 plants of Aji Cristal this year, which to me looks real similar to the Birgit—I'm anxious to see how they compare. I love the tree-like chile plants—I've got 18 plants of Aji Amarillo going, too!

Birgit locoto is quickly becoming my absolute favorite and they grow brilliantly and quite prolifically too. Yours is looking awesome!!

Thanks! I'm loving this one, too, Mill...Last summer I started 7 Birgit plants from Wayright's seeds—6 in the ground, and this container plant at home. It was really a little too late to plant, though, and all 7 struggled in the heat, producing a weak crop of tiny pods. Like you, however, I really liked the flavor, so I overwintered this one in the garage...Now I'm really loving them—I think I'll do a large in-ground grow next year...

Very cool. Give us a full length shot of the thai birdseed, I want to see how fast yours are catching up to mine.


I got a few pods on my thais, thanks for the pods and seeds.

Thanks, Rodney! Congrats on the early pods! My Thai Birdseed are nowhere as large as yours, but they are headed straight up fast, like those plants tend to do...another tree-like plant I love to grow...I'll get some photos ASAP. While you're waiting, here's a shot of my first Thai Bird plant, from my 2009 Grow. The cypress fence is 6 feet tall:

 

[wayright]

Your babies are looking wonderful Gary!!
Nice to see that you are growing the Yellow Bouquet!
I love that pepper,and regretfully didnt plant any this year!

Your Birgit is going nuts man!
Very cool how you have it tied in the pot!


Kevin

 

[capsidadburn]

Great looking Birgits' Gary! I had one in the ground a couple years ago and it did real well. I liked the taste of these but my pods had a tough skin that I found displeasing. Maybe I will try them again.

Lots of rain so far this season, things look very promising. How's your rainfall?

Good day Mike