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Saugerties Television Appearance
Maraleen is appearing on Saugerties Lighthouse T.V. : "Protect Our Pollinators", produced by Bob Daly. Showtimes are: Friday 12/26/14: 11 to 11:30 a.m. and 7 to &:30 p.m., Wednesday 01/14/15: noon to 12:30 p.m. and 8 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday 01/24/15: 2 to 2:30 p.m. and 9 to 9:30 p.m. Click here to see the video.
Protect Our Pollinators Conference in Marbletown 02/ 21/ 2015
Learn about the threats to pollinators and what you can do about them in a series of Presentations titled "Attracting Pollinators to Our Yards" on Saturday, February 21st, 2015 from 9:30 – 11:00 am at Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St., Stone Ridge, NY. (Snow Date: Feb. 28, at the same time.)
Maraleen's Journey with a Monarch Butterfly on Southwest Airlines.
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Maraleen's "Protect our Pollinators" on Saugerties Lighthouse TV23
Pollinator Friendly Towns Initiative: On January 14th, 2014, Maraleen gave an 11 minute presentation to the Town Board. Click here for more info.
Maraleen Manos-Jones offers tours of her Butterfly Gardens in Shokan, New York every summer. Here are two videos from her 2013 summer tour. Click here for more info.
Flight of the Monarch
I am extraordinarily pleased that this fairytale journey of me and my butterfly traveling from Albany, N.Y. to San Antonio, Texas on November 5th, 2012 on Southwest Airlines to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens was widely reported on t.v. and in the press, including NPR, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and at least 30 pages of Google listings. There are also great photos in the San Antonio Express and The Times Union newspapers. Please check them out by clicking here:
Pollinator Friendly Towns Initiative
Please visit www.pollinatorfriendlytowns.org. If your town is not yet listed, please contact us to add your town, wherever it is. The bees, the butterflies and all pollinators thank you. email@example.com
Olive became a Pollinator Friendly Town on February 11, 2014, the first in the state and nation. Shandaken became the second on April 7th, 2014. The Initiative is now pending with other towns boards. Either you as an individual or your organization or school or community garden can sign the pledge even before it is brought in front of your town Board. Stating name, town, county, and state/country, just email firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the pledge we are asking people to sign since a world without bees is a world without food, and a world without butterflies is a world without hope:
We the people of the town of {…Your Town…}pledge to protect our pollinators as follows:
♦ We pledge not to use herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides
♦ We pledge to plant milkweed, and/or not cut milkweed, (unless necessary for farmers and livestock) since it is the only plant on which monarch butterflies can lay their eggs and a plant that supports many other species.
♦ We pledge to plant some native flowers, shrubs and/or trees.
♦ We pledge not to plant GMO crops
There are many reasons for the decline of monarchs and bees, and songbirds, and the multitude of other fauna and flora that I will briefly outline here:
– widespread use of pesticides and toxins on the U.S.'s 33 million acres of lawns is literally killing all living creatures and seeping into our water systems. In the U.S. every year 80 million pounds of pesticides are used on lawns, which translates to more pesticides per acre than used by Big Ag, which is to say a lot. Lawns are helping to make 85% of all species extinct besides being a threat to human health since pesticides contain neuro- disruptors. Pesticides are now found in 93% of children aged 3 to 13 years old and 96% of all fish have pesticide residue.
- GMO crops call for the widespread use of pesticides
– loss of habitats: over 2 millions acres of wildlife habitat is lost in the U.S. every year. What does this mean? New housing developments cut down trees, create lawns and use non-native plantings that do not support local species. Of course, the same is true for malls and roadways. Conscientious development can work with nature rather than obliterate all life around it.
– We all need to address the issue of mowing of roadways just as the monarchs are laying their eggs on milkweed.
You can now take a tour of my butterfly gardens from the comfort and warmth of your own home or come in person during the summer. Enjoy. Thank you
Butterfly Garden Tours
Maraleen Manos-Jones offers tours of her Butterfly Gardens in Shokan, New York every summer. The dates for summer 2015 garden tours will be announced in the spring.
The guided garden walks take about an hour and include a walk in a labyrinth. Then adjourning to the studio to sip iced tea from the gardens, nibble on butterfly cookies, and view Maraleen and her husband Steve's art. Sit back, relax and listen to an informative talk by Maraleen accompanied by power point images for an hour. Learn about how you can transform not only your own garden, but help save all our pollinators and learn about The Pollinator Friendly Towns Initiative.
Suggested Donation: $10.
Make reservations early, these events fill up quickly. tel: 845-657-8073 or email@example.com
Maraleen is also available to give private tours for your group of 10 adults or children. Contact Maraleen for more details.
Maraleen is available as a Butterfly Garden Consultant. Please contact her at 845-657-8073 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Butterfly gardening not only adds immense beauty, serenity and joy to your life, it is vital in helping to save many species of butterflies, including the monarchs. Butterfly habitats are disappearing at an enormous rate, at least 2.3 million acres a year. In addition to habitat loss, the use of pesticides and herbicides kills caterpillars and butterflies.
After gardening for forty years, Maraleen graduated as a Master Gardener in February 2013, studying with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County.
Monarchs In Crisis: Maraleen participated on a panel at the Princeton Library sponsored by the Sierra Club on October 23, 2014. We all have a part to play in protecting our pollinators. Time is of the essence. We have lost 90% of the monarch population in North America over the last twenty years. Please read the informational pages and watch the videos on this website and on www.pollinatorfriendlytowns.org website. Thank you.
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Enclosure to hide central air conditioner?
We have a very small city backyard, about 21 x 15 feet, and live in a townhouse (middle unit), so our air conditioner is in the back yard since there is nowhere else to put it. Since we plan to sit back there a lot this summer, I'd like to build some sort of enclosure to hide the AC while still allowing adequate air flow. I'm thinking maybe something made of lattice? Just something to disguise it rather than have it stand out so mch, it's not very nice to look at! Planting shrubs to hide it is not an option because there isn't enough space and we already have a stone patio in that area.
I was just wondering if anyone here has built something like this, and if so could you recommend a good design or give me some tips on how to construct it?
I haven't built it (yet) but I know what I want to do. The house is gray hardee board with white trim, so I thought I would carry the theme over to the "enclosure". You don't really want to enclose it, it needs to pull in ambient air and push out hot air. My idea is a mini-wall, like 5 ft wide 4 ft tall, two treated posts in concrete, a wooden frame (white) and horizontal Hardee boards (gray) that would match the house. Use 6" wide lumber, 4" will make it look cheap. It will block the sight of the unit as well cut the noise significantly. Good luck.
I have two heat pumps side by side. I built a five foot high enclosure using 4X4 post and lattice panels attached. I also ran 2X6's across the top (from post to post)for a finished look. Everything was painted to match the house.
Those sound like great ideas!
Unfortunately it's going to be hard to make an enclosure blend in to our house since it's made of brick...but hopefully we'll figure something out! Maybe we'll just have to paint/stain the wood to match the colour of the brick, that may be the best we can do...
Lattice isn't going to cut the noise like a solid wall. You could lay a foundation down and build two brick posts with lumber connecting like tommyw did. Its not rocket science.
"As a follow up ... you DO NOT want to restrict the air flow to your units, that is why I used the lattice and the top remained open."
The top is the exhaust air, the sides of the condenser are the intake air.
Anything that reduces air flow decreases the efficiency of the system, and can lead to poor performance, overheating, and short life.
Even lattice presents a large obstruction to free air flow.
I have been looking for the same thing, and I took these pictures in Charleston, SC earlier this spring. It's the most attractive solution I have seen.
Whatever you do, make sure an a/c service person can get back there to service/replace the unit without tearing down the screen.
Nice idea......thank's a lot
Here is a link that might be useful: other information of central ac units
The lattice is a great idea and I think the most attractive looking, but it is not practical. It will cut the air needed to cool down the compressor by at least 40%. I have worked on hvac in the past and have some experience in the field, and have also been looking for a solution to the same issue.
"It will cut the air needed to cool down the compressor by at least 40%. "
Very badly stated.
It does not "cut the air needed to cool down the compressor" but decreases the air REQUIRED to cool the compressor and freon by a large amount.
The system efficiency and life WILL be reduced.
That hot air comping out of the unit is carrying the heat that was removed from your house.
Restrict its flow and the system becomes less efficient, pr may even fail.
You need a rather large area around a condenser to ensure free air flow and prevent it from re-circulating already heated air it discharges back into the unit.
A solid wall (nice for blocking sound) restricts air flow the most.
It likely would need to be many feet away from the unit, eating up a lot of yard space.


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New York, NY – ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" have another ugly public controversy to deal with. Despite 23 seasons of success, this past year has been tough on executive producer Michael Fleiss, as he is now dealing with his second set of legal issues in the span of a few months. CupidsPulse.com listened in on a press conference yesterday surrounding the impending class-action lawsuit against the popular ABC reality franchise for racial discrimination. The plaintiffs, Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson, are two African-American males who say they were discriminated against during the casting call process.
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The plaintiffs are suing American Broadcast Companies, Inc., Warner Horizon Television, Inc., Next Entertainment, Inc., NZK Productions, Inc., and Michael Fleiss, the executive producer of the franchise, on behalf of all other persons of color who have applied for the role of the Bachelor or Bachelorette but been denied equal opportunity for selection on the basis of race. The case alleges that the Defendants violated both federal and California laws intended to guarantee equal opportunity in business, commerce, and media regardless of oneÔÇÖs skin color.
Christopher Johnson, who is an aspiring professional football player, was cognizant of the show's history of white-only contestants. ÔÇťI knew at the time that there had never been a non-white Bachelor before, but I thought that a minority candidate with my qualifications would at least be considered,ÔÇŁ added Mr. Johnson. ÔÇťIn reality, it seems they never seriously looked at non-white candidates.ÔÇŁ
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Never, over 10 years and a combined total of 23 seasons of ÔÇťThe BachelorÔÇŁ and ÔÇťThe Bachelorette,ÔÇŁ has either show featured a single person of colorÔÇôwhether African American, Latino, Asian, or any other minority race or ethnicityÔÇôin the central role of the ÔÇťBachelorÔÇŁ or ÔÇťBachelorette.ÔÇŁ┬á In 16 seasons of ÔÇťThe BachelorÔÇŁ and seven seasons of ÔÇťThe Bachelorette,ÔÇŁ every person featured in the lead role on either show has been white.
Jesse Csincsak, winner of "The Bachelorette" Season 4, has had his own issues with Michael Fleiss. As recently as January, Csincsak was exploring the possibility of pursuing his own class-action suit against Fleiss and the producers. When Jesse was asked if he thought his lawsuit has inspired others to do the same he responded "I've been saying this for a long time. When someone stands up to this guy, other people will start coming forward. It's like rats in a flood."
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Adding chicks to a hen's little famile
One of my hens just hatched out one little chick on Thursday. I had started a clutch of eggs in an incubator -- my first ever! I expect my clutch to hatch on Friday or Saturday (seems that Chanteclers quite often go 22 days).
I started with 21 eggs, and have tossed 4 . Last candling today - the remaining 17 eggs look full.
My big question -- could I slip anywhere up to 17 chicks (I'll be happy if I get a dozen live) under the hen?? Will she realize that her family has suddenly increased immensely?
Are they too different in age (10 days) to have the same requirements from the hen? THese chicks are slow growers -- you can still hold them in your hand at 5 weeks.
I can put them under a heat lamp, but the hen with the little chick is such a good mother, I know she would take them all under her wing if she could.
I don't see why she wouldn't welcome more chicks, but that is a LOT to expect her to care for! I think you'll still be safe at 10 days.
Wait until nighttime, then in the dark just slip the chicks under her (don't turn on any lights). By the time she wakes up she should have accepted them as hers, but I'd be there to check on them first thing in the morning just in case.
Velvet ~:>
Thanks for responding, Velvet Sparrow. I was hoping that you would see my plea. This is my first time to incubate eggs -- usually I let the hens do it, but they haven't been too successful lately.
One chick hatched out today -- and it has been moving around the incubator disturbing the other eggs. Some of the others have pipped a little triangle, but nothing more. This one seemed to hatch out in about an hour or so. I hope the unhatched chicks will survive the rolling -- do you usually take the chicks out and place into a separate box while they dry??
I thought I would give it another day to dry off and fluff out, then take it out to the hen tomorrow night. I will keep you posted how it goes.
Thanks again.
I have 8 reasonably healthy chicks, and 1 that cannot stay on its stomach. I keep tturning it over, and it turns turtle. So for tonight I've put the eight into a container with shavings and a heat lamp, and will introduce them to the hen tomorrow. I just hope they havent' imprinted on me now. I've left the invalid one in the incubator for now, with the heat on, incase it does recover.
The hen has responded beautifully. She is clucking, and showing them the food, and doing everything she should. Unfortunately, the chicks are taking a little while to figure out that she's their adoptive mother. I've put the heat lamp out in the pen as while so that they will be warm, and hope that they gradually catch on to her.


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Shoontok 2011 Pepper grow
Howdy All
Im gonna use this forum to document my 2011 pepper grow season. Hope you all enjoy.
So far im planning on growing 12 different types of peppers, but this number may increase as spring/summer approach. So far the list is....
Hot Cherry
Aji Yellow
Thai Chili
Carribean Red
Hungarian Wax
I havent yet started any mass germinating of seeds yet as its still a bit early and im also not set up properly yet to germinate multiple hundreds of seeds. But i did get a start using old egg cartons, and old reptile basking stone for a heat source and my 90 gallon aquarium and flourescent lighting to get going.
So far i tried germinating one of each pepper in an egg carton using some leftover potting soil as the medium and only have one seedling to show after 8 days. I since purchased a seed starting mix and am now starting a second egg carton with one of each seed as of last night on the reptile basking stone set at around 80 degrees and being monitored by my girlfriends digital kitchen thermometer ;) shhhhhhhh. lol
Here is a pic of my makeshift setup so far.
I just had to show off my aquarium too ;)
And here is the first seedling of the new season. A Thai Chile.
I plan on updating this thread from time to time with new updates and pics.
Feel free to comment, ask questions, make suggestions on any of this thread.
Looks like a list i'd be happy with, i see some of my long time favorites on there (for eating that is).
Is that orchid potting soil i see? I know the miracle grow orchid mix gets high marks for starting off pepper seedlings, so that's what i'm using this year. To be more specific i am using roughly 70% miracle grow orchid mix, 20% coco choir, and around 10% worm castings.
Egg shell cartons seem like a nice easy/inexpensive way to get seedlings started. Any plans on how you'll handle the entire crop when you finally plant it (seed trays, lighting etc)?
I think those cichlids are eyeballing that Thai Chili =)
This is my first time growing Thai chile. A friend from this forum was nice enough to mail me some seeds from across the country. Im looking forward to trying them pods out this summer :)
And yep its actually miracle grow organic choice potting soil. It seems very chunky with lots of sticks and twigs and big chunks of wood in it. Maybe i should of used some sort of a sifter to get the big chunks out. That sounds like a good choice that yer adding coco choir and worm casings to yer mix for sure.
Yeah i like the egg cartons, since it didnt cost me anything. I just poke a few holes in each cell with a 10 penny framing nail for drainage. Im definetly gonna have to pot them up into 8 or 16 ounce cups before it comes time to put em in the ground in month of May. Im going to buy 2 more 4 foot double bulb flourescent work lights and fit em with some plant friendly bulbs and rig up a grow light area in my apartment. I think im gonna hold off until mid March before i go crazy planting hundreds of seeds as ill be able to use the big yellow thing in the sky on warm days to give the young seedlings some light. I have lots of leftover 96 cell starter flats and those 4 and 6 cell plastic starter trays. I have some big aluminum roaster trays i keep the seedling flats and small pots in for easy transport indoors and out. I probably will have 4 times the amount of pepper seedling that i will use for my own use, so i plan on giving lots away or maybe renting a table at the local farmer/street market fair on a weekend day or two and maybe selling a few off.
Them cichlids better hope they dont bite into a ripe Thai chili, lol. Oh and my 7 year old daughter is coming over to daddies this weekend and i thinking she may want her Lego boxes that are supporting my flourescent light back, lol. Ill have to do some re-rigging.
Hey Jim, something i just noticed, you have some good snacking/roasting peppers on that list, have you considered The Super shepherd aka Shepherd Rams horn yet?
It has 4 things going for it:
1) super early: 60-70 days till ripe, popular with farmers with short growing seasons (PA especially).
2) super prolific: 30 to 60 peppers per plant depending, the plant bends over from weight.
3) Huge size and thick fleshed.
4) Possible record holder for pepper sweetness, almost like snacking on an apple. BBQ'ing them reduces the sweetness and introduces that smokey taste. More pepper flavor than bland Bell peppers.
I had hundreds of ripe seeds last fall that i threw out, i was so sorry i did, this year i had to buy a dozen seeds online just to get a crop started....
Howdy, Jim!
I'm looking forward to this season's grow...and to following along with everyone's gardens!
Should be an excellent year. You've attained a great deal of knowledge in the past season, and I know
you'll be putting it to good use. I've also noticed how much you've helped the new growers dealing
with issues of over-watering and soil composition.
Howdy all
Hey sjetski. That pepper yer describing sounds like a mighty fine home growable pepper! I never heard of them til now, but they sound good. For now im gonna stick with the bell pepper seeds i plucked from nice supermarket bell peppers i ate and try to grow those out. Im not a huge fan of peppers with no bite to em, but i do like em in a big ol' pot of chili in nice chunks just to give a little chunky pepper texture to em. Maybe down the road ill have to try those. Thx for the info.
Hey Josh, im trying my best man. My second grow season and i learned a hell of a lot here on this forum. I dont want to give you an ego trip but yeah you were one of the members that taught me a great deal. And i dont mind one bit helping out another in this field of interest of pepper growing if i can share some of the small bit of knowledge and experience in this field of pepper growing.
Well damn that was quite the run on sentence now, wasnt it? Lol. And Yes, Overwatering was a big killer for my overwintered plants. Out of 5 plants i killed 4 but the one thats doing great is an Orange Hab.
A pic of my orange Hab. This plant was dug out of the ground and pruned to an 8 inch stub of a stem around Halloween 2010. 3+ months later its showing nice growth under limited light and i actually trimmed it down a bit too.
Here is a pic of the lonely Thai Chile that looks it ready to get it second set of leaves quite soon. Its the only one of 12 various seeds that germinated in this first run of 12 and its goin on 12 days too!
And Gearin up for some mass production, well by my standards anyway. Got some new flourescent light fixtures and full spectrum bulbs. Total cost 45 bucks after taxes. Two T12 double 4 foot work lights with bulbs.
Happy Growing All
I did a little more prep work for my pepper grow today. I unpackaged the flourescent work lights and didnt feel like doing a ceiling type chain mount and dont have to much material to build anything fancy at the moment so i used a few pieces of some spare composite decking material and cut it down to make a makeshift stand for the lights. I used some metal tapping panhead screws to fasten it to the sides of the fixtures. Here are a few pics.
I might put some aluminum along the base of the wall on top of the cabinet to add some reflectivity and possible a strip of foil extending from the front side of the fixture to reflect light back downwards
Yep there is my only pepper there as of yet in that egg carton. A small Thai Chile.
I hope i bought the right kind of bulbs. Home depot advertized them as a full spectrum bulb. Im not even sure what type of 4 foot, t12 flourescent bulbs are best for pepper grows, but i hope these are ok.
First off, great job imho, that light setup looks clean and it'll be easy enough to adjust the height as your seedlings grow.
The Bulbs seem ok, the color temperature looks like a good middle ground. I'm going to get a little nitpicky, since these are just seedling bulbs after all, but the lumens seem low for T12's. I was just at Lowes earlier today and noticed their GE kitchen and Bath bulbs have 3300 lumens each, so two of them equal 6600 lumens vs 4400 lumens for those Phillips you have.
The GE Kitchen and Bath Bulbs have a lower color temperature but as per this fluorescent bulb review (linked below) they supposedly output a good amount of usable blue, red light and orange light, and less green light, they are practically optimized for plant growth as far as T12 bulbs are concerned. They were pretty cheap too, $6 for two of them. You wouldn't have to do this, but you can always pick up a pair of GE bulbs, swap out one Phillips bulb on each assembly, and run one Phillips and one GE bulb.
Here is a link that might be useful: T12 Fluosecent bulb comparison
sjetski, thx for the info on the flourescent lights. I think im gonna stick with the ones i bought for now since im only using them for seedlings and not long term growing.
I installed some aluminum foil around my seedling grow area to help reflect some light back to the plants where its needed.
Its very bright in there!
Also i see a Cayenne pepper seed popping up in my test plot number 2. So now i got 1 Thai from plot #1 and one Cayenne in dozen two. I planted a third dozen of my 12 pepper varieties today and got em on the heat stone.
Howdy all
So far out of the first 2 test batches all i got was one Thai Chile and one Cayenne seedling to emerge as of yet.
I decided to kick it up a notch today and planted 6 each of my 12 pepper varieties in a 72 cell flat. Im experimenting with a germination box i made today too.
I planted the 12 varieties in vertical rows, so i have 6 of each pepper seeds planted. I did make a seed map on a piece of paper so i dont forget, which ones are what. I filled the cells 3/4 the way up with MG potting soil, and then moistened that soil real well with a spray bottle/mister. Then i placed the seeds in the cells and covered with about 3/8 of an inch Jiffy seed starting mix. I moistened that real well too. I then covered it with saran wrap.
I placed an electric heat controlled reptile basking stone in a large rubbermaid container then put a damp towel on top of that followed by a peice of composite decking material to support the seed flat.
I put the lid on and drilled a hole in the lid to be able to insert a digital thermometer inside the box to monitor the temp in there.
I know the temp is only at 66 right now but it should go up gradually. Im shooting for a target temp of 80 degrees. The basking stone is adjustable so ill have to check it out from time to time over the next few hours and tommorow morning. The ambient temp in my apt was at 59 degrees at floor level earlier and it can go up to 70 or 80 when the forced air heat kicks in. The heat level fluctuates like crazy, lol. Its amazing ive stayed healthy all winter and not even got a common cold, and it certainly isnt a stable environment for germinating seeds. Well i hope this test works out :)
Happy Growing
Haha....yeah, I liked it so much I crossed it off my list! ;-)
Seriously, though, it wasn't a bad pepper - it didn't have that rubbishy, filthy
taste of the Orange Hab - and it added great heat and color to my salsas.
My real problem with the Caribbean Red was that it wasn't a Bhut as advertised by
Seedrack.com (from whom I'll never buy seed again). I should also mention that
the Scotch Bonnet from Seedrack.com turned out to be something else, as well.
At least they got the Chocolate Hab right...but 1 out of 3 ain't a passing grade in my class.
Sorry ya got burned by Seedrack.
"rubbishy, filthy taste"?
What the heck ya talking about?
I love them Orange Habs and Carribeans. They have a nice essence to em when added to my pasta sauces. A fruity, citrus type flavor and plenty of heat to zest up lots of dishes.
I still dont feel the need to acquire any bhut seeds or any of them new age hot nuclear peppers on the market yet. Im content with the old school stuff here thats been in the American common marketplace. Although im starting to get used to eating Habs in my dishes i might need to kick it up a notch next year ;)
Happy growing, May yer Bhuts be Bhuts!
Not to start a Hab war, of course... ;-)
but I get a sort of chemical trash flavor from the standard Orange Hab....
The only thing citrus, in my opinion, is the color.
"May yer Bhuts be Bhuts!" - Thank you! Now I'll Cheers to that!
An Aji Yellow breaking ground in plot #2! Thx for those seeds Ajijoe! i look forward to growing these plants out this summer.
Its a winter wasteland still here in NY probably a foot of hardened snow still covers the landscape. And temps dipping to the low teens every night.
Its nice to see pepper plants sprouting life in these seedling trays :)
Germination Update
Ill list what sprouted so far.
Test Plot #1 - 18 days of germination, 3/12 (25%)
Carribean Red
Thai Chile
Test Plot #2 - 10 days of germination, 4/12 (33%)
Aji Yellow
Carribean Red
Im hoping for some better numbers on more recent plantings, and still hoping some late bloomers will pop up.
Test Plots #3 and #4 and Flat #1 are still still too young for any sprouts.
It seems i lucked out with achieving a favorable temp in my flat germination box (81 degrees), with the current settings. Although the air temperature at top of box only measures 72 degrees, the soil temperature in the flat is at 81 degrees. This is wierd since i thought heat rises and should be higher temp at top of box, i guess the saran wrapped moistened soil (water is a good heat sink) traps the heat in good and the uninsulated box loses the upper level heat quickly do to poor insulation. Also the box is on floor level where the outside of the box ambient temp is about 59 to 63 degrees. Maybe that temperature gradient is quite condusive to rapid heat loss through the thin uninsulated plastic walls and lid.
Thats my theory anyway :)
I think i will keep it the way it is for now. I could insulate the box better and maybe i could lower heat setting on the heating stone on the bottom of the box and still achieve an 81 degree temp in the soil. But F it, if it aint broke, dont fix it. Right?
*Side note* a test plot of Basil sprouted 8/12 seeds in 2 and a half days. I wish peppers sprouted that fast ;)
Test Plot #1 - 20 days of germination, 4/12 (33%)
Carribean Red
Aji Yellow
Thai Chili
Test Plot #2 - 12 days of germination, 5/12 (42%)
Carribean Red
Aji Yellow
Pepperoncini (thx josh)
Test Plot #3 - 6 days of germination, 3/12 (25%)
Hot Cherry
Aji Yellow
Test #4 and Flat #1 are still in progress, nothing sprouted yet.
Looks like these Aji Yellow seeds are batting a thousand so far. Thx Ajijoe.
*side note* 11/12 Basils came up, and i planted 4 seeds each of three kinds of tomaters today.
Pic of test plots and basil under my light setup
Pic of test plot and a few extra 4 pack cells of some pepper plant types that didnt show good germination in first few runs, also the maters are up there too. I use the top of the fishtank light to keep em warm. Stays pretty warm up in that corner of my apt. even when i turn the light off at night. The heating duct is nearby too.
Happy growing
I just transplanted the first seedling of the class of 2011 into a solo cup. I used a spoon to scoop up the seedling along with the soil under it, it worked pretty good. I then potted it in a mix of some mg organic potting soil mixed with some pine mulch. Also i sprinkled some egg shell crushings on there cause i forgot to mix in. And i gave it a weak dose of some mg liquid soluble stuff, that was diluted down to about 1/4 strength. I even had the lil bugger in the sunny windowsill for a few hours this afternoon and ya can see its one leaf raised up toward the sunny window
A Thai Chili, Its back under a flourescent for now above my aquarium.
Had some more sprouts pop up today too.
So far i got
Tabasco 0/14
Hot Cherry 2/14
Aji Yellow 3/10
Thai Chile 4/10
Pepperoncini 2/14
Serrano 5/10
Habanero 2/10
Cayenne 4/10
Carribean Red 3/10
Bell 1/14
Hungarian Wax 0/14
Jalapeno 0/14
Total 26/144
Wow as i was writing this i went to count the Cayenne cause i forgot to list them and i see a new hook, popping up its in the earliest of the sowings in the tray from 1/24/11. I guess there is still hope for those guys in that tray
Some are sprouting better then others. Also there is hope for alot of them to still come up. The sowings have been staggered and have anywhere from 21 days to 6 days of time in the starter trays. Ive been doin sowings little by little as i have the time and energy for it. I guess sowing them in stages is more fun for me then just blasting it all out it one day, And also i dont have crazy amounts of space and lighting resources at the moment either as well as huge areas and heating resources to accomodate mass germination all at once.
Its all good!
Happy peppering
Hey, Jim!
I just noticed that the Pepperoncini seeds had popped up for you, too.
I'm so glad they weren't duds...of course, there's always the chance that
they were cross-pollinated, although the Pepperoncini plant was grown
at a distance from my other peppers. You're growing so many plants that I'm
sure at least one of them will be true!
I have no worries bro. I got 5 of those pepperoncini seeds that you gave me pop up so far. Probably some more to come in the next few days. And them Thai Chile's are really doing good!
We'll see if later on if they are Pepperoncini or Pepperthai's or Pepperbasco's or Pepperhunwax's or Peppercar-red's or whatever, lol. Its all part of the game.
Im growing 7 varieties from seed from drying my own seeds from pods with the same possibilty of cross germination. Its all good, ya never know as ya might come across a really cool hybrid.
I wish i had a better camera that was good on focusing on close up shots of the lil seedlings.
Seed germination update
Tabasco 1/14
Hot Cherry 7/14
Aji Yellow 3/10
Thai Chile 7/10
Pepperoncini 5/14
Serrano 6/10
Habanero 7/10
Cayenne 7/10
Carribean Red 8/10 (Josh's favorite)
Bell 4/14
Hungarian Wax 2/14
Jalapeno 1/14
*uh oh, i just noticed a discrepancy with my seed maps and my labeling of starter trays, ack!* i might have Jalapeno and Serrano confused, guess it will be a while til i find out.
I definetly go overboard on germinating more pepper plants than i need. The seeds are pretty cheap. And most of the varieties im growing are from seeds saved from last years harvest of ripe pods and also seeds from trading with other pepper enthusiasts. Maybe ill keep and grow 60 or so plants at my current residence.
The extra seedlings hmmmmmm. I might rent a table at local farmer market street fair in early May and try selling some plants just for fun, i dont think i can quit my day job just yet. I will probably just give most of the seedlings that i dont use to friends, neighbors, family.
For some strange reason, i really enjoy raising these plants from seed.
Happy growing!
P.S. I figured out my labeling error, so all is good (i think) ;)
Uh oh. I just got 6 more varieties to add to my grow list.
Numex Sunrise
Maui Purple
Peruvian Serlano
Aji Limon
Chocalate Bhut Jolokia
Bigit Locoto
A kind fellow pepper enthusiast took the time and postage cost to send these to me. And I am very grateful and will grow these hot lil buggers to the best of my ability!
I will get these in starter trays this weekend.
Yes, its gonna get a lil crazy finding room for these new plants, but ill manage. I have seen two temporary double 4 foot work lights on a sidejob im workin at and im gonna see if i can adopt them ;)
So im up to 18 varieties now. God bless the taste buds of anyone who eats a pot of my homemade chili come harvest time.
Very very nice additions, i looked up some of them including the peruvian serlano and birgit locoto, how unusual, those are keepers!
That Locoto is a Baccatum variety in case you didn't know, and that Per. Serlano looks all wrinkly and evil. I bet they'd both be great in some pepper mash recipes.
What a great gift!
Howdy all
I did another seedling count yesterday and i have 80 seedlings that emerged from the 144 planted. The madness is only beginning! Im sure there might be a few more popping up too. I also planted a 4 cell starter of 6 more types sunday night to bring the total pepper seeds in the soil to 168.
Birgit Locoto
Choc Bhut
Peruvian Serlano
Maui Purple
Aji Limon
Numex Sunrise
Heres a list of the seeds germinated/planted
Tabasco 6/14
Hot Cherry 11/14
Aji Yellow 3/10
Thai Chile 9/10
Pepperoncini 7/14
Serrano 9/10
Habanero 7/10
Cayenne 7/10
Carribean Red 9/10
Bell 10/14
Hungarian Wax 3/14
Jalapeno 6/14
I guess ill be busy this spring potting up plants and shuffling trays around. The crazy part is that im not done planting seeds, i think i will plant alot more in the coming weeks. I have some ideas about expanding my pepper garden to a 40 by 40 foot fenced in garden at my mom's property a few towns over with the help of my brother to help maintain it.
Got the new seeds in the trays along with a 4 pack of cherokee purple maters.
A couple shots of seedlings
Potted up a few too.
Lovin it all
Happy Growing
Those Thai Chiles are really vigorous ;-)
I've had to prune them down in order to let the others catch up.
They've been the fastest growers for me the past two years!
I'm glad to see them doing so well in your care, too.
Very rewarding!
Uh oh. I just went to home depot to get another bag of potting soil and i saw that they had seed racks in the plant nursery section. I looked through at the pepper varieties and found two that i dont have on my grow list.
So it looks like im adding Anaheim and Cubanelle to my grow list, to bring the number of pepper varieties to 20. God Bless me! lol. I'll get em in germination trays tonight.
You think?
My name is Jimmy and im a Pepper-Grow-Aholic. My last pepper seed sowing was less then 5 minutes ago. And i had a great day!
Maybe that statement will clarify things.
LOL. Yep im looking forward to harvesting Hot Cherry peppers this year too. Last year i had three of those plants that i put in a bad location and ended up being swallowed by a wall of tomato plants. I hope to plant em better this year.
Ummm ummm, Hot Cherry peppers stuffed with prosciutto and provolone and soaked in olive oil. F'ing A! Must be my italian blood coming through.
Yep them Hot Cherry peppers are doin ok, but the Thai Chile is still King of the class of 2011!
Happy growing
Took a few more pictures of the madness that is my 2011 pepper grow.
Some potted up plants under my living room light setup
Some of the bigger plants under my aquarium light setup.
36 more plants
My kitchen table turned into a soil mixing/potting up station.
Some more stuff that needs potting up as well as newly germinating/sprouting trays.
A metal basket i found that i use to put over my kitchen sink when i water the plants, works good to let em drain out over the sink.
Yep this hobby is starting to keep me busy!
Happy Growing
Howdy All
Just thought i'd drop in a post an update on my pepper grow. I got about 100+ seedlings in various states of growth. I got alot of em potted up in 18 oz. cups under flourescent lighting just waiting for the good old plantout time.
I havent done any prep work at my own residence just yet, but i hung out at my moms house this weekend with my brother and we started to prep out an old garden area that was resting for a couple years.
My bro starting tilling by hand last week. And i joined in yesterday to start building raised beds with fieldstone.
The Stone Hauler ;)
Here is another garden on the same property we didnt start yet.
Put in a few more hours today on that first garden. Ouch. My back hurts, but lovin it.
A close up pic. We are doing a two foot bed around the perimeter, with three foot beds in the middle with 2 foot pathways all around and in between the beds.
Its hard work, but im lovin it.
Haha...! Well I wish the Coyotes good luck for you! ;-)
We have Blacktail deer here...which I lovingly refer to as the "Sierra Nevada Rat."
Summer 2009, they got into my garden and ate my pepper plants in half....but they left
the tomatoes alone, damn them. Anyhow, after that, I increased my fence height.
Very cool post. Love the photos. You are really going after it - good job shoontok.
I have the blacktail deer problem too. I have an 8-foot fence around the garden, and a two stran electric fence outside that, to keep the boogers from knocking down the 8-foot fence. I love the deer, I even feed the deer with an electric feeder, but they can be a gardener's nemisus.
I agree awesome looking photos and a beautiful scenery in the background too. I wish you lots and lots of success.
I think you will love the Tabasco pepper as I dearly love mine.
To me the Anaheim is actually a better Bell Pepper than the Bell Pepper itself. Great stuffed, roasted or smoked.
I didnt do any work on the garden today. I did pot up some more seedlings tho. I just did a count and i have 132 pepper plants, lol. I have an ample amount of most of the 20 varieties im growing but im gonna plant a few more seeds of the varieties that i have low numbers on.
I really cant wait to get these peppers in the ground! Target date for plantout is first week of May.
That's a good target date, Jim.
I've been planting out the first week of May for the past two years...although I might have
to delay a bit this year on account of the excessive rain we've been having. If I don't wait,
I'm afraid the slugs will wreak havoc with my plants...again.
By the way, your rock-work beds are looking great. Can't wait to see them full o' green....
should be quite a sight, indeed!
I put 9 plants out in the soil today. 3 Serranos, a Thai Chile (from my friend Josh), a Cayenne, a Jalapeno, a Hot Cherry, a Habanero (2nd year), and an Aji Yellow (from my friend Ajijoe).
I know its a bit early to plant out here in southern NY but what the heck, im gonna roll the dice, risk vs. reward, and plenty of plants on the sidelines under the the flourescents indoors.
I am curious to see your Thai Chillies. I am a newbie to peppers so I do not know how to identify them, but I have seen three clearly different peppers being sold as "Thai Chilli" of some variation. One is called Thai "Giant Red" Chile, and the picture on the tag shows jalapeno-shape and sized peppers. I also have a Thai "dragon" Chili, which is the dwarf .75-1 inch thai pepper plant. I know there is a third that has long, slender, thin skinned pods.
Do you know which of those three you are growing, Shoontok?
Furthermore, can anyone shed light to the real identities of these "Thai Chillies"?
Phil, you've put your finger on it....there are many, many varieties of Thai chiles.
I got these pods from my brother's girlfriend's mom in Sacramento, and I've been
growing them for a couple years. I've had a hard time narrowing down an ID,
but if you click on the link you can see some pics. Also click on the attached Thread
at the bottom of the first post for the ID Thread.
Josh, did those Thai Minies grow facing upwards or hang down?
I don't know if this could vary from plant to plant in the same species,
but I have read that ornamental/mini/dragon thai peppers grow facing up and
the "Thai Ornamental" that I have is creating tiny peppers, but they are hanging down,
not facing up.
More Rain and wind over last few days. Temp dipped to 33 degrees two nights ago., but the troops battered and torn still holding in there. I dispatched another 20 troops of variuous kinds into the ground today. I hope they hold the line.
Will get some photos soon.
Been a bit since i posted on here. All the troops survived so far.
Over the past month i have about 90 plants planted out. I have about 45 planted at my mom's house and another 45 planted here at my residence. Still have about 30 more inside that will be going out shortly.
I gave alot of seedlings to co-workers too over the past weeks. I stopped counting but i think i was around the 200 mark on the number of pepper seedlings i raised this winter, lol.
My landlord let me til up a section of backyard last weekend so i have plenty of room to plant more peppers and veggies.
Yep i gotta get some new pics up on here if i remember to get my camera back from my mom's house this weekend!
Current grow list is at 22 varieties. If i see any varieties i dont have at the local nursery i may increase this number again ;)
Hot Cherry
Aji Yellow (Ajijoe)
Thai Chili (Greenman)
Pepperoncini (Greenman)
Carribean Red
Hungarian Wax
Birgit Locoto (Wayright)
Peruvian Serlano (Wayright)
Numex Sunrise (Wayright)
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia (Wayright)
Maui Purple (Wayright)
Aji Limon (Wayright)
Happy Peppering
Finally got some pics uploaded.
Some Birgit Locoto's, an Aji Yellow, and an Aji Limon ready to go in the soil.
Some pics of some pepper plants at my residence.
A Thai Chile plant
I think this is a pepperoncini pod forming
My camera is crappy i think the lens cover shield didnt totally retract and i still having trouble trying to upload pics from camera to PC to photobucket.
Hope you enjoy the pics.
Happy growing
Got the final 27 plants i had left planted in the ground today. Now i can finally dismantle all the flourescent lights i had all over my apt. for the last 4 months. Not sure exactly how many i planted here at my residence but i think its somewhere around 75 in total. Now the waiting game until i can start harvesting some pods!
I still got room for more plants. Now i wish i wasnt so genorous giving plants away to my brother and co-workers, lol.
Maybe ill visit the local garden nursery or farmer market and git me some more ;)
Yep, i couldnt help it, i went out and bought 6 more Jalapeno plants while i was food shopping today. I think i only have two or three of them planted so far but this extra 6 will give me plenty of jalapeno's to make some stuffed bacon wrapped poppers on a regular basis this summer ;)
Jim, I think you might have one of the largest pepper gardens here.
You are in for some massive harvests...I can't wait for the pictures of peppers piled up
in containers, on chairs, on tables, everywhere. I love having decorative bowls full of chiles
on the kitchen table. Then I just grab a handful, throw 'em in a bag, and take 'em to friends.
Parties get a lot hotter when the chiles come out!
Yeah, most of them are really starting to kick it up a notch in growth and flowering and setting pods.
I made an adjustment to my grow list today by adding two more pepper types. The new grow list total for pepper types is now 24, lol.
I picked up a 4 pack of Scotch Bonnetts and a 4 pack of Pimiento's at the local nursery today while buying some tomatoes for my brothers garden.
Me and my dad and bro worked on my brothers garden at my moms house today but i didnt bring camera to take some new pics from there. We planted 44 tomato plants and a few other types of veggies and did some weeding cause its getting overrun by weeds! The garden was idle for a couple years and the weeds really got a roothold in there.
Here are some pics of that garden i took last weekend.
The birds eye shot, lots of unplanted bed space with lots of weeds!
The pepper row.
A hungarian wax with peppers on it.
A hot cherry putting out some pods.
A pic from last weekend of a bed of pepper plants at my residence. These were planted out in late april and survived heavy rains, temps in the upper 30's and heavy winds shortly after planting. They are doing really well now. Some people talk alot about "hardening" off your plants, well, i through them out into some "hard" conditions and they pulled through just fine ;)
Happy Growing
Ill get some fresh pics of the rock garden at my moms house next weekend maybe. Its starting to come along real nice.
I planted the 6 Jalapeno's, 4 Pimiento's and 4 Scotch Bonnets today. I also added a tablespoon of granular 5/10/5 Fertilizer at the base of each plant (3 inches from stem) and gave em all a small dose of 24/8/16 miracle grow from the hose attached watering canister. There are 24 kinds of pepper types outside and some of the varieties are really starting to blossom like crazy and set fruit. Looks like the Thai, Hot Cherry, Pepperoncini and Hungarian Waxes are the main plants that are setting fruit right now. Some of the other types are flowering too, while others are just starting to put out flower buds and others are still just putting out foliage and growing.
I just did a count of the pepper plants in my yard. 109, lol.
I think im gonna have to invest in a dehydrator to make some pepper flakes for sure.
Happy growing
Took a few more random pics yesterday of some pepper plants at my residence.
A pic of the pepper bed with 20 various plants in it.
Some plants i just put in recently. 6 Jalapenos, 4 Scoth Bonnets, 4 Pimiento's. And some other pepper plants in the background.
A few Chocolate Bhut's
And a Maui Purple
These babies came along way since growing up on top of my fishtank this winter ;)
Oh yeah, i picked and ate a pepperoncini today, ummmm good, actually had a tinge of heat in it.
Happy Growing
Thx Kevin
I got those Maui Purple seeds from a really cool guy on this forum. All the other plants are doing well too.
I think i may have a Jalapeno/Pepporoncini cross growing this year. It appears that the seeds i planted from open pollinated Jalapeno's i grew last year look sort of like pepperoncini? They aint quite as wrinkled as pepperoncini but they sure as heck dont look like jalapeno's. The unripened pods are still small with the largest one being just over an inch long so far. I guess its possible they may have crossed with something other then Pepperoncini being that there were other species such as Cayenne and Bell in closer proximity and could be other varieties from further away? who knows? lol.
Ill have to get a pic posted soon.
Got to spend some time in the garden and tend to my 119 pepper plants and other veggies. I dug up alot of little tomato seedling volunteers that are sprouting up all over the place like weeds and relocated em away from my pepper plants.
Looks like the seeds from last years Jalapeno i saved may be a Bellapeno. I know they arent close to ripe but i decided to pick these pods to test em out (eat em) and let the plant focus some energy on growth. It definetly had a bell taste to it at this stage of pod maturity.
They look great!!!
Happy Gardening,
-Kristina K.
Here is a link that might be useful: Urban Farm Wife
Ah, the bitter bell flavor of unripe peppers.... ;-)
Plants are looking great, Jim. In a month or so, we'll be posting pics of ripe peppers!
The Hot Cherry plant (the larger of the two I'm growing) is over a foot tall and flowering well.
I'm hoping a pod will set before the other peppers begin flowering, that way I can save the
first pod for seed-harvesting. I think my friends and family are going to want to grow
these peppers next year.
They might be Bellapeno's but i will sure you use em up in a batch of salsa or fry em up along with some other pepper types for sausage and peppers.
Im really liking the pepperoncini plants that i grew from the seeds ya sent me Josh. They have a nice little zing to em. The ones i grew last year from store bought seeds were very bland.
And them Hot Cherries will sure to be setting pods for ya. The Hot Cherries im growing from the same seed pack have some nice pods on em up here in NY. The plants are still kind of small at about 18 inches high, but im sure they will grow alot more over next few months and pump out alot of pods. Maybe ill pick a few of the larger green pods and eat em up to let the plant have some more energy for growth. From what i experienced last year when picking pods from small plants, it seems to give em that extra energy that was used to grow pods converted into plant growth thus increasing the plants ability to pump out larger number of pods. This year its kind of easier to pick pods off of small plants instead of waiting for ripeness cause i got a heck of alot more plants to choose what to pick and what not to pick. 119 plants is a good number of plants to choose from ;) And having 26 varieties growing is giving me alot of experience in seeing how the different kinds have different growth rates and different types of growth characteristics. Some plants want to keep growing for the sky while others start bushing out quite rapidly in early develepment.
I must say that the Thai pepper plants are flowering the most of any other types as some of the plants seem to have 100 small pods and flowers on em. While others like Birgit Locoto and Aji's seem to be growing quite tall but really havent exhibited much flowering yet. We shall see, lots of growing season left to go!
Happy Peppering and Happy Fathers Day
Howdy All
I did a little work (therapy) in the garden yesterday. Staking some tomatoes and peppers and tending to other stuff. And took a few pics today. And even picked a few unripe peppers to dice up for a macaroni salad. Its definetly been a great experience so far this season starting these pepper plants from seed under makeshift grow stations in my apt. this winter. And also been great meeting cool folks on here and trading seeds and growing peppers ive never grown before and even heard of.
I dont post as much as i should on here but im always reading through most of the new threads and posts almost daily and really enjoy reading and seeing everyones pepper growing experiences.
Enough jabber out of me, here is some pics.
The first flower of a Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
A Thai Chile with lots of pods and flowers
A pic of a slightly overcrowded pepper bed ;)
same pepper bed, further away. tomato rows in foreground
tomato rows have peppers towards the end of the rows
A Numex Sunrise with some pods
Some pods. On Top is a Cubanelle. Left to right, 3 Pepperoncini, a crossbred Jalapeno, Cayenne, Thai, Arbol, Hot Cherry, 2 Hungarian Wax, Numex Sunrise.
Happy growing
Thanks for the updates, Jim!
I'm glad you like the Pepperoncini...I wish I had a good cold pickling recipe,
but they're great in salads as is.
The Thai is warming up nicely, too. I can't wait until the first pod turns brown, then red.
I hope you'll just snap off the stem and toss it in your mouth...and then report back here ;-)
How's the other garden doing?
Howdy all
I just got in from picking a few peppers. There is lots of pods growing out there on lots of different kinds of plants.
I know its kind of a few days late to respond to Kevin's comment about the mac salad, but it was delicious ;) And Kevin the varieties you sent me are fun to grow and those plants are doin well. The Numex Sunrise are doin good, got some big pods on a couple of plants. The Maui Purples are really bushing out like crazy and are really pretty to look at with the purple foliage and flowers, and the pods got a nice lil sting to em ;) The Birgit Locoto's are groing like trees, lol, about 4 foot tall and no signs of slowing down, they aint quite putting out alot of flowers yet as they still growing upward like crazy. The Peruvian Serlano's are starting to produce some mean lookin pods. Aji Limons starting to put out some pods too. And last but not least i got some Chocolate Bhut pods growing real fast on one of the 5 plants i saved, one of the pods on that main plant is about 2 inches long and looking mean!, The other 4 plants are catching up!
One of these days ill take the camera outside and snap some more photos. I did snap a few photos inside after i picked a few Pepperoncini pods grown on the plants that Josh sent me the seeds for. Josh you know i like snacking on pickled pepperoncini's and my 8 year old daughter loves em too!
Here is a lil harvest i picked today.
I picked these off of 3 or 4 different plants, I like picking em green and i guess it frees up plant energy to go ahead and start putting out more growth and flowers for future pods. Pepperoncini did really well in my garden last year, LOTS of pods.
I put em in a jar after making a couple incisions with a knife on each pod. Then i filled up the jar with 3 parts vinegar, 1 part water solution and i also added about a tablespoon of sea salt and about a teaspoon of ground black pepper. Then to the fridge to chill. Ill snack on em in the coming days and then i got to pick more! :)
Great lookin' pods, Jim. And nice size, too!
Today I ate my first Thai Chile. It was still green, but I wanted to test the heat and flavor.
Not hot yet, but they have potential...
The Hot Cherry plants are the largest in the garden and covered in flowers and pods.
It's gettin' hard to wait!
Picked a couple of Cayenne pods today off two different plants. Looks like i got some variation on this type from saved seeds from last season. One Cayenne is growing quite large thick green pods and another plant is growing a more typical Cayenne in my opinion. Could be that one of the types is from a cross polinated pod or maybe a mutation of the same strain. Anyways this kind of variety in my pepper grow definetly makes things more interesting.
Both pods taste pretty similar and have the Cayenne heat level to em for this stage of pod development (in my opinion) upon sampling a slice of each up near the stem end.
Here is a pic of the pods along with a few cuttings of basil im using to spice up a quart of pasta sauce.
Took some photos today of some of my garden. Hope ya all enjoy.
A Thai Chile from Josh, these lil pods are tasty lil buggers and pack a nice burn.
Some tomato plants. How'd that pic sneak by to the pepper forum?
Some baby Chocolate Bhuts. Thx Kevin!
Choc Bhut and some Pequins.
Peppers and Maters, YUMMM
Couple a pepper plants with some Jalapeno's in the background
Josh's Fav. Orange Habs
Some Aji Limon's
Them Thai Chile's sure are purdy.
More pepper plants! I tied these up today. Last night thunderstorm knocked a few plants over. Minimal damage.
And some bigger Bhut's!
Serrano's seem to be quite productive.
These i believe came from saved Jalapeno seeds. I believe they are possible crossed with a Bell? Anyways, i will eat them anyway!
A bunch of different pods i picked last night to chop up for another batch of my homemade macaroni salad.
Happy Growing
I use regular distilled vinegar because i bought a big ole jug of it. I suppose ya can use cider vinegar instead if ya like.
I love snacking on them pepperoncini's! I just picked about 40 of em a couple days ago.And them plants setting many more pods :) Pepperoncini produce well for me.
I bet ya can use the same "canning" solution for other peppers too. Maybe some slices for sandwich toppers and such. Its a cheap, easy, quick way to store peppers in the fridge for a few weeks. If ya got lots more peppers then ya will eat you can probably seal em up with more long term method of canning.
Side note.... I never really give em a chance to fully ripen, i usually pick the plants clean of any green pods of good size. I guess the constant picking of these pods promote the plant to go out and set more?
Happy Peppering
Picked all the large Jalapenos off my 4 Jalapeno plants today. I was in the mood for some poppers.
I sliced 10 of them in half lengthwise and gutted em. I cooked up one cup of white rice and mixed in a halfpound of hot italian style sausage (removed from casing), about a cup of shredded cheddar and a little parmesan.
I stuffed them jalapeno halves and put em in the charcoal smoker/grill with some water soaked mesquite chips on the coals. Let em slow cook for about an hour and then.....you know the rest.
Now to decide the fate of the other 16 pods i got leftover ;)
Thx for the nice comments pepper brothers!
I been harvesting some pods for consumption here and there. And i been snacking on some as i browse through the garden and perform watering/maintenance in the evenings. Yep i love them hot peppers!
There has to be a thousand or more unripe peppers out there in the garden ;)
I ate a green Peruvian Serlano about 15 min ago during a garden walk through, from Kevins seeds. Man! thats a sweet tasting pepper with quite a punch too, and they nasty looking lil buggers too! I also ate a few Thai's from Josh's seeds, nice lil firecrackers! Picked a few ripes ones to throw in the dehydrator.
Ill get more pics of the plants soon. And maybe a few pics from the garden at my brothers place.
Happy Growing
Howdy all.
Snapped a few random photos of the pepper garden today.
Enjoy the pics.
Chocolate Bhuts
Chocolate Bhuts
Aji Lemon almost as tall as the Oak trees
Chile De Arbol
Peruvian Serlano
Mixed Pepper bed had a 20 pound piece of tree deadfall in the front right side this morning. Glad the peppers took the brunt of the hit and not my head.
Maui Purple in between some De Arbols
De Arbol
De Arbol
A Yellow Jacket sucking on some Maui Purple
Maui Purple and De Arbol
Baby Scotch Bonnet
Some pimply Chocolate Bhuts
Arghh! Bells! Who planted those here in my hot pepper garden???
Some Pickens!!!
Peruvian Serlano's, Arbol chiles, green Aji's, green Carribean Reds, a pimply green Bhut in the middle.
Hope ya enjoyed.
Guess i went a little overboard with attaching photo's to the thread ;)
Hey Bruce, im not sure what color phases they change to, its my first year growing these and the pics you see here so far are the furthest stage of development at this point. Im guessing they will turn chocolate brown.
jim, great pics, your peppers look great, and sortalike peppers, u can never have too many pics of peppers;)
ps those serlanos look tasty for sure, thats one I have not yet tasted but they look great, the chocolate bhuts look fantastic too, my choc bhuts are the only of the three bhuts left to pod, of course they are a month and a half younger than the regs and 2 months younger than the lemons ;) time to play americas favorite game show "The Waiting Game" ;)
Hey Phil
Sure, id love to trade ya some seeds from the Maui Purple and De Arbol.
I used those green Carib Reds and other peppers in that picture to make a small batch of hot sauce. I pureed the heck outta them in a food proccessor with some white vinegar and some water then brought that mix to a boil and simmered it for about 15 minutes, then added a tablespoon of brown sugar to sweeten it up a bit and ran that mix through a cheesecloth and bottled it. I saved the leftover pulp too and gonna add that to my next batch of pasta sauce or chili.
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I have a plugin (called XYZ) installed in
Please note its not a rubygem but the "native" ruby sitelib library. Now.
I have added this line to the config/environment.rb:
config.gem "XYZ"
The problem here is Rails is not loading the plugin. Is there a trick to force loading from the ruby_site directory? Rails 2.3.10