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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 8, 2012 21:25:21 GMT -5
This is a great season, probably due to the record heat in this area during July. Also, I have some really good new varieties; though some are still unripe, they are close to harvest, and the usual heavy producers - T&M Thai dragon, Superchili, Lombak, Fresno, and Ixtapa Jalapeño - are so loaded that some of the plants fell over! I guess I'll have to find some heavier duty stakes. One of the best new ones is an Indian variety - Phuljadi. It grows with very large leaves, and the peppers grow in clusters, and the heat is about 100-120k - definitely the hottest non-habanero I've tried this year. Great flavor green and red; though I haven't dried any yet, usually if peppers are good fresh, they are good dried. I'll definitely grow this again. Here are the photos for the year, so far. With many more out there to harvest!
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Post by stratcat on Aug 9, 2012 0:24:20 GMT -5
Very nice pics, Pepperhead212! With July's record heat, your peppers are really paying off.
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Post by daylilydude on Aug 9, 2012 14:14:56 GMT -5
And a few look hotter than the weather we are having... !
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Post by gixxerific on Aug 9, 2012 23:51:33 GMT -5
This guy here is impressed. You seem to have it down. My peppers didn't do crap until lately. I only have a few. You have your hands full, just remember not to wipe your eyes.
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Post by Penny on Aug 10, 2012 9:25:36 GMT -5
Holy cow....you have had quite the growing season!!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Aug 10, 2012 12:37:17 GMT -5
Great harvest!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 10, 2012 18:34:46 GMT -5
Here are the latest ones to ripen - the two hottest ones I grew this year. Red Savina: Maui Purple:
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 25, 2012 9:20:07 GMT -5
I have gotten so many peppers this year that I went through all of my dried peppers and gave away all of the ones like I am growing this year, and getting huge numbers of (there are many others I don't grow, but those I didn't touch!), or something equivalent to, like all those Thai peppers. They keep for a long time, so the aroma of even those two year old peppers was better than anything in the stores (not that you could find the varieties), and friends were happy to get them. So far, I have twenty trays of dried peppers from the dehydrator, with another ten to go in soon. And in mid-Sept., I start freezing... Here are the ones I got last weekend, with many I didn't photograph: And now, for this weekend...
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 26, 2012 1:18:37 GMT -5
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Post by stratcat on Aug 26, 2012 9:39:12 GMT -5
Wow!!! ;D
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Aug 26, 2012 19:33:39 GMT -5
Those are beautiful.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 27, 2012 21:50:27 GMT -5
Today I brought in 10 more trays of dehydrated peppers (20, so far), and put them in all those jars. Should be interesting trying to use all those!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2012 1:21:15 GMT -5
i want some regular green red or orange or even purple any body got these that are extra to sshare or trade
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 9, 2012 0:21:50 GMT -5
I have found some good new varieties this year, and the two best ones I found are the Aruwan and Phuljadi. The Aruwan reminds me of an old Thai Dragon I have been unable to find for many years (and I have tried countless Thai dragons!) - around 80k in heat, with great flavor green, red, and dried, and very hot early on, as soon as it seems to stop growing. A little later to ripen than the old variety, but, like that one, it is indeterminate, and keeps producing constantly, with peppers of all different sizes all over the plants. The Phuljadi is even hotter, probably around 110-120k, though not as hot green until it is very close to ripe. Again, great flavor green, red, or dried. These grown in clusters, with very large, dark green leaves, making nice ornamentals. Both grow on very large plants, which will fall over with all the peppers on them unless well staked! Definitely keepers. Aruna: Phuljadi: Anyone know anything about Starfish peppers? I only have one plant (some free seeds), but a huge number of peppers from it, with many more to come.
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Post by stratcat on Sept 9, 2012 15:06:31 GMT -5
Yeah, very nice! I haven't heard of Starfish. Fun.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jan 31, 2013 13:42:59 GMT -5
I have found some good new varieties this year, and the two best ones I found are the Aruwan and Phuljadi. The Aruwan reminds me of an old Thai Dragon I have been unable to find for many years (and I have tried countless Thai dragons!) - around 80k in heat, with great flavor green, red, and dried, and very hot early on, as soon as it seems to stop growing. A little later to ripen than the old variety, but, like that one, it is indeterminate, and keeps producing constantly, with peppers of all different sizes all over the plants. The Phuljadi is even hotter, probably around 110-120k, though not as hot green until it is very close to ripe. Again, great flavor green, red, or dried. These grown in clusters, with very large, dark green leaves, making nice ornamentals. Both grow on very large plants, which will fall over with all the peppers on them unless well staked! Definitely keepers. Aruna: Phuljadi: Anyone know anything about Starfish peppers? I only have one plant (some free seeds), but a huge number of peppers from it, with many more to come. How did you like the Starfish peppers? I just ordered some seed. I'd heard on another forum that they grow really well in my neck of the woods, so I thought I'd give them a try.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 1, 2013 0:33:12 GMT -5
The peppers were good, though not very hot. And since all those I got last season were from one plant, they were incredible producers, and we had record heat last season.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Feb 5, 2013 13:13:44 GMT -5
Whoops! I just spent the last 24 hours soaking and then starting the Starfish seeds in soil. Thought they were hotter and might need more time like the super-hots.
Oh well, I did dunk 5 seeds, so that might be quite a few peppers! If they're mild, maybe I'll use them for stuffing. Yum!
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Post by izitmidnight on Feb 5, 2013 21:16:22 GMT -5
I'm a big chicken, all my peppers are sweet!!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Feb 10, 2013 18:23:58 GMT -5
I'm a mostly-chicken. I mostly grow sweets, but I also grow some mild jalepeno and ancho types. The only truly hot pepper I grow is Tabasco - for pepper sauce for greens.
Weirdest thing: the only time in my life that I ever truly craved spicy food was during my first pregnancy. I poured hot sauce on just about everything. My mouth would be on fire after two bites of the foods I was shoveling down by the plateful then. I didn't have the same craving during the other three pregnancies.
Not surprisingly, my eldest has no tolerance whatsoever for spicy foods...the kid got a lifetime's worth before he was ever born!
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