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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 13, 2014 20:54:57 GMT -5
Here is a photo of those two poplanos I photographed on the plant before. I wanted to get them before they started ripening, and the ones in the ground were ripening before this size! The largest was 5.5 oz., and the smaller one 4.65 oz. Those plants in the EB did incredibly well, but they are hard to contain, they are so large! That Hanoi market is LOADED with peppers, and I definitely have to bag a couple blossoms, to save seeds from that plant.
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Post by tntiger on Aug 13, 2014 22:24:12 GMT -5
I love Poblanos and wish I planted some in my Earthboxes. I'm going to add them to my list for next year! I think Earthboxes are ideal for all kinds of peppers and I love the results I'm getting.
I've got A-Frame supports over mine and these along with lots of nylon twine are helping to keep mine under control. I expect to have a freezer full of peppers in a few weeks!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Aug 14, 2014 10:40:54 GMT -5
Ooh, those are big poblanos. I was really proud of my EB-grown Tiburon anchos this year, because this is the first time I have gotten anchos big enough for proper rellenos. The Tiburon plants have given me a lot of 3+ oz peppers and the biggest specimen was 4.3 oz. Also, the plants have made a lot of them, too. But a 5.5 oz poblano? Wow. What variety of poblanos are you growing, Dave? What is their heat level? I might just have to try those. TnTiger, I agree that peppers just love the EB environment. EBs are the only way I can grow decent bell peppers. The average size for all of my bell peppers (including some bell peppers I accidentally knocked off before they reached full size) has been about 4.5 oz. My Early Sunsation (yellow bells) have been the standouts this year - the biggest one of those was over 8 oz. In addition to the bell peppers I've used fresh and bags full of bell peppers I've given away, I've got a dozen packages of bell peppers already in the freezer - and there is a lot of growing season left!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 14, 2014 18:37:19 GMT -5
Laura, That ancho is simply called "Ancho, Mexican Large", which I got from Redwood City Seeds, which is also where I got Craig's Grande Jalapeño, Big Jim, Puya, Mustard hab, as well as the white and gold bullet habs. Great source for OP pepper seeds, and large numbers of seeds in the packets. I got very little heat in those anchos the first time I roasted and peeled them for rajas. But then, I never notice much heat in those, and often use those and anaheims in place of bells!
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Post by tntiger on Aug 15, 2014 9:27:12 GMT -5
I knocked off some bell peppers yesterday - off the stingy Orange Bell plant. It always makes me want to cry when I do something stupid like that! Especially when the plant isn't that productive in the first place. Early Sunsation . . . I'm gonna have to look for that one. I love the Yellow and Orange bells but have had more trouble getting them through disease and into production. pepperhead212 Did you get the poblano seeds from the same place?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 15, 2014 10:06:11 GMT -5
tntiger,
The poblanos are the anchos, just immature ones.
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Post by tntiger on Aug 15, 2014 11:16:58 GMT -5
Whoops - my ignorance was showing! I just did a quick Google Search and now I understand!
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