Harry's 2011/2012 Grow Log

Spicy Chicken · Jan 28, 2012

You got er goin on for sure. great work harry; keep the pics comin enjoying them greatly.

SC

harry · Jan 29, 2012

Thanks SC.

First Chocolate Bhut pod ripening

I noticed the first pod on my Chocolate Bhut plant is ripening. This will hopefully be my first brown variety to ripen. I had a Habanero Brown ripen to red last season.

patrick · Jan 29, 2012

The Datils are gorgeous. The chocolate Bhuts are a great example of what they should look like too. I hope you post pics of 100% ripe ones.

gasificada · Jan 29, 2012

harry said:
I ate my first Goat's Weed pod with dinner. There was a little sweetness a little Annuum flavour. The pod packed some heat and produced a decent tongue burn.

Do you reckon it would make a good general purpose Annuum if one was looking for something nice and hot? Sounds like I might have to give 'em a burl next season.

harry said:
I noticed the first pod on my Chocolate Bhut plant is ripening. This will hopefully be my first brown variety to ripen. I had a Habanero Brown ripen to red last season.

Fingers-crossed for ya!

How's it looking today? Can you confirm it's brown yet?

harry · Jan 29, 2012

gasificada said:
Do you reckon it would make a good general purpose Annuum if one was looking for something nice and hot? Sounds like I might have to give 'em a burl next season.

I'll comment further on the uses of the Goat's Weed once I've eaten more than one pod. My hunch is if you want to impart Annuum flavour onto a meal during cooking then you would need to add something with a stronger flavour.

patrick said:
Fingers-crossed for ya!

How's it looking today? Can you confirm it's brown yet?

The first Chocolate Bhut is predominantly brown now.

patrick said:
The Datils are gorgeous. The chocolate Bhuts are a great example of what they should look like too. I hope you post pics of 100% ripe ones.

I'll post more photos of the Chocolate Bhuts as they ripen. The pods are bumpier than is visible in the photos.

harry · Jan 30, 2012

I ate my first Naga Morich pod of the season yesterday with lunch. I kept it in the fridge overnight and sliced it like a tomato beginning at the tip. It wasn't as hot as I expected when I was eating it. My perception of its heat changed after it burned its way through my digestive tract.

PaulG · Jan 31, 2012

Wow, stud-ly pods!

SCOVILLAIN · Jan 31, 2012

harry said:
First Chocolate Bhut pod ripening

harry · Feb 3, 2012

First NotHabanero Peach fruit ripening

I that my first NotHabanero Peach fruit had patches of pink yesterday evening.

First two Bahamian Goat Pepper fruits set

I sowed 8 seeds to produce one Bahamian Goat Pepper plant. The first fruit set on the right shows signs of being bonnet shaped.

Updated 2013-01-21: Prefixed the Nots to see if they drop off web search results.

PIC 1 · Feb 3, 2012

Wow, I like the way the fruit is looking on those Bahanian Goats!

This is the first time growing the "Goat's" for me this season. . I.ve have seeds from two different sources. My plants are coming along nicely, I hope to get the "bonnrt" shape like your peppers.

Greg

harry · Feb 11, 2012

I collated some photos capture how some of the pods have ripened.

Eleventh set of 9 hyperlinked thumbnails

Row1: Chocolate Bhut (Ripening), Chocolate Bhut (Ripening), Chocolate Bhut (Ripening)
Row2: NotWhite NotBhut (Ripening - Yellow), NotWhite NotBhut (Ripening - Orange), NotWhite NotBhut (Ripening - Orangish Red)
Row3: Brazilian Starfish (Ripening - Day 2), Brazilian Starfish (Ripening - Day 4), Brazilian Starfish (Ripe Red)

The Chocolate Bhut pods are ripening nicely as I had best hoped. NotWhite NotBhut plant #1 is now on the Not list as the pods were never cream/white. My first Brazilian Starfish pod is a long time coming after last season's Not.

PIC 1 said:
Wow, I like the way the fruit is looking on those Bahanian Goats!

This is the first time growing the "Goat's" for me this season. . I.ve have seeds from two different sources. My plants are coming along nicely, I hope to get the "bonnrt" shape like your peppers.

Greg

The first Bahamian Goat Pepper fruit isn't all that bonnet shaped anymore:

First two Bahamian Goat Pepper fruits

It's one of the better plants at flower to fruit set. Given some luck maybe I'll see a pod with a stinger as shown in one of JR's photos.

Updated 2013-01-21: Prefixed the Nots to see if they drop off web search results.
Updated 2013-08-18: Prefixed the rest of the Nots.

Justaguy · Feb 12, 2012

Love to watch the aussie peppers come in as I see my babies sprout

harry · Feb 12, 2012

Twelveth set of 9 hyperlinked thumbnails

Row1: Limón (Largest Pod), Bahamian Goat Pepper, NotHabanero Peach (1st Ripe Pod)
Row2: Aji Cristal (Ripe Pods), Manzana Yellow (2nd Ripe Pod), Habanero (Compact & Bushy)
Row3: Chocolate Bhut (Harvested Pod), Chocolate Bhut (Pod Halves), Beni Highlands (1st Day Ripening)

The latest set of photos is centred around pods. The odd shot out is the Habanero plant that the pods are not visible on due to its bushiness.

I cut up and ate the left half of the Chocolate Bhut pod shown with lunch. :flamethrower:

Updated 2013-01-21: Prefixed the Nots to see if they drop off web search results.

JungleRain · Feb 13, 2012

Great Pics Harry
the peach Hab??? are than any other pods on the plant?
thats an unusual shape for the peach Hab
the Bahamian Goat is lookin gooood

harry · Feb 13, 2012

JungleRain said:
Great Pics Harry
the peach Hab??? are than any other pods on the plant?
thats an unusual shape for the peach Hab
the Bahamian Goat is lookin gooood

The other pods on the Peach Hab plants have the same elongated shape as the ripe pod.

Trippa · Feb 13, 2012

JungleRain said:
Great Pics Harry
the peach Hab??? are than any other pods on the plant?
thats an unusual shape for the peach Hab
the Bahamian Goat is lookin gooood

That peach hab almost looks identical to my cheiro do norte pods colour shape everything ... but whatever it is everything is looking good that's for certain... nice work harry.

harry · Feb 13, 2012

Trippa said:
That peach hab almost looks identical to my cheiro do norte pods colour shape everything ... but whatever it is everything is looking good that's for certain... nice work harry.

NotHabanero Peach plant #1

I took another photo that shows more of the pods. I would hardly be surprised if isn't a NotHabanero Peach given the experience I've had with other varieties from the same supplier. I hope it at least doesn't taste like a C. Annuum.

Updated 2013-01-21: Prefixed the Nots to see if they drop off web search results.

Trippa · Feb 14, 2012

Well if they are cheiro do norte then they will have a great sweet light Chinense flavour with only a mild/moderate heat (around jalapeno)

harry · Feb 14, 2012

Trippa said:
Well if they are cheiro do norte then they will have a great sweet light Chinense flavour with only a mild/moderate heat (around jalapeno)

I harvested the first ripe pod went halves on it. It had the sweet light Chinense flavour you describe and no detectable heat.

I took a photo of the outside and the inside of the pod:

First NotHabanero Peach pod

First NotHabanero Peach pod halved

I don't see how a variety that should be very hot produces a heatless pod. I hope it at least does turn out to be Cheiro do Norte as it would then not be some mongrel cross.

Updated 2013-01-21: Prefixed the Nots to see if they drop off web search results.

Trippa · Feb 14, 2012

Yeah harry that looks almost identical inside and out to my Cheiro Do Norte ... here is a pic of mine on the plant at the moment (my plant is much more squat and branching outwards to yours but could be mostly to do with the growing conditions mine endured early on)

Picture of mine currently on plant (left) and the first ones I picked on the right