End of August

Hi!

A small update. Not much happening with the plants right now. All of them are out on the balcony, and I have not decided if I will save some for the winter. There are some nice varieties, and I like to have a quick start in 2015. So probably I will save a few. Maybe at least one of my malaguetas. We'll see. It depends on how they look in a couple of weeks :-)

Here are the ones that I picked today. For lunch. To the left, there is a baccatum. A no-name. And to the right is a chinense - Rio. Both with their distinctive taste. Not to mention the smell. When I slice them, the smell is absolutely fantastic! It almost fills the whole kitchen!

Wishing you all a great week!

Regards,
  Mats

Malagueta

Hi!

Another one from Brazil!

This plant is from seeds that I got in Brazil last year. The pods were really, really tiny. A couple of millimeters, so I thought that something was wrong. Now I can see that these pods are not bigger.

So it's the smallest malagueta I have grown.

The flowers are typical frutescens.

And, here is the tiny pod. Maybe a half centimeter.

The plant is very nice looking. The leaves are (sort of) greener than my other plants.

I hope it has the time to produce some nice pods. The nights are getting cooler, but I expect them to be able to stay out on the balcony for another month.

More later!

Wishing you all a great weekend to come!

Regards,
  Mats

Cumari flowers

Hi!

It's been a nice day! I got some pictures of my cumari flowers.

I still don't really know the species. The flowers do look like baccatum, but I'm not completely convinced. There is something about the shapet that is different.

Anyway, here are five different flower pictures :-)

Regards,
   Mats

Beautiful goatsweed

It's fantastic to see these pods mature. What a plant!

More pictures here => http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=59

Hot regards,
   Mats

Rio, again

This is really a beautiful plant. The pods are very decorative.

But there is something that puzzles me. The pods, even on the same plant, look different. Some are wrinkled. Some almost waxed. Some erect. Some are small, and some are like this fellow below. Like a Capsicum baccatum pendulum.

I've seen plants with different looking pods. But this one takes the prize :-)

Hot regards,
  Mats

Stockholm - question

I like to walk around in Stockholm with my camera around my neck. It's good as a change to crawling on the balcony, taking pictures of peppers :-)

I like the perspective of this one. Three landmarks of Stockholm in one shot.

Do you know where the picture is taken?

Regards,
  Mats

An old favorite - Alberto

Hi!

Cross pollination is inevitable on a balcony, and especially when the grower (me) doesn't do anything to prevent it....

This one grow in a corner of the balcony, and I have sort of neglected it during the summer. But now, when the pods mature, it is really a beautiful plant.

We had some ripe pods on bread for lunch. They had that fantastic Capsicum baccatum taste, with a distinct heat.

The funny thing is that I expected the pods to look different. I grew the source of the seeds in 2003. The seeds originate from the farm of Patricia's uncle. Hence the name.

But... Those pods looked very different to these ones.
This is a picture from 2010. Completely different plant, and shape. (More pictures of the "old" one here => http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=10)

I don't think that I have mixed the seeds with another variety. But it's impossible to tell now....

Anyway, it's a good one :-)

Keep it hot!
   Mats

Cumari

Hi!

This is my overwintered cumari. I got the original seeds from Salvador in 2001. The seeds that this plant originate from are from a plant back in 2006.

I like this one a lot. It is quite different compared to other plants that I grow. The stem and branches break more easily.

It does not show very well on these pictures, but the flowers look a little different compared to the other ones as well. At first glance, I would guess it's a baccatum. But it could also be an eximium I'm not sure.

The pods are not very hot, but have a nice heat. I enjoy them most when they are dried.

More about this fantastic plant later on. I will try to get a closer picture of the flowers tomorrow.

Hot regards,
   Mats

Sunday lunch

Hi!

The tiny ne to the left is a Goatsweed. It's really hot. Not like a chinense, but with an immediate heat that causes the taste buds on my tongue to shut down :-)

Number 2 and 3 from the left are from Brazil. A baccatum with a name that is unknown to me. A nice baccatum taste :-) Not so hot.

And the three ones to the right are dedo de moça. From seeds that I brought from Brazil last year. Its hotter than the old ones that I have grown for many years. Not as good taste. And the pods are thinner. Dedo = finger in Portuguese, and moça means girl. It's good. But not one that I will grow another year.

Wishing you a great week to come!

Hot regards,
  Mats

"Rio"

Thanks to Patrik, whom I got the seeds from. Patrik calls this one Rio. It's a Capsicum chinense.

This is a nice looking plant. The pods have an attitude and look very hot. They vary a lot in shape, so I don't know how stable it is.

But it's very nice to look at. Here are some pictures.

I think I will need to pick this one today or tomorrow :-)

Hot regards,
   Mats

Habanero cappuccino

Hi!

Haven't tasted this one yet. But the pods are nice, and I expect the typical habanero flavor.

The colour is nice. A paler kind of brown. Very nice plant.

I grew it some years ago. Back in 2006. The seeds come from the old plants. So it's nice to see that the seeds are OK after almost 10 years!

Some more pictures here => http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=231


Hot regards,
  Mats

Goatsweed, an old favorite

Hi!

Goatsweed is great! Not because of the taste. It's hot. Sometimes very hot. But no special taste. It's a Capsicum annuum, wth hairy stem. The pods are hard to take pictures of, because they are really really dark.

But, we're having a heatwave with lots and lots of sunshine. So the days are bright, and the contrasts are strong.

Look at this beauty.

And these nice ones.

I realize from the dates on my pictures that this is a variety I have been growing since 2000. 14 years!

http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=59

Hot regards,
  Mats

Lunch

Hi!

I picked three chocolate scotch bonnets today. We had them on crisp bread for lunch. Fantastic taste and a good heat.

I really think that scotch bonnets and habaneros have great taste. Hot, but not too hot. I had almost forgotten how good they are. I think they are so much better than the "newer" super hot varieties.

Hot regards,
Mats - going back to basics :-)

Jalapeño cheese

Browsing through pictures from the vacation. This is how happy we were when we found a Jalapeño Cheese in a Norwegian food store :-)

It was actually quite good. Haven't looked for it in our food stores here, but I wouldn't be surprised if I find it here as well...

Keep it hot!
  Mats