More canarios

Good morning!

Yesterday I got rid of the canario plant. It was way too big to fit in our living room. The final "harvest" looked like this.

So now we'll be eating canarios for a while. What a luxury. They do have a fantastic heat. Sometimes a little annoying heat, but very nice!

Now I only have one pepper plant left. It's a baccatum. No leaves left on the plant, but some pods. Waiting another week or so, to see if they will start to mature.

Wishing you all a great week to come!
   Mats

Canario

Hi!

Finally, finally, finally, finally!

The canarios are ready to be picked. I love the thick, juicy flesh of this Capsicum pubescens.

These four were part of our lunch today. I think I have read somewhere that another name for this variety is "gringo killer". They are not that hot, but can be a little challenging to eat as they are.

And there are more fruits on the plant. A very nice one. I think I will try to cut it down a lot, and try to overwinter it. To get a flying start in 2013.

Wishing you all a great week to come!

Hot regards,
  Mats

Late ...

Hi!

All plants are late out on the balcony. There are lots of flowers and some pods are still developing. Climate and weather is very different compared to last year. We are experiencing a quite warm September. That's good for the development of the pods.

My canario is in full flower. Something I'm not used to at this time of year. It's a beautiful plant!

Wishing you all a great week!
   Mats

Canario

Hi again!

Some more pictures from my canario. The plant is absolutely fantastic, and the flowers are so beautiful. Here are some examples.

And, last but not least. A tiny tiny pod :-)

Wishing you all a great weekend!

Hot regards,
   Mats

Canario

All my plants this year are late, and so is this one. My canario. My only Capsicum pubescens this year. It's a magnificent plant, and it has got the biggest pot size that I have. I have a plan to keep it for the coming years.

Capsicum pubescens is different compared to the other Capsicum species, and it grows into a tree-like plant. As you can see on these flower pictures, it is also quite hairy.

The fruits are delicious, so I do really hope that I'm lucky this year, and that it produces a couple of fruits!

Hot regards,
  Mats

Not many left to repot now

The chile pepper year 2012 is progressing! Today I repotted three more in bigger pots.

From left to right - Canario, Indian frutescens and Cumari (Salvador).

I have not decided yet. But maybe the canario will get an even bigger pot. Either that one, or a nice baccatum that can grow really big. We'll see later....

Maybe repot tomorrow
Dedo de moca
Orange cheiro
Aji norteño '03

Still in the first tiny pots. I don't know if they will make it... They don't look very strong.
Bod'e '06
Patricias (Pimenta cambuci)
PI 441624 Porta da rua, Aji Yuquitania

Wishing you all a great Friday!
    Mats

It's soon time for the first repot 2012

Three more varieties have shown up. It's my porta da rua / aji yuquitania, canario and the cheiro from Recife. The cheiro from Recife doesn't look too strong, so I'm not sure it will make it. I saved the seeds when we were in Brazil in 2001. So they are quite old.

In total, I now have 14 different varieties growing. It's far away from the "old me", when everything less than 50 was more or less nothing :-) This is how it currently looks...

Have a great week!
    Mats

Plan "C"

Well, it looks like many of my old seeds won't germinate. I sure want some more varieties than I currently have... So I'm activating Plan "C".

Today I started some other old favorites.

• Aji norteño (C. baccatum)
• Maraba (C. chinense)
• Cumari (Salvador)
• Bod'e (C. chinense)
• PI 441624 Porta da rua, Aji Yuquitania (C. chinense)
• Canario (C. pubescens)

Hot regards,
  Mats