Late harvest

After chasing aphids for most of the year, it's nice to be able to pick some pods.

Here are some orange baccatum. Sharp heat and nice taste.

And here are some Florida Bird Peppers drying. They have a dry heat. I guess they are like chewing on gunpowder :-)

And here are some Chuquisac. Mild baccatum with a nice taste.

Well, dinner is served :-)

Hot regards,
  Mats

Florida bird pepper

The growing season is definitely going to an end. My Florida Bird Pepper has had a fantastic late season, so I will very soon pick all the pods.

This is how it looked a couple of days ago. Aren't the peppers fantastic?

More pictures here: http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=1239

Regards,
   Mats

Florida bird pepper

The weather is still unbelievable warm for the season, so I still have three pots out on the balcony.

This Florida bird pepper is one of my favorites from this year, so I keep it inside. Finally it has started to get ripe pods.

As you may see, it is still flowering.

it's a beauty!

It's so dense, so it's hard to get a good shot of a single pod.

The heat of the pods is explosive. Very hot in other words! It fools you in the beginning. Hmmm, not so hot I thought when I sampled one. Two seconds later, my mouth was on fire :-) 

Have a great Sunday everyone!

   Mats

Florida bird pepper

Well, this is nice. Maybe the plants get stressed by the chilly nights, but finally some pods are turning red :-)

I haven't tasted them yet, but they look good! I'm sure they will be fine either dried, fresh or in an oil.

It is really windy, so it doesn't help to use a tripod, but anyway, here are the sharpest pictures I took today. 

There are plenty of flowers on the way. Too bad they won't be setting fruit. Unless I move it inside soon. But before that I need to get rid of the aphids...

Hot regards,
   Mats

Florida Bird Pepper

This one is one of the "survivors" from all the aphids and winds. It seems that the most resistant varieties are the ones that are closest to be wild or undomesticated.

This is a gorgeous looking plant, and the small flowers are true beauties!

 

 

More pictures here:

http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=1239

Hot regards,
  Mats

Repotting

Phew! Busy days repotting chiles! Today I repotted three different malaguetas, Florida bird pepper, Girino, Black Cayman and St. Kitt's Red. That means that all of my peppers for this year are in their "final" pots.

Well, except one. The caronog from 2001. It's so small, so I'm still not sure if it will make it. Here it is, next to my turmeric:

Just for comparison. Check this picture below. All the seeds were planted on the same day, and compare the sizes of the plants. It's amazing to see how fast they grow when they are repotted into bigger pots. The three big ones are baccatum. I think especially baccatum takes immediate advantage from the bigger pots. They were repotted almost a month ago.

Wishing you all a nice Sunday!