Girino

These wax like pods are beautiful. It's almost like the light slips on them, making it hard to get focus.

This is a Brazilian Capsicum chinense. The name is in Portuguese, meaning tadpole. Grodyngel in Swedish. So now I have learned a new Portuguese word :-)

Five years ago, I grew this variety, and it gave a great harvest. This year, I will not get many pods, but I'm happy for the ones that are there :-) If you want to see more pictures, you can have a look here:
http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=224

From the balcony in Stockholm :-)
   Mats

Girino

This is an old "friend" of mine. I grew it a couple of years ago, and had a fantastic harvest.

It won't be the same this year. But I like this variety a lot. It's a nice Capsicum chinense.

More pictures here:
http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=224

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!

A Brazilian trio

Yesterday and today, three more varieties showed up.

It was the Girino (that I grew a couple of years ago). I think it's a C. chinense. It's a very nice one.

And my old favorite malagueta. The small variety that I bought 2001 on the market in Salvador, Brazil. I think that it's amazing to see that 10 year old seeds still are ok. I really hope that it will survive, but so far it looks good! This picture is some years old.

And the third variety is one that I got from a friend in Brazil. He calls it "black pepper". It will be exciting to see what it turns out to be :-)

Wishing you all a nice end of the working week.

Regards from a "lightless" and ice-slippery Stockholm.
   Mats