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

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

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

March update

Hi!

End of March already. Today I have been busy repotting some plants. The table in our living room is occupied with pots and plants :-)

Here are some pictures of the plants that I have overintered.

Pequin from Ischia. Very nice. Full of flowers, and some tiny pods.

Goatsweed. This variety is always hard to take pictures of. Somehow the pods are darker than usual.

Dedo de moça. The first "pod". Who knows. Maybe I can pick som peppers for midsummer :-)

Peru yellow. Looking good. Plenty of flowers. Maybe, maybe som pods...

This is a variety from Brazil, that I don't know the name of. I just loved the  distinct patterns on the bottom of the leaves.

Wishing you a nice week to come!

Hot regards,
  Mats

Goatsweed

Hi!

I keep my goatsweed in our kitchen window hoping that it will survive the winter. Looking at it at night under the extra lights, it is spectacular!

Look at this hairy stem. It's a Capsicum annuum, but has some of the characteristics of a pubescens.

I think that we will have fresh harvested goatsweed for lunch tomorrow.

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

Hot regards,
  Mats