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

More orange baccatum

I'm home with Carl today, since he has caught the flu. So I could go out on the balcony to pick some fresh peppers.

Three of them are still out there because of all the aphids. We don't want the mess inside.

The nights are getting cooler and I think it's down to 8-9 degrees C and I would expect the aphids to go away. I think that the plants would be shocked if I bring them inside now, so I will simply leave them out there.

Usually I never keep the plants out so late in the season, but what strikes me is that the pods do not seem to mature the same way they usually do. This is my orange baccatum, and they matures over a more green colour than earlier in the season.

Pods picked today:

Pods picked over a week ago. You see that these ones have a deeper orange colour.

There is nothing wrong with the heat. I believe they are even hotter than the ones that mature earlier in the season. I wonder why. One reason I can think of is that the capsaicin is used to protect the chiles, and they think that they need better protection because of the cooler climate. Any other ideas?

Wishing you a great week!
   Mats

Another favorite - orange baccatum

This little fellow is saving my season :-) Without it I would not have much to harvest. But this one is productive. Very nice one. With good heat and nice taste.

I think that I will pick the ones that are ripe during the weekend, so the plant can focus on the immature ones. The outdoor growing season is definitely going to an end..

More pictures here: http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=1241

Regards,
  Mats

Orange baccatum

There is not much that beats home grown chiles! Small for a C. baccatum, but these two were really good!!!

Regards,
  Mats

Ripe Orange baccatum pods

Finally!!! I'm getting ready to harvest a couple of orange baccatum pods.

 

 It's a nice size for a baccatum. Usually my baccatum plants grow very big and dominate the balcony. But these ones have behaved :-)

Hot regards,
  Mats

Orange baccatum pods

I'm still struggling with the aphids. I thought that the aphids would give up once the plants moved out to the balcony. But they are still there...

Anyway, there are some good news. The orange baccatum are developing some nice pods!

I do have some flowers on some of the other plants, but they seem to be far away from producing pods. More about this later.

Have a nice Sunday!
   Mats

Final pots for three

Time flies and the bright daylight makes the chiles grow fast!

So I decided to repot three varieties into their "final" pots. It's the PI 596058 Chuquisac, Orange baccatum and the aji limon. All are Capsicum baccatum. As always, I plant them deep, and cover the stems with soil. The plants will develop roots, and will be more steady, when they are moved out to the balcony.

 

The chaos will soon begin. Here they are well positioned in our living room. How will it look, when the remaining 10+ plants will be repotted? :-)

I think today is a good day for repotting because of the "supermoon" :-) Check this out. It's a beautiful picture!
http://www.michellemyhre.com/2011/03/supermoon-saturday.html

Wishing you all a great weekend!
   Mats 

Repotting baccatum

My aji limon and orange baccatum are ahead of the other chiles in the mini greenhouse. Today it was time to repot them. And to take some seedlings away, so the other remaining ones get more space.

Here they are. The leading duo!

I don't know why they develop roots in the air.

Look at this long root! It's sure time for repotting :-)

I saved four plants of one variety, and three of the other.
I planted them deep in the new pots, so only an inch of the plant is above the soil.

I can see from last years notes, that I repotted the first ones in 2010 on February 1st. Keeping my fingers crossed that 2011 will be a great chile year!

Have a great weekend!
   Mats

Second place

It's amazing to watch the tiny seedlings. It's six days since we put the seeds in soil, and today the second variety showed up.

And that was the orange baccatum from my friend Jan. Thanks Jan!

2 of 18 are up. Still a long way to go :-)

Have a great Sunday!