Mid October and harvest time

Mid October, and I've had the plants indoors for a couple of weeks. Some plants make the transition between the outdoor and indoor climates fine. While others just get bad, and loose their leaves. This year, it was pretty fine. Only the lanceolatum that got sad. But the plan is to get rid of most of the plants as soon as possible. So, to harvest the ripe pods have high priority.

Capsicum tovarii Major excitement that the tovarii finally has produced pods. I don't know for how many times I've tried, but as they say - never ever give up. Four pods on one plant may not be a world record, but at least I'm happy :-) I wonder how long they need to mature. Maybe a couple of months more...

Bhut Jolokia The harvest from my Bhut Jolokia plant. I like the taste of them, but they are a little too hot to handle I think. They have the characteristics of a habanero. The immediate explosive heat, but it also has the characteristics of frutescens. The heat that just grows, and doesn't give up. So I don't really know what to do with these. Maybe dry them, and make a powder. Haven't decided yet.
Tabasco I think I need to grow at least one frutescens each year. Tabasco or malagueta. It doesn't really matter. They are so good. I'm surprised that the tabasco plant managed so good to move indoors. It seems to keep the flowers, and it looks fine. In good shape. Who knows. Maybe I can harvest tabasco on Christmas Eve :-)
Capsicum lanceolatum This one is different to all the Capsicum I've grown. Haven't tasted it yet. So I have to report back later.
Long chocolate habanero Yes, this is funny. It used to be a long chocolate habanero. But this year, it was more like a red habanero. Good heat though. And quite a nice harvest. Happy guy :-) Before chopping them for the dryer. I didn't find my protective gloves, so my fingers were on fire for the whole evening... Finally. Drying. I think I will make some flakes of them, so it's easier to adjust the heat. The smell from the drying pods is fantastic!

Mid October and harvest time

Mid October, and I've had the plants indoors for a couple of weeks. Some plants make the transition between the outdoor and indoor climates fine. While others just get bad, and loose their leaves. This year, it was pretty fine. Only the lanceolatum that got sad. But the plan is to get rid of most of the plants as soon as possible. So, to harvest the ripe pods have high priority.


Capsicum tovarii
Major excitement that the tovarii finally has produced pods. I don't know for how many times I've tried, but as they say - never ever give up. Four pods on one plant may not be a world record, but at least I'm happy :-)


I wonder how long they need to mature. Maybe a couple of months more...


Bhut Jolokia
The harvest from my Bhut Jolokia plant. I like the taste of them, but they are a little too hot to handle I think. They have the characteristics of a habanero. The immediate explosive heat, but it also has the characteristics of frutescens. The heat that just grows, and doesn't give up. So I don't really know what to do with these. Maybe dry them, and make a powder. Haven't decided yet.



Tabasco
I think I need to grow at least one frutescens each year. Tabasco or malagueta. It doesn't really matter. They are so good. I'm surprised that the tabasco plant managed so good to move indoors. It seems to keep the flowers, and it looks fine. In good shape. Who knows. Maybe I can harvest tabasco on Christmas Eve :-)



Capsicum lanceolatum
This one is different to all the Capsicum I've grown. Haven't tasted it yet. So I have to report back later.


Long chocolate habanero
Yes, this is funny. It used to be a long chocolate habanero. But this year, it was more like a red habanero. Good heat though. And quite a nice harvest.



Happy guy :-)


Before chopping them for the dryer. I didn't find my protective gloves, so my fingers were on fire for the whole evening...


Finally. Drying. I think I will make some flakes of them, so it's easier to adjust the heat. The smell from the drying pods is fantastic!

September harvest

Almost mid September, and I'm following the development out on the balcony. Still the majority of the fruits have a long way to go before they are ready to be picked.

But I have some great news! And the first one to mention is ....

Capsicum tovarii

Major excitement! I think that I finally have one tovarii fruit that maybe will make it

Bode amarela
The salmon colour of this one is amazing. It looks delicious. I haven't picked the fruits yet, so I can't tell about the taste. But I bet they taste good :-)

A small harvest
Today I picked cheiro laranja and dedo de moça. Both are Capsicum baccatum. And also one tiny Capsicum chacoense. Talk about a greatest hits collection!

Well folks, that's all for today. Hoping for some nice sunshine the coming days, and a quick development of the ripening of the pods.

Mats

September harvest

Almost mid September, and I'm following the development out on the balcony. Still the majority of the fruits have a long way to go before they are ready to be picked.

But I have some great news! And the first one to mention is ....

Capsicum tovarii

Major excitement! I think that I finally have one tovarii fruit that maybe will make it!

Bode amarela
The salmon colour of this one is amazing. It looks delicious. I haven't picked the fruits yet, so I can't tell about the taste. But I bet they taste good :-)

A small harvest
Today I picked cheiro laranja and dedo de moça. Both are Capsicum baccatum. And also one tiny Capsicum chacoense. Talk about a greatest hits collection!

Well folks, that's all for today. Hoping for some nice sunshine the coming days, and a quick development of the ripening of the pods.

Mats

A chile pepper update

The nights are getting darker, and it's cooler. So it's a race against time out on the balcony.

We picked some nice chiles this weekend. If you click on any of the pictures, you will see more pictures of that variety.

The Cheiro amarela with its unusual shape. Isn't it pretty cool?



And the Capsicum tovarii is finally flowering. I hope that the weather guys are right when they say we will have some warm days this week... These flowers don't open the same way some other Capsicum flowers do. I almost looks like a C. baccatum flower, but it is more "waxy" and more "pale".

Also the plant is different looking. Sort of stronger. More "woody". This branch is from my plant that was started from seeds earlier this year.

And also the leaves are a little different. More shiny. Somewhat resembling my old favorite Capsicum flexuosum.


And my old favorite Capsicum chacoense. Small "berries" that easily drop off the plant.



And last but not least. Dedo de moça, one of my Brazilian favorites. Wonderful to eat fresh. We eat it on crisp bread with cheese. Wonderful texture and taste!


Hopefully more later :-)

Harvest time

Finally! The moment I've been waiting for :-) Time to pick some ripe chiles! During the attacks of the strong winds this summer, the plants have dropped some fruits on the balcony floor, which we of course have tasted. But nothing compares to the taste of the fruits that have matured on the plant! So it was a big moment when I picked three pods on the balcony today.

And we were not disappointed. Fantastic taste and heat. I always sense a distant taste of raspberry in the dedo de moça. I picked them nine hours ago, and saved some seeds, without using gloves or else protecting my fingers. And I can still feel a disturbing heat / irritation on my finger tops. Amazing!

Here they are :-)


Hopefully more harvest pictures soon!

My Capsicum lanceolatum

Finally! After a long wait! There are flowers on my Capsicum lanceolatum!

This is how it looked a few days ago:


And today, flowers had developed!
Aren't they beautiful?

Regards,
Mats