I did super hot peppers a few years ago and still have a really large freezer bag half full of them. They freeze so well and are awesome additions to chili, marinara, and anything else saucy (in moderation).
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They hold well
Same.
I vacuum sealed a ton, can't waste that shit.
I think my variety is homosex. Already changing to red on a few of these little guys. Oh well, got enough for sausage and peppers tonight.
That reddish one will have a semi sweet flavor most likely
That is a great batch of Jalepenos
The pic doesn't show it but 4 or 5 are turning red. Unfortunate they are so small, but they will work.
I just replanted my lettuce planters with ruby leaf, grand rapids, and prizehead. After getting everything situated I gave everything a nice drink of fish emulsion. While I was breaking out the stinky stuff I decided to give all citrus, stone fruit, strawberry, peppers, and herbs a nice dose as well. My patio smells like Bigfoot's dick right about now.
The never ending tobasco harvest is awesome. I'm going to have so many peppers off these two plants by the end of fall it will be ridiculous.
How is the flavor and heat on those beauties.
Heat and flavor is on point. I haven't made any hot sauce with them yet, but I did make molcajete salsa. The heat was really toned down since I grilled them (and serranos) prior to making it. Raw the heat is up there on what is borderline uncomfortable for my pallet. Lately I've been adding about 12 chopped up to a 40 oz. can of black beans and eating it with my tacos. I add the chopped chilis and a couple cloves of broken garlic to the sauce pot, then the beans on top with salt and black pep. I cook on low, not even level 1 (electric stovetop) for a while so the chilis and garlic can release their oils, then turn up the heat to and toss with a spoon for the last part of the cook. Really really good.
My lettuce isn't going to like this.
Full sun
Partial shade most of the day
Full sun until afternoon, then shade
So I had high 90's and low 100's for about 6 days back to back and each day I'd water in the morning and then again over the top at about 3:00 to cool down the plants. None of the red sails (thoughtbit was ruby leaf initially but looking at it now it definately isnt) lettuce is bolting, however most of the prizehead and grand rapids is showing signs...except in the full sun planter. How odd is that? Obviously that planter didn't have the same growth as the others, basically stunted, but I can't believe that didn't have the most signs of bolting.
2 more passion fruit flowers out of nowhere. I hand polinated and am wondering if they will ripen or die off as soon as it gets into winter weather. Oddly out of the 3 passion fruits I had on the plant, 2 just fell off (they fall off when ripe) this week. I wonder if that has anything to do with the new blooms... what an interesting plant.
Lots of my lettuce bolted from my week of high heat, but thats OK. It will still be just fine when I harvest, it just won't be cut and come again, instead it will be one and done. Nothing bitter with the flavor after 24 hours in the fridge (I've said it before but worth reiterating).
I knew this was going to be the case last weekend so I sowed some flats with ruby leaf, black seeded Simpson, prizehead, tango, lolla rosso, and grand rapids. I'll thin in another week or two.
You planting in sequence?
That's always the hardest part for me...
6 weeks of too much lettuce and then 11 months with none, lol
No, I just plant everything all at once. Since I typically do cut and come again lettuce I'll get 3-5 cuts from any given bed so friends, family, co-workers, and I are usually swimming in lettuce most of the year. The only thing that sucks is when I don't time things right and I've got lettuce starts in November through the end of February. With short days it takes forever for lettuce to come to size. I won't have that issue this year.
I live in zone 10b and grow lettuce year round, so the only time that I go without lettuce is after everything gets its last harvest and I'm waiting for new starts to come to size.
I haven't been timing things, but looking back at this thread I planted out my new starts on August 31st. I haven't harvested yet, but easily could have started last week if I wanted a few salads (I like the plants to get larger before harvesting, but you can always pick the outer leaves when the plants are a decent size). My cut and come again lettuce will last in the fridge for 2-3 if processed correctly, so I'm not really going all that long without lettuce in between crops. Obviously this time of year the young plants grow at a much faster rate than say winter, so that needs to be taken into account.
Never heard of that one
Looks amazing
I suggest acquiring some Chester berry plants, I could ship you some once they root in the grounding a few months.
Tolerant to -20, Thornless, High Yield, Biggest Berries I have grown yet, Juicy but don't go soft in 1 day like some berries.
I turned a 1 gallon pot into a 16 foot long full piece of cattle panel loaded with huge berries in one year, 3 years later this thing wants to take over the neighborhood, easy to prune though since no thorns.
Fucking amazing
"8. ‘Chester’
‘Chester’ is known for its winter hardiness and can tolerate as low as -20°F, or possibly even lower. It is the most cold hardy of all the thornless varieties, but it can also tolerate hot, dry weather. Even in high heat, the berries won’t soften or lose their flavor.
‘Chester’ is resistant to cane blight and sunburn. It produces berries that are large, firm, and mildly sweet when fully ripe. The fruit ripens late in the season, mid-July to August. ‘Chester’ is great choice for its hardiness, vigor, and productivity."
The Best-Tasting Thornless Blackberries (9 Top Picks) – The Fruit Grove
thefruitgrove.com
I would send as bareroot
@sparkuri
maybe in January or so
Remind me
They just dip into some small round rock and start sending out strong root clusters and I can then pull them out and send the root part.
Really a must try for anybody who wants to grow berries IMO. A pro farmer took 9 starts of mine two weeks back and is gonna grow a whole Farm Row 100 foot long or so.
@sparkuri maybe in January or so
Remind me
They just dip into some small round rock and start sending out strong root clusters and I can then pull them out and send the root part.
Really a must try for anybody who wants to grow berries IMO. A pro farmer took 9 starts of mine two weeks back and is gonna grow a whole Farm Row 100 foot long or so.
Definitely.I would send as bareroot
maybe in January or so
Remind me
They just dip into some small round rock and start sending out strong root clusters and I can then pull them out and send the root part.
Really a must try for anybody who wants to grow berries IMO. A pro farmer took 9 starts of mine two weeks back and is gonna grow a whole Farm Row 100 foot long or so.
I need garlic now though..........
Hook a nigga up?
I could send that as well
but I think you are supposed to plant them soon, look for the varieties you want locally or thru mail IMO.
Biggest clove will produce the biggest bulb is one thing I have learned