Aussie Pepper Update Thread - Page 12

Spatzbear · April 12, 2007

Our very unseasonal weather this autumn (it's been summery hot for over a week with temperatures at around 30C every day. No rain in sight, everything is dry as dust.) has one advantage - it allows more chillies and capsicums to ripen.

Yesterday's haul:
http://ausgarden.com/v/Spatzbear/veg...geViewsIndex=1

Spatzbear · April 12, 2007

This is Corno di Torro, yellow.

A ripper of a plant, just like the red one. Both still producing massive fruit.

Spatzbear · May 14, 2007

Jimmy Nardello is still producing lovely sweet peppers! Absolutely amazing plant. We've had average night temperatures of 5-9C and daytime temperatures of 15-22C in the last few weeks. And plenty of RAIN!

The rest of the capsicums and chillies are still in the ground and looking great, but not much is ripening up any more. It is autumn (and cool) after all.

Grub · July 3, 2007

Still swamped in peppers here with a late blush of a few anaheims, with other plants all puffed out, but heaps of other stuff. In fact, some hotties hagve really taken hold with branches of C.Pubescens and stuff and some really nice faux hottie culinary types.

Michael, I not far from seed sorting and will send some of your stuff to Spatz if that's alright with you. Those I grew last year, the anaheim types, were great.

**mdvpc** · July 3, 2007

Grub-whatever you want to do is fine with me.

My chile plants got set back with a freak hail storm here a few days ago-habanero, new mex big jim, jalapeno and serrano all lost a lot of flowers. My corno di capra and jimmy nardello's didnt. My lipstick and Franks are just getting started. I am germinating another few cayenne to put into the containers in August.

The chile festivals will start then also and we will buy 2 bushels or so of green chile-we have been buying from the same farmer for several years. He roasts it right there, we bring it home and freeze it. No way I can grow enough green chile to last the year.

Grub · July 3, 2007

Sorry to hear about the hail... not that you were ever going to meet your chile demands. That's too funny... I have some greenies in the freezer still... problem here is mum's milk otherwise I would load up the communal chilli pot.

Hey, you'll love this, also have some big pickling jars in the fridge, for months now, with pickled mix of whole peppers (not roasted) from jals to red and green NumMex ones and lots of funny little Big Jims that came on late and others... nice and hot and good for the tacos or such thing.

Thanks again. Lipstick is so nice and compact. Jimmy Nardello is still doing it. One Big Jim is on fire again. And so on. The habs in all thier guises are more difficult to get through and the C.Pubescens are sooo hot in a different way.

One face that isn't a NuMex one: Ring of Fire. Very good. I'll send the other NuMex ones to Spatz in coming days or weeks... before her season.

July 3, 2007	#170
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Grub-whatever you want to do is fine with me. My chile plants got set back with a freak hail storm here a few days ago-habanero, new mex big jim, jalapeno and serrano all lost a lot of flowers. My corno di capra and jimmy nardello's didnt. My lipstick and Franks are just getting started. I am germinating another few cayenne to put into the containers in August. The chile festivals will start then also and we will buy 2 bushels or so of green chile-we have been buying from the same farmer for several years. He roasts it right there, we bring it home and freeze it. No way I can grow enough green chile to last the year. __________________ Michael

April 12, 2007	#166
Spatzbear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia Posts: 349	Our very unseasonal weather this autumn (it's been summery hot for over a week with temperatures at around 30C every day. No rain in sight, everything is dry as dust.) has one advantage - it allows more chillies and capsicums to ripen. Yesterday's haul: http://ausgarden.com/v/Spatzbear/veg...geViewsIndex=1

May 14, 2007	#168
Spatzbear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia Posts: 349	Jimmy Nardello is still producing lovely sweet peppers! Absolutely amazing plant. We've had average night temperatures of 5-9C and daytime temperatures of 15-22C in the last few weeks. And plenty of RAIN! The rest of the capsicums and chillies are still in the ground and looking great, but not much is ripening up any more. It is autumn (and cool) after all.

July 3, 2007	#169
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Still swamped in peppers here with a late blush of a few anaheims, with other plants all puffed out, but heaps of other stuff. In fact, some hotties hagve really taken hold with branches of C.Pubescens and stuff and some really nice faux hottie culinary types. Michael, I not far from seed sorting and will send some of your stuff to Spatz if that's alright with you. Those I grew last year, the anaheim types, were great.

July 3, 2007	#171
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Sorry to hear about the hail... not that you were ever going to meet your chile demands. That's too funny... I have some greenies in the freezer still... problem here is mum's milk otherwise I would load up the communal chilli pot. Hey, you'll love this, also have some big pickling jars in the fridge, for months now, with pickled mix of whole peppers (not roasted) from jals to red and green NumMex ones and lots of funny little Big Jims that came on late and others... nice and hot and good for the tacos or such thing. Thanks again. Lipstick is so nice and compact. Jimmy Nardello is still doing it. One Big Jim is on fire again. And so on. The habs in all thier guises are more difficult to get through and the C.Pubescens are sooo hot in a different way. One face that isn't a NuMex one: Ring of Fire. Very good. I'll send the other NuMex ones to Spatz in coming days or weeks... before her season.