2009-01-01 Today I started the 2009 season. I planted the capsicum chinense, capsicum pubescens and one capsicum frutecens and one capsicum exmimium.
Here are the peppers that I sowed:
7 POD chinense
Aribibi Gusano chinense
Bhut Jolokia chinense
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate chinense
Big sun scotch bonnet chinense
Cajamarca chinense
Clavo chinense
Devils Tounge chinense
Fatalii chinense
Habanero cappuccino chinense
Habanero Condors Beak chinense
Habanero white giant chinense
Peruivan Serlano chinense
Pimenta da neyde chinense
Purple hazel chinense
Super Datil chinense
Trinidad Douglah chinense
True Jamaican Scotch Bonnet chinense
Vinagrito, PI 281441 chinense
Bradleys Bahamian frutescens
Chile de seda pubescens
Hyper pube, cap 217 pubescens
Pi 355811 (aji rocoto) pubescens
Rocoto cusqueno pubescens
San isidro pubescens
Brown Rocoto pubescens
White Rocoto pubescens
CAP 500 exmimium
Within a month (or two) I will start to germinate the caspicum annuum and capsicum baccatum
Pictures from the botanical garden of Stockholm
Bih Jolokia, amazingly big plant (at least 1,5 meter tall)
Bih Jolokia pods and some bugs
Shiny Red. Last year I traded seeds with the Botanical garden of Stockholm. I got seeds from this great capsicum chinense and I gave away seeds from the...
Locato. I just love this capsicum pubescens. But as my pubescens they are very late this year up here in Stockholm. But it had some pods...
...still green though.
Flower of Locato
Rocopica is still outside and its one of those peppers that have very nice flowers!
Cili Goronong
Maraba, this one did not like it in a small pot, but at least I got some pods.
Trinidad Scorpion (the red one) not yet matured.
Regards
Patrik
Finally our garden house is ready.
Lila Purpur in its new home.
Not white at all (yet!?) - White Rocoto. This pods looks much more healthy than the first pod that changed color. The only problem is that it is yellow like a lemon! Time will tell if it will turn into a white.
Many of the peppers now has small pods, like this small capsicum chinense Condors Beak ( It looks like it has some annuum genes)
Yesterday, I planted the first seeds of 2010.
Seed I planted were:
Capsicum chinsense
Bhut Jolokia, Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, 7 Pod, Yellow 7 Pod, Douglah Trinidad, Trinidad Scorpion - Morouga Blend, Morouga Yellow, Pimenta da Neyde, Naga Morich, Habanero, Limo, Limon, Habanero Golden Bullet, Peruivian White Habanero, Spicy Porto Rican , Wild chinense
Capsicum frutescens
Tabasco Greenleaf
Capsicum baccatum
Inca Red Drop, Pimenta Barra Do Ribeiro, Aji Brazilian Bonanza Unknown Large Red baccatum michu from Peru,
Capsicum annuum
O'odams Indian Piquin, Chiltepin DOI031 (Origin: Cameron County, Texas)
I have already sown the Locato PI 387838 (Capsicum pubescens) in early December. One of the seeds have already germinated.
Within a few weeks, I will plant more varieties mainly annuum but also some baccatum.
/ / Patrik
I started to germinate this plant in July ;D, today I got the first flower. I got the seeds from Åke Truedson. He in turn collected the seeds on a journey in Peru. I actually dont know if the pods are white or if its just called White Rocoto.
The first day in February gave me a nice suprice - the first flower of the (2 year plant) Brown Rocoto. It almost feels like spring, even though its still snow outside.
Many of the peppers have now germinated, but I am still wainting for a few to pop up.
Regards
Patrik
This Bell pepper I got from Diana i Holland, its called Lila Purpur.
Two very similar plants: Serrano Hildago & Goats Weed
Santa Fe Grande
Jamy, capsicum baccatum (from Italian Stuard Company)
Some pics from early september 2008. Still no frost, but it has been very cold the last nights.
Turbo Pube
Turbo Pube
Cap 1492
Blondie
Peruivan White Habanero - this plant is two years old. It almost died during the winter. Now it is a very small plant.
Petit Marseillais
Regards
Patrik
I have put these peppers in the soil:
Goats weed annuum
Jalapeno Grande F1 annuum
Jalapeno purple annuum
Marconi Purple annuum
Numex pinata annuum
Peter Pepper annuum
Purple jalapeno annuum
Serrano purple annuum
Lady Violet (bellpepper from russia) annuum
Aji amarillo baccatum
Aji colorado baccatum
Ají Panca (ou Ají Brown) baccatum
Baccato da orto baccatum
Blondie baccatum
Bubba baccatum
dedo de moca baccatum
Ethiopian Peppertree baccatum
Jamy baccatum
Peppadew baccatum
Polumbo baccatum
As always I have some problems with the germination of some peppers. Some of the must have peppers (7 pod, Trinidad Douglah, Chocolate Bhut Jolokia) has been sowed one more time.
I have also put some Physalis pruinosa in the soil.
I got the news that the White rocoto is white yellow (pale yellow). Here is another picture of this "all winter flowering plant"
I love this time of the year to buy pepper related food. In Stockholm we have an excellent store that sells food from Peru, Bolivia and Chile. They have loads of pepper related stuff. Here are some of the products I have bought.
Last one of the very late peppers;) Peruvian Pointer - one of the overwintering plants. Also one of my favorites.
Regards
Patrik
Hi, things been very busy. In may we saw the birth of our second child, Alexander. So not much time for peppers but I am trying:)
Unknown large red baccatum from michu.
Love this pepper, and Ida seems to love it too Thanks Chris for this great pepper.
Brown 7 pod, thanks Sara
Pimenta Da Neyde, thanks Claudio
Greenhouse
two pictures above my new favorite of this year, Pimenta Barra Do Riberio. Thanks Chris for the seeds.
I just love to dry peppers, both int the air and with the dehydrator. Most of the peppers seems to keep thier colors but look at the Bulgarian Carrot, one pod was deired in the dehydrator and lost most of it yellow color but it kept its shape, the pod that was dried in the air it kept its color but lost its shap The Jamacian Bells are excellent christmas decoration.
Regards
Patrik
Christmas market at Stockholms bontanical garden.
Some hot peppers for sale (just tried the Bih Jolokia for the first time, I have tried Trinidad Scorpion before but I must say the Bih Jolokia was hotter. Phu...that was severly hot - 10 minutes of pain, just pain..)
Ida takes a closer look at Omnicolor Capsicum baccatum
Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures (cellphone pictures)
Regards
Patrik
Clavo looks promising, I believe this is an Italian capsicum chinense
Birgits Locoto, capsicum baccatum
Numex Pinata, one of those "extra" beautiful jalapenos.
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, I am really looking forward to see the pods on this one and to taste it.
Small pods of Bubba looking at the sun:) I wonder if they will stay this way?
Blondie, last year this one did not came true so I am having another go this year with this white baccatum.
Another "white" pepper, White Rocoto - still very green;)
Aji Colorado, is not as early as last year but still an early baccatum.
This is an interesting pepper. It has a very nice aroma and taste, but is also painfully hot. I compared it with some other chinense.
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, Bhut Jolokia, Habanero and Vinagrito
My first matured Chocolate Bhut Jolokia and Bhut Jolokia pods were small. The pods that now are maturing are looking much better. Anyway I tasted the first ripe pods of the Jolokias together with Habanero and the similar Vinagrito. I only to a very small pice of the pods.
The Chocolate Bhut Jolokia: Very nice and strong smell, at first also a very nice aroma, but quite soon I realized its going to hurt The second taste made me cough.
Bhut Jolokia: Not that strong smell as the Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, otherwise the same experience when tasting it, first nice aroma and taste then extremely hot!
Habanero: also very very hot.
Vinagrito: definitely milder than the others, but still hot.
Conclusion:Its hard to tell which pepper is hotter than the other - they all gave me pain, maybe the reaction of sweating, coughing and a runny nose was an indication that the Jolokias are hotter then the Habanero
I had a small cold, I feel better now
The Balcony (Birgits Locoto, Aji Amarillo (M), Goats Weed, Aji Colorado, White Rocoto and more)
A closer look at Goats Weed
Cajamarca are doing very well, and it has some very odd pods.
My 7-pod(Blast) is light green as unripe, the other 7-pods (yellow, orange)are dark green as unripe.
Bhut Jolokia
Peppadew
(Not) Peruvian Serlano
Pimenta Barra Do Ribeiro
Trinidad Bush
Kali Mirch
PI585273 Capsicum pubescens
Serrano Stuard
Mazaroni River - very tasty and hot pepper
Aji Pineapple (mobile phone photo)
Padron and tomato
Some harvest, The white pepper is the White Habanero (mild).
Ciao!
I hope you all are great, here are som of my favorites of this year.
Pimenta Da Neyde - I looooooove this one!!! This year finaly a nice harvest.
Habanero - quite prolific
The killers from trinidad 7 pod brown and yellow + morouga blend
Yellow Bhut Jolokia, maybe not so hot as the red one but a great pepper anyway.
Pimenta barra do Riberio - my favorite of this year
Another hot one from Trinidad, Trinidad Douglah
Harvest time in october.
Picking the ones for next year, always a hard choice. But great fun.
Have a nice holiday!
Patrik
This year I am growing loads of peppers. But many of the seeds are old - so some wont grow. Some of the wild ones has the wrong species I belive.
7 pot Brain Strain
7 Pot Primo
Aji Cristal
Aji Golden
Aji Largo
Aji Russian Yellow
Bhut Jolokia
Bhut Jolokia
Biquinho Iracena
Black Naga
Bode Roxa
Bolivan Small Red Capsicum Chacoense
Brazillian Red Pumkin
Cap 1035 Capsicum Eximium
Cap 1141 C.Praetermissum
Cap 1153 Capsicum Chacoense
CAP 1491 C.sp
Cap 1530
Cap 215 Capsicum Microcarpum
Cap 500 Capsicum Eximium
Capsicum Tovarii (CGN 22876)
CGN 19182 (C.emimium x C.pubescens?)
CGN 19198 C.sp
CGN 20497 C.Cardinasii
CGN 20805 Capsicum praetermissum
CGN 24332 Capsicum Buforum
Cherio
Chile De Seda
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
Chocolate Scotch Bonnet
Co 00280 C.sp
CO 0948 baccatum
CO 1220 baccatum
CO 5061 baccatum
Columbian Orange Lantern PI 275127
Consteno Amarillo
Diente de Perro
Dominica Red (Habanero)
Ecuadorian Light Green
Fatalii Red
Goats Weed
Grif 15020 Capsicum Flexuosum
Guindilla Blanca
Habanero Brown Large¨
Habanero St. Martin
Hot Lemon
Inca Red Drop
Jalapeno Herkules
Mazaroni River
Morado
Naga Viper
Paloma
Patricia
Peru Yellow
Peruivan Poniter
PI 238047
PI 585261 Ultra Pube
PI 631154 C.Flexuosum
PI 645681 C.Eximium
Pimenta Barra Do Ribeiro
Pimenta Da Neyde
Rain Forest
Rica Yellow
Rocoto Grandis
Shiny Red PI 802351
Stor Spansk Paprika
Tabasco
Trinidad Scorpion BT
Trinidad Scorpion Morouga Blend
Tulpanpaprika
White Bullet
Hi Guys - Its been a while. But here are my favorits of 2012. 7 Pot Primo - best scorpion shape ever!
This one is not the regular Red Fatalii, but it also go under the name Red Fatalii. I got it from an american gentleman. I have seldom seen a capsicum chinense been so prolific as this one! Highly recomended!
A capsicum chinense that seemed to like the cold summer of 2012. Columbian Orange Lantern PI 257127. Quite small and very very tasy - nice heat aswell!
A pepper named by my friend Mats after his wife: Patricia. As you see its a capsicum baccatum. These peppers had really long tails and were the best tasting baccatum with this shape I have ever tasted. Nice heat aswell (hotter that the regular Jamacian Bell etc).
Friggitello is a chile pepper variety with The Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (AGM). It's well worth it! Besides that it always gives abundant harvest so keeps the plant very healthy. I love to fry it in olive oil like I do with Padron. The variety always gives better yield than padron is my experience. The variety has no heat but is very good nonetheless!
2012 was not the best year for growing peppers in sweden. Many plants did only produce a very small harvest and som pods hade to be harvested while still green. Like these TS Morouga Yellow.
The capsicum pubescens did seem to like the weather and was earlier than ever before. I did grow Aji Largo and...
...PI 585261 and...
...and Rocoto Grandis. All with good results.
Have a nice december
Regards
Patrik with family
Every year when Orto Novo are ready to clean thier 1000m2 "pepper"greenhouse they let the Swedish Pepper society (Svenska Chilepeppar föreningen) harvest the last of the peppers. This year the plants was somewhat affeted by fungus, but still there where plenty of very nice peppers to pick. About 70 people attended this event. Orto Novos greenhouses are situated close to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Afterwards we hade coffe and very tasty applepie spiced with Ancho chile.
Our harvest. Peppers include: Rocoto (Red, Orange and yellow), Aji Amarillo ((Aji Amarillo mirasol - I belive)), Hot Lemon, Trinidad Seasoning, Habanero, Serrano, jalapeno, Yellow Cayenne (not in the picture) , Yellow Bumpy, Sivri Biber, Jamacian Bell.
A big Thanks to Orto Novo and SCF for this very nice event
Some pictures from last year (sorry did not take that many photos this year)
(sorry for my english - written in a hurry)
