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JIMMY’S CHILES HARVEST REPORT – 2015This year I pushed myself to grow more new varieties.
In order to make room for the new varieties though I didn’t grow a few of my
favorite varieties and I am looking forward to growing those traditional
varieties again for 2016! Here’s how things came out: ·
Corno Di Toro Giallo—A
good amount ·
Ancho Gigantea—not enough. Pods took forever to
ripen ·
Count Piagos—A decent amount ·
Fatalii—A decent amount ·
Barbados—Bumper Crop. Grown from 2010 seeds. What a great pepper ·
Red Bhut Jolokia—A
good amount. Noticed some of the plants produced some Peach Bhut Jolokia so I’m guessing
the seed stock I have might have a recessive Peach gene. Hmmm. . . ·
Pequin—A decent amount ·
Yucatan White Habanero—A decent amount ·
7 Pot White—A good amount ·
Pink Scorpion—A tiny amount ·
TMI Scorpion—A tiny amount ·
Amarillo Pequeno—A decent amount ·
Orangey Jalapeno—A good amount. I had noticed some Orangey Jalapenos
rarely appearing in my Yellow Jalapeno during 2013 through 2014 so I had a growout of those few Orangey Jalapenos and they are a
great pepper. Eventually it will turn red, but that takes so long—seven to
eight weeks--you are more likely to use it while orange and fresh. ·
Louisiana Hot Chile—a Small amount. Planted late in season. Brought in
two containers to overwinter. ·
Laotian—A good amount. Started with an overwintered container. Brought in
a container to overwinter. ·
Chervena Chushka—A
decent amount ·
Jimmy Nardello—A decent amount ·
Yellow Jamaican Scotch Bonnet - A bumper crop. Like the Barbados, also
grown out from 2010 seeds. ·
Red Savina Habanero—A good amount ·
Moruga Scorpion—A tiny amount. First
growout of this one. Very Hot—Twice as hot as Ghost. The inside of the
peppers have this wild golden orange color and texture. ·
Aci Sivri—A
tiny amount. Didn’t get enough sun or optimal containers. ·
Thai—A tiny amount So many new superhot varieties grown but I
rarely ever sliced one up for using with a meal. They all went toward hot sauce or dehydrated
chiles storage or chile
powder production. Well, some went
into making some hot pepper jelly and pickled chiles
too, but mostly I was focused on the dehydrated form of preservation this
year. Tomato production was up. Amy’s
Apricot, San Marzano, White Cherry, White Tomelo,
Nebraska Wedding. I also tried to grow out some Ukrainian purple but it was
too wet and shady and I think I might have only saved ten seeds out of that
patch. It was the One Tomato Patch Too Far. The herbs did great but by the time I got
around to harvesting the basil seeds I was labeling them Mystery Basil
because I wasn’t sure which of the five varieties it was. The Holy Basil came
up volunteer in my garden like crazy! Other volunteers: Asian Greens, Hopi Red Dye Amaranth, Ground
Cherry Tomato, Dill, Oregano. I also
grew out some Pak Choi and some golden/yellow peas and beans too. They came out okay. I even grew out some
corn this year for the first time. December 30, 2015 © 2015 JIMMY'S CHILES. All rights reserved. Includes all content and photos. Last Updated: 30-Dec-2015 |