Chiles!

[gallius]

Harvest time in ye olde garden. The plants are still looking rough from the ravages of Mites and Aphids but we're livin' guys.

Comments

[soren_grey]

I wish I could fav this entry. I only grew banana peppers this summer (my 2 plants produced about 20 peppers), so this is really inspiring. I love the colors in the last photos the most.

[gallius]

We can't fav entries anymore? bummer. :/ ...or is it because it's in a comm? You did better than I on the Banana chiles, my Yellow Banana croaked, mites. Thank you very much for the kind words, it was struggle to bring them back. Awesome, should be some more to come I've got some other plants that just started budding out. :)

[squid_ink]

the OP is in zone 10/11... that's a big difference from where you are, makes growing stuff like this alot easier FWIW

[gallius]

Yep, though in some ways it's a double edged sword. The lack of a true winter (just rains more here) does mean a year round growing season but it also means no cold to break pest/disease cycles.
Seems like the Aphids and their buddies (Scale, mites, et al) just eat, pump steroids and screw, oh and build a resistance to organic pesticides. It's taken me almost 2 years (and many loses of Solanaceae varieties in particular) to devise a regime that keeps the pests/diseases at bay.

[regality3]

Holy Whatever! You have me runnin' for the fire extinguisher! *L* Great crop.

[gallius]

LOL You got that right, Fatalli's in particular are no joke, put some fresh ones in a quesadilla once... don't try this at home kids.

[bailey36]

wow, you got lots of chiles, I got quite a lot of bananas, they are done now, and lots of Jalapenos, bunches of habaneros, a few Bolivian Rainbows, but that's it. My cayenne crop totally failed, and I love them, esp. in soups, and pickled.

[gallius]

Right on, sounds like you're a fellow chile head! My Jalapenos ('Jalapeno M' variety) copped it due to mites, so I'm retrying with a local variety called 'Wailua'. Sucks about your Cayenne plants, nearly lost the only plant I had as well. Which Habaneros did you plant?

[bailey36]

mine are just listed as red, my Jalapenõs are also the M type, I can't do hot peppers since I contracted IBD I save my habenerõs for others. they are drying to give away.

[gallius]

Cool enough. :) I give a bunch away as well, if not I think I'd give myself an ulcer. Just put another batch in the oven today, post some pics soon.

[singeaddams]

Beautiful crop! And I bid farewell to your stomach lining, yikes.

[gallius]

hehe! The devil is in the dose to be sure.

[xxweaponx]

Damn, man. I'm jealous. Due to our terrible weather in NorCali zone 9a, I couldn't plant any peppers this year. Those look awesome. Next summer, consider getting a couple tubs of lady bugs. They'll stick around and breed and keep aphids in check.

[gallius]

Thanks dude! My uncle who lives up in Napa said the same thing, summer was way to mild tomatoes snuffed it as well, that bites. Sounds like a good plan! I'm not sure I can get ladybugs out here but that would be an ideal solution to my pest woes.

[xxweaponx]

You can get them online, which is awesome. I've bought ladybugs and worms from online vendors and been super happy with the stock.

[gallius]

Awesome, I'm going to have to look into that, spraying even organic sprays is just a pain, much rather use a biocontrol.