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when to pick a pepper
Hi All,
No Peter Piper jokes, unless they are funny, the yo have dispensation. I have a Sandia plant (Chimayo or Mew Mexico Red) that is about 12" all and now has two, three inch peppers hanging from it. I am concerned that 1) I pick it too soon and miss a larger fruit 2) I do not realize the peppers are as big as they are going to get on a 12" tall plant and the plant will think it is "finished" with its cycle and stop producing When is it time to pick a pepper? Many thanks, -T The other Sandia plant now has a lot of new leaves and "seems" to be recovering. |
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In article , T wrote:
Hi All, No Peter Piper jokes, unless they are funny, the yo have dispensation. I have a Sandia plant (Chimayo or Mew Mexico Red) that is about 12" all and now has two, three inch peppers hanging from it. .... When is it time to pick a pepper? Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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On 8/3/2016 9:55 AM, Ecnerwal wrote:
In article , T wrote: Hi All, No Peter Piper jokes, unless they are funny, the yo have dispensation. I have a Sandia plant (Chimayo or Mew Mexico Red) that is about 12" all and now has two, three inch peppers hanging from it. ... When is it time to pick a pepper? Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. Used to grow them and I am not an expert but there is nobody answering. I recall you can pick them anytime but they might tend to get "woody" if too old. It is nice to see color though just not go too long. |
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T wrote:
.... I have a Sandia plant (Chimayo or Mew Mexico Red) that is about 12" all and now has two, three inch peppers hanging from it. I am concerned that 1) I pick it too soon and miss a larger fruit 2) I do not realize the peppers are as big as they are going to get on a 12" tall plant and the plant will think it is "finished" with its cycle and stop producing When is it time to pick a pepper? never grown them here. so you have more knowledge and experience than i do... what does google say? are they grown for dried pepper/storage or fresh eating or roasting or pickling? songbird |
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Ecnerwal wrote:
.... Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. heh... (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. if my lab days were writ in any color it would be phosphor green. at least after i graduated to using a terminal instead of punched cards. songbird |
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Frank wrote:
.... Used to grow them and I am not an expert but there is nobody answering. I recall you can pick them anytime but they might tend to get "woody" if too old. It is nice to see color though just not go too long. my lack of knowledge aside... you can sometimes tell by heft if the pepper has much meat in it or not (to avoid picking too early). yet this does require at least some familiarity with the peppers how they should be normally and the end goal (are they for dry storage, pickling, etc.). songbird |
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On 08/04/2016 09:23 PM, songbird wrote:
Frank wrote: ... Used to grow them and I am not an expert but there is nobody answering. I recall you can pick them anytime but they might tend to get "woody" if too old. It is nice to see color though just not go too long. my lack of knowledge aside... you can sometimes tell by heft if the pepper has much meat in it or not (to avoid picking too early). yet this does require at least some familiarity with the peppers how they should be normally and the end goal (are they for dry storage, pickling, etc.). songbird Uh Oh. I have only dealt with this pepper dried before |
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On 08/04/2016 09:20 PM, songbird wrote:
Ecnerwal wrote: ... Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. heh... (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. if my lab days were writ in any color it would be phosphor green. at least after i graduated to using a terminal instead of punched cards. songbird Okay you two. I know you are pulling my leg. I know that hots pepper grow "red" in the dark. The "blue" ones are those yukky sweet pepper those folks above the Mason/Dixon line cook with. The green glowers are the really gross ones and are the color of, well I will stop here as it is a family group. So, fellows, I am not tricked. Ha! I AM NOT FOOLED! :-) -T Too bad I can't use my horse s*** for fertilizer. My plants would be 20 feet tall! |
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On 08/04/2016 09:18 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote: ... I have a Sandia plant (Chimayo or Mew Mexico Red) that is about 12" all and now has two, three inch peppers hanging from it. I am concerned that 1) I pick it too soon and miss a larger fruit 2) I do not realize the peppers are as big as they are going to get on a 12" tall plant and the plant will think it is "finished" with its cycle and stop producing When is it time to pick a pepper? never grown them here. so you have more knowledge and experience than i do... what does google say? are they grown for dried pepper/storage or fresh eating or roasting or pickling? songbird Oh, you take them out of the peat moss cup and transfer them to a bigger pot. Give them water and wait. About as much help as attracting bird to eat nocturnal earwigs. |
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T wrote:
On 08/04/2016 09:20 PM, songbird wrote: Ecnerwal wrote: ... Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. heh... (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. if my lab days were writ in any color it would be phosphor green. at least after i graduated to using a terminal instead of punched cards. songbird Okay you two. I know you are pulling my leg. I know that hots pepper grow "red" in the dark. The "blue" ones are those yukky sweet pepper those folks above the Mason/Dixon line cook with. The green glowers are the really gross ones and are the color of, well I will stop here as it is a family group. So, fellows, I am not tricked. Ha! I AM NOT FOOLED! :-) -T Too bad I can't use my horse s*** for fertilizer. My plants would be 20 feet tall! You CAN use horse manure for fertilizer , but it needs to be "hot composted" first to kill whatever seeds make it thru the horse's digestive tract . Cow manure on the other hand can be applied directly as it comes from the cow ... -- Snag |
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On 8/8/2016 9:13 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
T wrote: On 08/04/2016 09:20 PM, songbird wrote: Ecnerwal wrote: ... Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. heh... (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. if my lab days were writ in any color it would be phosphor green. at least after i graduated to using a terminal instead of punched cards. songbird Okay you two. I know you are pulling my leg. I know that hots pepper grow "red" in the dark. The "blue" ones are those yukky sweet pepper those folks above the Mason/Dixon line cook with. The green glowers are the really gross ones and are the color of, well I will stop here as it is a family group. So, fellows, I am not tricked. Ha! I AM NOT FOOLED! :-) -T Too bad I can't use my horse s*** for fertilizer. My plants would be 20 feet tall! You CAN use horse manure for fertilizer , but it needs to be "hot composted" first to kill whatever seeds make it thru the horse's digestive tract . Cow manure on the other hand can be applied directly as it comes from the cow ... DO NOT use race horse manure, they get more drugs than humans, can cause problems when humans eat the produce that grows in it. Found that out many years ago. The best animal manure is rabbit, doesn't need composting, goes straight into the garden row and is pretty rich too. We once had a commercial rabbitry and we used everything but the squeal. Chicken, pigeon, pig, etc. definitely need composting to completion. George, farm boy many years and years ago |
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On 08/08/2016 09:10 AM, George Shirley wrote:
On 8/8/2016 9:13 AM, Terry Coombs wrote: T wrote: On 08/04/2016 09:20 PM, songbird wrote: Ecnerwal wrote: ... Well, if it's a _Sandia_ pepper, you wait for a dark night, and go out to see if it's softly glowing blue. heh... (Spent a little too much time in a lab wearing a dosage badge a long time ago - that's a joke, I say a joke, son, and I neither like nor grow peppers so I'm otherwise useless for your question) - I suppose there is the question of whether this particular sort of pepper turns color (probably not blue, nor glowing in the dark) when ripe. if my lab days were writ in any color it would be phosphor green. at least after i graduated to using a terminal instead of punched cards. songbird Okay you two. I know you are pulling my leg. I know that hots pepper grow "red" in the dark. The "blue" ones are those yukky sweet pepper those folks above the Mason/Dixon line cook with. The green glowers are the really gross ones and are the color of, well I will stop here as it is a family group. So, fellows, I am not tricked. Ha! I AM NOT FOOLED! :-) -T Too bad I can't use my horse s*** for fertilizer. My plants would be 20 feet tall! You CAN use horse manure for fertilizer , but it needs to be "hot composted" first to kill whatever seeds make it thru the horse's digestive tract . Cow manure on the other hand can be applied directly as it comes from the cow ... DO NOT use race horse manure, they get more drugs than humans, can cause problems when humans eat the produce that grows in it. Found that out many years ago. The best animal manure is rabbit, doesn't need composting, goes straight into the garden row and is pretty rich too. We once had a commercial rabbitry and we used everything but the squeal. Chicken, pigeon, pig, etc. definitely need composting to completion. George, farm boy many years and years ago You two do realize the horse s*** I was referring to was that which came out of my mouth? Rabbit poop? Huh. |
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T wrote:
.... Uh Oh. I have only dealt with this pepper dried before i've never grown any dried pepper, not sure how i would finish them. George might know, he has mentioned before that he's grown a lot of hot peppers. but maybe he was only growing them to make pepper sauces or something? hmm... songbird |
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On 8/8/2016 10:44 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote: ... Uh Oh. I have only dealt with this pepper dried before i've never grown any dried pepper, not sure how i would finish them. George might know, he has mentioned before that he's grown a lot of hot peppers. but maybe he was only growing them to make pepper sauces or something? hmm... songbird Before my throat burned out I used to make a lot of pepper sauce, also hot pepper flakes for sprinkling on. Nowadays it's only sweet peppers and we eat them raw, cooked in many sorts of dishes, and many bags of chopped peppers in vacuum bags for ease in finding them for cooking. I may have mentioned this before but I used to swap Chile seeds all over the world by postal. One of my best trades was a guy in Bucharest who traded some really hot Chile's that I can't remember the name of. I then grew the !@#$% hot ones, traded seeds off all over North America, and finally just quit eating the things at all. Then all the terrorism stuff started and no mo' swapping peppers. I made some really good hot sauces back then that were very tasty. Here's a hint, but not about chillies, grow some New Zealand spinach, very tasty leaves when cooked or raw. In temperate climates they will reseed for years. At each leaf junction the plant makes its seeds, not round nor square but almost square. I need to get another start as they finally gave up trying to grow. I see online that the seed packets run from $US3 to $US 1+. Miss Tilly Dawg Shirley had a growth removed from her nose yesterday and is happily recovering at home. The vets around Houston are very expensive, a little over two grand on this one, but she's worth it all, best dog we've ever had. George |
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George Shirley wrote:
.... Before my throat burned out I used to make a lot of pepper sauce, also hot pepper flakes for sprinkling on. Nowadays it's only sweet peppers and we eat them raw, cooked in many sorts of dishes, and many bags of chopped peppers in vacuum bags for ease in finding them for cooking. how do you get them finished? do you leave them on the plant until they've dried completely or do you pull the plant and hang it or what? i've never done any dried pepper anything... I may have mentioned this before but I used to swap Chile seeds all over the world by postal. One of my best trades was a guy in Bucharest who traded some really hot Chile's that I can't remember the name of. I then grew the !@#$% hot ones, traded seeds off all over North America, and finally just quit eating the things at all. Then all the terrorism stuff started and no mo' swapping peppers. I made some really good hot sauces back then that were very tasty. Here's a hint, but not about chillies, grow some New Zealand spinach, very tasty leaves when cooked or raw. In temperate climates they will reseed for years. At each leaf junction the plant makes its seeds, not round nor square but almost square. I need to get another start as they finally gave up trying to grow. I see online that the seed packets run from $US3 to $US 1+. Miss Tilly Dawg Shirley had a growth removed from her nose yesterday and is happily recovering at home. The vets around Houston are very expensive, a little over two grand on this one, but she's worth it all, best dog we've ever had. aw! glad it was something that could be taken care of. gonna be out there weeding, watering today and get the cucumbers picked through again. will be another hot day later. songbird |
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