The Endzone Garden Thread

[bigorangewildcat]

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. I’ve hired security to guard the garden.

 

[VolNExile]

. I’ve hired security to guard the garden.

A garden guardian?

 

[GVF]

That aint a rule it's an opinion.

200,000 aint that hot. Some of my others are 1.8 - 2.1 million on the same scale. The Dragons Breath...

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Description

Dragon's Breath - (Capsicum chinense)

We acquired our seeds directly from the original grower in the UK and grew these out three years ago. The Dragon’s Breath pepper is named for the symbol of Wales – the Welsh dragon. It is believed to be the unofficial world’s hottest pepper with a reported peak heat of 2.48 million Scoville heat units. Is it myth or reality? We cannot prove either and no official tests have been performed to back up these claims but I can tell you from firsthand experience this pepper is one of the hottest we have grown. The smell and pungency of the capsaicin knocks you down when the chili is cut into as the capsaicin oil pours out.

Heat level: 2,000,000++(SHU) Scoville Heat Units – Nuclear Heat

Flavor: Does "Fire" have a flavor?

Chocolate Moruga Scorpion...

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Description

This is the Chocolate version of the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion that scored a world record heat of over 2,000,000 Scoville units. It is also called the Brown Moruga Scorpion. The heat level is comparable to the red Moruga Scorpion but it has a much sweeter flavor. The Chocolate Moruga chili plants can get over 3 feet tall and produce peppers larger than a golf ball.

Heat level: 1,200,000 - 2,000,000 (SHU) Scoville Heat Units - Insanely Hot!

Flavor: Fruity Citrus flavor with smoky undertones and a hint of earthy sweetness.

Some peppers just scream "I'm Hot" when you look at them. My tobbasco is 50,000 and the Jalapeno I Think is 5-8000. My son planted Datil and Thai Dragon which I think are in hte 200,000 range. THen he did a ghost pepper, which is still quite insane hot, but has long since been eclipsed.

 

[GVF]

Little electric tiller… very powerful!
Rocking those socks … I know!
They are compression socks… keeps the lower leg swelling from happening when you are on your feet all day… works great.
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The socks would not be such a spectacle if you added a tan.

 

[GVF]

Buddy boy… gets a haircut Friday. He’s my garden helper.View attachment 452505

I do beleive that dog screams "I got attitude"

 

[GVF]

Yeah!! The garden finally got watered in! The rain was only 2 or 3 days late.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

 

[VolInNorthCack]

Little electric tiller… very powerful!
Rocking those socks … I know!
They are compression socks… keeps the lower leg swelling from happening when you are on your feet all day… works great.
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I have the same one, but the next size up. good little tiller.

 

[Behr]

Moruga Scorpion. Lol, these things are going crazy. Rainy season started and errthang growing overnight.



My seeds I planted and had 6 last week, 12 Monday are at 47 this morning.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Buying some half barrels this weekend and putting in some maters. I'm thinking Beefsteak of some sort, a better boy and a cherry tomato.

 

[bigorangewildcat]

Moruga Scorpion. Lol, these things are going crazy. Rainy season started and errthang growing overnight.
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My seeds I planted and had 6 last week, 12 Monday are at 47 this morning.

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Have you ever planted spit fire peppers.

 

[theFallGuy]

 

[Behr]

Have you ever planted spit fire peppers.

I haven't.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Have you ever planted spit fire peppers.

*sh!t

 

[VolNExile]

lol at the taters. I’ve never grown them before, and I truly thought that there would be a little crown of leaves above soil level maybe 6”-8” tall. Note to self: do better research next time.

The foliage on the Kennebec russets (on the left) is 2’ tall. The Yukon Golds (on the right) are 30”. For reference, the lumber is 2x8, and I planted the seed potatoes low so that I could hill them up. Silly me, I had planned to plant French beans and lima beans between the taters and bed edges; I guess not.

They were planted on 3/4; no fertilizer added. Just the Fancy Dirt (3rd year of organic soil amendments.)

 

[VolInNorthCack]

lol at the taters. I’ve never grown them before, and I truly thought that there would be a little crown of leaves above soil level maybe 6”-8” tall. Note to self: do better research next time.

The foliage on the Kennebec russets (on the left) is 2’ tall. The Yukon Golds (on the right) are 30”. For reference, the lumber is 2x8, and I planted the seed potatoes low so that I could hill them up. Silly me, I had planned to plant French beans and lima beans between the taters and bed edges; I guess not.

They were planted on 3/4; no fertilizer added. Just the Fancy Dirt (3rd year of organic soil amendments.)

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Wow! I did not realize taters grew like that. Shame on me too for not researching. I wonder if you can do anything with the leaves/foliage? Seems a shame to waste all of that. Research time!

 

[82_VOL_83]

Wow! I did not realize taters grew like that. Shame on me too for not researching. I wonder if you can do anything with the leaves/foliage? Seems a shame to waste all of that. Research time!

Compost

 

[VolNExile]

Wow! I did not realize taters grew like that. Shame on me too for not researching. I wonder if you can do anything with the leaves/foliage? Seems a shame to waste all of that. Research time!

Everything I’ve read says do NOT trim the leaves back until it’s time to harvest (leaves turn yellow and collapse at expected time.)

 

[VolNExile]

Compost

Yep, our compost pile will get a heap of nitrogen when the taters get dug!

 

[GVF]

I need to get some taters down to use up some dead space in the garden. Otherwise it goona be weeds.

 

[Behr]

That's goona suck.

 

[Tin Man]

Did everything right, starting the tomatoes and peppers indoors in sunny windows, acclimating them to the outdoors on the porch, and the peppers are “pooky” in partial sun, while one of the mater plants has been hit by a cutworm. Dagnabbit! I prepped and tilled the soil twice before planting…

 

[GVF]

Did everything right, starting the tomatoes and peppers indoors in sunny windows, acclimating them to the outdoors on the porch, and the peppers are “pooky” in partial sun, while one of the mater plants has been hit by a cutworm. Dagnabbit! I prepped and tilled the soil twice before planting…

I've read that wrapping foil or a plastic tube around hte base of squash will keep the cutworm off. I suppose that'd work for maters too.

 

[GVF]

bought some bags of worm castings. Mixed in about a pound per mater plant into the soil before planting.

 

[508mikey]

Pee on your plants: human urine can be used as an effective and sustainable fertilizer