This is the first round harvest – half the Jimmy’s Nardellos and Shishitos are still on the tiny plants that produced more peppers than they can hold. The Carolina reapers look like orange chocolate chips 😂 but the next wave coming looks the right size and texture (with tails). Only got two little NuMex lemon spices ☹️ thanks to the squirrels wrecking the leaves on that plant a few months ago, and was amazed at all the bright orange nuggets coming off my Filius Blue despite it having maybe 100 more deep blue/purple fruits still on the plant. Also, waiting on the maybe 50-60 fruits on my Birds Eye to ripen and similar with my Biquinho Red and Ahi Chinchi Amarillo (an Ahi which also happens to have grown as tall as me 😳). Oh yeah, and one big Pasilla pepper 😅
So much better than the entire season last year, and all of these plants are in year two having made it through the winter with little to no input from me and no transplanting (outdoor raised beds, Southern SF Bay Area). We’ve had a bit of leaf nibbling from the tree rats but nothing like the monster from last year which got a taste for “blood” and just couldn’t stop chowing down. Also, have had some slug wrangling to do but overall a pretty healthy and happy garden this year.
Now I have to figure out what to do with em! Brought the Nardellos and Shishitos to a friend’s BBQ and we destroyed them. Maybe dry and powder the reapers and filius to make heat powder?
Just wanted to share as I’m so happy!
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