NuMex Orange Spice Jalapeno Peppers [8/02/2020] [TERMINATED]

[mike]

I planted these seeds 9 days ago. I am rather intrigued by these jalapenos because they are said to be a very hot jalapeno. I bought the seeds from Jim Duffy at www.superhotchiles.com/.  Below the photo is a video of a couple taste testing one of these peppers grown from Jim Duffy's seeds. I think I'm really going to love this project.

[Sher]

I am a pepper wimp. These would fry me. But they are beautiful.

what a beautiful sheen to that pepper!

The gal was struggling to keep her composure and it made me chuckle..it must have been Sooo hot!

I thought she was going to take a small bite and wolfed down the whole half in one go!

This would be me..

Mike..get your jars and labels ready! I foresee sauce in the making at Mr. Park's house in a few months!

That is one beautiful pepper!

[mike]

I hope the peppers turn out to be that large. The other photos I've seen they were smaller. We shall see. I will make a batch of chili with these. But I will make sauce, too.

[Shawn]

I am watching this one mike.  I may need to grow these for Mark.

[mike]

Another one you may want to keep your eyes on , Shawn, is the NuMex Sandia Select. This is an 8" dark green pepper with higher Jalapeno heat. I just ordered some seeds from Amazon. Do not confuse these with the original NuMex Sandia. That is a thin-wall pepper grown more drying and turning into powder. I can't wait to try these. The Sandia Select is a thick wall pepper.

I am headed to Target today. I ordered a couple of bins for cleaning grow decks. This may be a bit of over kill, but I really want to start with sparkling clean grow decks. I also ordered 4 gallons of vinegar. I didn't go with the Walmart bin. This is what I ordered for pick up.

www.target.com/p/sterilite-28qt-clear-plastic-under-bed-storage-bin-with-lid-white/-/A-13794483?ref=&ref=OpsEmail_Order_572_Default%20OPU%20B&j=169802&sfmc_sub=386445942&l=20_HTML&u=93694342&mid=7284873&jb=613336

It will be large enough to put both Farm decks in at the same time. This will require a couple gallons to fill it 1-inch deep, though. That's OK, I plan on pumping the vinegar back into the jugs for future use. 

[Shawn]

Aug 15, 2020 8:11:46 GMT -5 mike said:

Another one you may want to keep your eyes on , Shawn, is the NuMex Sandia Select. This is an 8" dark green pepper with higher Jalapeno heat. I just ordered some seeds from Amazon. Do not confuse these with the original NuMex Sandia. That is a thin-wall pepper grown more drying and turning into powder. I can't wait to try these. The Sandia Select is a thick wall pepper.

I am headed to Target today. I ordered a couple of bins for cleaning grow decks. This may be a bit of over kill, but I really want to start with sparkling clean grow decks. I also ordered 4 gallons of vinegar. I didn't go with the Walmart bin. This is what I ordered for pick up.

www.target.com/p/sterilite-28qt-clear-plastic-under-bed-storage-bin-with-lid-white/-/A-13794483?ref=&ref=OpsEmail_Order_572_Default%20OPU%20B&j=169802&sfmc_sub=386445942&l=20_HTML&u=93694342&mid=7284873&jb=613336

It will be large enough to put both Farm decks in at the same time. This will require a couple gallons to fill it 1-inch deep, though. That's OK, I plan on pumping the vinegar back into the jugs for future use. 

I will look for both the seeds and the bin.  I really would like to clean my decks on my older machines and maybe the news ones too if it happens on them.

[mike]

Here are the Orange Spice Jalapenos at two weeks. I've thinned them down to one plant per pod.

[Shawn]

They are own their way!

[mike]

NuMex Orange Spice Jalapeno Peppers at 3 weeks.

[Shawn]

I can't wait to hear how these taste.  I know I have a ways to go for that.

[Sher]

I am really going to enjoy following this project!

[mike]

These jalapenos are doing well. They are only 7" tall at 4 weeks, but tomorrow they get fed and their first shot of Mooch. We shall see.

[Sher]

They look promising. Will all three stay in the Farm when they get bigger?

[mike]

There are 4 plants. I figured if you can grow 2 in a 1 gallon basin, you should be able to do 4 in a 2 gallon basin. Space is the real issue. This is all an experiment, trying to push grow space.

[mike]

Feeding time. Added 24ml AG Nutes. Also added 20ml Mr. Mucha Stash "Mooch" Calcium and Magnesium Supplement.

[Sher]

I am learning a lot from your feeding schedule, especially the amounts of Mooch.

[mike]

Well, it's 30 days since planting. This is typically when I decide whether to top the plant or not. The orange jalapenos are making the decision easy. All four plants are splitting nicely on their own, so I won't be topping them.

Also, these plants have grown 1/2" in the one day since I added the Mooch.

[Sher]

Until I read your posts I didn't realize that some pepper plants split on their own. 

Also appreciate the notation about the added Mooch result!

[mike]

This morning, I cleared out a bunch of undergrowth.