TERMINATED ~ Sweet Heat (1/4/18) Almapaprika, Fresnos

[MaryL]

I still can’t get over those Almapaprikas.  The arrangement of fruit on the plant, the color and shape of them, and how your pruning shows them off so well.  If AG is still doing that contest you should submit this picture.

[Shawn]

Here are two pictures of then changing colors

[mike]

These look wonderful, Shawn.

[Shawn]

Thank you. 

[jcosmo]

That 2nd picture makes me think of apples!

[Shawn]

Apr 10, 2018 20:26:10 GMT -5 jcosmo said:

That 2nd picture makes me think of apples!

LOL It kinda does, or tomatoes

[Shawn]

I harvested my first Almapaprika.  I will try it at lunch time.

[mike]

Mmmmm...

[Kate]

Really beautiful peppers! I'll be interested to hear how they taste.

[Shawn]

Well Mark just could not wait...  He tasted the Almapaprika.  Here is his assessment (an no, I did not have a try )

Almapaprika:  No heat at all, juicy and extremely sweet.  It has a medium skin and is fleshy and are crunchy.  (edited to add).. not a lot of seeds for the size.


He said if you like sweet peppers and no heat you will like this one.  While the description states it is a sweet heat he did not find any at all.  I will have to try one when the next ripens and see if I agree.



Edited to add:  There was a small red pepper on the other side.  I tried it and no heat in mine and yes very sweet and juicy.

[Kate]

I like sweet and juicy!

[MaryL]

That’s a gorgeous pepper!  And I love that there aren’t many seeds.  Sweet, thick and crunchy sounds divine.

[Shawn]

The Sweets are slower to redden but well worth the wait!  The Almas are all coming around to seeing red.  Mooch was also added.

[Kate]

Those little plants really do bang out a lot of peppers! I have Sweet Heat seeds for a future grow, so it's pretty cool to see how well yours is doing.

[MaryL]

Beautiful. Reminds me I have to de-foliage my Sheepnose a bit more.

[Shawn]

This garden needed water but thankfully not much.  All the Almas minus 2 were ripened and were picked.  The rest of this plant looks wilty. 

The Sweets however are doing great and are still waiting for them to ripen.  They are slow to do that but so worth the wait.

[Shawn]

This morning i ended the Almas.  The plant was withering.  I think the water level was just too low.  Well be cooking these up today.

The sweets are thriving which i thrilled about.

[Kate]

I'm excited about the SH's. I have some seeds for those and they're next on my list when I get an open garden.

[Shawn]

Mooch and nutes added.  Mark came home early and will all week.  I still in to much pain.. But he saw a totally ripened Sweet and asked to eat it.  I let him.  He said it was better then the last plant and is eagerly awaiting more.  There are also more flowers and buds.  

I still have to plant rosemary in here but can hardly even move.  But i digress.

[Kate]

Whoo Hoo on the peppers. The Rosemary will come when you're back on your feet, and I'm sorry to hear you're not doing so well.