Re: [CH] Open Fields 2004 & Dates for 2005
NECM (northeast.chileman@gmail.com)
Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:32:48 -0500
Jim, I remember reading that you wrote people request the ornamentals,
but I too noticed a lot go unpicked..... Don't know if you can reduce
the numbers of these & increase others? Or is there a minimum # your
seedling source will start? I got there early Sat. afternoon & the
ripe Savinas, Chocolates & Fataliis were cleaned out.... as noted, all
the hot ones....... Course I pulled 30 Fatalii plants & had pods
ripening into November.....
NECM
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:38:35 -0500, Kris Kumler
<kris+chile-heads@kumler.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:33:38PM +0000, Alex Silbajoris wrote:
> >
> > It's true that some of the ornamental varieties are still unpicked when the
> > event is over. Same with the really small-podded varieties; they're good
> > stuff but few people bother picking a lot of them. I love the pointsettas,
> > they're pretty and they're very useful when dried.
> >
> > The orange and red habs are the bread and butter of the field, and in 04 I
> > acquainted myself with the fatalis (love the way the pods squeak in hand
> > when picked).
> >
> > The larger and milder roasting varieties are always eagerly picked, yet
> > unfortunately they also seem very vulnerable to problems in the growing
> > season. Some years they're rotted on the vine and some years they're
> > barely becoming ripe. I'd like to see a larger proportion of these kinds
> > of pods - new mex, poblanos, etc.
> >
> > The other thing I discovered on 04 was the location of our hosts, Adrian
> > Orchards. I spent my first $$ there last year and I resolve to spend there
> > again as a gesture of thanks for letting us behave like lunatics on their
> > land. (We really were hanging out in the moonlight for hours last year.)
> >
> > - A
> >
>
> I must agree almost across the board with Alex. Many of the smaller
> varieties are easily grown indoors and I went after only the ones I
> haven't tried before.
> The chocolate habs were very good, but the fataliis were the best --
> probably one of my favorite chiles right now thanks to Butch introducing
> me to them at OF. However, by the time I knew what they were like, all
> the ripe ones were picked. I managed to get some seed from a couple
> though, so hopefully I can get a few this year. I never did have much
> luck with growing from seed at home -- maybe it's that forgetfulness
> and such.
>
> I should be able to spend a more than just one day up there this year
> though, so I'd really like to check out the market and thank the field
> owner as well.
>
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