[CH] Harvested my first chile today!
Buffalo Sue (bflosue@earthlink.net)
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:32:31 -0400
I haven't done a garden in a few years - my last attempt was while I was
living in Madison, WI. It ended in heartbreak when the first snow fell
and my babies were not even ripe yet.
I moved to Charleston, SC a year and a half ago and this spring I
decided to give it a try again. I bought a dozen seedlings from a local
nursery and got them in the ground on April 4. Ate my first chile
today, so I wanted to brag a bit :-) Here's what I have (one of each):
- Prarie Fire - this is what I picked today, and there are 2 more that
will be ready to pick in another day. It's the smallest plant but it
has lots and lots of chiles. The first bite didn't seem all that hot -
maybe jalapeno heat. But the next bite packed nice heat with a
long-lasting, full mouth burn.
- Purple Mayan - pretty purple chiles - one is orange and will be ripe
soon, with several more starting to turn orange.
- Black Prince - tons of cute, tiny, very dark purple chiles.
- Peruvian Rainbow
- Firecracker
- Birdseye
- Tepin Birdseye - very slow!!! Hasn't even put out buds yet.
- de Arbol - these are a bit fatter and shorter than normal de Arbols.
- New Mex Pinata - these look like large jalapenos.
- Charleston Hot
- Peter Pepper
- Pasilla
It was 98 here today (107 heat index), which I hate, but the chiles seem
to love it :-)
Sue
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
- H.L. Mencken