racerboy71
bud bootlegger
lol, i googled them after i made that post.. said that they're what they use to make hot sauce with, so figured they were pretty hot...
how big do they get tripleminded?
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how big do they get tripleminded?
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
looks like i'm going to have a fuck ton of them, and just have the one plant too.. gonna have to find something good to make with them...
the plant is chuck full of fruit, and it's only round one on them too..i was reading online that they can go pretty late into the season, getting shut down pretty much only be the first frost..
Nutes and Nugs
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I grew those a few year back.
They are pretty hot for their little size.
The plant grew and knocked out peppers until the first frost.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
thanks for the pix nutes, that's what i was really wondering, about how big they get before they're ready.. they don't look like they'll get too much bigger than they are now..
Dave's Not Here
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@racerboy71 those all look good... my cucumbers are kind of holding in there but a lot of them were weird with nipple like things on the end, like the ones in the photo below. I think the constant rains flushed a lot of minerals etc. out of the soil and it's probably some sort of deficiency.
I've been eating tomatoes, giving them away to friends, family and neighbors and can still barely keep up, but not really enough or flawless enough to take to market. Also I'm having to let them finish ripening on the table so whatever critters that are eating my garden don't get them.
I've been eating tomatoes, giving them away to friends, family and neighbors and can still barely keep up, but not really enough or flawless enough to take to market. Also I'm having to let them finish ripening on the table so whatever critters that are eating my garden don't get them.
The_Herban_Legend
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What strain is that?I have 4 tomato plants right now: Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Homestead, and German Johnson (1 of each). The German Johnson and Brandywine are doing great and around 3 feet tall.. other 2 are about 2 feet and not setting as many fruit but thats because they're at the top of a slope.. all planted on 4/20. In zone 7.
German Johnsons:
Brandywine:
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
i do the same once in awhile, i'll pick one or two that aren't ready yet, and just put them in the window sill till their ready.
Dave's Not Here
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I really can't tell the difference between finishing up on the table and finishing up on the vine. Some people are really adamant about leaving them on the vine, normally I would leave them longer if I didn't have critter problems this year. From what I understand sunlight isn't a major factor in the ripening process and our kitchen doesn't get a lot of sunlight because of shade trees.
How I understand it is that in the dark, tomatoes release ethylene gas which ripens them. Not exactly sure how they do it, but I think the big commercial operations might pick them really green, ship them all over hell and then spray them with ethylene to ripen them.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
yeah, i saw a dirty jobs type show, i forget exactly what show it was, and what fruit they were picking, but they did exactly what you're saying.. picked early, then they put them in some huge room and filled the room with ethylene gas, and the fruit / veggies came out ripe.. was pretty crazy..
Dave's Not Here
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Besides all the pesticides, what I really dislike about the grocery store tomatoes and peppers is that wax like coating they put on them.
Dave's Not Here
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cbtbudz
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Hey Dave! Those "flawed" ones are catching on in farmers markets and super markets. I dont remember where I saw it but a supermarket made a flawed section in the produce section. They sold for slightly cheaper but sold out way faster. Before they would just toss them out.
Dave's Not Here
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I can see people buying them up for canning and making sauces etc. if they're cheaper, especially cheaper than everyone else. I've pretty much written off selling veggies this year but I might take some tomatoes in if I get a bunch more ripe at the same time, most of my plants are still loaded down with green tomatoes. I still need to make a bunch of sauce though myself and freeze it for the winter. Eating the homemade sauce to me is as euphoric as hitting a bowl of tasty weed.
Dave's Not Here
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Wow and it's still loaded up with peppers too, I need to grow a couple of those for the markets next year... is that a first year plant?
johnny961
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They look like what I planted cascabella peppers. About 2"long & will eventually turn red. They are very hot I tried one while yellow. Thought I planted Gypsy peppers & after I took that first bite. Very hot! Lol
