Day 156
UPDATE#18
Grower update
Update #18
Actions taken
HarvestCollected all peppers from the plant.
Harvested all the peppers tonight!! I'll be ending this and starting something new soon. Haven't decided what yet.
GrowLog
SuccessfulResilient Shishito and Criolla de Cocina Peppers in an AeroGarden Bounty
Grow log by maskedsonnet · Original thread
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View recapCrop🌶️Pepper
VarietyResilient Shishito, Criolla de Cocina
MethodAeroGarden hydroponics
EquipmentAeroGarden Bounty
Plants2
AudienceAdvanced
What you can learnA strong two-cultivar comparison covering sanitation, thinning, canopy management, fruit-set failure, colour-stage flavour differences, and repeated harvests.
Actions:4 Pruning3 Equipment3 Harvest1 Planting1 Nutrients
Useful practices
- sanitising an old garden before replanting
- thinning multiple pepper seedlings
- raising the light and pruning bushy peppers
- comparing green and fully red Shishito flavour
- removing a nonproductive cultivar
- harvesting in several stages
Problems encountered
- Criolla de Cocina failed to set peppers despite heavy flowering
- Shishito repeatedly grew into the light and required canopy control
- green Shishito fruit tasted grassy
*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
Conversation
S
Very nice haul!
S
They look wonderful and I look forward to seeing what you will grow next.
L
Those are so beautiful! I wish that more of my peppers would turn red like that!
Day 147
UPDATE#17
Grower update
Update #17
Time for a harvest and a trimming on these after work! Got sick over my days off so my gardens got a tad neglected past the bare minimum watering. But now I've bounced back these guys are begging for attention!
Conversation
S
Look at all those Red Peppers!
C
Glad you are feeling better!!
S
Being sick is never fun
S
So glad you are recovering, maskedsonnet. Your peppers are gorgeous! All those flowers at the same time as ripe peppers is really special!
Day 140
UPDATE#16
Grower update
Update #16
Actions taken
HarvestHarvested several fully red Shishito peppers.
Got lots of reds now!! Harvested quite a few of them, but there are still several peppers on the plant that weren't ready yet
Conversation
S
That plant is so loaded! And the peppers are just beautiful!
L
The photo of the peppers in the colander belongs in a coffee-table cookbook!
M
It’s absolutely my favorite shade of red too. They’re delicious AND my favorite color, which makes them super fun to eat!!
Day 134
UPDATE#15
Grower update
Update #15
Actions taken
NutrientsAdded what was expected to be the last nutrient dose before final harvest.
Added what should be the last round of nutrients, these are all ripening up nicely!! When I pick them all I'll end the garden and start a new project. Probably another type of sweet pepper, the other gardens should give me everything I need spice-wise!
Conversation
S
Loving the reddening of your peppers
S
That is a very successful pepper grow!
Day 130
UPDATE#14
Grower update
Update #14
The shishitos are starting to give me hints of red
Conversation
S
Goodness on the way!
Day 120
UPDATE#13
Grower update
Update #13
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Feb 7, 2022 22:42:31 GMT -5 lynnee said:Too bad about the cocina, but your shishito has made up for the loss. My shishito has flowers, and has one developing pepper, I think. I hope it does as well as yours! Good luck!! I think the taste of the shishito makes up for the disappointment of the concina - might just be a type that doesn't do well indoors! I'll probably sprout a couple plants for the outdoor garden when spring comes around. It looks good by itself!
Conversation
S
maskedsonnet, yes it does look good by itself!
Day 120
UPDATE#12
Grower update
Update #12
Actions taken
HarvestPicked and tasted one green and one red Shishito to compare flavour.
I tried the Shishitos! One green and one red - the green was grassy, not very good. The red was probably one of the sweetest peppers I've ever eaten. A perfect snack pepper! The cocina still hasn't set a single pepper, in spite of putting on lots of flowers. So later tonight I plan on taking the cocina out of the machine and letting the shishito do its thing alone. Planning to let all the peppers turn red, for that wonderful sweet flavor!!
Conversation
L
Too bad about the cocina, but your shishito has made up for the loss. My shishito has flowers, and has one developing pepper, I think. I hope it does as well as yours!
Day 106
UPDATE#11
Grower update
Update #11
Actions taken
PruningPerformed a small trim on the fruiting Shishito.
Still don't see any peppers setting on the Cocina, but the Shishito is doing great!! Before a teeny bit of trimming: After: Close-up of the peppers!
Conversation
S
You have so many peppers! Are you letting them all go red?
M
I had to run to Google for an answer to that lol, I didn’t know shishitos turned red! I’m going to leave several on there to turn, and pick some others while green to compare the flavor and figure out which way I like best!
Day 94
UPDATE#10
Grower update
Update #10
Shishitos are still doing great!! Gotta trim the plant again. Haven't seen any cocinas set yet, but think I'll trim that plant up as well tomorrow and get a closer look in the bush of leaves
Conversation
S
Tons of flowers
Day 84
UPDATE#9
Grower update
Update #9
Actions taken
PruningPruned and cleaned up the two pepper plants.
Got these guys sort of cleaned up!! No peppers on the Cocina yet, but found some Shishitos!!
Conversation
L
You are a master pruner, maskedsonnet! The plants look great, and you've kept most of the blossoms.
C
Good job! They look great and I'm betting they will bring great rewards too!
Day 83
UPDATE#8
Grower update
Update #8
Actions taken
EquipmentRaised the lights over the pepper canopy.
Raised the lights, got some trimming to do here!
Conversation
L
I'd love to see another photo, after you do the trimming, maskedsonnet!
Day 62
UPDATE#7
Grower update
Update #7
Both of these plants are totally loaded with flowers
Conversation
S
Great news! Peppers are coming
Day 51
UPDATE#6
Grower update
Update #6
The Shishito wants to BUSH! 11/30/2021 by Masked Sonnet, on Flickr It's also putting on flowers 11/30/2021 by Masked Sonnet, on Flickr As is the Criolla!
Conversation
S
Wow!!! It doesn't just want to bush -- it IS bushing! It looks like you will have a bumper crop, and makes me want to grow them, too!
L
Lovely photos!
S
Looks like you will get lots of peppers
Day 45
UPDATE#5
Grower update
Update #5
Actions taken
EquipmentRaised the light after the Shishito grew into it.
PruningTrimmed the pepper plants after light contact.
Rose the light and did a little trimming on these - the Shishito had gotten into the light before I noticed!!
Conversation
S
They are looking good.
Day 38
UPDATE#4
Grower update
Update #4
These got BIG while I was away!
Conversation
C
They did get big!
S
WOW!!! Fantastic surprise!
S
They look so healthy
Day 19
UPDATE#3
Grower update
Update #3
Actions taken
PruningThinned the Criolla pod after all three seeds germinated.
Had to thin the Criolla pepper pod, all three seeds came up compared to the single seed (of three) that sprouted in the Shishito pod!
Day 11
UPDATE#2
Grower update
Update #2
Peppers are both up!
Conversation
C
Nice!
Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update
Update #1
Actions taken
EquipmentCleaned and sanitised the previously used Bounty.
PlantingPlanted one Resilient Shishito pod and one Criolla de Cocina pod.
Finally felt up to lifting and cleaning up the bounty that used to hold the celosia! It's been bugging me to see it sit, dirty and full of water, but I wasn't able to lift it when I cut the celosia for drying. But now it's been sanitized and planted with peppers!! One pod of Resiliant Shishito and one pod of Criolla de Cocina, both from Experimental Farm Network. Nutrients will be added in a couple days to keep them in synch with the other machines
Conversation
S
Following
C
+1
S
I love how you label them. You and Mike are good at that.
L
Can't wait to see how the shishito peppers turn out! I have some of the Aerogarden shishito pods. I've no idea how they taste.
M
Lol I have the WORST memory, and while I’m not that likely to forget what I actually planted in the machine, I always think - why risk it when it’s as simple as some masking tape and a pen? I’m looking forward to tasting both of these, I’ve never grown or eaten either one. I’ve heard shishito is tasty - sweet and smoky, occasionally spicy - and the cocina had a nice-sounding description, also a sweet pepper! I had originally planned to do a couple super-hots in this machine, and even though I haven’t had any problems easing back to my regular diet after surgery, I’m still a bit nervous eating anything hotter than a jalapeño right now
C
Sounds like a very wise move to me!