[Mikell]

Originally Posted by stoned-trout

well I got a small garden finally..nothing too hot tho .. habaneros ,chilis and jalapenos...next year I will do some b huts and some real hot stuff.i started too late for seeds and only could. buy whatever plants were local here...yeehaw

Feel free to hit a nigga up. Classified as open pollinated, each flower was fertilized individually, but I put no effort into isolation, so there may be a few randoms.

Finally hardening the "overwinters" off outdoors. Nights are above 10c on average now, and the weather is "supposed" to stay overcast. With any luck I won't be hiding them in the shade every few hours.

Using a brush to expose the roots on one made for a nice giant bonsai look, I'll throw pics up later when I dust off the POS camera.

[Mikell]

God damn I hate uploading or posting on a tablet. Let's try this once more...

Later turned out to be two weeks.



The centre (yes, that is a word, Autocorrect) mass was a tangle of feeder roots I've gradually pruned away. Slowly exposing hardens them off, quickly weakens them for pruning.



The three girls from last year, two lost 1/4 to 1/3 of their foliage to sunburn. Douglah, Trinidad Scorpion and what I believe to be a Chocolate Fatalii. There were a lot of overcast days broken up throughout the day with hard sun and after a little over a week I thought they were fine. Wrong..

Planted out the other day in a spare area that gets decent sun. Formerly covered in mulch, below that several layers of carpet and subfloor. Below that 10kg rocks and chunks of concrete. Solid clay 12 to 15 inches down. Removed all this garbage and amended with compost/recycled soil. Interested to see how they do in a new bed. The original "topsoil" was very dense, a week after amending it has lightened up and is rolling with worms. Need to track down a few plants for clay breaking duty once these are uprooted in Sept/Oct.

Also realized the drenching that followed two very dry periods (out of town) was insufficient to rewet the rootballs. Explains the piss poor performance in the flowering tent, and odd feel to the pot weight (top heavy). Going to work up a barrel for dunking.

[Apache Kush]

Summer 2015, same Jalapeno bush 3 years old now check em out IC






Jalapenos on the third year and still pumping them out.. little to no vitality loss yet... Some are almost grocery store size meh ;o

[zachrockbadenof]

update...

our reapers have a few tiny/little peppers, n a lots of flowers...

our ghost which we overwintered in our greenhouse room, has exploded with 30/40 peppers, some ready for picking, except still green, tested one in some chile...yep its hot, but still has a ways to go...

Trinidad scorp's are at a similar stage as the reapers...

cayennes must mature faster as have loads of green peppers, tho none turning yet..

yellow hots also coming on like gangbusters...

I 4got to start my jalepenos's... so i'll have to buy at the market..

[stoned-trout]

is there a chance of cross pollination between different peppers??I am guessing any of em could cross pollinate..in one bed I have green and yellow peppers,anaheim chili pepper,jalapeno pepper and scotch bonnet peppers..would be cool if the scotch bonnet crossed with the green and yellow or the chili.. yeehaw..

[Mikell]

Bit of an update.


Top view, fatalii


Under her skirt/bush shot


The best of the three. Set many peppers and while growth is not optimal she putters along. The peppers almost caused a few limbs to snap, some of the droopers are severely twisted. Proper pruning before plant out next year.

Douglah


Yellowing, cupping leaves. Calcium deficiency seems less pronounced since top dressing gypsum last month. Set no peppers initially, but I did notice a few since I've been home for a day or two. Producing pollen now so I hope to see more set before I leave.

Morouga

Yellowing, cupping, still dropping leaves. Shows more Ca Def than the Doug. One pepper set initially. I haven't crawled over it yet but there don't appear to be new pods. Producing pollen but flowers are still dropping.


Not entirely sure what the issues are. Thrips can cause cupping from what I understand and I'm waiting on a bottle of Spinosad to sneak over the border. I spotted a larvae before I left but had no time to deal with it. The healthier plant makes me think what is in the soil is sufficient re: no actual deficiency (leading to the thought the two others have a root issue). Applying alfalfa tea, castings slurry and an all purpose top dressing while I'm home. Epsom will find its way in there somewhere.

re: a comment from Apache made me realize I hadn't typed out a few things/created confusion.

General yellowing is lack of nitrogen. I top dressed alfalfa and fed a light alfalfa slurry tea before leaving but used too light a hand.

The bubbling surface on the leaves is early stage calicum deficiency. Cupping and distorted growth of new growth follows. Same deal with gypsum as alfalfa, too little too late.

That's my take at least. First time growing directly in soil and hitting the standard stumbling blocks. Did find it odd that there were few specific recommendations for top dressing, usually I'm dealing with too rich a soil re: diy. Maybe my Google-fu is weak hehe. The season is winding down already but I've learned a bit for next year.

The Douglah is my favourite (not stupid hot but knocks a hab out of the park). Disappointed it has not produced, but that fail lies on me not the plant.

Working in camp now. Instead of disappearing for a week at a time randomly (and having everything semi-die), it's a more set schedule of three weeks at a time. Setting up blumats is on the roster. Need to find a new garden tender as well. The last one let everything dry out severely (that's my job, woman!). The peppers live off rain for the most part.

Going to scrap hound together a bed or two at the community garden. It fits with this semi transient life (lot of douchebaggery in that statement). The house here has no space and I'm moving soon to another no-outside-garden place. Stoked to fill them up with garlic over the winter.

That's a lot of words. TLDR: one did well two did not.

[dociron]

Originally Posted by Mikell

Bit of an update.


Top view, fatalii
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Under her skirt/bush shot
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The best of the three. Set many peppers and while growth is not optimal she putters along. The peppers almost caused a few limbs to snap, some of the droopers are severely twisted. Proper pruning before plant out next year.

Douglah
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Yellowing, cupping leaves. Calcium deficiency seems less pronounced since top dressing gypsum last month. Set no peppers initially, but I did notice a few since I've been home for a day or two. Producing pollen now so I hope to see more set before I leave.

Morouga
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Yellowing, cupping, still dropping leaves. Shows more Ca Def than the Doug. One pepper set initially. I haven't crawled over it yet but there don't appear to be new pods. Producing pollen but flowers are still dropping.


Not entirely sure what the issues are. Thrips can cause cupping from what I understand and I'm waiting on a bottle of Spinosad to sneak over the border. I spotted a larvae before I left but had no time to deal with it. The healthier plant makes me think what is in the soil is sufficient re: no actual deficiency (leading to the thought the two others have a root issue). Applying alfalfa tea, castings slurry and an all purpose top dressing while I'm home. Epsom will find its way in there somewhere.

The Douglah is my favourite (not stupid hot but knocks a hab out of the park). Disappointed it has not produced, but that fail lies on me not the plant.

Working in camp now. Instead of disappearing for a week at a time randomly (and having everything semi-die), it's a more set schedule of three weeks at a time. Setting up blumats is on the roster. Need to find a new garden tender as well. The last one let everything dry out severely (that's my job, woman!). The peppers live off rain for the most part.

Going to scrap hound together a bed or two at the community garden. It fits with this semi transient life (lot of douchebaggery in that statement). The house here has no space and I'm moving soon to another no-outside-garden place. Stoked to fill them up with garlic over the winter.

That's a lot of words. TLDR: one did well two did not.

As far as the Marouga goes, I gave plants and seeds to several growers last year, I also grew them, we ALL had the same issues you describe here. All of us are experienced with chilis, and all of us say, never again. One fellow with a lifetime of chilis, got 3 from one plant, he did the Best of all of us.

[ShortStackz]

So while everyone was sleeping, I was up around 2am canning these.

[snake11]

Originally Posted by stoned-trout

is there a chance of cross pollination between different peppers??I am guessing any of em could cross pollinate..in one bed I have green and yellow peppers,anaheim chili pepper,jalapeno pepper and scotch bonnet peppers..would be cool if the scotch bonnet crossed with the green and yellow or the chili.. yeehaw..

Yes peppers cross pollinate very easy. If you are trying to keep seeds make sure to keep your peppers segregated.

[snake11]

Originally Posted by ShortStackz

So while everyone was sleeping, I was up around 2am canning these.



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Looks good!! I did a vineager vegetable jar last week. Mine had several kinds of peppers(jalapeños, Cajun bell peppers, Anaheims, cayenne, sweets, nardelos, big beartha bell, and purple beauty bells) as well as cauliflower, garlic, and carrots. I am excited!! I love vineager peppers!!