Recent content by RoyBoy

The OW,s are all happily putting out loads of new growth and 11/15 are already flowering nicely. 3 more cold nights forecast for this weekend so they will sleep in the garage (lots of carrying indoors and out daily LOL) so things are really moving along great!!!! Hopefully an early harvest this...

That doesn't look good......wheweee....will be watching this closely because shit like that happens here in South Africa when things warm up....in Spring going into Summer.

  Pimientos de Padron are clear WINNERS when it comes to taste!!!! Tapas style as you have done them. I have my 2 x OW's who are now switching ON and flowering nicely with a good few pods already forming. Another 6 x young plants in 5-7l containers for now from seed sown on 21st July. They will...

  Oh my WORD!!!!!! WOW! Spectacular harvest!!!!  

  Thanks for the heads-up Hogleg - I will move it to an area with more shade / dappled sunlight and monitor over then next few weeks.   Cheers, Roy  

Hi folks, I trust you are all well and having bountiful harvests! Your help with my current challenge will be greatly appreciated. I am experiencing issues with leaves on my Pubescens (Rocoto Red Manzano) 8 week old seedling browning from the leaf tips, and then slowly fading down most of the...

  Hi Jacques, I have to agree with Annuum. Even as a Chilli growing newbie, my OW Annuum plants (Pusa Jwala and Pimientos de Padron) are flowering like crazy - way ahead of the Chinense OWs.  

  Thanks Jacques.....those plants are now officially 1yr old - they were my late starts that popped up in August last year.....and me being an idiot delayed them by constraining them.....ah well....looks like they can spread their wings a little now....  

  The nursery bags are non-breathable 150 micron "plastic" and have 8 x 10mm drain holes on the sides at the base and the drainage appears very good - I can clearly observe the potting medium at the bottom, so this should also provide a good reference for moisture content methinks...... For the...

Hi all, I have re-potted the plants up into 20l / 5 Gallon containers (30cm pots and/or black nursery grow bags) and they are now spending most nights outdoors as well (I only bring them indoors if minimum forecast temps are 11 deg C or lower). Max temps are good at 25-27deg C, and they all get...

Yup......Rocoto Red is becoming my little Obsession......hairy little bastardos are difficult from day 1. Very low germ rate (granted - they are 2yr old seeds) but 2/6 is only 33% which is pretty gloomy......considering the Super Hots are all at pretty much 100%. Little buggers are busy with 2nd...

 

  Oh My WORD!!!!!! to get a Fraction of that harvest from my Moruga Scorpions would be worthy of backward somersaults and major Beer drinking spree....... Very, VERY Nice!!!!!!!  

Thanks for that guys - no sign of nasty insects....yet (they will come - they ALWAYS come with summer) but I think we're a little early for them - in my Onion bed, these little wasps of some sort are Hammering the aphids.....tough little aphids are being DESTROYED by Ladybugs and these little...

Hi All Chilli/Pepper folk......a little panic has set in today. Some Horrible looking shit observed on the undersides of my OW Carolina Reaper leaves......my ONLY Reaper that I really need to get season 2 out of.....because he/she was a late start in 2017. Pics with descriptions are in the Imgur...