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Jeez how the time flies, been away on pleasure and business on and off for a month and have not been able to look after my babies as much as I would like, but in general they are doing ok. Wow the rains are heavy this year last few weeks have drowned the place, lot of pod dropping, but comes...

going to have to order some in from Amazon in the US I think, no one here seems to have any idea what it is.

Yeh a lot of the manure was good to go, but ran out so just threw the fresh stuff in as I thought it would have time to break down in the hot clmate as long as I kept the soil moist. Probably ended up putting in the plants sooner than I originally thought. This is all great stuff. Live and learn...

Container plants are doing pretty good but I have the soil covered in plastic and the only water they get is rainfall where the stake and stem protrude. A couple with issues but not the same as these plants, even covered a couple have distorted stems from too much water. That said most are not...

Great explanation thanks. 

I am with you on this most of the way. I have had the water issues on outside plants,had end rot, stem distortion and leaf issues. It did seem different though but then again different varieties and that soil was being flushed massively. The thing about this bed is the soil is definitely not...

Yes I have a lot in containers. I think you have seen my glog http://thehotpepper.com/topic/60691-let-the-games-begin/   I have heard it might be in a particular store, just not had the time to check it out, but I think so yes. It is on the list.

  No Cal/mag to be found here, still looking. Took me month to find some lime.  hydrogen peroxide I have and use to clean and kill mold so that makes sense. We do not use any poisons or chemicals, its all organic more or less. Not feeding at all. The amount of goodies that went in there I cant...

  Yeh I need some paper to test the soil, got one of those battery ph readers, only ever worked once. Soil fungus is possible, one thing I notices was some soil clumps yesterday, almost looked like a sh*t of some kind, was like tubular soil, almost like something had drilled through the soil and...

  Top soil, compost (kitchen waste, chicken coup, leaves) horse manure, river sand, brown leaves, a little lime, egg shells and coffee. I fear I may have gone a bit overboard with the additions, but I used similar in my pots and they all seems fine bar a couple but not the same issues I do not...

So as I was saying its been unusually dry for a week, well that is over! The bed with the chili is behind this wall of rain and roof run off.     A picture from the same area this morning was such a beautiful day   

What do you mean by market aggressive? Do not use any chemicals if I can help it, only organic or as close as I can get. Castille is as strong as it gets soap wise I thought.

Bank next tot he main house, the gardener has thrown in a row of tome and peppers about 15 of each. No prep work hes just chucked em in while I was out :) No idea what, once again cups disappeared. See how they get on, hard to see in the photos but about 10 are good, 5 need to be replaced, which...

New project down by the stream where there is a cabana with a large patio area, prettifying the area and using potted chilis to do so.    Pots are done with a base of sand, then a mix of river sand, horse manure, compost and top soil.   Seedlings are ready, desperate for more space have a few...

Yes a tiny amount of pure castille soap.

Thanks. Yes it s a great place, just renting though. 

I think these are the last of the peppers I have on the go at the moment apart from seedlings in pots. They are in the big field which is shall we say over run with weeds, but believe it or not this was weeding a few weeks back. This is a raised bed with drainage channels and they seem to be...

Yep. Defo not written off, just not sure I can make it work in the space. As in where will the water drain off. Would end up all falling on the path I think and that wouldnt work. Also a big papaya in the way.. Not seen rain like this anywhere but the highlands of Sri Lanka. It tears tarp for...

Yep. Been especially wet this year, but now for a week its gone dry which is very unusual. It is all over the place basically. We have access to pretty much anything we could need. That said the weather destroys everything, the black sheeting I used to cover the pots disintegrated in 2 months...

So this bed was a total failure. Covered but all plants showing signs of way too much water. None got higher than a foot and although its produced a few peppers, this is a no go for peppers, might try zucchini in here next.     Some in the ground peppers, Covered a fairly large area around...