OKGrowin- Newbie 5 gal pepper journey - Fin

finished nov 10 2014, last post
 
Hey i'm new here and my 2nd year growing peppers.
 
Grow list:

 
Soilmix:
5-1-1
pine bark fines
perlite
coco or peat
+
dolomite lime
 
Fertilizer:
Dynagrow 9-3-6 Foliage pro
 
Indoor light (until they can go outside in april):
Sun system T5 4ft 8lamp
 
Containers:
1. solo cups
2. Viagrow 5gal bags
 
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Step 1 - Germination:
Got my seeds all in so i decided to soak them in some tea for an hour and now they are in ziploc bags

 

[juanitos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UmGSKM0jA

 

[juanitos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3FjE7enP0

 

[Hybrid Mode 01]

     Looks like the plants are still goin' strong! I don't know what's going on with those drippy chocolate habs. I've had some pods     do that before, but it's only when they have some kind of insect or fungal problem. The cells in the damaged area lyse and the juice that was inside the cells leaks out into the inside of the pod. Have you gotten a lot of rain lately? That could've made some pods split, causing juice to leak out of the tissue. 
     Either way, the plants look really healthy. Are you planning to put more space between the nozzles on your drip line next year so you can spread your plants further apart?

 

[PIC 1]

Chances are if you pick the peppers early in the morning you'll end up with moisture inside. 
Harvest the pods during the afternoon heat and you'll probably notice less if any at all.

 

[juanitos]

     Looks like the plants are still goin' strong! I don't know what's going on with those drippy chocolate habs. I've had some pods     do that before, but it's only when they have some kind of insect or fungal problem. The cells in the damaged area lyse and the juice that was inside the cells leaks out into the inside of the pod. Have you gotten a lot of rain lately? That could've made some pods split, causing juice to leak out of the tissue. 
     Either way, the plants look really healthy. Are you planning to put more space between the nozzles on your drip line next year so you can spread your plants further apart?

Hmm some of them are split a little but even the non split ones are juicy. It's not really a bad thing so i'm not upset lol.
yeah i plan on giving them a foot between instead of right next to eachother. or maybe do checkerboard staggering. I've been looking at trying out dutch buckets if i can justify spending 300$ (maybe if i get a big bonus next year).
 

Chances are if you pick the peppers early in the morning you'll end up with moisture inside. 
Harvest the pods during the afternoon heat and you'll probably notice less if any at all.

hmm i usually harvest at lunchtime or at night. why would i want to be out in the heat 

 

[juanitos]

saving lots of open pollinated seeds for later.
 

 
small hauls twice a week

 

 

[juanitos]

so my big plants seemed to have stopped producing flowers as much just because i thought it was hot... I checked my fertilizer bucket and it was empty so my plants haven't been getting nutes for the past week! oops
 
an update on the LED seedlings

 

 
oh and i had turkey + br starfish sandwich yesterday

 
tuna tacos today

 

[z_malloc]

 
I grew tons of choc habs last year and noticed the same moisture, obviously not that it's specific to choc habs.  Didn't occur to me about picking in the morning as PIC 1 stated, makes sense though.  I can tell you that I tasted the moisture inside and it was definitely very watery and not all that hot.  Obviously wasn't straight capsaicin.  Suspect that picking before watering when the plant is starved for water would also help.

 

[juanitos]

small harvest (except reapers left on plants, trying to get a box together all ripe at once).
 

 
a funny cayenne stripe

 
prik chi faa is flowering again

 
i've got quite a few reapers comin

 
the hab paper lanterns seem like they are almost done, they come in waves it seems not just the continuous flower / fruit production.

 
quite a few urfa beiber on this stem, no hanging / weak sagging which is nice.

 
brazilian starfish

 
yaki browns comin along, dark stems.

 

[Spicegeist]

Nice pods... reapers and starfish look great...

 

[juanitos]

i'm going to do a promotion in November / December(something about it being cold and here's some heat) where i sell an envelope of open pollinated seeds / powders /  pods for 3$ or sasbe + 1$
 
i'm saving up and filling up lots of baggies 

 

[juanitos]

http://youtu.be/xlVhLfApBtw

 

[juanitos]

aji brazilian starfish
 

 

 

 

 

[juanitos]

white habs
 

 

 

 

 

[juanitos]

time of bountiful harvests it seems.. shipped out two boxes and got more leftovers.
 

 

[juanitos]

an update on how the plants are in my testing LED shelf.

3 weeks germination
5 weeks in pots

i think i might top half of them soon

 

[juanitos]

my chins think it's spring again.
 

 

 

[juanitos]

so i haven't updated lately because the plants look pretty much the exact same, i'm about ready to whack them all down and overwinter a few, i've already turned the water off and will let nature take its course.
 

 
urfa bieber

 
baby reapers that probably wont make it to ripe.

 
one of the few ripe ones left.

 

[juanitos]

i pulled a couple plants, here's a look at the roots.
 
http://youtu.be/HMCSjMvmbs0

 

[juanitos]

chili cookoff at work... 1st place lolol