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contest Growdown Throwdown 2021 XL Antep Aci Cross

My chosen plant is a monster right now, the rest are make Ng it hard for me to choose which one to weigh from. I'm ready for the fat weigh-ins from you guys, now that the site is back up.
 
Here was my plant the end of July.

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And about a week later.

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And today, I counted 25+ pods on it.

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My backup plant has long since gone to the big compost pile in the sky so if this one croaks, it's all over.
 
getting some peppers now. Oops my scale was on ounce measurements. That converts to 438 grams.
 

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Well, my plant started dropping leaves like crazy so I pulled all the pods except for 1 scrubby one. That being said, this second round had much smaller pods than the first round.🤷🏻‍♂️
Plant before plucking:

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Plant after the picken':
(it looks tough but maybe it'll come back and the "third time will be a charm")

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And the result, 29 pods at 861 grams for a total of 42 pods and 1693 grams.

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Is it just me, or are these really susceptible to BER this year? Maybe it's all the rain I'm getting. Most of them are ok, but I see a few on the plant that slowly develop small blemishes that turn into mush near the bottom of the fruit this year. Didn't see that last year at all.

One of my two that I posted had a soft spot that is visible in the picture. I really didn't think that was ber, but it was something.

Off subject :My brother in law came over to get tomatoes and then took a few peppers off my growdown plant. I woulda preferred weighing them in, but I'm not in to win this thing anyways so I didn't say anything.
 
Same observance here! They seem to go soft if you try to take them to a bright red ripe.
It's strange....

they didn't do this last year. Hope its just a freak occurrence. I did see some super healthy ones on the grill in coldsmokes photos though!
One of my two that I posted had a soft spot that is visible in the picture. I really didn't think that was ber, but it was something.

Off subject :My brother in law came over to get tomatoes and then took a few peppers off my growdown plant. I woulda preferred weighing them in, but I'm not in to win this thing anyways so I didn't say anything.

I may be over irrigating. Think I'll back off a bit and see what's what.
 
Is it just me, or are these really susceptible to BER this year? Maybe it's all the rain I'm getting. Most of them are ok, but I see a few on the plant that slowly develop small blemishes that turn into mush near the bottom of the fruit this year. Didn't see that last year at all.
Greetings, I haven't got any pods yet obviously but this plant of mine almost got decimated by a fungal disease, thankfully I was able to save it. Who knows maybe they too used to the UK weather. Lol
 
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