• If you need help identifying a pepper, disease, or plant issue, please post in Identification.

Gassy's 2010/2011 Pepper Growing Thread Thingy

gasificada

gasificada

After my last season turned out to be a such disastrous one, I told myself I was going to grow less this season in case it all went wrong again.... but somehow I've ended up growing twice as many! (Whoops!)

Nonetheless, so far so good. Except for a slow down in growth over the last couple weeks due to crappy cloudy weather, everything is coming along nicely enough and I figure it is time to start a grow log.

Hopefully this is my final grow list for the season:

C. chinense:
7 Pod Yellow [2 sources]
Bhut Jolokia
Bhut Jolokia Assam (Indian Carbon)
Bhut Jolokia Choc
Bhut Jolokia Yellow
Bih Jolokia [2 sources]
Bombay Morich
Dorset Naga [3 sources]
Pimenta Da Neyde
Scotch Bonnet [2 sources]
Trinidad Scorpion
Wasp

C. annuum:
Cayenne Gold
Guajillo
Guntur Hot (Sannam?)
Guntur Sannam
Hot Summer 50E1
Jalapeno
Jalapeno Giant
Kung Pao
Mulato
Naga Jolokia Purple
Pasilla Bajio
Pimientos De Padron
Piquin
Pusa Jwala
Serrano
Siam Hot Yellow
Tepin
Thai Long Thin Red

Sweet:
Jimmy Nardello
Purple Beauty
Purple Capsicum
Sweet Chocolate

Ornamental:
Purple Tiger

C. frutescens:
Tabasco

C. baccatum:
Aji Lemon
Aji Panca

C. pubescens:
Manzano Amarillo
 
Makeshift closet lighting room:

IMG_3505.jpg




Some of my little guys hardening off:

IMG_3594.jpg




Making the most of current rainy weather:

IMG_3641.jpg


IMG_3642.jpg




Hiding from an approaching deluge of rain:

IMG_3684.jpg




First pod of the season (Serrano):

IMG_3667.jpg




My "Purple Tiger" which I'm not sure is really a Purple Tiger:

IMG_3652.jpg
 
What Roper said...

What Roper said...

What Roper said... ;)

They look very healthy Gas... and I do love a Serrano. Nice work.
 
Thanks guys!

As for being healthy, well, some of them are looking a little pale atm. :(

Not sure if this is to do with lack of sufficient sunlight due to the lousy weather or a nutrient problem. Any ideas?

The soil they are sitting in already contains blood and bone plus I've been giving them a weekly dose of fish and kelp, so unless the soil pH is not ideal, that should be more than enough?

The paleness kind of shows in this pic here (the camera is playing tricks making them look a little greener than they really are):

IMG_3642.jpg


I will get a better pic of the paleness later on.
 
Oh yeah, I been doing that too - a weekly foliar feeding of epsom salts. Usually it does the trick, but not this time. :(

I'm pretty much leaning on the lack of sufficient light theory (but I am not expert so I thought I would ask). I've been doing a bit of an experiment and here is a comparison between two of my Dorset Nagas:

IMG_3695.jpg


The one on the right I still have under fluoro to see if it makes any difference and it looks much greener. The one on the left I have only been giving as much sunlight as recent crappy weather permits (not much at all atm!). The one on the left also seems to have thinner leaves and if you look closely, you can even see a tear.
 
Well that sucks. Finally the sun is out but it's hot sun. My little fellas are out there for not even 10 minutes and already they are wilting. After finally getting to a point of what looked like they were hardened off prior to the crap weather, I gotta go through it all again!
 
Oy! Looks like you're off to a great start, in general. I found my plants got much greener after getting more sun, as we also had a cloudy, rainy start. Your grow list is awesome!

G
 
Yay! Finally been getting some decent sun the last couple weeks and everything is looking much healthier. My plants are all green again! :D

Been doing loads of transplanting the last week....

IMG_3719.jpg


Due to stupid pepper-hungry possums around my place, I will be transplanting most of my plants over at mum's place. Although her house is a half hour drive away, in the long run I think it will still be much easier having them over there - not only because of the possums but at least there they can get sufficient sunlight without me having to chase the sun and move them around my patio three times a day! (not much fun moving 50+ plants three times a day plus inside and outside every day! haha)

IMG_3731.jpg


IMG_3729.jpg


IMG_3746.jpg


IMG_3744.jpg


And my Purple Tiger is actually starting to look like a Purple Tiger:

IMG_3728.jpg
 
Only one thing has me worried....

IMG_3751.jpg


IMG_3761.jpg


Today I found the same (or very similar) curled and deformed growth on one of my plants that was associated with the death of half of my plants last season! :eek: :mad: :tear:
 
getting the same problem on my peppers. thinking it might be a pH problem. started moving my plants to the ground and planted them there and the new growth has become normal.
 
franzb69 said:
getting the same problem on my peppers. thinking it might be a pH problem. started moving my plants to the ground and planted them there and the new growth has become normal.
Click to expand...
:think:

Very interesting, I hadn't even considered that one! From what I have read elsewhere on this forum, it sounds like a soil issue of at least some type may be the culprit.

I'm actually wondering if heat or a sudden sharp change in temperature can cause this kind of problem too. We've gone from having cloudy skies here for a prolonged period of time to straight full-on hot beating down sun. That's my first guess anyway so I've gone and mulched in an attempt to keep the soil surface cool. Not that that will help if the sun is causing the damage directly to the new growth!

(Of course, if the problem is a drainage issue, that's really not going to help either! :lol:)

For the time being, I've put the affected plant in a shady spot and will see what happens and take it from there, I guess.
 
eiher pH of the soil or pH of the water or what's in the water..... lots of factors.... i've been rattling my brain trying to figure it out. in my case i think i've narrowed it down to the pH of my growing medium.
 
franzb69 said:
eiher pH of the soil or pH of the water or what's in the water..... lots of factors....
Click to expand...
If that is the case then it is definitely something in my water and not to do with my growing medium. Last season it happened with plants in two completely different mediums and yet again a different medium this year.

franzb69 said:
i've been rattling my brain trying to figure it out.
Click to expand...
I know the feeling ;)

I almost went insane last season trying to figure it out..... if it causes even half as much damage as it did last season, I think I will go insane!
 
Wow Gas! Except for the "problem child", you have a fine looking batch o' pepper plants going there. I hope you are able to figure out and resolve whatever is causing the curling problem.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top