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overwintering Winter-Summer in OZ "Comparison" / Aussie Blabberers
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I drank 3/4 of a bottle of scotch last night.
Little bit hungover but not much. I think it comes down to what your drinking and if your mixing your drinks that determines how bad your hangover is. I almost always stick to drinking one thing. Currently I drink Scotch on the rocks, so it has no Coke or anything else to add to the hangover effect, and the ice helps to keep you hydrated. VB gives me really bad hangovers. 
Same with Yagger bombs, had them one night with a friend, couldn't get out of bed for 48 hours.
Oh..... 
(In my defense, I was drankin' again!)
I REALLY gotta lay off the piss! Nasty hangovers aside, I'm also losing too many of them brain... thingies... whaddaya call 'em?
(In my defense, I was drankin' again!)
I REALLY gotta lay off the piss! Nasty hangovers aside, I'm also losing too many of them brain... thingies... whaddaya call 'em?
I've been drinking Glen Grant, it's a new single malt that I've been drinking for about 3-4 weeks.
lol @ Gas, I forget how many times I've said I have to cut back on drinking the morning after. I've heard one cure to a hangover is to start drinking again.
Heres some pics of my babies
I just put them outside in the sun for the first time. 
lol @ Gas, I forget how many times I've said I have to cut back on drinking the morning after. I've heard one cure to a hangover is to start drinking again.
Heres some pics of my babies
I just put them outside in the sun for the first time.
Whoa, that's a bit late for seedlings?
On another note, has anyone here used Molasses as part of their fertiliser regime? It sends the microbes in soil absolutely nuts. I'm using it, have previously been putting it in my compost tea, but now adding it to a seasol/powerfeed combination.
Would love to see others try it out on a few plants to see how it goes. I just picked up 25kg for $25 at a local animal feed store on the fringe of Melbourne (Hustrbridge), pretty much just goop it in the bottom of a 9L container so it just covers the bottom, and then add your normal nutes.
On another note, has anyone here used Molasses as part of their fertiliser regime? It sends the microbes in soil absolutely nuts. I'm using it, have previously been putting it in my compost tea, but now adding it to a seasol/powerfeed combination.
Would love to see others try it out on a few plants to see how it goes. I just picked up 25kg for $25 at a local animal feed store on the fringe of Melbourne (Hustrbridge), pretty much just goop it in the bottom of a 9L container so it just covers the bottom, and then add your normal nutes.
Looking good, J!
Perhaps a little bit late but better late than never, right?
I certainly can't talk though... I'm in the middle of a bunch of starts now and still have at least one more decent-sized bunch to start! (i.e. the ones that failed first-attempt which I'm gonna have a second go at)
Perhaps a little bit late but better late than never, right?
I certainly can't talk though... I'm in the middle of a bunch of starts now and still have at least one more decent-sized bunch to start! (i.e. the ones that failed first-attempt which I'm gonna have a second go at)
Yeah, I've heard of molasses being used in soil Milkmanrox, it's one of the treatments to get rid of root knot nematodes, I don;t know of any other benefit though. Then again, makes sense, obviously some good bacteria that kill the root knot nematodes like the molasses, so would increase the numbers of the good stuff.
Like Gasi and jayman, I've got some seedlings still on the go too. Mainly annuums and baccatums, but a couple of bastard chinense that repeatedly died or haven't sprouted. If the seeds bad, then why keep it for next year, if it's good, then maybe that one seed will give me a plant that will at least give my some new seeds later in the season. Probably going to have the season last until May here anyway.
While the forum was down here I updated on ocau today as well
Still don't know how you get chinense powering along in full unshaded sun.
But that's a lot of light you have there anyway!
Like Gasi and jayman, I've got some seedlings still on the go too. Mainly annuums and baccatums, but a couple of bastard chinense that repeatedly died or haven't sprouted. If the seeds bad, then why keep it for next year, if it's good, then maybe that one seed will give me a plant that will at least give my some new seeds later in the season. Probably going to have the season last until May here anyway.
While the forum was down here I updated on ocau today as well
Still don't know how you get chinense powering along in full unshaded sun.
If you are going to make your own, may as well use battens for ES globes. No one else uses them so they are always cheap/on special/on clearance etc somewhere.It is very late! to be starting seeds... you're crazy dude!
On a completely unrelated note look what I got up and running last night..
But that's a lot of light you have there anyway!
It is my first attempt to grow from seed, which it is late, I can blame Gas for putting me up to it.
I only really started them so I could learn from the experience for next season, that and the promise of lots of super hot chillies.
Even if they don't get fruit this year, never know they may overwinter well and be good producers next season.
All in all it has been good fun growing chillies so far, except for some bastard possum (we think) attacking my plants. Hey anyone ever tried cooking up some chilli con possum?
I only really started them so I could learn from the experience for next season, that and the promise of lots of super hot chillies.
Even if they don't get fruit this year, never know they may overwinter well and be good producers next season.All in all it has been good fun growing chillies so far, except for some bastard possum (we think) attacking my plants. Hey anyone ever tried cooking up some chilli con possum?
I also will admit to putting down some seeds late, lol.
Last week i put about 30 more seeds, hopeing to give some away for xmas, and grow them big enough to be able to overwinter for next season....
Who knows i might even get lucky and get some pods of them late in the season.
Last week i put about 30 more seeds, hopeing to give some away for xmas, and grow them big enough to be able to overwinter for next season....
Who knows i might even get lucky and get some pods of them late in the season.
Oh, that's right....It is my first attempt to grow from seed, which it is late, I can blame Gas for putting me up to it.
Precisely... you'll be thanking me come next season when those bad boys explode with pods! And you never know, I started plants later than this last season and still managed to see a handful of pods from some of 'em before the season was up....I only really started them so I could learn from the experience for next season, that and the promise of lots of super hot chillies.
Oh yeah, looks like MM and moo are actually the odd ones out....
I decided to harvest my first Locato fruit from my first flower.
First Locato fruit harvested
Inside of First Locato fruit harvested
I waited two weeks to see if the colour would change. It tasted much like the orange Rocoto plus a nice tangy hint.
These appear to be ripening to the final colour given this pod was the same colour as the newly ripening 5th pod.
To eat or not to eat:
First two Locato pods ripening
Has anyone else grown Locato pods that have bottlenecks?
First Locato fruit harvested
Inside of First Locato fruit harvested
I waited two weeks to see if the colour would change. It tasted much like the orange Rocoto plus a nice tangy hint.
These appear to be ripening to the final colour given this pod was the same colour as the newly ripening 5th pod.
Hey thanks dude, yeah 7 pot is coming along too now. Can't wait for the Butch and the Jolokia to get going properley. You guys all seem to be flying
Just found this thread. Will definately be following. A big hello to all Aussie growers here and you too Nova.
Great looking pod!!I decided to harvest my first Locato fruit from my first flower.
First Locato fruit harvested
Inside of First Locato fruit harvested
I waited two weeks to see if the colour would change. It tasted much like the orange Rocoto plus a nice tangy hint.
These appear to be ripening to the final colour given this pod was the same colour as the newly ripening 5th pod.
Looks nice and juicy
So did these grow true to the source? As you have seen in my grow log i am growing a red rocoto with a 'bottleneck' type shape. Will keep you updated how these turn out.
I wasn't expecting the pods to have bottlenecks. The photo depicting a pod on the supplier's site matched the photos I have seen on thechileman.org:Great looking pod!!
Looks nice and juicy
So did these grow true to the source? As you have seen in my grow log i am growing a red rocoto with a 'bottleneck' type shape. Will keep you updated how these turn out.
Comparing the pods to those of PI 387838 listed on GRIN then my conclusion is they do not match.