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glog Dr. Scoville Glog 2025

Hi all,

To start this Glog first this years list. 15 plant i try to overwinter yet half of them are more likely dying than thriving. anyway on newyears day i will start sowing the chinense. next to come in febuary. Have a good one and may 2025 be the year all aphids kill themselfs before the try to eat your chiliplants:fireball:

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Today started hardening off my two left over 2024 plants Vulcain and Peito di Moca. Vulcain is still hanging on by a thread but some direct sunlight should help. Fingers Crossed.

Next week night temps will be round 8 degree Celsius so thing are looking up. First up after the OW will be the Rocoto's. After that its time to let all chili hell break loose:onfire:
 
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the over-fertilizing symptoms have not progressed. Things are looking fine.

Most of the plants at his point are about 5 inch tall. some over 10 inch.
i've been picking buds all over the place so its really getting time to move them outside.
maybe next year start the anuums 2 weeks later.

This week is a cloudy one, so the Rocoto's are outside during the day. Tomorrow i leave then outside during the night. if all goes well i will plant them on Friday. The OW has had a few hours in the cold. Maybe leave it outside during the weekend.

This weekend start hardening off the bunch. next week will be cloudy too and a bit on the cold side. seems like a good time to prepare the plants without too many direct sunlight. I'm still in doubt on spaying clay.

all in all i think this season off to a good start, can't wait to get them all in the big pots and start to lay the drip lines.

have a good one all.
 
They look well-poised for the season, doc. I bet that mulch will go a long way toward keeping them happy as things heat up. I should do that more often. No doubt they'll power through that little bit of funkiness up top with improving weather and rooting in. It's a challenge to always have them looking perfect and still meet good timelines, especially with short seasons like ours.
 
Thnx CaneDog.

i'm trying mulch for the first time. This one is a coconut fiber brick. around here the cost about $1,50 and afther soaking they cover about 3 square feet. Downside i hear is snails like to hide in there. but we'll see. "note to self: refurbish snailgun"
 
Doctor Scoville said:
Thnx CaneDog.

i'm trying mulch for the first time. This one is a coconut fiber brick. around here the cost about $1,50 and afther soaking they cover about 3 square feet. Downside i hear is snails like to hide in there. but we'll see. "note to self: refurbish snailgun"
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Snails like mulch, although not necessarily coco coir. Google returns me hits claiming snails don't like coco coir - I have personally no experience, there are few snails here anyway. But before, I used those blue granules (metaldehyde laced with malt) if the snails caused too much plant loss.
 
You can also use copper rings to keep snails/slugs off your plants. You can BUY THEM, or simply get a piece of copper sheeting or pipe, and make your own.
 
I could not contain my self and got all plants planted:party:
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it has been two hours in full sun and accept a litte taco-ing all is well.
4 seedlings await their new home in a couple of weeks but accept these its done..

the small pots contail 3 different flowers to attract insects. The others are all chilies.

afther the weekend i start boosting fertilization.

have a good one.
 
Doctor Scoville said:
Never grown these before so i'm not sure what they will look like.
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Cage them!! Mine were huge last year. The only two that I grew that you have listed are Ecuadorian Red PFH and de Seda. Ecuadorian Red PFH creeps along and then when the weather is right, it explodes into a huge plant with a beautiful, weeping, vining habit. Mine got so unruly last year that I had to stick it in an Adirondack Chair. The branches of de Seda are more firm and will fan out into a very wide plant (5+ feet wide). I made the mistake of not caging mine last year and training them properly and they were a bit of a pain in the end. I will say that both taste good but the Ecuadorian Red PFH, if fully ripened, are very special. Some friends and I went out for pizza a few weeks ago and I brought three types of pickled peppers to the restaurant: Scotch Bonnet (yellow), Jamaican Hot Chocolate, and Ecuadorian Red PFH and at least two of them liked the Ecuadorian Red PFH the best. That's saying a lot, considering how good the other two are.

Good luck!
 
thnx NJChilehead.

I have been thinking of doing this. First im planning of laying a dripline. My yard is situated south-west so in summer it gets full sun. Maybe need to move the plants around on the hottest days. It can get into the 40 degrees Celsius back there.

After caging i think i might have trouble moving the plants with de drip line.

this makes me unsure at this point. Might be just poles and rope for the rocotos

Cheers.
 
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