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glog Purple Pepper Project

The goal is to (have fun and) breed a pepper that has purple skin, purple flesh, purple foliage, good flavor, and medium heat (~30-50K SHU).

I’ll also experiment with fermented sauces, paprika, etc.

If you want to give me feedback on what makes the “perfect” purple pepper, take this survey!
 

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Here’s an update. My first round of seeds mostly stalled to the point of … no return? About 1/3 of this group being potted up is the batch sown in February. The rest were sown in April. Don’t let roots get cold - lesson learned.

I have one more batch in the seedling trays sown in late May.

Also, I had the peppers in the purple cups on a fence facing a street. Someone helped themselves to 10 of the choicest specimens, so numbers are down for that reason too. Technically, it wasn’t stealing because there was no sign saying that they weren’t free.

Anyways, would love feedback !

 
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My feedback is those sleds are pretty awesome! Also, that it's still stealing and you really shouldn't have to put a sign out to stop people from taking what isn't theirs. I get that from time to time at my community garden plots and it's pretty frustrating.

Hope all those purple peppers really take off for you!
 
These were potted just over a week ago. I’ve mostly been hand-watering, with a couple of 20-minute drip sessions—long enough to see some leach from the bottom of the bags.

Mid-week, I noticed tip burn and suspected I had overdone the nutrients. I paused watering for two days, then flushed the bags with a heavy watering. These photos were taken about 48 hours after that flush.

The issue is more noticeable on Chinense varieties but appears on some Annuum as well.

Do you think this is salt burn or a nutrient issue? Could it be over- or under-watering?
 

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Cute girl, reminds me of doing this stuff with my daughter at that age. Mine is 13 now though, a hard worker to be fair but the enthusiasm they have at that age was my huge motivator. Now I ask her to do stuff with me, it's like chores to her.

The dead tips on those leaves, did they turn black first or just go straight to dried out? That would be the indicator to me whether it's nutrient or moisture related.
 
danish said:
Cute girl, reminds me of doing this stuff with my daughter at that age. Mine is 13 now though, a hard worker to be fair but the enthusiasm they have at that age was my huge motivator. Now I ask her to do stuff with me, it's like chores to her.

The dead tips on those leaves, did they turn black first or just go straight to dried out? That would be the indicator to me whether it's nutrient or moisture related.
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They went straight to dry

And, yes, I’m trying to get them involved before they get teenager priorities!
 
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In that case then I would guess it's not a nute burn. Possible wind or watering issue would be my best guess. The yellowing is a little suspect. The fact you are giving nutes at all makes it highly unlikely to me to be a deficiency. I would do a pH test because I enjoy amateur science. Salt burn is a rare one in my experience unless you have reason to suspect?
 
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