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    Szechuan pepper.....in Scotland !

    Hi Guy's Extremely excited :dance: It would appear I have my first harvest from my szechuan pepper tree :D Obviously I have to wait till they go red they are similar to beech mast they ripen to a rough red husk and a shiny black stone which is rock hard !! The dried husk is the part you...
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    chinense What Naga's are you growing in 2023 ......?

    Hi Guy's My Dorset Naga I transferred to kratky hydroponics is doing nicely......my mouth is watering 😋 Two pod's growing nicely and loads of small one's and a gazillion flowers :party: My Black king naga pod's look very different ! Really looking forward to seeing how they turn out...
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    nutrients Small scale Kratky nutrient advice ?

    Hi Guy's Update on my Dorset Naga Kratky It put on excellent growth since converting to kratky 🙂 far more than my soil Dorset Naga It's covered in flower's and has two small fruit growing nicely 👍 Seriously interested in hydroponics now lol Stephen
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    hydroponic Kratky convert ! Ring of fire trial.......

    Hi Guy's Took my first crop from this plant a couple of day's ago 14 big plump green Ring of Fire cayenne chillies :D This plant was grown from seeds I saved last year I'm pretty sure the parent's weren't this big ........... I've got records for the yield from the parent plant's last...
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    hydroponic Kratky convert ! Ring of fire trial.......

    I've been using two methods firstly simply lift the whole lid up but you need either to get a hand or have the mix ready lift up with one hand and top up. Second way you note a whole with a Cork in I've a stick I use like a dipstick so I xan fill through the wee hole and use the dipstick to...
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    hydroponic Kratky convert ! Ring of fire trial.......

    Hi Guy's This season as with each season has been an education I promised myself not to grow too many and as always I did. However it's allowed me to experiment with different idea's methods, pot sizes etc This season I've finally got round to trying hydroponics the complicated mystical...
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    chinense Scotch bonnet

    Hi Im growing a few chillies this year my first time ordering from white hot peppers. Post was excellent to Scotland and Germination was fantastic ! The plants are growing vigorously at present. From what I've seen from other's on this site Justin's stuff is spit on :thumbsup:
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    favorite Naga list .......your Favourites ?

    Hi Guy's Im trying to put a Naga list together, wondering what your favourite Naga variety/strain ? That I could add to the list ? I'm not really interested in hybrids and crosses such as Naga viper, Yellow naga, Monster Naga and the like more interested varieties or more likely strains...
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    nutrients Small scale Kratky nutrient advice ?

    Hi Guy's Here's a spare Dorset Naga im trialing in kratky hydroponics.................. This was a spare Dorset Naga a month ago it was feeling sorry for itself after the temperature dropped it stopped growing went abit yellowish but then started putting out new but small green growth...
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    nutrients Small scale Kratky nutrient advice ?

    Hi Guy's % Up to six kratky set ups now........... 😗 I had way too many plants this year however it has turned into a blessing I've a old side grow experiment with some spares and my Kratky hydroponics experiments with other spares, which I wouldn't have risked with my "Main crop" which are...
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    pics Interesting observation - chinense narrow vs broad leaf in hot greenhouse

    Hi Marc Took these pics this morning they are "unwilted" but every day during the last week afternoon they both look pretty sorry for themselves and wilt badly but when you lift the pot they don't need water. And then spring back by next morning. Like I said my broad leaved chinense don't...
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    pics Interesting observation - chinense narrow vs broad leaf in hot greenhouse

    Hi Guy's The recent improved weather in Scotland has seen my automatic greenhouse window working over time and the need to side the door to its widest just to keep the temperatures below 40 oC ! In the mid to high 30's I.e 35 oC to 38 oC every thing seem OK but it's hit 39-40 oC and just...
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    favorite Chocolate/Brown/Black Habanero options.......?

    Hi Guy's Chocolate Habanero update These two are in 5 litre pots, left is my only remaining congo black habanero from 30 seeds ! From 3 different sources !! Sown 27.11.22 and on the right it Jamaican hot chocolate habanero sown 23.02.23 I'll soldier on the congo black but I've high...
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    pics Over wintered Dorset Naga first flower of 2023 !

    Hi Guy's Marc you were wrong ! 😳 This season I've been shaking my chinense as soon as I've seen flowers...........Marc I can report the first flowers "did" set fruit :dance:however they stayed tiny ! Can you see the tiny red Naga........I ended up with loads of them , I've since picked...
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    misc Local Halal shop Scotch Bonnet grow.............

    Hi Guy's An update on my Halal shop scotch/habanero..................its currently covered in buds and putting out loads of side branches :party: However its a month older than my orange habanero paper lantern habanero both of which are in flower hopefully it will make up for this with...
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    chinense Your earliest chinense 2023 ?

    Hi Guy's 2023 has turned into my search for early producing chinense varieties in my little Scottish greenhouse micro climate and short season............... My original plan was to start all my chinense at the same time as to properly evaluate which will do best in my scenario and give me the...
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    pod Habanero's? Bonnet's?

    Hi Guy's Picked these up the other day in my local Asian food shop here in Scotland........... Side shot Top shot Group shot They seem petty uniform each batch/box they get can be similar but also obviously different ! I've a plant growing right now from the same shop but that batch...
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    Seed grown Murraya Koenigii (Curry tree) Scotland

    Hi Guy's Here in the UK live curry leaf trees are hard to get (often a waiting list) and ridiculously expensive 🤬 I bought 8 seeds (pre sprouted) from a gentleman in England for a very reasonable price and he supplied instructions I ended up with 6 or 7 seedlings :dance: I planted them in a...
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    nutrients Small scale Kratky nutrient advice ?

    Hi Guy's Now got 4 set up all DIY containers 😗 yes the sickness grows :crazy::party: Latest this morning with a spare Bahamian goat.............. The oldest is a spare Dorset Naga the root growth already in about 2 week's............enjoying the journey learning lots and doing maths...
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    chinense Black Naga its a beast !

    Hi Guy's This fella is a beast ! Month's younger than my other super hots and Naga's I'd heard it was vigorous but blooming heck ! This things grows !! I believe it is the "chocolate version" of the King Naga a natural mutation rather than a hybrid ? Apparently the fruit is much larger...
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