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Been a while..things are going pretty well, aphids are back and forth but I nuke them each time they pop out.    The bad...I think this is calcium shortages based upon too much nitrogen...     Planted from seed (most of the issues appear here)     Bought mid October;       Cayanetta and...

Wow - great start to the New Year mrx. Can't wait to see how long your season goes for down in Melbourne this year.   Keep the pictures coming.

Been super busy and unfortunately not had a chance to put up my progress. However, things have been pretty eventful.   Firstly, given some of the crazy hot 33+ degrees days I strung up some shade cloth. Not in a permanent way, as I'm planning to get some posts up, but that needs to wait to see...

Hi All,   I'm hoping someone can help me identify whether or not htis is a disease on my plants.   The spots are only appearing on the bottom of the leaves right now, but they do appear to be across several of my plants. The spots do appear to be on the older leaves. A few leaves have had...

No photos this week. Everything is looking really nice overall. Flowers starting to pop out on some plants and masses of buds. I've noticed the stalks are really starting to thicken up, and the coco plants have really shot up with the almost daily nutrients watering. Suprisingly, the plant with...

Been two weeks of crazy with work and family so I haven’t really done much posting. I’ll take through everything that’s happened.   Largest change to the garden was getting five fabric Vivosun pots (15 gallon) and transplanting my three white bhuts, my red bhut and one of my Trinidad scorpions...

I don't know much but they look like leaf hoppers. They don't resemble the aphids that are in the photo of dragonsfire.   I have them both right now - leaf hoppers look longer and more like miniature cicadas then aphids which look more oval.   Again, take with a grain of salt as its my first...

So everyone - big day here!   Did some paving on the weekend which allowed a better place for me to keep my chillis in the sun all day.    Group shot below:     The exciting news...first buds;     And on my first pick of the season - red bhut :)   So the big question is...do I let them bloom...

So anyway...just been squashing the little aphids every day and no real outbreak seems to have happened.   Haven't used Confidor yet, and kind of glad I haven't as I didnt realise that it was behind the colony collapse...makes me kind of question using it from an ethical standpoint. Been doing...

Thanks everyone - hope you go and cook yourself some chilli now :)       Hey Tinnie - I get them from Herbies Spices (http://www.herbies.com.au/). I just do an online order and get them delivered. I buy enough to mix up around a kilo, and just keep it frozen. That lasts me around six-eight...

Hi all,   Ran out of chilli the other day so had to make up a new batch and thought I'd share the recipe since it with you all. It's been well received when sharing it with friends. This meal actually is what got me interested in cooking with fire, and growing chillis so it has a special place...

Thanks All - love the team effort. I'm paving on the weekend so I'll get some confidor when I go to Bunnings.    I'll do a night scan for slugs/caterpillars on the plants as well.   In hindsight, this makes sense, I've noted a couple of ants on my plants the last couple of days as well....  ...

Hi All,   Found around a dozen of these guys on my plants. I'm assuming I want to wage war on them, but it would be good to know what they are, and how to wage it.   They're on my smaller plants, and I've squashed most of them but given how small they are I can't guarantee I've got them all...

Awesome progress mate - loving your OW's!   Question - did you repot them or just prune them back and leave them in the same pots? Just some advance research for 2017 for myself.   Sev

I'm pretty fond of all my plants, but my four Bhuts (specifically my red one) are all looking like they're going to become great plants.   He's responded well to topping and is really getting broad.  

People should really put a warning...this has become such an addictive hobby!   Had lots of leaf hoppers issues the last couple of weeks. They've been mainly attacking my basil, but I've made a twice daily routine of clearing eggs from the under sides of leaves, and squashing the little so and...

Damn Leafhoppers.

Hi Johnny,   I had something similar on some store bought habs, just had a slightly yellow greeny colour. Granted mine aren't at the pod level, but I've read it's potentially an overwatering issue, or lack of nutrients. Advise I received was to let the soil dry out (I had a custom mix of...

Just a quick update as it's the new Season of Diablo this weekend :)   Had some issues with leafhoppers on my basil, and a few chillis so I picked up some Eco-Oil and gave everything a good hose down. Picked up my new six small seedlings from Bunnings the other day and repotted last night. 2 x...

Awesome pods from last year - you're going to kill it this year. Your overwintered plant looks great.   On a side note, I popped into Bunnings today to grab some Eco-Oil to get rid of some leafhoppers I've had and they have a six pack of super hots. 2 x Carolina Reapers, 2 x Butch T and 2 x...