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Finally update my glog (it's only been 5 months) Check it out! <a href="http://thehotpepper.com/topic/46421-captains-glog-stardate-11415-5-months-later-huge-update-and-lots-of-pics-bowers-owing-and-aphids-help-me-identify-my-mystery-pepper/?p=977678" rel='nofollow external'...

WOW! It's been 5 months since my last update!  So sorry everyone, work and grad school devoured what little free time I had and then other odds and ends have had me distracted as well.  Time for tons of pics and updates!     Guess I'll go chronologically...   SEPTEMBER: Bowers Chile Fest and pod...

I was able to convince my dad the beetle is friendly...at least I think it is, doing some research now     EDIT: research has revealed that it is most likely a boxelder bug...time to get the vacuum...

A circus indeed, I found some kind of beetle-like insect roaming around as well (but I'm hoping he's a good guy, pics will be uploaded shortly).   Interesting, I had no idea.  After looking at images I'm pretty sure they were gnats and not aphids, the shape of the bodies is much more gnat-like...

That makes sense too... the insects I sucked up definitely looked like soil fungus gnats though...hell I hope I don't have both.  There also appears to be strands of web-like material throughout parts of the plants and on the frame of my setup, would that be more indicative of aphids or gnats? 

ha well yes, but of course this was unintentional.    I was actually just down there examining the damage and planning my attack strategy for tomorrow.  I'm actually thinking I may have a massive soil fungus gnat infestation instead of aphids.  I've scarcely watered the plants to avoid just such...

Popeye's ghost pepper chicken: what's the verdict, folks?

My setup is in the back of the basement, so it's semi-enclosed, but it's also the laundry room so definitely no insects allowed predatory or otherwise!

My OWs this year are practically engrossed in aphids (partly due to some neglect when I was on vacation).  Gonna get home from work today and try to take out as many as I can.  Wish I could get some wasps/ladybugs but I'm pretty sure my parents wouldn't want me unleashing hundreds of insects...

Just got a $50 4ft T8 fixture w/lights for $5...the perks of working at a hardware store!

I have a plethora of pics I need to post and update my glog, did my last harvest for the season a few days ago and I had my girlfriend on camera duty.  I can at least upload these real quick.  Looks like quite a few are starting to ripen!  :dance:    

I have a huge bucket of unripe peppers that would be perfect for this, time to make a grocery store run for the rest of the ingredients!   I don't have any poblano though...plenty of cayennes...might substitute them in...maybe a serrano or two...dammit now im hungry lol!

Did my final harvest the other day, I have just shy of a 5gal bucket worth of a variety of green unripe peppers, any idea what I could do with them all?

Wow, feels like I haven't been on here in a long while...been so busy with grad work and all. Anyways, prepping the indoor setup for plants, doing a final harvest, and selecting which plants get to come in out of the cold...pics to follow in my glog should be up in the next day or so!

First frost (it's damn near unpredictable in Maryland) Are you overwintering any plants this year?

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