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The pods keep ripenin'! All plants are now sheltered inside. I've been picking pods as they ripen, so we haven't had a massive haul, but those freezer bags are getting full for sure! Top to bottom: Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, Trinidad Scorpion, Bhutlah Scorpion

The newer leaves tell me you have broad mites. You can verify by getting a handheld microscope and looking under the leaves - especially the long, thin one in the second picture. Broad mites are a pain to deal with, but neem oil sprayed twice a week should help. Good luck!

Thanks @PaulG. Every pod a victory, right? :cheers: I'm definitely glad we've been able to get this thing sort of back on track this late in the season. Superhot powder will definitely go a long way!

At this point, I'm schlepping the plants indoors at night and taking them back out in the morning. Still waiting mostly on Chinenses to ripen. I've harvested a few hoping that the rest of the pods will ripen quicker. Here's some pics: Peruvian Red Rocoto, Rayados Jalapeno, Takanotsume...

OK, I've been wanting to write about this for a while, but I had to wait until I could show some results. For those of you who have followed my previous glogs, for the life of me I haven't been able to get chinenses to produce indoors. All flowers used to drop, and I'd get a meager 1 - 3 pods...

We have our fair share of squirrels roaming around our yard too @PaulG. They caused the most damage against carrot seedlings. My pepper plants had been spared until this incident. Fortunately, they didn't go after our tomatoes this year, and we've had quite the harvest. I'll keep an eye out for...

Some Jalafuegos from my 2 year-old bonchi: I also found this pod right next to the plant: I think a squirrel was feeling feisty and took a good chunk off the top of the pepper. Considering this is the spicy end of the pepper and how much of it was left, I don't think I'll be seeing that...

That's been my experience too - with Bell Peppers as well. Imagine my wife's surprise 7 years ago when I grew a bunch of bell peppers and we got nothing but those tiny bells. The seed packets should come with a disclaimer!!

Hey @PaulG - since you mentioned leaf drop - I just started noticing some on my plants. At what point would you consider starting to shelter the plants to let the last pods ripen? Still pending to save some seeds from them, and the night temps are getting into the mid 40s right now...

Thanks CD! They definitely are smaller than what you find at the store. About fist-size (I should've added some size comparison to the pic). Yeah, I'll definitely be growing those reapers again in the future, just the looks alone justify growing them. Pretty cool looking pods.

Some harvest pics... Poblano - all of these from the same plant :party: A world of pain - Reapers (Top Left), Death Spiral (Top Right), Bhutlah Scorpion (Bottom) And the winner of the gnarliest pod this season - Chocolate Reaper. They are coming in slowly, but they are coming: This thing...

Oh no, is it running that much hotter? I just burned my first Nesco after roughly 8 years of light use. I started using it a bit more in the past couple of years. I wonder if it can be fixed... Anyway, I got the small 4 rack Excalibur about a week ago and so far it seems like a step up. Hope...

Nice haul @PaulG! The pods are coming! That Nesco sure wasn't getting a break this year :P

I've been lurking your glog for a while @SineNomine - great production! And amazing use of space. Can't wait to see what the final weight is this year...

That is definitely the case @PaulG - I'm glad the plants finally got it together to make up for the crappy Spring we had over here. However, these late finishes are stressful!. Hopefully the rains will come after the pods ripen, I know we need some rain, but I got a grow to finish!

Between being busy and not having much to report, I haven't updated my glog in a while. Here's where things stand at the moment - We are having an unseasonably warm fall so far here in the PNW, with temps in the 70's and 80's (!!). At this point last year, I was schlepping the plants into the...

I'm in!

Well, I don't mean to rain on your parade either, but I agree with everything CD said here - we've had to learn the hard way to keep our indoor grows as sterile as possible, haha :rofl: My horror story does involve cloned cuttings, but I was being cheap and experimented with basil. After we...

At long last - the Gnarlies are coming Chocolate Reaper. Completely missed this one, and it's already ripe: Death Spiral: This one is labeled "Carolina Reaper", but there's a 50/50 chance I screwed up and swapped the label with a Bhutlah Scorpion when I repotted them. It looks a bit big...

Yup, that's it DR. In the strictest sense, the reservoir should be big enough to be able to support the plant over the entire lifecycle. Anyway, it was great to just set the system up and come back a couple of months later to a bunch of pods! :dance: