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    Yellowing of younger leaf veins

    Hi Guys,   I'm growing some "Jims Long Cayenne" pepper (annum) in two beds this year, and once again, some plants (3 so far) are showing signs of yellowing of leaf veins on young leaves. I've searched high and low regarding nutrient deficiencies and other problems, but nothing specifically is...
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    pests Nutes or Bugs?

    Thought I would give some feedback. I am now convinced the problem was mostly due to roots that had gone rotten over winter.    I did a good job of protecting the plants from frost, but not so good in keeping the soil dry. My other plants in pots were doing really well, because I had moved the...
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    pests Nutes or Bugs?

    Looking for some expert opinions here.   Have gone through all the previously attached guides on identifying problems, but I can't quite pin what my problem is.   I have 10 peppers waking up from over-wintering (sheltered by plastic from night frosts) and many of them have distorted leaves.   ...
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    grocery Best tomato for pizza sauce?

    San Marzano, canned not fresh. Normally I used two cans.   Mashed lightly and placed on an oiled (olive) roasting tray , cooked for 45 minutes in an oven at 180 deg C.   You can also pop a couple of cloves of garlic (unpeeled) into the tomato pulp to roast.   After 45 minutes, scrape all the...
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    fermenting Fermented sauce using char roasted chillies

    Can't help myself! One fermenting sauce wasn't enought ....   First came the bulb of roasted garlic:   Then came the charring of purple onions   800 grams of superhots (Ghost, Scorpians, Reapers) - I didn't char these, I wanted every bit of their brutal heat   Some char roasted sweet...
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    fermenting Fermented sauce using char roasted chillies

      Hi Jase,   It's not shown in the photos, but in this mash I am using an airlock, grommit and tight fitting lid. Also, I had a good active starter to use (another mash that was fermenting strongly).   I know a lot of people dont bother with an airlock and just use loose cloth/muslin etc, but...
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    fermenting Fermented sauce using char roasted chillies

    I'm not great at describing smells - but it combines the traditional Habanero aroma, with the rounded, sweet smokey smell of charred capsicums. The onion and garlic are in the background, the garlic in particular, is much softer than my other mashes where I have used fresh garlic.   I'm not...
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    fermenting Fermented sauce using char roasted chillies

    Update 23rd May     Fermentation took off and it outgrew its previous home (caught it just as the mash was coming up the airlock).   Now transferred to larger glass jar. This pic is about 3 days after the transfer. Note the large gas pockets forming!   This mash is very thick : I might add some...
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    fermenting Fermented sauce using char roasted chillies

    I've been playing around with an idea to make a fermented char roasted Chocolate Habanero sauce. I'm a big fan of charring prior to use in cooking. I find it softens some of the sharper profiles, and brings out a natural sweetness. My favourite Salsa is based on charred sweet peppers, chillies...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    Decided it was time to harvest the pots and dump the soil back into the garden beds. Here is a C.Reaper ready to go.     The root ball from one of the Chocolate Habs   The rocoto keeps growing and growing but very few flowers setting fruit   The harvest with Ghost, Choc Habs, Reapers and Aji...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    Harvesting continues (and in many ways ramping up)...   A brilliant spell of 20 to 25 deg C weather here is a bit warm for mid-Autumn in Melbourne, but hey no complaints...     From top left (clockwise), Pasilla, Choc Habs, Aji Pineapple, Kashmiri, Rocoto, Thai Prik and Cumari   Something very...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    Jase, I can't comment on plastic pots, I have only used the grow pouches or reusable shopping bags, which evaporate water quite a bit faster than pots due to the surface area (and keep the roots cooler in the process). I wait until I can see no standing water in the saucer before watering again...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    Hi Jase, It's the first year I have used coco in both pots and wicking beds. My opinion on the pots is that the most critical aspect is having a good saucer, so that water is collected and wicks back into the pot. In most cases, hand watering of pots (and bags) adds water too quickly and most...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    Hi Bumper,   I'm not good with yield measurements but my vines are approx 8 years old and on average I estimate about 15 bunches (as shown in photo above) per vine. This year was exceptionally good, and I was pruning off bunches to keep the size of the grapes big. I have three vines, trained up...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    As noted by others in the forums, you do need to keep up the ferts when using pots - and you can see in this example of a c.reaper that the leaves are showing signs of lack of nutes. Unless this occurs early to mid season, or there are clear signs of low yield, I dont get too fussed. Here you...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    This season I wanted to grow some additional plants that I did not have space for in the beds.   After a bit of research, I settled on "root pouchs" from a great guy called Rob with a website www.bitsouttheback.net He has lots of great ideas so check it out. These pouches work on the air pruning...
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    eLuke's 2015-16 Sth East AU Season Summary

    Hi Guys,   My season is almost over, and it's been a busy one. I didn't really have a chance to post a glog, but I was taking photos throughout the season, so I'd thought I post a photo summary for the record (and mine)....Plus this forum has given me a lot so I thought I'd give something back...
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    How r ur peppers going in Perth west oz?

    Shazam,   not sure what you mean by how 70% blockage? If you are asking how much light do you get through 70%, you still get quite a lot. I was camping over xmas for 4 weeks I had to leave the garden beds unattended for that time, I put the cloth up as we had a strong possibility of super hot...
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    How r ur peppers going in Perth west oz?

      Shazam,   Even here in Melbourne I have moved to growing under white 70% shade cloth. December and early Jan was brutal, yet the peppers thrived and I had none of the heat induced loss/scalding I have suffered in previous years. However, I am way behind PinHigh in production  - they are some...
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    Tips for growing Manzanos?

    At my old house, I grew Manzano's in Melbourne's hot dry summers in full sun against a steel fence! Hardly ideal. 1st year = no pod set, 2nd year = about 20 pods, 3rd year covered in hundreds of pods. I would say based on my sample size of 1, that the older the plant, the more tolerant to less...
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